OUR NEWS BY EMAIL
Subscribe below to receive our news by email
Tag: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Fundraiser for palm houses reaches £100,000
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh's fundraiser for the renovation of the historic palm houses has reached £100,000.
Private donors have pledged to match donations from the public which have now raised £50,000 and the...
The badgers ate all the tulips
Badgers ate thousands of tulips which had been gifted to Scotland's leading botanical garden and planted there.
More than 10,000 tulip bulbs were donated to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) by a generous supporter.
Horticulturalists planted...
Tens of thousands visit the Botanics after dark
More than 90,000 people attended the seasonal light event at Scotland's leading botanical garden.
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) was brought to life after dark with a million lights and candles helping to create...
Botanics identify the twelve plants of Christmas
Scientists at The Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh (RGBE) have reimagined the lyrics of the Twelve Days of Christmas with a selection of the nation's flora.
The choices include a pear tree - without a partridge...
Botanics marks 175th anniversary of death of Chief Gardener
In a quiet ceremony in New Calton Burial Ground, a wreath was laid to mark the 175th anniversary of the death of William McNab. He was the former Chief Gardener of the Royal Botanic Garden...
Art exhibition at the Botanics – Connecting Histories
Historical drawings from the rich collection of Indian botanical art held by The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RGBE) will be exhibited for the first time in a new exhibition.
The art will provide an...
At the Royal Botanic Garden- Living Soil
Join the Botanics for a British Sign Language (BSL) tour of artist Natalie Taylor's exhibition, Living Soil.
Artist Natalie Taylor celebrates the life beneath our feet, exploring our relationship with soil and the food production...
New exhibition open now at Inverleith House
Australian Artist Keg de Souza’s new exhibition explores the colonial legacy of plants in immersive installations at Inverleith House, Edinburgh
Artist to create a transformative, transdisciplinary space for conversation and action as part of the...
Botanics pay homage to 19th century head gardener
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) have remembered their former head gardener, William McNab. by planting bulbs at his grave to provide a colourful display in 2023 marking 175 years since his death.
Kirsty Wilson...
Christmas at the Botanics returns for another year
This year’s Christmas at the Botanics will open to the public on 17 November 2022.
Set within the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), the one-mile trail will include new installations specially created by artists for the...
Year of Stories inspired by nature at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Visitors walking in the Botanics will be able to stop at Storystations to listen to any one of 100 stories born of nature and grown in Scotland.
The stories are told by Emma Thompson,...
National Lottery Heritage Fund assures restoration of Botanic Garden glasshouses
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded a grant of £4 million to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) towards the restoration of the two A-listed Victorian Palm Houses.
The monies will be used to create...
Edinburgh Biomes delivers loads of muck to local school
Staff and pupils at Trinity Primary School say they were excited to welcome an unusual delivery to the school gates today - a load of five tonnes of quality topsoil from the Royal Botanic...
Fair Botanists brought to life . . .
The two main characters in author Sara Sheridan’s historical romantic novel, The Fair Botanists, have been “brought to life” and feature in a winter art exhibition.
Set in Edinburgh in 1822 around the time of...
Explosion of light and sound at the Botanics
Light cascades across the turf at the Royal Botanic Garden. The exhibit is called A Sea of Light and it lives up to its billing as well as being a fitting finale for this...
Royal visit to mark 350 years of the Botanics
A year after the pandemic interrupted celebrations for its 350th anniversary year, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh welcomed Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and The Duchess of Rothesay to the garden on Friday.
During the visit...
Art at the Botanics is a world first
A new augmented reality exhibition will open at the Botanics in September at exactly the same time as it will be displayed at 11 other gardens all over the world.
The contemporary artworks in Seeing...
Antiques Roadshow invites you to join them at the Botanics
Antiques Roadshow would like you to share your stories with them as they announce that the Botanics is one of their show locations this year.
Could you have an undiscovered treasure at home?
The Antiques Roadshow...
Podcast with The Botanics
A new podcast collaboration with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh will enlighten listeners about the relationship between plants and humans.
The miniseries by Science Communicator Aaron de Verés is called Plants and our Health...
Christmas at the Botanics – in photos
A centrepiece of Edinburgh’s festive calendar, Christmas at the Botanics will form the pièce de résistance on the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s 350thanniversary year.
The trail also looks to welcome back devotees of the Garden who...
Dazzling light show provided a real lift in challenging times
The rain trickled down from the sky as the first guests filed into The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh for the annual festive light show.
The air had a definite winter chill and all entrants were...
The Botanics looks ahead to Christmas
Christmas at the Botanics – an illuminated trail through the garden – is returning in 2020 for its longest run ever.
Now in its fourth consecutive year, the event will be held over a...
Botanics open on Wednesday
Following government guidance, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) has been busy getting ready to reopen again.
There will be new health and safety measures.
For example, only members of staff will have access to...
Coronavirus – The Botanics will open their gates in July
Locals in Edinburgh can enjoy the Botanics again when the team there opens the public gates on Wednesday, 1 July 2020.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon made an announcement to The Scottish Parliament on the way...
Major grant will turn Inverleith House into Climate House
Inverleith House Gallery at the Botanics has some really exciting news to share. The gallery is a joint recipient of the Outset Transform Award which will be announced later today alongside Serpentine Galleries.
The...
Celebrating 350 years of the Botanics
The Botanics is a favourite place to go for a walk in Edinburgh at any time of the year.
On Wednesday of this week Jeremy Balfour MSP wished the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE)...
Newly engaged? Head to the Botanics this weekend
Catering and events company, Sodexo is gearing up to welcome engaged couples to perhaps one of Edinburgh’s most romantic venues, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh for its annual Wedding Open Day.
Taking place this Sunday...
Christmas at the Botanics opens today
Christmas at the Botanics opens today and there will be30 nights of light installations all inspired by Christmas.
There are over one million twinkling lights, more than 4500 metres of cabling, 250 metres of garlands,...
New Executive chef at the Botanics
Denholm’s bloomin' excited with new role at the Botanics
Leading retail and event caterers at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Sodexo, have appointed Denholm Shiels to the newly created role of Executive Chef.
Denholm has worked...
New buildings at the Botanics to be approved
Proposals to overhaul the Royal Botanic Gardens are set to be given the green light – despite concerns that 48 trees will be chopped down to make way.
The city council’s development management sub-committee will...
SUPPORT LOCAL NEWS
DIGITAL & PRINT EDITION
