Are you passionate about plants and interested in working in a world renowned #botanicgarden? We are looking for an experienced Senior #Horticulturist to join our Herbaceous team. For more info and to apply 👉 rbge.org.uk/about-us/worki… #horticulture #edinburghjobs

First potting up of the season Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh nursery. Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna (currently flowering) and Sarcococca saligna. #rbgehort

The nursery team doing some grafting today of Pyrus communis 'Williams' onto Quince Eline rootstocks. Hopefully will have taken by mid to late April. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh #rbgehort

Plans for the #EdinburghBiomes, our ambitious new project to protect our unique and globally important plant collection, is making news today Edinburgh Evening News bit.ly/2ufyOTH

Latua pubiflora from Chile providing some lovely colour in the nursery. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh #rbgehort #solanaceae

Recent collection from #Sichuan #China of Corylopsis platypetala which is in the Witch Hazel family flowering Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh #rbgehort

Fantastic weekend at Glasgow Botanic Gardens learning about orchid propagation and the roles that people can play in conservation. Looking forward to starting… instagram.com/p/Bv9m_Ywh9yFx…

The Blue Himalayan Poppies or Meconopsis are just starting to flower in the Woodland Garden Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh This is the hybrid Slieve Donard probably one of finest and most reliable #rbgehort

Lilium formosanum var. pricei flowering in the nursery Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on this sunny day! #liliaceae #rbgehort #behindthescene

With planning granted for #EdinburghBiomes, read how this ambitious project will safeguard priceless plant collections and future proof Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh status as a world-leading centre for plant science, education, horticulture and conservation bit.ly/2K8wy9d

Potted up some Rhododendron cuttings taken from our micropropagation facilities. Now its time to go take some more! Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Botanic Gardens Conservation International #rbgehort #rhododendron #behindthescenes

Gardeners in the lab, doing some sort of magic as far as I can tell! 🧙 #rbgehort Duncan Young

Rhododendron calophytum collected by Ernest Wilson during November of 1908 in Baoxing Xian, Sichuan. Has been given a 2nd lease of life through microproagation Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh commitment to Botanic Gardens Conservation International Global Conservation Consortium for Rhododendron

Pricking out orchid seedlings and checking up on the others which are growing quickly! Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh RBGE Scottish Plants #rbgehort #rbge #microprop #dactylorhiza #behindthescenes

1st of the new red labels to highlight Rhododendron of Conservation Concern going out Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Being part of the Botanic Gardens Conservation International Global Conservation Consortium for Rhododendron making us reappraise how we manage & communicate the significance of our #Rhododendron collection.

Just under 1000 conifers ready to go to @NBGGlasnevin. They will be grown on and eventually planted out in the JFK arboretum as part of the ICCP. #rbgehort #fitzroya #abies #araucaria #prumnopitys #sciadopitys #widdringtonia #calocedrus #cephalotaxus #torreya #xanthocyparis

A variety of seed has arrived in the nursery for future grafting of trees in the garden. Time to get sowing! Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh #rbgehort #rootstocks #behindthescenes

A lovely selection of Hebridean marsh orchid flowering amongst the plants in our scottish native tunnel in nursery Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on this sunny day. RBGE Scottish Plants #rbgehort #behindthescenes #orchids #dactylorhizaebudensis #dactylorhizatraunsteinerioides

A bit of natural pest control in the nursery #behindthescenes #rbgehort #rbge #tweet Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Scottish Rare Plants Programme is hiring! We are looking for a 3-month conservation horticulture/ fieldwork assistant starting mid-August. Tell all your friends! We are looking forward to hearing from you 🙂🌱. Details here: rbge.org.uk/about-us/worki…