RBGE Creative Programmes

RBGE Creative Programmes A unique place for contemporary art, exhibitions + events, embedded within the world of plants.

Room 2: Glamour 💄 This room features the only photographic work in the exhibition, produced by Linder in collaboration w...
09/07/2025

Room 2: Glamour 💄

This room features the only photographic work in the exhibition, produced by Linder in collaboration with Swiss photographer Christina Birrer.

The She/she series – which originally appeared in a zine format – was created to coincide with the launch of Linder’s band Ludus’ new cassette and features lyrics from their songs.

Through the images Linder deconstructs the feminine ideal represented by the media, instead depicting a freedom of expression that can be viewed as ‘self-montage’. Dressed in the New Romantic style typical of the early 1980s, she uses clingfilm, torn photographs and bandage to alter her appearance.

Linder’s striking portrait from the series features on the cover of our exhibition catalogue, available to purchase at the gallery shop or online here:

https://rbgeshop.org/products/linder-exhibition-book
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🌺 Linder: Danger Came Smiling
📅 23 May – 19 Oct 2025
⏰ Open daily 10.30am - 4.30pm
📍 Inverleith House
🎟️ Free exhibition
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Image: Installation shot of Linder: Danger Came Smiling. Photo: Sally Jubb.
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Edinburgh Art Festival Hayward Gallery

July Poster Highlight “We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So, when we say th...
08/07/2025

July Poster Highlight

“We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So, when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves.”
- Andy Goldsworthy

Andy Goldsworthy is a British artist known for his site-specific installations involving natural materials and the passage of time.

Working as both sculptor and photographer, Goldsworthy crafts installations out of rocks, ice, leaves, or branches, work that changes over time.

Our April poster of the month is from Goldsworthy’s solo exhibition 'Hand to Earth' held in Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1990 as part of Edinburgh Festival.

If you are interested in Goldsworthy’s sculptures make sure to look out for our monthly art walks, held by a member of the Creative Programmes Team, where you will be able to see Goldsworthy’s work in the garden!

🕰️1990
💷£20

To purchase this poster, follow the link here:

https://rbgeshop.org/products/sculpture-1976-1999-by-andy-goldsworthy

Art walk tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/art-walks
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Image: Hand to Earth 1990, Andy Goldsworthy @ Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
The Botanics Shop




📢 Botanics Choir is back for autumn term! Join the Botanics Choir and be part of something bigger! Experience the joy of...
05/07/2025

📢 Botanics Choir is back for autumn term!

Join the Botanics Choir and be part of something bigger! Experience the joy of singing in a group, from choir enthusiasts to first-time singers. 🎵

Expect songs about the changing seasons, harvest time and autumn leaves. You can book a full term in one go or split it into two half term payments.

Botanics choir is for everyone, and no singing experience or auditions are required. Visit Eventbrite for more details.
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📅 Tues 9 Sep – Tues 9 Dec 2025
⏰ 5.30pm - 7pm
📍 Science Buildings, 20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR
🎟️ £25 - £72
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Image: The Botanics choir performing in front of the Botanics Cottage @ Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Photo: Amy Porteous
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Room 1: Graft ‘I often ponder the most minimal interruption that I can create to totally change the meaning of the orig...
02/07/2025

Room 1: Graft

‘I often ponder the most minimal interruption that I can create to totally change the meaning of the original image.’
Linder

Danger Came Smiling spans five decades of Linder’s artistic journey, from her beginnings in the 1970s Manchester punk scene to the present day.

Under the theme of graft in gallery 1 we explore Linder’s manipulation of found imagery, and how this can reassemble stories told to us by society.

Diagrams of Love: Marriage of Eyes is the focal point in this gallery space and questions the idea of glamour and form. Combining a montage of different themes, the rug was tufted at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh back in 2016 and has been both exhibited and performed with by Linder.

For more Linder themed textiles, head to our online shop linked below and explore the range of tablecloths, napkins and scarfs inspired by photomontage ✨

Linder: Danger Came Smiling at Inverleith House – The Botanics Shop at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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🌺 Linder: Danger Came Smiling
📅 23 May – 19 Oct 2025
⏰ Open daily 10.30am - 4.30pm
📍 Inverleith House
🎟️ Free exhibition
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Image: Installation shot of Diagrams of Love: Marriage of Eyes, Inverleith House 2025. Photo: Sally Jubb.
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh The Botanics Shop Edinburgh Art Festival

🌼Join us for an art tour this July! Spend some time learning about the outdoor sculpture collection at the Botanics, fr...
25/06/2025

🌼Join us for an art tour this July!

