RBGE's recent work on Cicerbita alpina, one of the species on the #ScottishPlantRecovery project features in the Spring 2026 Trifoliate newsletter on the BSBI website: bsbi.org/media/pages/... 💜💙💜

Its beginning to look a lot like spring time at Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social

Towards 3 million: Fabulous fungi found in peculiar places - Chris Knowles shares some of the more fearsome examples in our collections in this post on our blog, #BotanicsStories: stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/41083

#ScottishPlantRecovery in the news! Find out about our work to restore populations of Britain's rarest fern at #GlenAffric with Forestry & Land Scotland: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Check out this STV News article featuring some of the work carried out by RBGE's Scottish Plant Recovery team to restore one of Britain's rarest ferns, Woodsia ilvensis (Oblong woodsia) 🪴 The article focuses on Glen Affric and our collaboration with FLS 🙌💚 news.stv.tv/highlands-is...

Our annual Science Day - a vibrant exploration of everything from data to ethics, theories of change to consultancy, taxonomy to restoration. Thanks to CSA Prof Mat Williams for a keynote that really put our work into context, and all our teams for their hard work and enthusiasm! #biodiversity

Crocuses @thebotanics.bsky.social

@thebotanics.bsky.social is seeking a highly organised and detail-focused individual to join their small, efficient team in a key administrative role as Development Coordinator tinyurl.com/5f9tha8e £25,424 pro-rata Edinburgh #charityjob

NEW COORDINATING EDITOR: We are pleased to welcome Dr. Mark Hughes, @thebotanics.bsky.social, to our editorial board! Mark will contribute his expertise to develop NJB's #taxonomy section. Photo credit: RGBE. vist.ly/4nrvk #begonia #biodiversity #biogeography #phylogenomics

UPDATE: Tours are now sold out. Thank you for your interest -we’ve had exceptionally high demand. Please check the Eventbrite page for any returned tickets and join the waiting list for slots you’re interested in, as we’ll notify individuals if additional tickets become available.

A beautiful new species of #Elaeocarpus #Elaeocarpaceae is described from #PulneyHills #India in #OpenAccess #EJBotany @thebotanics.bsky.social by researchers from #SavitribaiPhulePuneUniversity and #ThackerayWildlifeFoundation: bit.ly/4sIvwnL

Big news: join us for an exclusive tour of our newly restored Palm Houses 🌴 This is a unique chance to experience these magnificent buildings as replanting begins and before they reopen to the public. Book here: rbge.cc/palm-house-t...

HIRING: LECTURER. We’re looking for an engaging lecturer to join our undergraduate horticultural programmes 🌿 Find the full job description for this wide-ranging role, and apply by midday on Thursday 22 January: rbge.cc/jobs

We're pleased to share that replanting of our Palm Houses is officially underway 🥳 This tree fern, a Dicksonia blumei, is the first to return home. It's time to make a house a home 🌴

📢 Huge opportunity - we're recruiting for an exceptional leader to become our Director of Horticulture. This pivotal role will be responsible for the oversight of one of the world’s most significant plant collections. Could this be you? Find full details and apply by 5 January 2026: rbge.cc/Jobs

Staff, students & volunteers enjoyed a day in the Library & Archives making festive decorations from recycled paper @thebotanics.bsky.social @cilip.bsky.social #GreenLibraries #LoveLibraries

🥳 GOOD NEWS FOR NATURE: this is the extremely rare alpine blue-sowthistle thriving in the wild. The endangered plant had only four populations left in Scotland. But thanks to our restoration efforts, 1,200 individual plants have now been reintroduced. Horticulturist Pablo explains more.

