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  • Celebrating our 350th Anniversary

    Celebrating 350 years

    From 17th-century physic garden to world-leading botanic garden, 2020 marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. In this celebratory film, staff reflect on the Garden’s history and look ahead to explain how RBGE continues…

  • Sustainable glasshouses

    Sustainable glasshouses

  • Corporate Information

    Corporate Information

  • Science and Biodiversity Strategy 2021 - 2030

    Science and Biodiversity Strategy 2021 - 2030

    Launched in June 2021, our Science and Biodiversity Strategy is a direct response to the Biodiversity Crisis and the Climate Emergency. It reflects the urgent need for action to: Secure a nature-rich future in the face of global environmental…

  • Executive Team

    Executive Team

    The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Executive Team comprises the Regius Keeper and five Directors.  

  • Dr Alex Davey

    Dr Alex Davey

    My role encompasses strategically planning, leading and overseeing RBGE’s research to combat the biodiversity and climate crises in Scotland and globally, growing grant income, enhancing equity, inclusion and access, and working with external…

  • Philip Thomas

    Philip Thomas

    I joined the International Conifer Conservation Programme in 1995. Since then, I have studied conifers in the field in many temperate and subtropical parts of the world including China, mainland SE Asia, New Caledonia and Chile. I am also the…

  • Dr Elspeth Haston

    Dr Elspeth Haston

    My experience is in taxonomic research, curation systems and digitisation. My work has included the development of tools, processes and workflows to aid with curation in herbaria. My current focus is on large-scale digitisation, including looking…

  • Dr Stephan Helfer

    Dr Stephan Helfer

    I do research on parasitic microfungi, their biodiversity, taxonomy and distribution.  I am interested in fungus-plant interactions and their effect on natural communities. I mainly use microscopic techniques for identification and basic…

  • Prof Christopher Walker

    Prof Christopher Walker

    I worked for Forestry Commission in various roles, ending up in the Physiology Branch of the Northern Research Station, Roslin, working with mycorrhiza and tree roots. I took early retirement in 1996 to allow more time to follow my interest in the…

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