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RBGE Creative Programmes, Arboretum Place/Inverleith Row Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh (2025)

17/09/2025

Room 6: Seduction 👄

‘To be trained in glamour was often also to be trained in the art of seduction.’ Linder.

With its original meaning of ‘to lead astray,’ the word seduction serves as a reminder to Linder that it can be productive to divert oneself from conventional paths.

🩰 Seduced by images of dancers in the ballet annuals of her childhood, Linder entered the fantasy world of the stage; an imaginary space to escape from an abusive relationship within her wider family.

🌿 Did you spot the herbs in Bower of Bliss (Image 1)? Head to the exhibition shop to purchase Linder’s exclusive tea blend ‘Rose Ritual’ which contains rosemary & sage.
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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 shots, Linder: Danger Came Smiling, 2025. Photos: Sally Jubb.
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Edinburgh Art Festival

16/09/2025

Looking for some arty weekend plans? Why not join our descriptive tour & workshop of ‘Linder: Danger Came Smiling’ this Saturday.

Led by neurodivergent teaching artist Louise Fraser, the tour is designed with blind and partially sighted people in mind but open to everyone.

👇 Head to the link below to your spot: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1684699384209?aff=oddtdtcreator
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🗓️ Saturday 20 September
⏰ 10:00 – 12:00
📍 Meeting point: John Hope Gateway
🎟️ Free event
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Image: Preview of Linder: Danger Came Smiling, May 2025. Photo: Dmytro Paliienko.
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh RNIB Connect - Scotland

15/09/2025

📣 Halloween trail volunteers needed! 🍂

We are looking for enthusiastic and friendly volunteers to join our current team to assist with this year’s Halloween Trail.

🐿️ The trail runs from the 11th - 19th of October and is one of our most popular events, bringing lots of families to the garden. Our Creative Programmes Volunteers look after the final location on the trail (based indoors) and are the point of contact for giving rewards to participants and telling children how well they have done. 🎃

We look forward to hearing from you!

👉 To find out more and apply, follow the link here: https://www.rbge.org.uk/support-us/volunteer/
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📍Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
📅 11th – 19thOctober
⏰ 10am - 4pm
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Image: Participants of Halloween trail 2024. Photo: Dmytro Paliienko
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

14/09/2025

September Poster Highlight

Celebrate the beginning of Autumn with Margaret Stones’ Flora of Louisiana pinecone poster. 🍂

Acknowledged as one of the most accomplished botanical artists of the twentieth century, Elsie Margaret Stones (b.1920) was an Australian botanical illustrator and principal artist for Curtis’s Botanical Magazine for Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

In 1975, Louisiana State University commissioned Stones to record a series of native Louisiana plants. Stones created over 200 illustrations and watercolours detailing certain flora that had never been captured before.

In 1991, Stones exhibited 90 drawings at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, alongside the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, and the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

Stones was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) as recognition to her service to art as an illustrator of botanical specimens.

🕰️1991
💷£15

👉 To purchase this poster, follow the link here: 'Flora of Louisiana' by Margaret Stones – The Botanics Shop at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

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Image: Margaret Stones, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

08/09/2025

🍄 Intrigued by our current Fungi Sessions exhibitions in the John Hope Gateway?

Join us for a spotlight talk exploring fungal themes around the exhibition. The tour will be led by one of our wonderful Creative Programmes Volunteers and focuses on their favourite elements of the exhibition, allowing you a deeper insight into Fungi Sessions.

👉 Book your FREE ticket here: https://SpotlightTalkFungiSessions.eventbrite.co.uk

This event is part of Art History Festival 2025 organised by the Association for Art History.
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📍John Hope Gateway
📅Thursday 18 September
⏰12:30pm - 1pm
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Image: Fungi Sessions spotlight talk, August 2025. Photo: Eva Madden.
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🍄 Fungi Sessions
📅 2 August 2025 – 11 January 2026
⏰ Open daily 10am – 5pm (4pm Nov – Jan)
📍 John Hope Gateway
🎟️ Free exhibition
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Association for Art History

06/09/2025

Linder Panel Discussion

Join us for an inspiring evening with iconic feminist artist Linder at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 🌿

Explore the botanical themes woven through Linder’s groundbreaking work in a conversation with three experts from the Botanics.

The evening includes a panel discussion and audience Q&A, an opportunity to purchase signed books by Linder and Botanics authors, and a tasting of a bespoke tea blend created specifically for Linder's exhibition at the Garden.

👉 Book via the link below. Tickets are limited - don't miss out! https://art-talk-linder.eventbrite.co.uk
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📅 Thursday 25 September
⏰ 6pm - 8pm
📍 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh's Lecture Theatre
🎟️ £8 - £10
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

05/09/2025

Room 5: Grammar

‘I select my imagery with my scalpel and I make my mark’

Linder

While a student of graphic design at Manchester Polytechnic in 1976, Linder abandoned drawing and painting in favour of photomontage. She started working with images from magazines aimed at ‘women’s interests’ (fashion, homemaking, romance) and ‘men’s interests’ (cars, DIY, po*******hy).

