Join the OPENBAR User Survey and Community Forum by @biogeneurope.bsky.social - shape the future of #DNA-barcoding. Forum - Build the guide to principles, practice and pitfalls: forms.gle/sLknXyPJTGp4... Survey - What's working? What's painful? What's missing? forms.gle/5Nsgkq5GqwRR...

Our latest #BotanicStory showcases the cataloguing of Professor Mary Gibby’s archive - documenting the early and mid stages of her important pteridological career including fern taxonomy, cytology, and evolutionary studies. Read more: stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/41406

Professor Mary Gibby Archive

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is pleased to announce the completion of the cataloguing of Professor Mary Gibby’s archive! This marks an important first step in preserving and sharing Profe...

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Don't miss the opportunity to join the DiSSCo! Two new roles available in this exciting project to digitise Scotland's natural history collections: National Project Manager for Scotland, and National Data Manager for Scotland. Both closing 29 July. More details: www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/job...

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We have a fully funded 4-year PhD studentship available working on Enhancing the Role of Scotland's Urban Forest for Landscape-scale Nature Recovery, as part of our Plants with Purpose programme. Application deadline 6 August. More info: www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/job...

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Two jobs at @thebotanics.bsky.social (RBGE) - National Project Manager Scotland & National Data Manager Scotland - join us in delivering @dissco.bsky.social in the UK www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/job...

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We are excited to be part of this new chapter for UK digitisation - co-hosting a national hub to digitise natural science collections in Scotland with @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social. Read more: dissco-uk.org/post/2026/pr...

There are still a few spaces available for the 4th International Conservation Translocation Conference, to be held in Edinburgh 7-9 Sept. View the programme and register here now! vet.ed.ac.uk/ictc

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THEY'RE BACK: Our historic Palm Houses reopen in October 🎉🌴 Want to be one of the first to visit? Sign up to our presale to buy tickets 48 hours before general release: www.rbge.org.uk/palmhouses/

🚨 Rare cultivation! Read about the FIRST documented cultivation of Rafflesia speciosa in the Western Hemisphere in our journal Sibbaldia. This represents a major milestone for conserving one of the world's most extraordinary, Endangered flowering plants. 📖 journals.rbge.org.uk/rbgesib/arti...

Did you know we publish a horticulture journal? 🌿 Sibbaldia is our free, peer-reviewed journal sharing practical knowledge from botanic gardens around the world - from plant cultivation and conservation to heritage and horticultural practice. Read every volume here: journals.rbge.org.uk/rbgesib

This exhibition, Earth Matters: seeing soil through art, is still on @thebotanics.bsky.social ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️highly recommended

A striking new species of #Entolomataceae from #Guyana described by researchers at #CaliforniaStatePolytechnicUniversity in #EJBotany #OpenAcess @thebotanics.bsky.social : bit.ly/4eTDwgI

Latest blog post in our "towards 3 million" series: Rubiaceae, by Rose Kent. stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/41370

Towards 3 million: Rubiaceae

The following blog was written by Rose Kent a digitiser in the Herbarium. Since 2021 we have increased our digitisation capacity reaching 1 million specimens imaged in August 2024. Each digitiser i...

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Looking to join our amazing MSc course in Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants? Based in Scotland? Don't forget to check out the new Carnegie-Morgan Scholarship: carnegie-trust.org/cef-launches...

CEF launches new Carnegie-Morgan Scholarship in partnership with Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh - The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland

New plant-science scholarship removes financial hurdles for those looking to progress to masters level study in Scotland with RBGE.

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Want to work with Scotland's National Botanical Collection? We have a rare opening for a Herbarium Registrar to care for our preserved collection, supporting a wide range of users. Deadline 30 June. More info: www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/job...

