Rain gardens and bathwater reuse becoming trends, RHS says theguardian.com/environment/20…

Kirsty and Calum make use of garden waste by making a hugel bed, find out more about their project in this week’s episode on Beechgrove 🎥

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Signs of spring National Trust for Scotland Branklyn 🌱

Since her experience in our International Trainee Program in 2016, Kirsty Wilson has designed gardens for His Majesty King Charles III, presented on BBC, and published a book! Read about her amazing career journey 👉 bit.ly/4cSuEoE

Following Garden Pathways Around the Globe 🌱
longwoodgardens.org/blog/2024-04-0… Longwood Gardens

We are pleased to announce the launch of our 2024 Spring/Summer tickets - on sale and available via our website now!

This year the grounds, gardens, exhibitions, Mews Gift Shop and Café will be open to the Public daily 10:00 until 17:00 from Sat 23rd March until Sun 11th August.

My 2023 Garden Highlights from the past twelve months Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. There is always a ‘plant of interest’ for every month of the year growing in the RBGE Living Collection rbge.cc/474mx49 #Edinburgh

Huge congratulations to Prof Pete Hollingsworth of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on being made a CBE in the New Year’s Honours List - for services to Botanical Science. Worthy recognition of his innovative and globally impactful science and inspired leadership. Proud day for RBGE and Scotland

📣 New on Botanics Stories! A garden is never static, it is always growing, evolving, and changing and there is always a ‘plant of interest’ in our Living Collection. Discover Kirsty Wilson's highlights from the past twelve months in the Edinburgh Garden 👉rbge.cc/474mx49

So tonight’s #booksforchristmas is a double bill of better gardening by Kirsty Wilson & Gerry Maguire Thompson which have a common aim of making more of our spaces - where we can do what we want ! Informative - inspiring and guaranteed results ! Available here waterstones.com/book/planting-… &…

Cheery displays ⁦@RBGE_Science⁩ reception of what’s looking good each week ⁦Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh⁩. Season’s greetings🎄

Garden Highlights 2023 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/38360 #Edinburgh

Orchid Dracula bella Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is native to Columbian and Ecuadorian cloud forests. Dracula orchids are hypothesized to rely on mushroom mimicry for pollination. These orchids look and smell like mushrooms and are pollinated by mushroom-associated flies. #horticulture #nature

📣🌲Exciting new opportunity! We're offering an Arborist Traineeship on a full-time fixed term contract based in Edinburgh. The role will receive practical work experience with #TeamRBGE , complemented by competency training and certification. Learn more 👉rbge.cc/Jobs

Today, the East Linton Elf was lucky enough to help do some gardening at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh! This giant elf is helping to raise money for the sick kids hospital Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity Office of the Chief Executive NHSScotland Please go support and donate now:
justgiving.com/page/EastLinto… #Edinburgh

Flowers for William, Elizabeth and Margaret McNab stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/38053 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh #Edinburgh

Later in the show, Kirsty Wilson gets into the community spirit as she visits Greyfriars Biophilic Garden in Glasgow for a quick tour of their 56 show-stopping plots 🌱

The incredible blue fruits of Decaisnea insignis also know as dead man’s fingers! A deciduous shrub Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh that occurs in cloud and montane forests of northern India, Myanmar and Bhutan at elevations between 2000m and 3000m. Will survive temperatures below freezing.