Monday 28th August: meet 12:45 for 1.30 walk
Tag: Botanics
Botanics’ Edible Garden Project wins national award
Horticulture Week Custodian Awards
Edible Gardening Project – Best Food Growing Initiative
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) Edible Gardening Project has won an award at this year’s Horticulture Week Custodian Awards. The local project scooped the Best Food Growing Initiative award, one of 18 presented at Woburn Abbey Sculpture Gallery on Wednesday. Continue reading Botanics’ Edible Garden Project wins national award
Enjoy Fathers Day with Dads Rock
TODAY: The Botanics 11am – 3pm
Join Dads Rock on Father’s Day
Our fourth free family event is coming! On Father’s day (Sunday 18th June). It’s for all the family. We’re heading back to take over the Royal Botanic Garden for lots of fun, check out below what’s going on, the link to our Eventbrite page is:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/
Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
Spring Festival at The Botanics
Spring Festival
Sat 29 & Sun 30 April, 1pm-4pm (drop -in), all ages, free
Come to the Botanic Cottage and Demonstration Garden as the Edible Gardening team get started in the vegetable patch for another year. Be inspired by nature and learn about gardening in an environmentally friendly way.
With information for budding gardeners, fun family friendly activities and fresh garden tasters. With Edinburgh Wildlife Watch Group (https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/watch-group/edinburgh/) and Grass Roots Remedies (http://www.grassrootsremedies.co.uk/)
The Edible Gardening project is supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.
Grow Wild at The Botanics!
Tickets are now available for the up and coming Grow Wild hub training day at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh in collaboration with the Grow Wild UK team, Edible Gardening Project, Water Works (Grow Wild flagship lead Mark Brand), Roy Watling (Mycology Expert) and more. Continue reading Grow Wild at The Botanics!
Botanic Cottage receives Royal approval
An internationally-important seat of learning from the Scottish Enlightenment which fell into dereliction and was painstakingly dismantled to be reconstructed two miles across the ity has received the royal seal of approval. It’s both the oldest and the newest building at the Botanics, and the magnificent Botanic Cottage was officially opened by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal yesterday.
Saved by a community campaign, the Georgian cottage was reconstructed with the express intention of nurturing public engagement so it was appropriate that those welcoming Her Royal Highness included school pupils and community groups.
Volunteers from the Edible Gardening Project were on hand, as were the community activists who fought for the building to be saved, those involved with the reconstruction and RBGE staff who had roles to play in the venture. Main funders, including representatives of the Heritage Lottery Fund were also introduced.
Lucy Casot, Head of the Heritage Lottery Fund in Scotland, said: “Thanks to players of the National Lottery, Botanic Cottage has a new lease of life. It will be a lively, welcoming hub where young and old, many with more challenges in life than others, can be inspired by these wonderful gardens and collections. We are delighted to have played our part in this project and look forward to seeing Botanic Cottage blossom.”
The Princess was hosted by Regius Keeper Simon Milne MBE who introduced her to key people in the building’s recent history, from its rescue on Leith Walk in 2008 through the wholesale move and traditional rebuild to those who have established it as a new centre for community and education work at the Garden’s Inverleith site.
Mr Milne commented: “The completion of the Botanic Cottage is such a wonderful achievement for everyone involved in getting the building from Leith to Inverleith and bringing it back to life as a focus for education and community work. Today has provided well-deserved recognition to the team and we were all delighted to have had the opportunity to welcome The Princess Royal.”
The Botanics: After the Storm
EXHIBITION: After the Storm
Sat 3 December to Fri 26 May 2017
Timber from trees destroyed when Cyclone Andrea tore through the Edinburgh Garden on 3 January 2012 have been crafted into 14 exquisite items of furniture. Don’t miss this major exhibition showcasing the unique pieces created by members of the Scottish Furniture Makers Association.
An exhibition of fine furniture constructed from RBGE timber windblown during Cyclone Andrea in 2012. Highlighting the beauty of Scottish-grown timber and craftsmanship amongst our Scottish furniture makers, this exhibition also focuses on the restorative and rejuvenating effects of storms in Nature and trauma upon the natural and human environment.
TODAY 11am – 3pm John Hope Gateway
AFTER the STORM MAKERS’ MARKET
A selection of beautifully crafted, hand-made items from the After the Storm furniture makers will be on sale at a festive market. The wide selection including boxes, clocks and bowls provides the chance to buy a unique Christmas gift or special item for your home.
Tree-mendous: Game of cones!
School gamers recruited to save Scotland’s forests
With new threats to tree health never far from the news, seven Scottish research institutes have been working with computer game designers to create a freely-available platform on which young players can pit their wits against pests and diseases in the virtual forest. The result is the new survival strategy game CALEDON, which was launched in Glasgow today. The ultimate game plan is to encourage a new generation of much-needed tree health specialists. Continue reading Tree-mendous: Game of cones!
Late night tonight at the Botanics
To celebrate midsummer, the Botanic Garden will be staying open until 10.30pm and there will be half price entry to the Glasshouses between 6pm and 9.30pm tonight. Food and drink will be available at the Terrace Cafe and East Gate Lodge. What better way to enjoy the longest day of the year, than with an evening stroll around the Botanics?
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