Congratulations to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’ Dr Emma Bush (Dr Emma Bush), who joins this new cohort of leaders.

Sowing Melampyrum seed 🌞 This year we collected seed from our ex situ collection to the grand sum of 48,000! Special custom-built frames were placed under the pots to make sure the seed wasn't lost to the tunnel floor

🌿🌺 Join us after hours for a gin experience at the Botanics this September! Dr Greg Kenicer guides you on a botanical gin journey, while Edinburgh Gin's head distiller David Wilkinson offers you the chance to mix your own cocktail. 18+ only. Book now👉 rbge.cc/4cAR24q

💚💪 Time for Scotland to weigh in on the action! We take on the #WaterlilyWeighOff24, as challenged by Denver Botanic Gardens. With a very Scottish twist up our sleeves (we're looking at you IRN-BRU) and a guest appearance from Marley, the Botanics cat, do we have what it takes to win?

📢Student Job Opportunity Calling all students! Do you have a passion for people, plants & art? Become a paid Creative Programmes Trainee Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh supported by Art Fund ⏰Deadline to apply: 5pm, Sunday 25 August 🔗For more info, follow the link: studentartpass.org/whats-on/oppor…

🍄 Fungi are essentially nature's unsung heroes, silently shaping our ecosystems for the better. Discover their fascinating world in the latest book published by Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, edited by #TeamRBGE's Max Coleman 👉 rbge.cc/3Z1Y3rQ 📸 ARROWSMITH🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

🍄✨🌙 Experience Botanic Lates – Fungi with us, part of this year's Edinburgh Art Festival! Thank you to everyone who joined us for an evening of mushroom magic, celebrating our new @rbgecreative exhibition Fungi Forms. 🎶 Music by Miguel Navas (savan) with Más Arte Más Acción

🍂🎶 From crisp autumn air to crisp singing notes, sign up to the Botanics Choir's new term and be a part of our singing community. Delve into a repertoire of plant-based songs inspired by the changing season! No experience necessary and no auditions 👉 rbge.cc/BotanicsChoir-…

A dull and rather chilly day in Edinburgh but the wildflower borders Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh were looking lovely!

Mosses and liverworts are a crucial part of the rich biodiversity found in #ScotlandsRainforest. Want to know more about them? Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in Edinburgh is running a moss ID for beginners course on 9 November. Find out more: buff.ly/3ADFcJD

🌻🌿 Last chance to visit Play with Plants! To celebrate our summer of play, afternoon sessions from 12.15pm now have no time limit. Stay and play as long as you like until 5.15pm. Sunday 1 September is the last day to visit! Book tickets online 👉rbge.cc/PlayWithPlants

Really important piece explaining why Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh' work on less-charismatic species and biomes is so vital. We expand knowledge of cerrado, savanna, tropical dry forests, monodominant stands, bryophytes, lichens, understorey herbs & fungi, among others! #biodiversity

Nearly everyone has heard of moss, most people can recognise moss, but hardly anyone knows about moss. So Benmore Botanic Garden has created a moss trail to highlight these wonderfully diverse and important plants. Find out more: buff.ly/4dF4VQH #ScotlandsRainforest Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Join a member of the Botanics' Creative Programmes team for a ‘Spill the Tea Tour’! Explore the stories behind the artwork in our Fungi Forms exhibition and sample a cup of mushroom tea. ☕🍄 Book below! spill-the-tea-tour-1.eventbrite.co.uk Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh  #SpillTheTea

🍄📣 Take a virtual tour of RBGE Creative Programmes exhibition Fungi Forms! Join us live on Instagram at 5pm this evening for a look around our latest exhibition, hosted by Science Communicator Max Coleman. Tune in live or watch back later👉 rbge.cc/Instagram 📷 Sally Jubb

🎄The countdown is on! Only 84 sleeps until the most wonderful time of the year✨ From 21 November, #ChristmasAtTheBotanics 2024 will light up the Garden with Candles that evoke the magic of Hogwarts' Great Hall and Firework Trees. Grab your tickets 👉 rbge.cc/CATB-24

🌿💼🐜 Come on a fieldtrip to Norway with RBGE Scottish Plants and Woodland Trust🌳 to investigate the Small cow-wheat – a threatened species in Scotland that is growing well in similar habitats in Norway. Part of Net Zero Scotland's #NatureRestorationFund programme with NatureScot 💚

Have you ever wondered why your house plants aren't thriving? You might have mealybugs... These creepy-crawlies can pose a serious risk to your plant's health but don't worry about your plant parenting skills, follow our guide or visit rbge.cc/inspect-insect… 🌱

The first of our after-hours botanical gin experiences starts tomorrow! Join us for: 🍹A guided tour of the Garden 🍹Gin tasting session featuring a limited-edition gin Tickets are still available at rbge.cc/4cAR24q. 18+ only. #RoyalBotanicGardenEdinburgh #EdinburghGin

🎄🎟️ Our Christmas at the Botanics Community Ballot is returning for 2024! We are offering a limited number of complementary tickets for community groups, allocated by ballot to ensure they are distributed fairly. Visit rbge.cc/CATB-24 to enter. #ChristmasAtTheBotanics