Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh RBGE. Historic Botanical Cottage seen through the famous century-old Beech Hedge 8m - 23ft high.
The Botanic Cottage was built in 1765, and designed by the renowned architects John Adam and James Craig. It was the home of the principal gardener, and the main entrance to the Garden. It contained a classroom where every medical student was taught botany during the height of the Scottish Enlightenment. The long and tall Beech Hedge is one of Britain's finest beech hedges. The hedge itself is now over 100 years old and consists of more than 150 individual trees. The trees were originally planted as part of a mixed deciduous boundary to separate the Garden from the land beyond, which was then grazed by cattle. Length 165m / 540ft. Height: 8m / 23ft.
Size: 5340px × 3516px
Location: 20 Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK, Europe
Photo credit: © Wiskerke / Alamy / Afripics
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