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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh tel: 0131- 552 7171 Area: Scotland |
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| Visitor Information | www.rbge.org.uk | |||||||||||||
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| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Scotland All details updated* as of: 20/02/2008 |
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| 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. |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes No |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: Spring, May, June All year. |
To
see: Rhododendrons, Rock garden Glasshouses. |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||||||||||
| Free. Donations welcome. Admission to Glasshouses (including audio tour); Adults £3.50; Concessions £3; Child £1; Family £8. Free to members. Guided tours from West Gate at 11am & 2pm £4pp - £3.50 for concessions. Booked Tours with a guide for min. 10 people £40 |
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| 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 |
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| Other
Facilities: On-street parking only. Glasshouses - Note newly renovated and re-opened Temperate Palm House open at end of March 2005 |
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| 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: | |||||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| 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. |
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| History of Garden | ||||||||||||||
| The Tropical Palm House was opened in 1834 and the Temperate Palm House in 1858. | ||||||||||||||
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| Hotels
& Accommodation: www.inverleithhotel.co.uk |
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Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: 1 mile from Edinburgh City centre |
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