Gardeners Question Time SUMMER GARDEN PARTY Saturday 9 July, 10.00-17.00 PROGRAMME
Welcome to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and BBC Radio 4 s Gardeners Question Time Summer Garden Party. A unique opportunity to meet the GQT team face-to-face, take part in recordings of the programme, enjoy horticultural walks, talks, demonstrations, all happening across the Garden, food and fun for all the family. We hope you enjoy your day! BBC Radio 4 s GQT Marquee 1 12.00 14.30 Gardeners Question Time Gardeners Question Time Programme Recording. Doors open at 11.00 Programme Recording. Doors open at 13.30 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR www.rbge.ac.uk 0131-248 2909 @thebotanics
Demonstration Garden Drop in from 10.00 16.30 Composting the 2 ultimate recycling! Every garden needs a source of good organic matter so why not make your own! 11.00-11.30 Demo with Bob Flowerdew. Growing for the Future 3 Join The Edible Gardening team to discover how we manage to keep our plots plentiful. 11.30-12.00 Demo with Anne Swithinbank. Scotland The Bread 4 Explore the bread making process and the value of heritage crops. 14.15-14.45 Demo with Eric Robson. Full of Beans 5 The answer to fertile soil: beans! 16.00-16.30 Demo with Peter Gibbs. Secret Garden Workforce 6 Find out how you can attract more butterflies, bees and other pollinators to your garden. Botanical Brew 7 A live brewing demonstration using fruit and herbs from the garden. Join us for a tipple. 15.00-15.30 Demo with Bob Flowerdew. Weather Station 11.00-11.45 8 Peter Gibbs talks to RBGE s Ruth Monfries and Stephan Helfer about the impact of climate change on our plants and gardens. Garden Tour 15.00-16.00 9 Celebrate the summer season and join our expert garden guide on a tour of the garden.
1 GQT Marquee 2 Composting 3 4 5 6 7 8 Growing for the Future Scotland The Bread Full of Beans Secret Garden Workforce Botanical Brew Weather Station 16 INVERLEITH PLACE 10 9 Garden Tour Starting Point 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Glass Houses Temperate Glasshouse Potting Shed Herbarium & Archives Lecture Theatre John Hope Gateway 7 Queen Mother s memorial Garden Learning at the Botanics 3 6 12 2 5 4 Refreshments ARBORETUM PLACE Barbecue Toilets Recycling 15 Information All details are correct at time of publishing.
INVERLEITH ROW 13 14 9 17 11 8 1 Music 15.00 Sangstream (Choir) 16 11.00-15.00 Gypsy Swingers Around the garden at various times INVERLEITH TCE
Living Plant Collection. For the young and daring explorers out there, take part in our Survival of the Smartest children s trail and learn about some of the incredible ways plants adapt to survive. Track down the plants that might just be able to help you out in an emergency! Glass Houses 10 A highlight of our Edinburgh Garden is our Glasshouse visit. Enter today for FREE and enjoy the Victorian Temperate Palm House, the tallest traditional Glasshouse in the UK, and see our 200-year-old palm tree in the Tropical Palm House. You can walk through 10 different climate zones, from steamy tropics to arid desert, and see over 3,000 exotic plants. Pick up a copy of our World of Palm Trail booklet to discover more about some of the fascinating specimens in our 10.30-11.00 Join Matthew Wilson on a tour of the Glass House. Temperate 11 Glasshouse Drop in from 10.00-16.00 Learn about the origins of coffee, tea and chocolate as well as innovations taking place here in Scotland to offer the best tasting products for discerning consumers. With Eteaket Loose Leaf Tea, Brodies 1867, Coffee Nexus and the Scotland Malawi Partnership. Potting Shed 12 The legendary GQT Potting Shed Sessions provide the opportunity to meet the GQT panel faceto-face and put your gardening questions to them directly. 10.30-11.00 Anne Swithinbank 11.00-11.30 Jim McColl 11.30-12.00 Matthew Wilson 13.00-13.30 Matthew Biggs 14.00-14.30 Bob Flowerdew 15.00-15.30 Bunny Guinness Why not support us and become a member? Visit www.rbge.ac.uk
Exploring the Herbarium & Archives 13 Drop in from 10.00-16.30 Find out more about the incredible collections and see samples of dried plant specimens collected from around the world. You will also hear about one of Scotland s foremost plant collectors, George Forrest. 15.00-15.30 Q&A with Eric Robson and the RBGE Staff. Lecture theatre 14 11.00-11.30 Is it time to write obituaries for threatened conifers? Talk by Martin Gardner and Matthew Biggs. 12.00-13.00 Gardening for Wildlife Q&A This is your chance to ask all your questions on how you can attract wildlife into your garden... and how to keep it out! Join the Edinburgh Living Landscape team and a range of experts for a glass of cool birch wine accompanied by live music followed by Q&A session from 12.15. 13.00-13.45 Scotland s Most Exotic Garden Curator Richard Bains talks about Logan Botanic Garden accompanied by Matthew Wilson. 14.30 15.15 Digital Plant Doctor Do you have a sick plant? Don t worry, help is at hand. Bring your photos to the Digital Plant Doctor for a diagnosis. With Pippa Greenwood and RBGE s Plant Doctors Stephan Helfer and Katy Hayden. 15.30-16.00 Do giant pandas really eat bamboo? Dr Linda Leaves explains the valuable information panda poo holds for for the management and conservation of wild panda populations. 16.00-16.30 Monty s Mistaken: Begionas are beautiful Begonias may be Monty Don s bête noire, but does he really know them? Join our world-expert Dr Mark Hughes and Matthew Biggs for a tour through the tropics.
Learning at the Botanics 17 Get a taste of the diverse range of educational programs we offer at the garden. Join us for live demonstrations, find out more and book today to take advantage of our 5% discount. 11.00-11.30 Botanical Illustration An introduction to Botanical Illustration with Jacqui Pestell and Bunny Guinness. 11.45-12.15 Horticulture A look at some basic propagation techniques with Dr Greg Kenicer, MSc Student Hannah Wilson and Jim McColl. 12.30-13.00 Willow Craft Find out how to work with willow to create 3 structures with Ginger Franklin and Anne Swithinbank. 14.00-14.30 Herbology A practical remedy making demonstration with Senga Bate, Nicky Brownrigg and Bunny Guinness. 15.30-16.00 Botany A beginner s introduction to Botany with Dr Greg Kenicer. 16.15-16.45 Botanical Illustration An introduction to Botanical Illustration with Artists and Tutors, Lyn Campbell and Sharon Tingey. Exhibitions Drop in from 10.00-16.30 Glass Life 10 Stunning glass sculpture, depicting the hidden inner workings of living cells, created by artists and researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology. Nature Mother 15 of Invention Many of the World s greatest inventions combine human intellect with inspiration from nature. This exhibition shows how one tropical plant family, the Sapotaceae, has contributed to a wide variety of useful creations. Eat & Drink The Garden s Terrace Café, John Hope Gateway Restaurant and East Gate Coffee Bar will be open all day. We also have a café in the Fletcher Building serving grab and go food and drinks, and a special GQT BBQ in the Demonstration Garden. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is a charity registered in Scotland (No SC007983). CC-07/16