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Knowledge and Skills Transfer

Knowledge and Skills Transfer

The conservation and sustainable use of natural resources relies on well-informed decision makers, effectively-trained practitioners, and wide public understanding of environmental challenges and solutions. Major skills gaps currently exist in…

PhD students at RBGE

Students

Biodiversity Conservation

Conservation

Large-scale global change and direct human pressures on the natural environment are leading to extensive biodiversity loss with major impacts on society. Forty per cent of plant species are now threatened with extinction, including important wild…

Digitisation

Digitisation

Our specimen data and images can be downloaded for free from the online catalogue, including full resolution TIFFs of specimens. All specimen images and data have a CC-0 licence. We have now completed the digitisation of all type specimens, plus…

Bryophytes

Bryophytes

Bryophytes are the oldest land plants on earth, and have been around for 400 million years or more. Although small, they can be very conspicuous growing as extensive mats in woodland, as cushions on walls, rocks and tree trunks, and as pioneer…

Library and Archives

Library and Archives

We welcome visits from all researchers including visiting academics, artists, students and members of the public. Please see the Visit the Library pages to find out more and to book an appointment.  The Library will be closed to visitors…

CALL FOR ENTRIES 2020

Call for Entries 2020

The creation of the Florilegium is a wonderful opportunity for artists around the world to create works featuring or inspired by plants from their country that are also associated with RBGE, one of the world’s leading Botanic Gardens. There is also…

Artists in the Florilegium

Artists in the Florilegium

Plant Species in the Florilegium

Plant Species in the Florilegium

Contemporary Illustrations Collection

Contemporary Illustrations Collection