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unusual facts about Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh


Public bodies of the Scottish Government

Most public bodies also have other sources of income (for example the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh receives income from charging the public to visit the greenhouses in its gardens).


Banksia victoriae

These seeds were distributed to a number of gardens, and by 1835 three gardens had successfully raised plants to flowering: the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, the garden of George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland, and that of Henry Berens of Sidcup.

Buddleja indica

In the UK, specimens are grown under glass at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and as part of the NCCPG national collection at Longstock Park Nursery, near Stockbridge.

John McCracken

Other recent solo exhibitions include David Zwirner, New York (1997, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010), Inverleith House at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2009), Zwirner & Wirth, New York (2000 and 2005), Hauser & Wirth, Zurich (1999 and 2005), and the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent (2004).

Stephen Blackmore

Stephen Blackmore CBE FRSE FIBiol FLS (born 30 July 1952) is a British botanist, Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh from 1999 until 30 December 2013; previous to this he was Keeper of Botany at the Natural History Museum in London 1990-1999.

The Pantaloons

The Pantaloons have produced a variety of free performances every year since 2005 in public spaces such as The Scoop, London, Preston Park, Brighton, and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.


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