Her distinctive visual style drew on various traditions from art history and reflected the atmosphere of the punk scene in Manchester. Linder made her first photomontages for posters, flyers, record covers and zines. Several are exhibited in Inverleith House, including her iconic image for Buzzcocks’ 1977 debut single Or**sm Addict.

A year later, Linder founded her own punk band, Ludus, who produced multiple albums including the namesake of the exhibition Danger Came Smiling.

A fan of punk? Browse through our Linder shop both online and in person to find more items such as the Danger Came Smiling sweatshirt👉

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 shots of Gallery 5, Linder: Danger Came Smiling, 2025. Photos: Sally Jubb.
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Edinburgh Art Festival

03/09/2025

Join us for an autumnal Art Walk this Friday! 🍂

Learn more about the sculptures that call the Botanics their home, as well as temporary interventions by artist Linder, which accompany her exhibition in Inverleith House. 🌺

The guided tour will be led by a member of the Creative Programmes team and involves a scenic walk through the garden.

♿ This walk will be wheelchair and mobility scooter accessible but please note some paths are at an incline.

The tour will meet at the John Hope Gateway (West Gate) for this outdoor event.

👉 Follow the link for more information and to book a space: https://SepArtWalk.eventbrite.co.uk

📅 Friday 5 September
⏰ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
📍 John Hope Gateway
🎟️ £10
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Image: Reg Butler’s Girl, with interventions by Linder. Photo: Lynsey Wilson
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

01/09/2025

Room 4: Cut ✂️

The pasted connections between past and present continue.

💡Three lightboxes present striking artworks utilising photographs of models found in pornographic magazines. Traditionally romantic flowers such as roses and lilies conceal the intent of the original images, subverting them to open up many possible new meanings.

This room also includes work that draws attention to the political background of photomontage, familiar from early pioneer of the medium Hannah Höch who critiqued fascist ideology in her work.

🛍️ Shop our full range of exhibition postcards and books at Inverleith House shop, open for the run of the exhibition.
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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 installation shot. Photo: Sally Jubb.
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Edinburgh Art Festival Hayward Gallery

25/08/2025

Beatrix Potter: A Victorian Naturalist was the first exhibition of the artist’s scientific drawings of fungi, presented by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1993.

Her work culminated in a scientific paper on the germination of fungal spores, which was presented at the Linnaean Society in 1897. Although she didn’t receive enough support to publish her paper, her research continued for another four years until she began to write and illustrate the first of her books.

The drawings presented at this exhibition highlighted conclusive evidence that Potter was carrying out pioneering research in a highly specialised field.

🕰️1993
💷£5.00

🔗 To purchase this poster, follow the link here: https://rbgeshop.org/products/a-victorian-naturalist-beatrix-potter?_pos=1&_sid=c0def935c&_ss=r

🍄Interested in all things fungi? Explore our new exhibition Fungi Sessions at the John Hope Gateway, where you can immerse yourself in the mesmerising music of Hannah Read and Dr Patrick Hickey's films exploring these vital organisms. The two are combined in a revealing audiovisual installation.
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🍄 Fungi Sessions
📅 2 Aug 2025 – 11 Jan 2026
⏰ Open daily 10am – 5pm
📍 John Hope Gateway
🎟️ Free exhibition
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Image: Beatrix Potter: A Victorian Naturalist, 1993 exhibition poster, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

06/08/2025

Room 3: Cut

‘The scalpel that I use cuts through paper and time with equal ease.’
Linder

For Linder, the cut is a transformational act. By cutting images from their original context, she makes cuts in time and reveals links between the past and present.

Room 3 showcases a variety of images that sit under this theme, including artworks made especially by Linder for the Botanics. The images are taken in front of some of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s world leading Rhododendron collection.

Linder has ‘cut’ into these images with photomontage of roses, chairs, and teacups to reflect the domestic setting of Inverleith House. The works’ titles are all quotes from Walter Scott – Linder’s homage to Scotland.

Two of the artworks are available to buy as limited-edition prints at the Botanics shop.

Follow the link below for further info 👉
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 shots of Gallery 3, Linder: Danger Came Smiling, 2025. Photo: Sally Jubb.
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh The Botanics Shop Edinburgh Art Festival

30/07/2025

Spill the Tea Tours

Join us for a guided tour of Danger Came Smiling led by a member of RBGE staff and chat about all you have seen in the gallery whilst sampling a cup of specially blended Eteaket leaf tea co rose tea. 🌹

Linder's first retrospective in Scotland is on tour from the Hayward Gallery and comes to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh to showcase 50 years of trailblazing artwork.

Join us to dive deeper into Linder’s fascination with plants and see beyond traditional ideas about gender and sexuality, all whilst sampling a cup of tea and seeing behind the scenes.

👉 Follow the link below to book your tickets:

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/linder-danger-came-smiling-4247053

📅 Sundays; 3 August, 7 September, 5 October
⏰ 2:30pm - 4pm
📍 Inverleith House
🎟️ £7.50
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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: Exhibition close up from Linder: Danger Came Smiling, 2025. Photo: Sally Jubb
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Edinburgh Art Festival

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