Notice of the Annual General Meeting: 7pm Thursday 16th May 2024
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The BSS AGM will be held immediately after the final spring lecture in the Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens (RBGE) Lecture Theatre. Further information will be emailed to members by 2nd May 2024. If you are not currently receiving emails from the BSS, then please log into WebCollect to update your details, or use the contact form on this... Read More
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Plant of the Week, 18th March 2024 Senecio eboracensis (York Radiate Groundsel)
This Plant of the Week was discovered by Richard Abbott who, sadly, has passed away two weeks ago. Richard Milne has written this article as a tribute, on behalf of all of us in the Botanical Society of Scotland. Many of us will remember Richard Abbott as a good friend, a colleague and someone who epitomised the idea of progress through scientific curiosity. He was President of the Society from 2006 to 2008.
Student Cyanotype Printing Workshop Results!
Two weeks ago the student sub group organised a cyanotype printing workshop at the Royal Oak, and after a long wait, the results can finally be shown! It was a lovely evening of botanical artwork as student subgroup member Sophie Hudson reports: On the 26th of February, the BSS student sub-group held a cyanotype printing workshop... Read More
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Plant of the Week, 11th March 2024 Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold)
A harbinger of Spring
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Plant of the Week, 4th March 2024 Sequoiadendron giganteum (Giant Redwood)
The largest tree species on the planet but not quite the tallest.
Plant of the Week, 26th February 2024 Dicksonia antarctica (Tree-fern)
The most magnificent Aussie fern which can just about survive in western districts of Britain and Ireland.
Student Event: Cyanotype Printing Workshop
The student subgroup have a new event to announce! On Monday 26th February, we will be holding a cyanotype printing workshop. Bring along any old white fabric, or even just a blank sheet of paper – any material can be upcycled and transformed with some amazing floral print patterns!We’ll be meeting in Holyrood Car Park... Read More
FORAGING WALK AND TASTER PICNIC, CRAIGMILLAR PARK, EDINBURGH
SATURDAY 18th MAY 2024, 10am Leader: Nenya Milne We will go on a foraging walk and then enjoy a pre-prepared taster picnic (with soup, bread, pie, and salad) and hand out recipes. Children welcome. Please wear weatherproof clothes and sturdy footwear and bring some bags for collecting foraged plants and gardening or rubber gloves for nettle picking.... Read More
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The 2024 Field Meetings Programme
Our 2024 Field Meetings Programme is now complete. There are 15 meetings starting with a Foraging Walk and Taster Picnic in Craigmillar Park, Edinburgh on May 18th and ending with a Fungus Foray in East Lothian on September 1st. Take a look at our Field Meetings page to see the full programme and details of... Read More
Everything is connected to everything else: deep time histories of hunter gatherers in the Cairngorm Mountains
Professor Graeme Warren, University College Dublin Thursday 21st March 2024, 6pm Lecture Theatre, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh This talk presents the results of a decade of ongoing research focused on Mesolithic activity in the Cairngorms, Scotland. Our work has involved the excavation of three Mesolithic sites, the development of new perspectives of landscape development, computer... Read More