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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is both a scientific institution and a tourist attraction. It was originally founded in 1670 as a physic garden to grow medicinal plants. Today it occupies four sites across Scotland – Edinburgh, Dawyck, Logan and Benmore – each with its own specialist collection.
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The Edinburgh botanic garden was founded in 1670 at St. Anne's Yard, near to Holyrood Palace, by Dr. Robert Sibbald and Dr. Andrew Balfour. It is the second oldest botanic garden in Britain after Oxford's. In 1763, the garden's collections were moved away from the city's pollution to a site on the road to Leith, and the garden moved to its present location at Inverleith in 1820. The Temperate Palm House, which remains the tallest in Britain to the present day, was built in 1858.
The botanic garden at Benmore became the first Regional Garden of the RBGE in 1929. It was followed by the gardens at Logan and Dawyck in 1969 and 1978.[1]
Some features of the botanic garden at Edinburgh are:
- Scottish Heath Garden
- Woodland Garden
- Peat Walls
- Rock Garden
- Chinese Hillside
- Alpines
- The Glasshouses
- The Queen Mother's memorial garden.
The garden, referred to by locals as "The Botanics", is a popular place to go for a walk, particularly with young families. Entry to the botanic garden is free but entry to the Hot Houses now costs £3.50 for adults.
- Official RBGE Site
- Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh Independent article with photographs
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