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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 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]
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 ...
Category: Botanical gardens in Scotland. ... Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (12 P)
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]
Dawyck Botanic Garden is a botanic garden and arboretum covering 25 hectares (62 acres) at Stobo on the B712, 8 miles (13 kilometres) south of Peebles in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, OS ref. NT168352. The garden is situated in the Upper Tweed Valley, a National Scenic Area. Dawyck, with Logan Botanic Garden (near Stranraer) and ...
The Palm House in the Royal Botanic Gardens. In late 1823, George Lauder, described as the tenant farmer of Inverleith Mains, [10] agreed with James Rocheid of Inverleith to a reversion of part of his leasehold lands, 11.5 Scots acres, for the site of the Royal Botanic Garden, which had formerly been located on Leith Walk. Commonly known as ...