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Ficaria verna – January 5th 2026 – Lesser celandine
A very early spring flower, in December!Continue reading »
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Dr. Helen Kopnina: Requiem for the Weeds
Dr Kopnina, Helen (PhD Cambridge University, 2002) is currently employed at Northumbria University in Newcastle, UK Lecture Theatre, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Date: Thursday 15 January…Continue reading »
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Christmas Quiz — the answers
Did anyone get them all correct?Continue reading »
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Christmas Tree – December 22nd 2025
a brief history of Christmas treesContinue reading »
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Jonathan Silvertown: The Myth and Magic of Plants
Jonathan Silvertown is an honorary Professor in the Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Edinburgh and President of the Botanical Society of…Continue reading »
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Christmas Quiz – December 15th 2025 – Identify winter twigs
Do you know your twigs?Continue reading »
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Ononis repens – December 8th 2025 – Common Restharrow
Once a weed, now a cherished nativeContinue reading »
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Malva arborea – December 1st 2025 – Tree Mallow
Tree Mallow but not really a treeContinue reading »
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CANCELLED — Dr. Axel Dalberg Poulsen — Spicing Up Christmas: Stories of Gingers
Dr. Axel Dalberg Poulsen is a Danish botanist specialised in tropical botany focusing on understorey herbs Thursday 18 December 2025 Lecture Theatre, Royal Botanic Garden,…Continue reading »
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Pratia pedunculata – November 24th 2025 – Blue Lawn-lobelia
Look for it in your lawnsContinue reading »
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Lamiastrum galeobdolon – November 17th 2025 – Yellow Archangel
Look out for the variegated subspecies.Continue reading »
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Asplenium scolopendrium – November 10th 2025 – Hart’s Tongue Fern
A common fern in Britain but rare elsewhere.Continue reading »
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Diplotaxis tenuifolia – November 3rd 2025 – Perennial Wall Rocket
An unusual member of the cabbage familyContinue reading »
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Dr. Andrea Harper – Rising from the Ashes: Why do some trees survive ash dieback disease?
Dr. Andrea Harper is a Senior Lecturer in Plant Biology at the University of York Thursday 27 November 2025 Lecture Theatre, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh…Continue reading »
- Plant Pub Social – Thursday 13 November 2025 Continue reading »
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2025 Scottish Botanists’ Conference
Sat 1 Nov 2025 9:15 AM - 6:00 PM GMT Sign-Up for Conference SOLD OUT - WATING LIST ONLY Venue: Science Buildings, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh,…Continue reading »
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2025 Scottish Botanists’ Conference
Sat 1 Nov 2025 9:15 AM - 6:00 PM GMT Venue: Science Buildings, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20 Inverleith Row, EH3 5LR Venue Note: To access the…Continue reading »
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BPS Meeting South of Scotland and Edinburgh
Saturday 25th October 2025, (09:30 registration) 10:00 – 18:00 National BPS Autumn Meeting Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR The morning…Continue reading »
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Asplenium ceterach – October 27th 2025 – Rustyback
Known as a resurrection plant, rather rare in ScotlandContinue reading »
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Reading from Richard Milne’s new novel: The Glories
We’ve got a one of a kind event coming up soon - our very own Richard Milne is giving the student group a reading from…Continue reading »
