From now until 30 December, the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh will be transformed by glittering lights and all kinds of special effects.

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Watch the Met Office video forecast, as strong winds hit Edinburgh - causing a Christmas event to close.

Christmas at the Botanics was forced to close on Saturday, December 13, with heavy winds battering the city and the Met ...

The dazzling attraction is running throughout December.

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A 200 year-old palmetto tree in Scotland’s capital city will be cut down today – but it is scheduled to live on through descendants overseas and in Bermuda. The 60ft tree, the oldest plant in the ...

A PAPER by John M. Cowan (J. Roy. Hort. Soc., 65, Pt. 3; March 1940) describes the various botanical personalities who have contributed thought and organization to the development of the Royal Botanic ...