Fife Contemporary's Artist Newsflash No. 639 - News & Opportunities for Artists: mailchi.mp/b9b246801277/f…

Congratulations team V&A Dundee for launching another great show #Kimono is a real feast of textile, colour & fashion inspiration. Go see it and discover for yourself the iconic garments social and design story. #dundee

Fabulous opportunity to spend some time with an amazing collection ... what are you waiting for...?

Here here go team Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

🏃🎉George crosses the finish line!

Finally, after 356 miles of challenging conditions, never ending hills & unpredictable weather, George has arrived back home @thebotanics, welcomed by #teamrbge & visitors. Congratulations George!

Support George at justgiving.com/campaign/runni…

Our amazing colleague George, will complete his challenge to run between all 4 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh gardens around noon today. If you see him in Edinburgh give him a cheer justgiving.com/runningwild

The last day of George's 356mile run linking Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 4 gardens has a twist: he'll run from the south of Edinburgh to our garden in Inverleith via 3 of our historic sites; @ Holyrood, Waverley and Leith Walk. Support him if you can? justgiving.com/campaign/runni… #rbgerunningwild

Best ever arrival at a book festival

Colonsay Book Fest #colonsay

House plant 🪴 lovers listen to this brilliant initiative to rescue precious plants…. #cacti #succulents #plantrescue podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/on-…

Take a deep breath… The shaggy locks of lichens adorning the trees at Dawyck is an indicator of very clean air.

#Lichens don’t harm the trees. They do add to the biodiversity of habitats, helping to keep ecosystems healthy and more resilient.

Excellent BBC Radio Scotland Out of Doors interview with Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh librarian George Sherriffs about his 356 mile run linking our 4 gardens & why he's doing it, it's ~10mins in, please listen! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… & support if you can? rbge.org.uk/news/articles/… #rbgerunningwild

Check out our new blog out today with an interesting way of decolonising herbarium collections natsca.blog/2024/04/25/tri…

Details published of Stage Two applications for Creative Scotland Multi Year Funding programme confirm that 281 organisations have applied seeking an annual ask of £87.5m.
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What happens when climate change and the mental-health crisis collide? nature.com/articles/d4158…

Halt the Construction Near Dunbar Cemetery and Preserve Local Woodland - Sign the Petition! chng.it/XSBjSSyB via Change.org UK

Halt the Construction Near Dunbar Cemetery and Preserve Local Woodland - Sign the Petition! chng.it/XjxJNrLk via Change.org UK

2/2 In this area patches of heather are dying back, falling over and exposing the ground below. Interested to see if these areas give a new improved opportunity for tree regeneration to establish. Or the cause could be a heather pathogen !

Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy: more than car and oil industries together. They employ 2.3million people. To cut funding is fudge-brained, cack-hearted thinking pitched very much at the highest level of economic self-harm. theguardian.com/education/2024…

Fundraise for the Peadiatric Intensive Care Unit gofund.me/c13472c0