Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Botanical garden and research institute in Inverleith, Edinburgh, Scotland.
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is a botanical garden and research institute in Inverleith, a neighborhood north of the Scottish capital. It includes wooded areas, arranged plantings, ponds, and glasshouses displaying collections from every continent.
The site has hosted the garden since 1820 after two physicians founded it in 1670 as a medicinal plant collection. The move to this location happened because pollution in the city center was increasing.
The garden maintains a national reference library containing 70,000 books and 150,000 periodicals dedicated to botanical and horticultural research resources.
Access to the outdoor grounds is free, while entry to the glasshouses requires a ticket. Buses 8, 23, and 27 stop directly at the entrances to the site.
The library on site holds 70,000 books and 150,000 periodical volumes on botanical and horticultural topics. The herbarium stores more than 3 million plant specimens collected since 1839.
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