Logan Botanic Garden

08/06/2026

Join us at Logan tomorrow, Tuesday 9 June, for the Guided Walk: Early Summer Bliss.

This dynamic and informative tour, led by Richard Baines will show the Garden off in its full splendour as the summer flowering season starts.

10.30am-12pm. Booking not required.

08/06/2026

Closing date Sunday 14 June for the 2-year Modern Apprenticeship at Logan Botanic Garden.

This opportunity is open to candidates who live in the Dumfries and Galloway area. Modern Apprenticeships are typically aimed at those aged 16–24.

Kick-start your career in horticulture with an apprenticeship at Logan Botanic Garden 🌱🌴

Part of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Logan is one of Scotland’s most unique gardens. You'll learn key, hands-on skills and gain a nationally recognised qualification.

You don’t need lots of experience — just an interest in plants and a willingness to get stuck in.

Find full details and apply by Sunday 14 June 👉 https://rbge.cc/-jobs

08/06/2026

Closing date this Thursday, 11 June.

Join us for the summer with a 6-week paid work placement at Logan Botanic Garden with onsite accommodation provided.

We have an exciting opportunity for someone with a passion for plants to join us at Logan Botanic Garden, part of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Located on the south-western tip of Scotland, close to Stranraer, we enjoy an almost subtropical climate and are home to exotic plants rarely seen in the UK.

Over the paid six-week placement, you'll work with our friendly team across the garden and learn hands-on, practical horticulture skills.
Find full details on how to apply by Thursday 11 June here:
https://www.rbge.org.uk/.../jobs-and-volunteering/vacancies/

02/06/2026

A huge THANK YOU to our incredible volunteers this , and every week 💚

Our volunteers help keep our Garden thriving all year round. We couldn't do what we do without them.

02/06/2026

Thinking of a career in horticulture? Join us for the summer with a 6-week paid work placement at Logan Botanic Garden! 🌱

We have an exciting opportunity for someone with a passion for plants to join us at Logan Botanic Garden, part of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Located on the south-western tip of Scotland, close to Stranraer, we enjoy an almost subtropical climate and are home to exotic plants rarely seen in the UK.

Over the paid six-week placement, you'll work with our friendly team across the garden and learn hands-on, practical horticulture skills.

Find full details on how to apply by Thursday 11 June here:

https://www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/jobs-and-volunteering/vacancies/

26/05/2026

Kick-start your career in horticulture with an apprenticeship at Logan Botanic Garden 🌱🌴

Part of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Logan is one of Scotland’s most unique gardens. You'll learn key, hands-on skills and gain a nationally recognised qualification.

You don’t need lots of experience — just an interest in plants and a willingness to get stuck in.

Find full details and apply by Sunday 14 June 👉 https://rbge.cc/-jobs

Please share with your networks and those you think would be interested 🌿

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) needs keen and enthusiastic individuals to support the Garden’s mission to explore, conserve and explain the world of plants for a better future.

14/05/2026

Thanks to the warming influence of the Gulf Stream, Logan enjoys an almost subtropical climate, allowing exotic plants from around the world to flourish. At Logan, we are currently growing 5625 plants from 3955 accessions which originated in over 40 countries.

Vietnam represents the highest number of plants from a single country, with 495 accessions, representing 12.5% of the collection. The next 2 countries with the highest number of accessions are Chile and Australia, which represent 18.6% of the Logan collection. Australia, Chile & New Zealand together represent 25% of the Logan collection, truly emphasizing how southern hemisphere plants thrive and flourish in the Logan temperate climate.

Logan’s contribution to conservation is critical and we work towards the protection of vulnerable and endangered plants in an attempt to prevent extinction. 24% of the Logan collection is classed as vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered or extinct in the wild.

Our staff work in conjunction with many organisations, to research, conserve and protect plants, preventing them from becoming extinct. Logan Botanic Garden has 8 accessions which are extinct in the wild including Rhododendron kanehirae from Taiwan, which was wild collected during an RBGE expedition in the early 1990s

07/05/2026

Our next Guided Walk is on Tuesday 12 May from 10.30am-12pm. It's a perfect time to see the stunning Meconopsis starting to bloom at Scotland's most exotic Garden. As we enter the summer flowering season these precious blue flowers are a real jewel in Scottish gardens.

The Garden is looking fabulous thanks to the committed and dedicated team who maintain it all year round and there is so much colour to see so why not come along and have a fabulous day out.

29/04/2026

It's looking sunny for the upcoming Bank holiday weekend :)

Enjoy cake and coffee or a delicious lunch at the Potting Shed cafe in Logan Botanic Garden which has plenty of outdoor and indoor seating.

There are some delicious sweet treats this weekend including strawberry cheesecake, coconut and chocolate cheesecake, biscoff traybake and blueberry and white chocolate tarts.

Cafe open to garden visitors, 10.30am-4pm.

22/04/2026

Come along for the guided walk next Tuesday, 28th April, at Logan Botanic Garden. It's a perfect time to see the amazing Rhododendrons, Trilliums and plenty more spring delights in Scotland's most exotic Garden.

Tuesday at 10.30am-12pm. Booking not required.