2013 sees a very special partnership between the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) and the Scottish Poetry Library. From June to September, each RBGE Garden will host its very own poet for a whole month: Sue Butler was resident in Benmore for the month of June, July saw Mandy Haggith weaving words in Edinburgh, now in August Jean Atkin is setting up camp at Logan, and Gerry Loose takes root at Dawyck in September.
Highlights so far….
Sue Butler reached her goal of collating 150 poems to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Benmore’s Redwood Avenue. They were contributed by Benmore Botanic Garden visitors and staff, and e-poets from all over the world who submitted poems via www.walkingwithpoets.com.
Mandy Haggith took people through the Gaelic Tree Alphabet, with 18 events each featuring a particular species. There were touchy-feeling walks, outdoor readings, evening folklore and poetry sessions and poetry workshops which Botanics’ visitors, staff and volunteers all came to enjoy.
Blog Posts From Walking With Poets
- Interpreting fungi in the Garden October 1, 2024
- Towards 3 million: Iridaceae October 1, 2024
- Daughters of tailors and slop shops: social snobbery and botanical art in early nineteenth-century Madras September 26, 2024
- Towards 3 million: Ochnaceae, Medusagynaceae and Quiinaceae September 17, 2024
- Uber ants September 5, 2024
- Towards 3 million: Proteaceae September 3, 2024
- A new species of shrub discovered in the dry Andean valleys of Peru and Ecuador August 30, 2024
- Towards 3 million: Lamiaceae August 20, 2024
- Norwegian niches: oblong woodsia August 13, 2024
- Cow-wheat curiosity: pollination August 9, 2024
- Towards 3 million: Fabulous fungi found in peculiar places August 6, 2024
- Cow-wheat conundrum July 26, 2024
- Meet the Botanics Sniffer in Residence July 23, 2024
- Towards 3 million: Lentibulariaceae July 23, 2024
- Towards 3 million: Calceolariaceae, Stilbaceae and Paulowniaceae July 9, 2024
- Are we ready to weather the water? June 27, 2024
- TNLS: from Alphabetti-Spaghetti to order? June 25, 2024
- Towards 3 million specimens: Malpighiaceae June 25, 2024
- In the firing line June 13, 2024
- Towards 3 million: British Bluebells – Hyacinthoides non-scripta & Campanula rotundifolia June 11, 2024
- A Deeper Look at Tree Mosses; Part III June 4, 2024
- The elm hunters June 3, 2024
- Towards 3 million specimens: Hydroleaceae, Plocospermataceae, Tetrachondraceae & Carlemanniaceae May 28, 2024
- A Deeper Look at Tree Mosses; Part II May 28, 2024
- A Deeper Look at Tree Mosses; Part I May 21, 2024
- Towards 3 million specimens: Orchidaceae May 14, 2024
- A tale of two elms May 1, 2024
- Towards 3 million specimens: Annonaceae April 30, 2024
- Rare plants and rare skills April 29, 2024
- My RBGE Apprenticeship: Glasshouse Rotation – Patricia Berakova April 24, 2024
- Exploring Greville’s Botanical Illustrations April 23, 2024
- Emerge : natural design – a new exhibition at the Open Eye Gallery April 22, 2024
- Last Ent set to repopulate Glen Affric April 16, 2024
- Towards 3 million specimens: Sphenocleaceae & Montiniaceae April 16, 2024
- Ecologists and Taxonomists Working Together April 2, 2024
- Towards 3 million specimens: Euphorbiaceae April 2, 2024
- John Main DHE, NDH [MHort RHS], FCIHort, SHM March 28, 2024
- The unique plant biodiversity of the Central African bemba forests March 27, 2024
- Elm blossom March 26, 2024
- Towards 3 million specimens: This lizard’s tail has been snapped before… March 19, 2024
- Restoring a fern wiped out by collectors and botanists March 18, 2024
- Growing Connections: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and The National Botanic Gardens of Ireland. March 14, 2024
- Bird burglar caught in the act March 13, 2024
- Towards 3 million specimens: Primula vulgaris: A Herald of Spring March 5, 2024
- Towards 3 million specimens: Digitising Plantaginaceae February 20, 2024
- Increasing knowledge of Apocynaceae in the seasonally dry tropical forests of the Marañón February 15, 2024
- Towards 3 million specimens: Digitising Phyllanthaceae February 6, 2024
- Seedlings of hope January 29, 2024
- Common is rare and rare is common January 11, 2024
- Towards 3 million specimens: Digitising Amaryllidaceae & Alliaceae January 10, 2024
- Redefining Aneura maxima and other Pellia-like Aneura December 27, 2023
