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International agreements for plant conservation
International agreements for plant conservation
With over 20 per cent of plant species considered at risk of extinction, and many tens of thousands still awaiting discovery, three world-leading research institutes in Scotland and China have signed landmark agreements to address the challenges…
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Celebrating partnerships in plants at Benmore and beyond
Celebrating partnerships in plants at Benmore and beyond
Shared experiences in art, science and horticulture spanning more than two centuries are brought bang up to date and celebrated in contemporary style with Flora of Nepal, this year’s summer exhibition at Benmore Botanic Garden until August…
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Benmore horticulturists return from fieldtrip to British Columbia
Benmore horticulturists return from fieldtrip to British Columbia
Benmore horticulturists Neil McCheyne and David Gray have just returned from a fieldtrip to British Columbia during which they collected valuable seed and plant material to aid with conservation and research programmes. Neil (52), who is Garden…
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Logan Curator to help save threatened plants in Vietnam
Logan Curator to help save threatened plants in Vietnam
Logan Curator Richard Baines is among a group of modern day plant hunters who will travel to Vietnam this month to collect seed material from a range of threatened and endangered plants to aid their conservation. Richard will be visiting…
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Leading Borders craftsmen exhibit work at Dawyck
Leading Borders craftsmen exhibit work at Dawyck
Furniture made by two of Scotland’s finest craftsmen, David Lightly and Ross Purves, went on show at Dawyck Botanic Garden, Stobo, near Peebles on Wednesday (1 February). The exhibition, Fruits of the Forest, will be seen by around 34,000…
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Royal recognition for Georgian cottage reborn
Royal recognition for Georgian cottage reborn
15 December 2016An internationally-important seat of learning from the Scottish Enlightenment which fell into dereliction and was painstakingly dismantled to be reconstructed two miles across the capital has received the royal seal of approval.…
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New plant for the south of Scotland
New plant for the south of Scotland
The recent discovery of a new plant previously unseen in the south of Scotland has caught the imagination of botanists at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RGBE) – who found the little hornwort, quite literally under their feet, at…
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The enigma of surgeon James Barry â and others - celebrated at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
The enigma of surgeon James Barry â and others - celebrated at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
A fascinating new gem from the archives of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is on public display this week in a special exhibition marking the significant roles played by women within the organisation over its five-century span.…
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Protecting Scottish trees and herbs for the future
Protecting Scottish trees and herbs for the future
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) has collected seeds from 14 trees and 29 conservation priority herbs this year, to help deliver Scottish species into the UK National Tree Seed Project and the UK Flora Project. Both projects aim to…
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Major boost to help save the Alpine House.
Major boost to help save the Alpine House.
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is celebrating the news that it has received a £46,215 funding boost from SITA Trust to help restore the Garden’s Heritage Alpine House.This funding award means over means over £65,000…
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