TO mark the reopening weekend of its newly renovated Palm Houses, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh lit up the capital’s skyline with its spectacular Cathedral of glass shining like a precious jewel.
Drone content captured from the air shows the Georgian and Victorian structures aglow with warm light, spotlighting the luscious greenery within.
This weekend the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s iconic Palm Houses reopened to the public, welcoming visitors from around the world to view its rare collection of plants. Following years of painstaking restoration, the glasshouses are open once again to offer a beacon of botanical wonder in the heart of the city.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE)
Founded in 1670 as a physic garden, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has grown into a world leading scientific botanic institution with over 120 scientists working on research related to its National Botanic Collection comprising of a living collection of 13,500 plant species, a herbarium of 3 million specimens, and a library and archive of rare books, paintings, photography and art related to Botany.
Its mission to explore, conserve, and explain the world of plants is at the heart of national and international efforts to address the impact of the biodiversity crisis and climate emergency and save and conserve as many plant species from extinction as possible, in collaboration with partners from across the globe.
Across our four Botanic Gardens in Scotland – at Benmore, in Argyll, at Logan, in Dumfries & Galloway, at Dawyck, in the Scottish Borders, and at Edinburgh – the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is home to our National Botanic Living Collection of more than 13,500 species of plants.
Together our four botanic gardens welcome around a million visitors every year.