- Tidying up in Aneura December 25, 2023
- Day 12: Twelve drummers drumming – Aulacomnium androgynum, Drumsticks December 20, 2023
- Day 11: Eleven pipers piping – Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus, Pipe-cleaner moss December 19, 2023
- Planting healthy December 18, 2023
- The Indian botanical drawings reproduced in Ocean Flowers December 18, 2023
- Garden Highlights 2023 December 18, 2023
- Towards 3 million specimens: Ilex aquifolium: A Symbol of Christmas and Beyond December 18, 2023
- Day 10: Ten lords a-leaping – Arum maculatum, Lords and ladies December 18, 2023
- Day 9: Nine ladies dancing – Alchemilla alpina, the alpine Lady’s mantle December 17, 2023
- Day 8: Eight maids a-milking – Polygala serpyllifolia, heath milkwort December 16, 2023
- Day 7: Seven swans a-swimming – Mnium hornum, Swan’s neck thyme moss December 15, 2023
- Day 6: Six geese a-laying– Ribes uva-crispa, Gooseberry December 14, 2023
- Day 5: Five gold rings – Solidago virgaurea, Goldenrod December 13, 2023
- Towards 3 million specimens: Digitising Scrophulariaceae December 13, 2023
- Day 4: Four calling birds- Scapania ornithopoides, the Birds-foot Earwort December 12, 2023
- Day 3: Three French hens – Orchis mascula, Hen’s kames December 11, 2023
- Day 2: Two turtle doves – Geranium molle, the Dove’s foot cranebill December 10, 2023
- Day 1: A partridge in a pear tree – Pyrus communis, the pear tree December 9, 2023
- The Twelve Days of DToL December 9, 2023
- Reviving Benmore’s giants December 6, 2023
- Postcards from the Biomes: The Last Fern to Leave December 4, 2023
- Flowers for William, Elizabeth and Margaret McNab December 1, 2023
- Rainforest elm November 22, 2023
- Towards 3 million specimens: It’s a steal for Magnolias! October 26, 2023
- Resilient plant communities October 25, 2023
- The Queen Mother’s Memorial Garden October 25, 2023
- Towards 3 million specimens: Prunus spinosa – The Blackthorn Tree of British and Irish Folklore October 19, 2023
- Apple recovery bears fruit October 17, 2023
- Wallace’s Iridescent Ferns at RBGE October 16, 2023
- Plants moving on October 10, 2023
- Plants on the move September 29, 2023
- Pressing conservation issue September 27, 2023
- Students of 1809 and 1859 September 27, 2023
- Welcome to ‘The Good City.’ September 26, 2023
- Restoration in focus September 26, 2023
- Postcards from the Biomes: A Show of Fronds September 25, 2023
- Hedlundia in a spin September 5, 2023
- Students’ Stories: “George Herbert Cave” by Dean Blake, 3rd Year Horticulture with Plantsmanship student at RBGE September 4, 2023
- Postcards from the Biomes: Using air layering as a propagation method. August 24, 2023
- Growing in Plain Sight: Women in the British Lichen Society Archives August 3, 2023
- Golden jewel July 18, 2023
- Stories from the Biomes: The Fern House Decant July 8, 2023
- Scottish Plant Recovery June 28, 2023
- One in a thousand June 17, 2023
- Towards 3 million specimens: Caroline Henry June 15, 2023
- Next gen elms June 13, 2023
- New Archives Acquisition: the MacWatt Primula Papers, with thanks to Elizabeth Farquharson (1915-2023), the remarkable daughter of a distinguished horticulturalist June 6, 2023
- The South Indian cereal drawings of P. Mooroogasen Moodelliar June 5, 2023
- Two liliaceous drawings by Stella Ross-Craig April 17, 2023
- Planting with Nature – A guide to sustainable gardening April 13, 2023
- Digging into the details through digitisation: the poppy family April 5, 2023
- Grow and Magnify: An Illustrator’s Journey with Mycologists and Fungi March 28, 2023
- The Wardie Cottages: the deaths of Edward Forbes and John Goodsir March 27, 2023
- Stories from the Biomes: My Experience with the Biomes Decant, by Horticulturist Szymon Drozdek March 21, 2023
- Alchemists and gardeners March 20, 2023
- A tangled Calcutta-Caledonian web: James Kerr, John Fleming and John Hope’s engravings of asafoetida March 7, 2023
- Narrowing down Aneura pinguis February 16, 2023
- The Goodsir letters in RBGE archives’ John Hutton Balfour correspondence collection February 11, 2023
- When is a Nepalese pine not a Nepalese pine? February 3, 2023
- Stories from the Biomes: A Year in Photos February 1, 2023
- A Snowdrop Tour with a Difference – Galanthus nivalis poculiformis January 23, 2023
- COP15: a ‘Paris moment’ for nature December 22, 2022
