The NRF (Nature Restoration Fund) Scottish Plant Recovery Project at RBGE aims to restore genetically diverse populations of our endangered Scottish native plants around the country. Whilst rewarding,...| Botanics Stories
Deep within Scottish pine woods, nestled between humid mossy carpets and scattered pine brash on the forest floor, the story of a tiny, unassuming plant: the One-flowered Wintergreen (Moneses uniflora), is beginning to unfold. Beneath its solitary, nodding white flower, and small rosetted leaves, lies a hidden, intricate survival strategy sheathed within the soil.| Botanics Stories
A younger me taking a selfie at RBGE Weeding woodsia. (Photo by Iain Stewart from Leaves by Studies in Photography). RBGE has been a place that I have visited since I was little, with my parents, with friends or often by myself. It’s a place where one can forget they are in a busy city, as th| Botanics Stories
March and April saw the completion of a marathon planting exercise by the Scottish Plant Recovery team to give a helping hand to two threatened native tree species - wych elm (Ulmus glabra) and wild apple (Malus sylvestris), also known as crab apple. The elm is severely affected by a fungal disease| Botanics Stories