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The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation, as well as a popular tourist attraction.Founded in 1670 as a physic garden to grow medicinal plants, today it occupies four sites across Scotland—Edinburgh, Dawyck, Logan and Benmore—each with its own specialist collection.
The National Botanic Gardens (Irish: Garraithe Náisiúnta na Lus) is a botanical garden in Glasnevin, 5 km north-west of Dublin city centre, Ireland. [1] The 19.5 hectares [ 2 ] are situated between Glasnevin Cemetery and the River Tolka where it forms part of the river's floodplain .
Royal Belfast Botanical Gardens, Northern Ireland; Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England; See also
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. The main site is in Edinburgh at Inverleith, with three "Regional Gardens": Benmore Botanic Garden in Argyll, formerly known as the Younger Botanic Garden; Dawyck Botanic Garden in the Scottish Borders; Logan Botanic Garden in Galloway
Botanical gardens in Ireland have collections consisting entirely of Ireland native and endemic species; most have a collection that include plants from around the world. There are botanical gardens and arboreta in all states and territories of Ireland, most are administered by local governments, some are privately owned. [1]
The house and lands of the poet Thomas Tickell were sold in 1790 to the Irish Parliament and given to the Royal Dublin Society for them to establish Ireland's first Botanic Gardens. The gardens were the first location in Ireland where the infection responsible for the 1845–1847 Great Famine was identified. Throughout the famine, research to ...
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The Botanic Garden was established in 1869 and was gifted to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1969. [5] [1] The gardens were built around the ruins of Balzieland Castle. [6] A new glasshouse was built at Logan in 2014. [7] [8] The building was designed as a Victorian architecture conservatory. [7]