Falling glass and ‘decapitated’ plants: the race to protect Edinburgh botanic garden’s plants
The £23.5m refurbishment has kept nearly all of the original sandstone and wrought iron shell. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The GuardianView image in fullscreenThe £23.5m refurbishment has kept nearly all of the original sandstone and wrought iron shell. But danger lurks from above for the tropical ferns, cycads and rare alpine heathers.Soon the September sunshine will give way to the storms and gales of the Scottish winter, which can bring hundreds of glass panels crashing to the greenhouse floor on the windiest days.
- ▪The £23.5m refurbishment has kept nearly all of the original sandstone and wrought iron shell.
- ▪Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The GuardianView image in fullscreenThe £23.5m refurbishment has kept nearly all of the original sandstone and wrought iron shell.
- ▪But danger lurks from above for the tropical ferns, cycads and rare alpine heathers.Soon the September sunshine will give way to the storms and gales of the Scottish winter, which can bring hundreds of glass panels crashing to the greenhous
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The £23.5m refurbishment has kept nearly all of the original sandstone and wrought iron shell. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The GuardianView image in fullscreenThe £23.5m refurbishment has kept nearly all of the original sandstone and wrought iron shell. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The GuardianEdinburghFalling glass and ‘decapitated’ plants: the race to protect Edinburgh botanic garden’s plants After five years of work, 5,750 panels of toughened glass will help keep hundred of plants safe from Scottish winters – but more work needs to be donePatrick GreenfieldThu 1 Oct 2026 19.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleIn the early autumn sunlight, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s extensive plant collection appears safe in their glass enclosures.
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