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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Keywords for Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh:
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Description:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a world-renowned scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation. The Garden offers educational courses and events for adults and children; and also trains specialists. RBGE has four Gardens, together known as the National Botanic Gardens of Scotland - Inverleith in Edinburgh, Benmore Botanic Garden in Argyll, Logan Botanic Garden in Galloway and Dawyck Botanic Garden in the Scottish Borders.
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 The Palm House in the Royal Botanic Gardens
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is both a scientific institution and a tourist attraction. It was originally 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.
History
The Edinburgh botanic garden
was founded in 1670 at St. Anne's Yard, near to Holyrood Palace
, by Dr. Robert Sibbald
and Dr. Andrew Balfour. It is the second oldest botanic garden in Britain after Oxford's
. In 1763, the garden's collections were moved away from the city's pollution to a site on the road to Leith
, and the garden moved to its present location at Inverleith
in 1820. The Temperate Palm House
, which remains the tallest in Britain to the present day, was built in 1858.
The botanic garden at Benmore
became the first Regional Garden of the RBGE in 1929. It was followed by the gardens at Logan
and Dawyck
in 1969 and 1978.[[ Timeline ]
from official RBGE site for this section.]
The Garden at Edinburgh
 The rock garden, circa 1990.
Some features of the botanic garden at Edinburgh are:
Scottish Heath Garden
Woodland Garden
Peat Walls
Rock Garden
Chinese Hillside
Alpines
The Glasshouses
The garden, referred to by locals as "The Botanics", is a popular place to go for a walk, particularly with young families. Entry to the botanic garden is free.
See also
Gardens in Scotland
References
External links
[ Official RBGE Site ]
[ Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh ]
Independent article with photographs
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