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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social · 2h

Huge news from the Edinburgh Journal of Botany - its entire archive is now freely available online! 🥳

This moment has been years in the making. Explore more than a century's worth of scientific research 👇

Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 1d

Marking 125 years of #EJBotany #OpenAccess and its forerunner, Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, we are delighted to announce that ALL content is now freely available at journals.rbge.org.uk/notes and journals.rbge.org.uk/ejb

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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 1d

Marking 125 years of #EJBotany #OpenAccess and its forerunner, Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, we are delighted to announce that ALL content is now freely available at journals.rbge.org.uk/notes and journals.rbge.org.uk/ejb

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social · 14d

🌿 Fellowship opportunity: the AHRC Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions are open!

From connections between biodiversity and social inclusion, to cultural contexts of plants in our collections, find our priorities and how to apply here 👇 www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions: 2025

Apply for funding to conduct research at participating cultural and heritage institutions.

www.ukri.org

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social · 14d

Wonderful fungi photos, David! Hope you had a great visit 🍄🌿

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David Stevens @davidst999.bsky.social · 14d

Clustered Bonnets (Mycena inclinata) on fallen trunk in the Cryptogamic Sanctuary area of Dawyck Botanic Gardens, near Peebles. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Nature #Photography #Nikon #Dawyck @thebotanics.bsky.social

Clustered Bonnets (Mycena inclinata) on fallen trunk. Found today in the Cryptogamic Sanctuary area of Dawyck Botanic Gardens, near Peebles. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Nature #Photography #Nikon @thebotanics.bsky.social

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social · 17d

We're pleased to announce that Dr Julia Knights has been appointed as the 17th Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and will be joining us in January.

Julia will succeed Simon Milne MBE, who will retire after more than a decade of visionary leadership. More: rbge.cc/regius-keeper

Portrait of Dr Julia Knights surrounded by green foliage, and a waterfall in the background, at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social · 21d

Lichen subscribe for more!

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Lorna Mitchell @lmitch.bsky.social · 22d

Fabulous opportunity to apply for a 2 year research fellowship with @ukri.org and @thebotanics.bsky.social. Come along to a townhall meeting to find out more www.vam.ac.uk/blog/project...

Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions – new fellowship opportunities • V&A Blog

We are delighted to announce a second round of funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for the Early Career Research Fellowships in Cultural and Heritage Institutions opportunity....

www.vam.ac.uk

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Marie Briggs @botanistbriggs.bsky.social · 22d

🌲🌲🌲 An exciting opportunity to work on #conifer #conservation research at RBGE @thebotanics.bsky.social: www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/job... #conservationjobs #botany #redlist #ICCP🌲🌲🌲

Vacancies | Working Here | What We Do

www.rbge.org.uk

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social · 23d

🌿 Rare opportunity! We’re partnering with the National Trust for Scotland to offer a paid, two-year traineeship in lichenology.

Applications are open now. Find full details and apply by Friday 3 October: www.asva.co.uk/jobs/trainee...

@n-t-s.bsky.social

View of Scottish mountains with lichen covered rocks in the foreground.

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social · 23d

Beautiful! Thank you for visiting and sharing, Andrew 🌲🌳

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Andrew Locking @andrews-walks.bsky.social · 26d

Stately old trees this week at Benmore Botanic Garden @thebotanics.bsky.social

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social · 29d

Windblown was just incredible, wasn't it? A beautiful tribute to the Sabal Palm 🌴

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social · 29d

More than £10.6 million has been raised since 2021, including over £9 million from the The National Lottery Heritage Fund, The Julia Rausing Trust, Villum Fonden, part of the VELUX foundations, Wolfson Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation and Historic Environment Scotland. Thank you.

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social · 29d

This major feat would not have been possible without the incredible support from major charitable organisations and thousands of individual donors.

We’re grateful to our major funders and everyone who has helped us reach this pivotal moment. Thank you for helping to save the Palm Houses 💚

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social · 29d

🌴 Our iconic Palm Houses are entering a new chapter.

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look now the huge project is nearing competition.

Our Garden teams will soon start landscaping and replanting more than 600 botanical specimens before we re-open the doors in 2026 🥳

Exterior view of the newly restored Palm Houses at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Close up of the interior ironwork of the restored Palm Houses at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Close up on the sandstone exterior of the restored Palm Houses at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, with large arched windows.

Close up of the domed glassed ceiling of the restored Palm Houses at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social · Sep 9

Beautiful Benmore! Thanks so much for visiting and sharing, Peter 🌿

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Peter McCullough @mcculloughp.bsky.social · Sep 6

Long-time fan of @thebotanics.bsky.social Edinburgh, so delighted to get to its outpost at Benmore. Curation top-notch, along with commitment to education and the arts. Loved the cultural/botanical counterpoint of whole Highland ridges devoted to Chile and Tasmania.

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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · Sep 8

A new paper by @petermoonlight.bsky.social published in #EJBotany #OpenAccess @thebotanics.bsky.social on the names in the genus #Begonia published in Vellozo’s #FloraFluminensis: rbge.cc/47Q6wmL

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 We're hiring!

We're looking for a dedicated ICCP Researcher / Red Listing Co-ordinator to take a leading role in our renowned International Conifer Conservation Programme 🌲

Apply by midday on Friday 26 September: rbge.cc/jobs

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Susan Davies @smdavies67.bsky.social · Aug 27

The #herbaceousborder @thebotanics.bsky.social is still looking splendid just now - 165m long, designed in 1902 by the Regius Keeper Isaac Bailey Balfour and a rainbow spectrum of colour and structure.

#botanicgardens #RBGE #Edinburgh #visitscotland #summercolour #perennialplants

Herbaceous border at the botanic gardens

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thank you Keith, we really appreciate your kind words! 🌿

What are your favourite plants or parts of the Garden at this time of year?

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thank you! 🌱

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social · Aug 18

Welcome to the team, Susan! 🌱

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thank you for visiting and sharing! Such a delight to be hosting Linder: Danger Came Smiling.

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