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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.
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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
Achamore Gardens on Gigha; An Cala on Seil; Ardkinglas Estate, Cairndow; Ardnaiseig; Arduaine; Bargullan; Colonsay House gardens; Crarae, run by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) Eckford Gardens; Geilston Garden (formerly in Dunbartonshire) Strachur; Torosay Castle and garden; Younger Botanic Garden Benmore, a Regional Garden of the RBGE ...
The stream tumbles down a series of waterfalls and rapids, joining the River Eachaig about 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) south of the entrance to the Benmore Botanic Garden. A car park off the A815 road (about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Dunoon on the road to Loch Eck ) gives access by a track to the foot of the glen path, as well as forest paths ...
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) was looking for a place to take the large collection of plants which the botanist George Forrest had brought from China, and the high rainfall at Benmore was ideal. In 1929 the Younger Botanic Gardens were opened as the first outstation of the RBGE. [5]
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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]