Spend some time learning about the outdoor sculpture collection at the Botanics, from the iconic works of Barbara Hepworth and Andy Goldsworthy to new interventions by artist Linder Sterling.

Or why not take a tour exploring our current exhibition at Inverleith House, ‘Linder: Danger Came Smiling’? Delve into the themes of each room and sample a bespoke cup of rose tea while continuing the conversation.

Both tours will be run by members of staff from the Creative Programmes team, giving you an insight into the world of art at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 🎨

🎟️ Book your spot using the links below

Art Walk (Fri 11 Jul):
https://Art-Walk-July.eventbrite.co.uk

Spill the Tea (Sun 6 Jul):
https://JulySpilltheTeaLinder.eventbrite.co.uk

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🌺 Linder: Danger Came Smiling
📅 23 May – 19 Oct 2025
⏰ Open daily 10.30am - 4.30pm
📍 Inverleith House
🎟️ Free exhibition
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Image: Garden of Smiles caterpillar, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 2025. Photo: Linder Sterling
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Edinburgh Art Festival
Hayward Gallery

📢 Last chance to see... This is the final week to discover Pressed for Time in the John Hope Gateway Gallery space! Home...
21/06/2025

📢 Last chance to see...

This is the final week to discover Pressed for Time in the John Hope Gateway Gallery space!

Home to three million preserved plant and fungi specimens, encompassing over 300 years of biodiversity, the herbarium at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is a scientific resource of worldwide importance.

Take a journey through time, over land and sea, and discover how the herbarium might shape our future in the final week of this exhibition.

Thank you to all those involved with the exhibition, and to everyone that has participated in creating beautiful drawings of both herbarium samples and postcards from the future herbarium, we wish we could include them all! 🌱
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🍁Pressed for Time
📅 22 Mar 2025 – 29 Jun 2025
⏰ Open daily 10am - 5pm
📍 John Hope Gateway Gallery
🎟️ Free exhibition
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Image: Herbarium Future postcards from the Pressed for Time exhibition, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 2025.
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Edinburgh Science Festival
RBGE Scottish Plants

🍵 Join us next week for a free outdoor tea tasting and meditation session in partnership with Eteaket leaf tea co. 🌹 To ...
17/06/2025

🍵 Join us next week for a free outdoor tea tasting and meditation session in partnership with Eteaket leaf tea co.

🌹 To mark the launch of our new exhibition, Linder: Danger Came Smiling,we invite you to sample a specially blended tea, Rose Ritual, inspired by Linder’s work.

Crafted exclusively for the exhibition by eteaket, this tea invites you to pause, breathe, and reflect.

Find your calm in the Botanics this summer — we’d love to see you there.

👉 Click the link below to book your free ticket: https://linder-eteaket-tea-meditation.eventbrite.co.uk
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📍Inverleith House Gallery
📅 Monday 23 June
⏰11am – 12pm
🎟️ Free event
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Image: Rose ritual tea blend. Photo: Erica Moore
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
The Botanics Shop

June Poster Highlight 🌿 Have you caught the Meconopsis in bloom this year? The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh played an ...
13/06/2025

June Poster Highlight 🌿

Have you caught the Meconopsis in bloom this year?

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh played an important role in introducing this species to Europe from the Himalayas and South-west China in the first half of the 20th century. It’s one of the most striking montane plants; its flower colour varying from vivid turquoise to pale blue, like no other found in nature. The art of Roni Horn has just such a quality.

In 2006, Inverleith House hosted the first solo exhibition in the UK by the American artist Roni Horn (b.1955.) Though photography is the medium which creates the axis of her practice, Horn included sculpture in this exhibition as well.

🕰️2006
💷£5

👉 To purchase this poster, follow the link here: https://rbgeshop.org/products/roni-horn?_pos=20&_sid=c9419be81&_ss=r
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Image: Roni Horn, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

The Botanics Shop







Fancy hearing more about our current exhibition at Inverleith House? Join us for one of our first spotlight talks of th...
12/06/2025

Fancy hearing more about our current exhibition at Inverleith House?

