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A day mostly spent picking – autumn raspberries; runner beans; dwarf French beans and corn. We also dug up carrots. The wonderfully coloured red Borlotti beans and the Black Pod beans […]

The first lecture in our Winter Programme is tomorrow evening (details below).  The lecture starts at 7.30pm and will be held in the lecture theatre at the Royal Botanic Garden […]

George’s Hyacinth and small flowered Daffodil bulbs have arrived and he has started planting.   This year his potting media is a mix of potting compost with added John Innes […]

The Brantwood Trust is looking for a new full time Head Gardener to take on the challenge of looking after and developing the historic gardens and estate. Brantwood is the […]

As we get closer to moving into Saughton Park, we have come up with an exciting activities programme at the park.  This will run alongside our existing Winter Lecture Programme […]

Many of you are involved with your local community gardening and horticulture groups.  Did your group win an award at the 2019 Beautiful Scotland Awards?  Full details of all of […]

The Full workshop will be held at Saughton Park at 2pm on 6th October. The cost is £28. For this, participants will pot up 6 pots of bulbs: 4 daffodils, […]

With rain threatened, the first job on Thursday was to pick the soft fruit before it got wet, then on with digging up the trial potatoes and weighing them. We […]

The eagle-eyed amongst you will have spotted an error in the Events Programme card that was sent out with Preview.   The Schools and Junior Groups Spring Show is actually on […]

Dr Philip Lusby MBE, RBGE: The Ornamental use of Roses in British Gardens throughout the Centuries. Philip Lusby is Course Director and Senior Lecturer in Horticulture and Botany at the […]