Workshops

• Certificate of Practical Field Botany
• RBGE Plant identification courses
• Arable plants workshop
• Equisetum workshop
• Field Studies Council courses

Certificate of Practical Field Botany

This eight module course covers the use of keys to identify plants, how to prepare for fieldwork, what information to record, how and when it is necessary to collect and press plants, an introduction to vegetation surveying and three field days visiting different habitats to practice the skills which have been acquired.

• Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 8 Saturdays, April – Sept 2009
• Dawyck Botanic Garden, 8 Tuesdays, April – Sept 2009
• Kindrogan Field Centre 1 week July 2009

For information visit the Certificate of Practical Field Botany webpage.

Plant identification courses, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

These one day courses are designed to find out more about different plant groups, their distinguishing features, life-cycle and ecology, and to brush up your skills in plant identification. Courses will be run on the following groups:

• ferns
• mosses
• lichens
• flowering plants
• grasses

For more information visit the RBGE education web-pages

Arable plants, with emphasis on Fumaria, Workshop

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Thursday 11th June 2009
Standard Charge £25 Botanical society members £10 Students/unwaged £5
For a booking form and more information email RBGE education

Equisetum Workshop

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Thursday 25th June 2009
Standard Charge £25 Botanical society members £10 Students/unwaged £5
For a booking form and more information email RBGE education

Field Studies Council botanical courses

The FSC offer a range of botanical courses, to suit all levels, in Scotland at their Kindrogan field centre and across the UK. For more information visit the FSC's website

   Last updated : November 6, 2008