Join us for one of our first spotlight talks of the summer, exploring ‘Linder: Danger Came Smiling. The tour will be led by one of our wonderful Creative Programmes Volunteers and focuses on their favourite element of the exhibition.

👉 Book your FREE ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/spotlight-talks-4382793
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📍Inverleith House
📅Thursday 19 June, Sunday 13 July, Thursday 14 August
⏰2pm - 2.30pm
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🌺 Linder: Danger Came Smiling
📅 23 May – 19 Oct 2025
⏰ Open daily 10.30am - 4.30pm
📍 Inverleith House
🎟️ Free exhibition
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Image: ‘Linder: Danger Came Smiling’ Preview Photo: Ross Fraser MacLean/Studio RoRo
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Edinburgh Art Festival

🌸 Join us for a guided tour this June! Spend an afternoon getting familiar with the outdoor sculpture collection in the...
30/05/2025

🌸 Join us for a guided tour this June!

Spend an afternoon getting familiar with the outdoor sculpture collection in the garden, from the iconic works of Barbara Hepworth and Andy Goldsworthy to new interventions by artist Linder Sterling.

Or why not explore our current exhibition at Inverleith House, ‘Linder: Danger Came Smiling’? Delve into the themes of each room and sample a bespoke cup of herbal tea while continuing the conversation.

🎟️ Book your spot using the links below 👇

Art Walk (Fri 6 Jun): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1328617543839?aff=oddtdtcreator

Spill the Tea (Sun 1 Jun): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1339459833419?aff=oddtdtcreator

Both events will be led by a member of staff from the Creative Programmes team.
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🌺 Linder: Danger Came Smiling
📅 23 May – 19 Oct 2025
⏰ Open daily 10.30am - 4.30pm
📍 Inverleith House
🎟️ Free exhibition
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Image: Linder with Rhododendron lanigerum, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 2025. Photo: Ross Fraser McLean / StudioRoRo.
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Edinburgh Art Festival

Hayward Gallery

📢PRESENTING EAF25We are thrilled to be a part of EAF25, returning between 7—24 August this Summer!Join us in celebrating...
29/05/2025

📢PRESENTING EAF25

We are thrilled to be a part of EAF25, returning between 7—24 August this Summer!

Join us in celebrating the Arts Festival with Linder: Danger Came Smiling. Linder’s first retrospective in Scotland showcases 50 years of trailblazing artwork. It dives into her fascination with plants and invites us to see beyond traditional ideas about gender and sexuality.

EAF (Edinburgh Art Festival) is the UK’s largest annual festival of visual art. The Festival’s 21st edition takes root in the EAF Pavilion, branching out to galleries and community spaces across the city. The Festival creates a unique moment in time, with a programme of artist-driven exhibitions, performances, gatherings, and residencies during the August festival season.

From modern myths to q***r history, the political body to environmental collectivity, the Festival invites you to witness, reflect, and participate in these narratives that have fought to be remembered.

Presenting 82 events and exhibitions across 45 Partner Galleries and Venues, in the biggest Festival yet, EAF showcases artists: local and global; historic and contemporary; emerging and established; and always strives to amplify intersectional voices.

Find out more at edinburghartfestival.com

Edinburgh Art Festival Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

“Under this mask, another mask. I will never be finished removing all these faces.” ― Claude Cahun To celebrate the open...
27/05/2025

“Under this mask, another mask. I will never be finished removing all these faces.” ― Claude Cahun

To celebrate the opening of Linder: Danger Came Smiling this May, our poster of the month is from artist- activist Claude Cahun📷

Cahun (1894–1954) was a French artist and writer, now famed for her powerful photographic works. By exploring a variety of media, she merged dreamworlds with everyday reality, embracing the idea of multiple realities and identities.

Her influence as an artist-activist, through her rebellion in life and art, feminism, lesbianism and refusal of binary norms – is still felt today.

Cahun’s first UK based exhibition was held in Inverleith House in 2011, nearly 60 years after the artist’s death.

🕰️Poster year 2011
💷Poster price £5.00

To purchase this poster, follow the link below:
https://rbgeshop.org/products/claude-cahun-on-training
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Image: In Training, Claude Cahun. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
The Botanics Shop




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