- Professor Mathew Williams, Chief Scientific Adviser December 19, 2022
- Dr Joan Cottrell, Forest Research December 15, 2022
- Sarah Watts, Corrour Estate and University of Stirling December 15, 2022
- Dr Neil Bell, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh December 15, 2022
- Dr Tom Parker, James Hutton Institute December 14, 2022
- Lisa Chilton, National Biodiversity Network Trust December 14, 2022
- Professor Dan Haydon, University of Glasgow December 13, 2022
- Professor Euan James, James Hutton Institute December 13, 2022
- Dr Janet Fisher, Edinburgh University School of Geosciences December 9, 2022
- Professor Jennifer Smart, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds December 8, 2022
- Tony Schilling, horticulturist, receives recognition from the Government of Nepal – Updated December 8, 2022
- Professor Rod Page, University of Glasgow December 7, 2022
- Dr Deborah Long, Scottish Environment LINK December 7, 2022
- 2022 Garden Highlights December 5, 2022
- Professor Jeremy Wilson, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and University of Stirling December 1, 2022
- Dr Rebecca Yahr, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh December 1, 2022
- Dr Helen Senn, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland December 1, 2022
- Dr David O’Brien, NatureScot December 1, 2022
- Professor Xavier Lambin, University of Aberdeen November 30, 2022
- Dr Alessandro Gimona, The James Hutton Institute November 30, 2022
- Dr Heidi Burdett, Lyell Centre, Heriot-Watt University November 30, 2022
- Dr Rosalind Bryce, University of the Highlands and Islands November 28, 2022
- Professor Chris Quine, Forest Research November 28, 2022
- Dr Andrea Britton, James Hutton Institute November 25, 2022
- Stories from the Biomes: Threatened Chilean plants on the move. November 24, 2022
- Professor Chris Spray, UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Science and Policy, Dundee University November 23, 2022
- Dr Aline Finger, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh November 18, 2022
- Stories from the Biomes: Moving the Ericaceous Collection November 14, 2022
- Jeanette Hall, NatureScot November 10, 2022
- Professor Anne Magurran, University of St Andrews November 9, 2022
- Professor Murray Roberts, University of Edinburgh November 9, 2022
- Professor Davy McCracken, Scotland’s Rural College November 7, 2022
- Stumperies and Rooteries November 3, 2022
- International Open Access Week October 25, 2022
- Professor Rob Brooker, James Hutton Institute October 12, 2022
- Professor Robin Pakeman, James Hutton Institute October 12, 2022
- Wake-up call to climate change October 7, 2022
- Anna’s placement in Gothenburg October 7, 2022
- Dr Richard Lilley, Project Seagrass October 6, 2022
- Stories from the Biomes: A Change in the Weather October 4, 2022
- The Life and Achievements of Dr Archibald Hewan September 27, 2022
- Dr Alejandro Gallego, Marine Scotland September 1, 2022
- Stories from the Biomes: moving the outdoor plants September 1, 2022
- Ian Hedge September 1, 2022
- Dr Ruth Mitchell, James Hutton Institute August 24, 2022
- Professor Alistair Jump, University of Stirling July 28, 2022
- Stories from the Biomes: Space for Change July 26, 2022
- A small plant with a big genome July 6, 2022
- After the flood; an update from the RBGE Archives one year on. July 4, 2022
- Professor Jaboury Ghazoul, University of Edinburgh and ETH Zürich July 4, 2022
- Dr Kerry Waylen, James Hutton Institute July 4, 2022
- Stories from the Biomes: Fern House decant begins June 28, 2022
- From a single tree to a BioBlitz June 27, 2022
- Biodiversity at Little Sparta June 20, 2022
- Professor Kirsty Park, University of Stirling June 20, 2022
- Giants, genomes and true grit June 12, 2022
- Stories from the Biomes: Data Capture May 31, 2022
- Dr Antje Ahrends, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh May 26, 2022
- Dr Caroline Lehmann, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and University of Edinburgh May 26, 2022
- Professor Mathew Williams, Chief Scientific Adviser May 26, 2022
- Scotland’s Leaders in Biodiversity Conservation Science May 26, 2022
- Tulipomania May 16, 2022
- Stories from the Biomes: Palm House Propagation April 20, 2022
- An Update on the Flora of Myanmar Project April 7, 2022
- Harry’s Gates April 6, 2022
