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Eleventh hour hope for the planet lies in botany without boundaries
Eleventh hour hope for the planet lies in botany without boundaries
Joint work, international collaboration and equity are key to addressing environmental sustainability in our time. That is the message from Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), where against the backdrop of the global pandemic, scientists,…
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Botanics puts sea greens back on the menu
Botanics puts sea greens back on the menu
An inspiring exhibition featuring the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s (RBGE) seaweed collections and telling the story of the role marine vegetables have played in Scotland over the generations will draw to a close on Sunday. Cooking Sections:…
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Stone plants of the desert finding sanctuary in Edinburgh
Stone plants of the desert finding sanctuary in Edinburgh
During the week Sir David Attenborough was seen crossing continents in search of desert plants, species featured in his Green Planet series highlight an important aspect of life much closer to home. The Glasshouses of the Royal Botanic Garden…
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Conservation hopes for greatest botanical enigmas
Conservation hopes for greatest botanical enigmas
Bizarre, strangely beautiful and highly elusive, parasitic plants have been defying comprehension for centuries. Now, new international research* published today (Wednesday, March 23) calls for prioritisation, scientific focus and horticultural…
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Antiques Roadshow shines a light on Botanics' rare Darwin specimen
Antiques Roadshow shines a light on Botanics' rare Darwin specimen
A botanical specimen collected by Charles Darwin and preserved at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is one of the rare objects examined by Fiona Bruce in this week’s episode of the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow. The gentian Gentianella…
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Heritage Fund awards £4 million to restore historic glasshouses
Heritage Fund awards £4 million to restore historic glasshouses
Funding will support re-display of rare and endangered historic plants The two A-Listed Victorian Palm Houses and a modernist range of 1960s glasshouses at the heart of the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh are to be restored thanks to a £4 million…
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Secret identity of a renowned Sabal revealed
Secret identity of a renowned Sabal revealed
A much-loved palm, nurtured over two centuries at one of the world’s leading plant science and conservation institutes, has been unveiled as a botanical enigma. Nearly a year after it was felled at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), experts…
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From Darwin To Dinosaurs: Edinburgh Welcomes World’s Natural History Experts
From Darwin To Dinosaurs: Edinburgh Welcomes World’s Natural History Experts
A network of international experts, unable to meet since 2019, will finally gather in Edinburgh next week to discuss how best to preserve and manage the world’s priceless natural history collections. In the post pandemic world, awareness is higher…
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Rare Job Available at RBGE
Rare Job Available at RBGE
A unique opportunity has arisen at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) to head up a global initiative working in over 50 countries as Head of International Conifer Conservation Programme (ICCP). Many people believe conifers are quite common,…
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Compelling art gets to root of cultural removal and plant introductions
Compelling art gets to root of cultural removal and plant introductions
Consequences of bygone deeds reverberating down the centuries are explored in Shipping Roots, an exquisite, insightful and globally relevant new exhibition by Keg de Souza at Inverleith House from Friday, March 24 to Sunday, August 27. Occupying…