Royal Botanic Garden (Edinburgh)

Royal Botanic Garden Address: Arboretum Pl, Edinburgh, EH3 5NZ

Ever seen a more beautiful garden than the Royal Botanic Garden? Mind you, I've not been to Kew Gardens yet, but this place was truly memorable. The garden had a peaceful environment and stunning plants that were perfect for capturing on camera. My family and I truly enjoyed our experience exploring the garden, which took up most of our afternoon visits here. Be ready to spend a full, if not at least half, a day here, as there is so much to explore and see.

Experience

After you walk past the main store entrance and through the sliding doors, you see a rainforest of plants. The scenery just gets better and better as you walk through the garden and over a small bridge. For tourists, coming over to Edinburgh, besides checking out the main hotspots, like the castle, etc. This garden is a place to tick off your bucket list, as it's different, and you can just relax and admire the beautiful nature of your friends/family.

Botanic Garden

The Garden in Edinburgh covers over 70 acres and has a huge glasshouse range. On a warm day, you can explore many features around the garden that show plants from all regions of the world and climate zones. On a rainy day, the glasshouses are a perfect getaway to spend a day surrounded by greenery and not frozen in the hills. Although you have to pay a small fee to roam around inside, which comes to around £5.50, it is very reasonable for what you see inside the glasshouse. It's totally worth it, I have to say, as you have an insight into the glasshouse, and the plants here are extraordinary, very similar to Kew Gardens.

As you walk deeper into the garden, you will walk past a huge silver glasshouse complex. This is where the stunning glasshouse is located, with lots of hidden gems inside, truly great for photographers.

This cute and beautiful looking cottage is just around the corner from the glasshouse and it had such nice framing. Around the cottage, you get to see lots of different vegetables and fruits being grown.

Glasshouse at Botanic Garden

Below are the stunning images of the main entrance I captured to the glasshouse in the Botanic Garden. You can sit on the benches before you go in, particularly on a sunny day it's perfect. People are always trying to grab that perfect picture for their gram or to share with their circles, so at times it was difficult to capture the area being empty. Nevertheless, I did manage to capture some really nice shots of the glasshouse.

Glasshouse

By far the most gorgeous looking pond inside the glasshouse. A true hidden gem, walking around the edge of the pond, you can capture the prettiest shots from various angles.

Gardens

After our little tour of the glasshouse and watching the fishes swimming around give us a stare. I assumed waiting to be fed, but further down the outside of the glasshouse, I saw a colourful row of flower beds, which looked really picturesque. There were sunflowers, pink roses, lavender and many others. Just around on the other side, they have cottages and vegetables being grown.

Conclusion

One of my favourite things to capture from that day was with my nephew and this close-up of the sunflower. Overall, I loved the gardens, and I would highly recommend visiting the Royal Botanic Garden if you ever visit Edinburgh or Glasgow. It's FREE!! Yes! FREE to visit.

Make sure to add this to your list of tours, as there is so much to capture and explore here. They have a café area where you can dine in or take a tea break, which we did halfway through our walk around the garden. Next year, I'm hoping to make a visit to Kew Gardens in the summer and check out the hype of the garden. I've seen and heard many great things, but I just haven't got around to visiting. Until then, enjoy the gallery of shots and my YouTube video, which is now available here.