- The David Douglas Telescope – what can one object tell us? March 31, 2022
- Purple Saxifrage: The first tribune of Spring in the Arctic and the Alps March 11, 2022
- Naming of Primula species from the 1921 British Reconnaissance Expedition to Mount Everest March 7, 2022
- Damage to the Edinburgh collection. Storm Malik and Corrie January 31, 2022
- Choose your transcription path through people and plants January 12, 2022
- 2021 Garden Highlights December 17, 2021
- Ross Eudall (1924-2021) December 9, 2021
- RBGE/Nature Scot Ikebana installations at COP26 December 1, 2021
- A Green Wall at Edinburgh Waverley Station for COP26 November 30, 2021
- Autumn from the Air November 29, 2021
- Apple Hunting in Scotland November 19, 2021
- COP26 – What Now? November 16, 2021
- RBGE World War Two Service Roll November 11, 2021
- Backing nature for climate at COP26 November 4, 2021
- Cleaner greener tools for the Garden November 3, 2021
- Wangari Maathai 1940—2011 October 21, 2021
- Frieda Christie – 28 Years at RBGE September 29, 2021
- Blazing the apple trail September 17, 2021
- 10 years of collaboration, 200 years of collections and one more piece in the jigsaw of understanding plant life on Earth. September 8, 2021
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club Concluding Blog 2021 September 2, 2021
- Eat your sea greens August 19, 2021
- A Yorkshire copy of Bentham’s Illustrated Handbook of the British Flora August 11, 2021
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club Late July 2021 August 3, 2021
- Let’s Do Net Zero July 28, 2021
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club Late June 2021 July 1, 2021
- Rescuing the Goldilocks of Scottish Wildflowers at RBGE July 1, 2021
- Growing ferns from spores in Nepal June 22, 2021
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club Early June 2021 June 2, 2021
- Love blue poppies? – a practical guide to growing and propagating Meconopsis May 26, 2021
- Diamond is a researchers best friend- the evolution of the Edinburgh Journal of Botany May 25, 2021
- Plant Pot Pride May 18, 2021
- Epitaph for an Elm May 17, 2021
- Early botanising in Upper Teesdale May 17, 2021
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club Early May 2021 May 13, 2021
- Hidden Histories: Stories found in the George Forrest archive – The Temple of the Goddess of Mercy May 11, 2021
- A visit to Leny Glen May 10, 2021
- Learning at the Botanics May 4, 2021
- A garden visitor and his ‘stolen’ book – 2 May 4, 2021
- A garden visitor and his ‘stolen’ book – 1 April 27, 2021
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club Late April 2021 April 26, 2021
- L’Erba della Madonna April 25, 2021
- Lessons from Lockdown – Connecting with Nature April 23, 2021
- Big trees need big plots April 19, 2021
- Shock! Horror! Alien invader reaches genteel Moray Place April 13, 2021
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club Early April 2021 April 8, 2021
- Uses for a ‘common’ flower April 6, 2021
- The giant butterbur, Petasites japonicus March 31, 2021
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club Late March 2021 March 25, 2021
- Erophila verna on a black ground: a miniature painting in the Lightfoot Herbarium at Kew March 24, 2021
- After the crowds disperse: crowdsourced data rediscovered and researched March 23, 2021
- International Day of Forests 2021 – Resilience Bench March 21, 2021
- Art in the Garden: Bronzes by Mo Farquharson March 16, 2021
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club Early March 2021 March 12, 2021
- LGBT History Month: Derek Jarman February 25, 2021
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club Late February 2021 February 22, 2021
- LGBT History Month: Gillian Cox February 16, 2021
- LGBT History Month: Vita Sackville West February 8, 2021
- The Collectors of the Wallich (or East India Company) Herbarium. Part IV February 7, 2021
- The Collectors of the Wallich (or East India Company) Herbarium. Part III February 6, 2021
- The Collectors of the Wallich (or East India Company) Herbarium. Part II February 5, 2021
- The Collectors of the Wallich (or East India Company) Herbarium February 3, 2021
- LGBT History Month: Elke Mackenzie February 1, 2021
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club Late January 2021 January 26, 2021
