The sandstone and glass Temperate Palm House among lawns and palms at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Free entry

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh was founded in 1670 as a physic garden near Holyroodhouse and moved to its present site at Inverleith in the 1820s. Its 28 hectares hold a living collection of more than 13,000 plant species, with a rock garden, a Chinese hillside and the Temperate Palm House built in 1858.

When to go

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Mon10:00–15:30

Tue10:00–15:30

Wed10:00–15:30

Thu10:00–15:30

Fri10:00–15:30

Sat10:00–15:30

Sun10:00–15:30

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