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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

A place to retreat from the crowds in the city centre

16 Feb 2011

The Botanics, 70 acres of landscaped gardens a mile north of the New Town, are well known to locals as a place to retreat from the crowds in the city centre. Perfect for a leisurely afternoon meander, you can also go hunting for some of the 5,000…

Know Your Mushrooms

Know Your Mushrooms

Delve into the world of fungi

17 Aug 2010

Screening of intriguing documentary feature about the secret world of fungi programmed to coincide with an exhibition at the Royal Botanical Garden. Mary Field’s delightful 1931 short will be showing as well. www.rgbe.org.uk

Mairi Gillies: Natura Sensus

Mairi Gillies: Natura Sensus

Hortisculpturist explores the relationship between art and plants

(3 stars)11 Aug 2010

Mairi Gillies explores the interventionist nature of horticulture, which, as opposed to agriculture, isn’t always for harvesting, but rather for aesthetic, ownership and collection purposes. As a sculptor, she works with the notion of cultivating these…

Vincent Fecteau's first public UK exhibition

Vincent Fecteau's first public UK exhibition

18 May 2010

For his first exhibition in a public gallery in the UK, Californian artist Vincent Fecteau has selected six sculptures created from layers of papier-maché, over which acrylic paint has been applied. The wall-mounted sculptures are reversible and can…

‘Diana and Actaeon’ by Titian

One day itinerary: A One Day Stand

1 Dec 2008

It's one of Britain's most expensive cities and to hard-up new arrivals, Edinburgh could seem impossible to enjoy without a six-figure bank balance. But we say, why buy a cow when you can get the milk for free? Scotland’s capital positively heaves with…

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