- Margaret Gatty – Victorian author and seaweed collector January 22, 2021
- Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour (1853-1922) – an appreciation January 21, 2021
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club Early January 2021 January 14, 2021
- Neera Joshi Pradhan January 7, 2021
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club December 2020 December 21, 2020
- 2020 Garden Highlights December 17, 2020
- Hints and tips for Fair festivities December 14, 2020
- Jimmy Ratter Obituary December 9, 2020
- Growing an Excellent Future – Reflecting on ‘Promoting Excellence in Horticulture’ Conference December 8, 2020
- Florilegium: A gathering of flowers December 4, 2020
- CHERISHED PLAN: The Story of Puck’s Hut at Benmore – Precis by Mike Thornley (Younger Benmore Trust) December 1, 2020
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club Late November 2020 November 30, 2020
- Jane Webb Loudon (1807-1858) November 26, 2020
- The Other Library, Archives & Photography Team November 23, 2020
- The Other Library, Archives & Photography Team November 23, 2020
- In memory of Alexander Fisher Wilson November 23, 2020
- Connecting with plants November 19, 2020
- Behind the Scenes of Scottish Conservation Horticulture at RBGE with a Robertson Trust Intern November 10, 2020
- Winter in your edible garden November 2, 2020
- Reginald Farrer: A Centenary Tribute by Graham Avery, FLS October 17, 2020
- Growing Panes October 15, 2020
- Join the expedition team exploring the Flora of Britain and Ireland for WeDigBio 2020 October 15, 2020
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club early October 2020 October 10, 2020
- RBGE Diploma in Botanical illustration 2020 Final Year Exhibition October 9, 2020
- Workshop invitation: After the crowds disperse: crowdsourced data rediscovered and researched October 7, 2020
- Edible Gardening Project’s Harvest Competition results October 4, 2020
- The Sibbaldia & PlantNetwork Conference 2020: Promoting Excellence in Horticulture September 25, 2020
- Join us on the first in a series of virtual expeditions of Britain and Ireland September 24, 2020
- RBGE 1970-2020 September 22, 2020
- Fungi-inspired fabrics September 16, 2020
- Lady Gwillim’s ‘Madras’ Magnolia September 15, 2020
- Two little-known temporary Superintendents of the Calcutta Botanic Garden: George Swinton and James William Grant September 14, 2020
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club early September 2020 September 14, 2020
- Climate change threatens the survival of one of Scotland’s most biodiverse marine habitats September 14, 2020
- Closing the Loop September 8, 2020
- Botanic Cottage Garden Social September Blog September 4, 2020
- Harvest Festival produce competition September 2, 2020
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club late August 2020 August 30, 2020
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club early August 2020 August 12, 2020
- Botanic Cottage Garden Social August Blog August 10, 2020
- Seeds of Hope: Planting of Ginkgo trees grown from trees that survived the Hiroshima bombing August 6, 2020
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club late July 2020 July 24, 2020
- RBGE Botanic Cottage Garden Social July Blog July 20, 2020
- A Pictorial Meadow at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh July 20, 2020
- Monitoring the Health of the World’s Forgotten Forests July 14, 2020
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club early July 2020 July 9, 2020
- The (Western) discoverer of the rouloul bird: Dr James Badenach of Whiteriggs (1744–1797) July 8, 2020
- Using Herbarium Specimens to Understand Patterns of Plant Diversity July 8, 2020
- The Herbaceous Border – a rainbow performance! July 7, 2020
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club late June 2020 June 25, 2020
- Chloris Via-Melvilliana – addendum, June 2020 June 17, 2020
- Botanical Artist Marianne Hazlewood to be featured on Gardener’s World June 11, 2020
- Your Edible Garden in Summer June 10, 2020
- Botanic Cottage Cook Club June 2020 June 10, 2020
- The Botanic Cottage June 8, 2020
- Finding new species on social media June 8, 2020
- Six new species of Vaccinium from New Guinea June 3, 2020
- The Other Library, Archives & Photography Team May 29, 2020
- The Other Library, Archives & Photography Team May 20, 2020