Dr Mark Hughes

Dr Mark Hughes

Email: Mark HughesPhone: +44 (0)131 248 2893 Google Scholar profile. Southeast Asia is home to 15% of the worlds tropical forests, and has four globally important biodiversity hotspots. This unique mega-diversity is at the forefront of the…

Schools

Schools

Join us in the garden for one of our engaging programmes for schools and empower your learners to play their part in our vision of a positive future for plants, people, and the planet.   Our programmes are curriculum-linked and support…

Moving our Living Collection

Moving our Living Collection

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is home to some of the world’s rarest and most threatened plants, with a third of the collection growing in the Glasshouses. To safeguard this globally important plant collection, the celebrated Grade A Listed…

Communicating the world of plants

Communicating the world of plants

From its establishment in 1670 as a physic garden, education has been at the heart of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Today, that ranges from babies to holiday clubs, apprenticeships to higher degrees. The Edinburgh Biomes project will…

Reducing our carbon footprint

Reducing our carbon footprint

The Edinburgh Biomes project is a key part of the Botanics’ commitment to reducing its carbon footprint, with carbon savings of 17% expected through the creation of a new, efficient Energy Centre and the restoration of our Glasshouses. Other…

Garden Guided Tours

Garden Tours

The Glasshouses

The Glasshouses

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is home to some of the world’s rarest and most threatened plants, with a third of the collection growing in the Glasshouses.   Safeguarding the future To safeguard this globally important plant collection, the…

Access

Access

Accessibility at the Botanics We want all visitors to enjoy the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and aim to provide the best possible access to everyone in order that they enjoy their visit. We hope the following information will help you plan your…

Celebrating the Sabal palm

Celebrating the Sabal palm

At over 200 years old, the Sabal palm was the oldest living specimen at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE). As a young plant, it had lived in RBGE’s third site near Leith Walk, before being transported to the Tropical Palm House where it…

Our History

Our History

Founded near Holyrood Abbey in 1670 as a physic garden growing medicinal plants, to its present day role as a global centre for biodiversity science, horticulture and education, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has had a remarkable history over…