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A paper on the fascinating species of #Rubiaceae with multiple fruits and on the systematic position of #Conjugatovarium published today by @brechtverstraete.bsky.social and @erobbrecht.bsky.social of @meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social in #EJBotany #OpenAcess @thebotanics.bsky.social : bit.ly/4vMILol

The Himalayan poppies are blooming @thebotanics.bsky.social #bloomscrolling

Great to see our fellow Siôn Parkinson selected for this prestigious scheme - and raising awareness of the wonderful world of fungi! www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...

BBC and AHRC select New Generation Thinkers 2026

Five of the UK’s most promising early-career academics have been selected by BBC Radio 4 and the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

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Don't miss the 4th International Conservation Translocation Conference #ICTC2026 in Edinburgh this September - with over 145 presentations from 25 countries, in-depth workshops and more. Registration filling up fast! Find out more and sign up: vet.ed.ac.uk/ictc

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The Scottish Consortium for Rural Research (SCRR) and @royalsoced.bsky.social are holding their annual Peter Wilson lecture on 16 June, exploring "high value rural jobs and Scotland's future". Find out more and get tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/high-value...

High-value rural jobs and Scotland’s future | In person

The Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Scottish Consortium of Rural Research Annual Peter Wilson Lecture

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🗣️Chris Ellis from @thebotanics.bsky.social discussed different stakeholder engagement activities and workshops that BMD organised or took part in. Find out more about how stakeholders guide our upcoming results: zenodo.org/records/1909... Join our stakeholder network: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

RBGE's Prof Pete Hollingsworth and others have been leading development of European DNA-barcoding with @iboleurope.bsky.social and @biogeneurope.bsky.social. Delighted to celebrate #BiodiversityDay with the release of these key papers and the methodologies, data and networks they represent.

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On this International Day for Biological Diversity, we are releasing two papers that aim to facilitate the development of a robust network of DNA barcoding practitioners in Europe and beyond: iboleurope.org/acting-local...

Taxonomy helps us protect biodiversity. Without species names, conservation becomes impossible. To celebrate Taxonomy Recognition Day (23 May), we launch #NameItToSaveIt — highlighting taxonomy’s importance for nature. Read the article by Michael Magee 👇 short.do/j7BwtW

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Project Repository Journal - PRj Vol.26 April 2026

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A beautiful but endangered species of #Gentiana #Gentianaceae from #Sikkim described as new to science by Indian researchers #CalcuttaUniversity, #GuruNanakDevUniversity, #MansarovarGlobalUniversity #Forest&EnvironmentDeptartmentSikkim in #OpenAccess #EJB @thebotanics.bsky.social: bit.ly/49adcvL

Super excited to see Atlas of Botany in print!!! A pleasure to work with the wonderful team from DK and the @thebotanics.bsky.social I wrote the Ancient Biomes section covering some of my favourite stories about plant evolution from the last 500 million years! @instmolplantsci.bsky.social

#APGA2026 IrisBG sponsors: “Conservation Action Starts with Plant Records: What Global Research Means for Living Collections” June 11 | 9–10 AM. Featuring Katrina Lewin, Adam Graves, Dr. Adriana Lopez & Dr. Hannah Wilson @thebotanics.bsky.social @mortonarboretum.bsky.social @sandiegozoo.bsky.social

Two new species in the enigmatic genus #Duparquetia #Leguminosae–Duparquetioideae described as new to science by Carel Jongkind @meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social in #OpenAccess #EJB @thebotanics.bsky.social: bit.ly/43gUPBJ

We’re delighted to announce David Knott as our new Director of Horticulture 🌿 With more than 48 years of experience in horticulture — including 38 years at RBGE — David brings exceptional expertise, leadership and passion to our four gardens. We look forward to the next chapter 🌍

Arkaig Community Forest and Woodland Trust Scotland staff and volunteers have been translocating Scottish wood ants as part of our restoration work at the pine forest. #woodants #ScottishWoodAnt #LochArkaig 🧵1/4

Did you know there are plants in Antarctica? 0.4% of Antarctica’s surface is free of snow and ice, which allows two species of flowering plants to thrive, as well as mosses, liverworts, and lichens. 📸 Elise Biersma 🧵1/6