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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Inverleith Row
Edinburgh

EH3 5LR

tel: 0131- 552 7171
fax: 0131- 552 0382

Area: Scotland
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh -- Scotland
Visitor Information www.rbge.org.uk -- email: S.Donnelly {at} rbge.org.uk
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Scotland
All details updated* as of: 18/01/2010
Text-Only version here

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids
 Opening Days and Hours

Every day except 25th Dec and 1st Jan; Apr - Sept, 10am - 7pm; Nov - Feb, 10am - 4pm; March & Oct, 10am - 6pm; Facilities close 30 mins before garden.

Parties / Coaches: Yes
Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes
No

House Open for Viewing: Yes
Some indoor facilities.

National Garden Scheme days: No
Best Times of Year to Visit:
Spring, May, June
All year.
To see:
Rhododendrons, Rock garden.
Glasshouses.
 Admission Prices
Free. Donations welcome.
Admission to Glasshouses (including audio tour); Adults £5; Concessions £4; Child £1; Family £10. Free to members.
Guided tours from John Hope Gateway, Arboretum Place at 11am & 2pm £4pp - £3.50 for concessions.
Booked Tours with a guide for min. 10 people £40
 Onsite Facilities
Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: Yes
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: Yes
Teas: Yes
Light Refreshment: Yes
Picnics: No
Dogs Allowed: No
On Lead only: No
Special Events: Yes
Other Facilities:
On-street parking only. Metered weekdays but free on Sat & Sun.
Breakfast available.
Glasshouses
 Garden Features
World famous Rock Garden. Chinese hillside & plants. Range of glasshouses. Herbaceous border. Pond and Woodland Garden. Exhibition Hall & Gallery English Heritage Garden Grade:
National Collection:
 Description of Garden
Designer:
Established in 1670, on an area the size of a tennis court, the Garden consists now of over 70 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds. The amazing Glasshouse Experience comprises ten glasshouses, all with their own fascination. The garden features Britain's tallest palm house, the elegant Temperate Palm House, and its neighbour, the Tropical Palm House. There is an Alpine House and an astonishingly long Herbaceous Border of 165 metres which contrasts with the Winter Garden displaying plants that are at their best at the opposite end of the year.

The magnificent Woodland Gardens and arboretum hold nearly 2,000 specimens generally grouped into major genera and including groves of oak, limes, maples and rowans as well as a conifer collection and major groupings of rhododendrons, magnolias and eucryphias. There is also a Demonstration Garden, a Heath Garden, a Peat Garden, Azalea and Pond lawns, the Pringle Chinese collection and not least the Rock Garden, often considered to be the best in the world, whose diverse habitats and clever cultivation supports more than 5,000 high mountain, arctic and mediterranean species. From its top, magnificent views of Edinburgh can be obtained.
 History of Garden
The Tropical Palm House was opened in 1834 and the Temperate Palm House in 1858.
 Nearby Scotland Hotels, Facilities & Amenities
Hotels & Accommodation:
www.inverleithhotel.co.uk
Restaurants:
Inns & Pubs:
Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
1 mile from Edinburgh City centre
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