Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Edinburgh
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 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 ScotlandEdinburgh, Dawyck, Logan and Benmoreeach with its own specialist collection. The RBGE's living collection consists of more than 13,302 plant species (34,422 accessions), whilst the herbarium contains in excess of 3 million preserved specimens.
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. The Edinburgh site is the main garden and the headquarters of the public body, which is led by Regius Keeper Simon Milne.
Photo: Ham (CC BY-SA 3.0); Kim Traynor (CC BY-SA 4.0); dun_deagh (CC BY-SA 2.0)
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. The Edinburgh site is the main garden and the headquarters of the public body, which is led by Regius Keeper Simon Milne.
Photo: Ham (CC BY-SA 3.0); Kim Traynor (CC BY-SA 4.0); dun_deagh (CC BY-SA 2.0)