📢 Huge opportunity - we're recruiting for an exceptional leader to become our Director of Horticulture. This pivotal role will be responsible for the oversight of one of the world’s most significant plant collections. Could this be you? Find full details and apply by 5 January 2026: rbge.cc/Jobs

🎅 Congratulations to our friends and @asrainforest.bsky.social partners @thebotanics.bsky.social on another magical Christmas light show.🎄 So much more relaxed than all the malarkey going on in the city centre. And the hot chocolate is better too!😋 📸 Pics by George Anderson

It's that ti- *Don't say it...* It's beginning to look a lot like Chri- *Like what?* WE'VEGOTANXMASGUIDEOUTNEXTWEEKHERE'STHEEVENTSGUIDE [dodges hail of mince pies] www.theskinny.co.uk/things-to-do... [ft @trontheatre.bsky.social @thebotanics.bsky.social @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social + more]

One of the more unusual items in our herbarium collection! This old leather boot is home to several types of lichen 🥾 It was collected on a beach in 1975 by Brian J Coppins in Ballantrae, Scotland. Read more on the weird and wonderful specimen here: stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/40742

During our final networking session Gregory Kenicer, botanist from @thebotanics.bsky.social, told us about the food we've been eating today and highlighted the community kitchen garden which supplies 1 1/2 tonnes of produce for the garden's cafes. #FoodSecurity25

New #GBRedList for vascular plants is published today by a team led by @bsbibotany.bsky.social with partners @naturalengland.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @natreswales.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @plantlifeintl.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @thebotanics.bsky.social

Celebrating spooky season with botanical art 🎨 🎃 - The black bat flower (Tacca chantrieri) by Billy Showell, and Eve Reid Bennett (1932-2006) who taught botanical illustration at the Garden for many years. - Bat by Mungo Park (1771-1806) - Devil's pumpkin by an unknown artist

Real pleasure to be invited to speak at the British Pteridological Society meeting today. Brilliant mix of talks spanning evolution, conservation and botanical collections. And always great to have a tour of the wonderful @thebotanics.bsky.social collections! 🌿

Evaluation Lead – Learning & Engagement @thebotanics.bsky.social is seeking an experienced evaluator to consolidate existing data, identify gaps, and collaborate with their teams to build clear, user-friendly systems for future evaluation tinyurl.com/376tyas5 £45,712 pro-rata Edinburgh #charityjob

Could fungi help us tackle plastic pollution, protect crops, and discover life-saving medicines? 🍄🧬 New Scientist has just spotlighted Kew’s cutting-edge fungal research - from unravelling DNA in our world-leading Fungarium to finding fungi that can digest plastic and fight disease 🧵👇

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 👇

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

🌿 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/...

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

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

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...

🌲🌲🌲 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🌲🌲🌲

🌿 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

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

🌴 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 🥳

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.

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

📢 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

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

Beautiful day @thebotanics.bsky.social #bloomscrolling

@thebotanics.bsky.social Congratulations Logan Botanic Garden #DumfriesAndGalloway

🎉 We're proud to have been shortlisted for Best Individual Giving Campaign at the Scottish Fundraising Awards for our Storm Damage Appeal. The emergency appeal was launched in response to the damage caused by Storm Éowyn earlier this year. We look forward to finding out the results in September!

Did you get out for some ☀️ last weekend?! Our Scotland for Newcomers group were lucky enough to enjoy the gorgeous @thebotanics.bsky.social for a relaxing afternoon exploring nature, chatting, and soaking up the sunshine.. 🌿🌼 #friendshipgroups

📢 We have a rare and exciting opportunity to become the Curator of Dawyck Botanic Garden in the Scottish Borders. This is a key role responsible for the overall vision, management, and presentation of the Garden. Find more details and apply: rbge.cc/Jobs Please share with your networks!

Only one mile from Edinburgh’s city centre and deep within the heart of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, a dazzling transformation is taking place | Fiona Inches

NEW PAPER: Research has uncovered an archive of information about Benmore Botanic Garden's Victorian fernery. The building played a significant role in the Scottish expression of the Victorian craze for ferns. 🌿 Read the paper by David Gray, Senior Horticulturist at the Garden: rbge.cc/fernery

Blooming marvellous! This Regal corner of @thebotanics.bsky.social is only open at weekends at the moment. #gardens #flowers #Edinburgh

Heavenly blooms @thebotanics.bsky.social today #bloomscrolling