Listing - Botanics, Exhibition Hall
A Big Pile of Rubbish
Rubbish is everyone's problem! Learn how to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle your waste. Lots of games, competitions and free recycled gifts.
10 & 11 April, 11am (Drop in)
Age 5+
11am - 5pm. Just turn up on the day.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall
Arabian Beauties
Scents and sights of exotic lands… Come and see our beautiful begonias and other amazing Arabian plants and meet the experts working on the conservation of these plants in the wild!
12 April, 11am (Drop in)
Age 5+
11am - 5pm. Just turn up on the day.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall
Bananas and the Stuff of Life
Become a real life scientist as we help you extract the DNA from a banana. This could be the start of a fabulous career in science!
10 April, 11am (Drop in)
Age 5+
11am - 5pm. Just turn up on the day.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall
Compost in a Bottle
What, exactly, happens inside a compost bin? Make your own compost in a plastic bottle and find out!
7, 8 & 9 April, Saturday & Sunday 11am; Monday 4pm (30 minutes)
All ages
Sign up on the day.Adults must remain with children.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall
Compost: Science or Magic?
The art of composting revealed! By the experts. Discover more about compost bins and composting in all its glory.
7 to 9 April, 11am (Drop in)
Age 5+
11am -5pm. Just turn up on the day.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall
Food Lab
A range of hands-on activities for all ages; make a food face, check out your knowledge with our Square Meals game and take the sugar test!
10 to 12 April, 11am (Drop in)
Age 5+
11am - 5pm. Just turn up on the day.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall
Growing Green
How green are your fingers? Learn the art of taking cuttings in this hands-on workshop and take home your own mini greenhouse full of baby plants.
11 & 12 April, 11am (Drop in)
All ages
11am - 5pm, not between 1pm - 2pm. Just turn up on the day.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall
Happy Habitats
Pick a minibeast and discover where it lives. Design a habitat for your minibeast, using a habitat recipe card and a host of nature's ingredients!
11 & 12 April, 11am (Drop in)
All ages
11am - 5pm. Just turn up on the day.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall
Herbal Remedies
Use all your senses here to create your own unique medicinal herbal tea and sea salt body scrub with medical herbalist Karen Ballantyne. Take home to enjoy over Easter.
7 & 8 April, 11am (Drop in)
All ages
11am - 5pm. Just turn up on the day.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall
Jurassic Plant: DNA and Dinosaur Food
The amazing DNA molecule is crammed full of incredible information, waiting to be unlocked. Discover how DNA research can reveal the secret histories of plants from the time of the dinosaurs.
8 April, 3pm (30 mins)
Age 12+
Just turn up on the day.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall
Lichens: A Match Made in Heavan
How is a lichen more than the sum of its parts? Discover how lichens survive in extreme conditions and the secrets they hold about the natural world!
10 April, 1pm (30 mins)
Age 8+
Just turn up on the day.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall
Making Perfect Compost
Want prize-winning carrots or staggering sunflowers? Learn from the experts how to make the best compost possible.
7 & 9 April, Saturday 2pm; Monday 11am (30 minutes)
Age 12+
Sign up on the day. Adults must remain with children.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall
Natural Grooves
Bring the rhythms and movement of nature to life though this drama and dance workshop. Everyone will enjoy these fun, energetic sessions.
10 April, 2pm & 4pm (1 hour)
Age 5+
Book in Advance.Adults must remain with children.No charge for accompanying adults.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall
Nature's Magic Numbers
Why are certain numbers common in nature? Explore natures patterns and reveal the numbers behind them. We'll need your help with counting!
7 & 8 April, 1pm (30 mins)
Age 5+
Just turn up on the day.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall
Outrageous Orchids
You want an orchid, so what can you do? Find out where to buy them, what makes them different from other houseplants and how best to care for them with experts from The Scottish Orchid Society.
9 & 10 April, 11am (Drop in)
All ages
11am - 5pm. Just turn up on the day.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall
Papermaking
Hands-on creative recycling! Come and have a go at making your own recycled paper!
10 & 11 April, Tuesday 11am; Wednesday 12 Noon (1 hour)
Age 5+
Sign up on the day.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall
Plant Colour Magic
A wonderful chance to use dyes made from plants and create a beautifully coloured skein of wool - onions, woad and madda will amaze you with their intensity of colour. Led by Hilary Menzies.
12 April, 11am (Drop in)
Age 8+
11am - 5pm. Just turn up on the day.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall
Plants Bite Back!
Enter the weird and wonderful world of carnivorous plants. Get up close to the Venus fly trap and friends, and find out their gruesome secrets.
9 April, 1pm; 3pm (30 mins)
All ages
Just turn up on the day.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall
Powerpod Workshops
Games and activities to help you find out more about climate change and alternative energy. Run by young people for young people.
8 & 9 April, 12 Noon; 2pm (45 minutes)
Age 8+
Sign up on the day. Adults must remain with children.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall
Powerpod: Renewable Energy in a Box
A trailer built to demonstrate the use of renewable energy. Designed by teenagers for teenagers to better inform them about climate change and the use of alternative energy sources. Demonstrations and hands-on exhibits for all ages.
7 to 12 April, 11am (Drop in)
All ages
11am - 5pm. Just turn up on the day.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Exhibition Hall