The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: Botanic Lights

This month, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh are hosting “Botanic Lights”; a magical 1km long light trail which winds its way along the paths of the Botanics, literally showing the features in a new light. As Stuart and I discovered last week on the opening night, it’s a rather good way to spend an hour…

Foragers Breakfast: A Taste of Wild Foods

As part of the Edinburgh International Science festival there have been a number of events held at the Botanic Gardens, including the Real Life Science Kitchen (post coming up soon!) and this, the Foragers Breakfast.  The experts guiding us through the event were Miles Irving, a forager and wild food expert and fellow forager John…