As a result of a good weather which finally appeared in Edinburgh, I went to the Royal Botanic Garden last week.
The Garden is located not far away from the city centre and can be easily reached by car, bus or on foot. It stretches for 70 acres, which to be honest does not tell me too much, but in other words it is big.
You can admire there many different kinds of plants, trees, shrubs or flowers from around the world. It is believed that the Botanic Garden has got the biggest collection of Chinese plants outside China.
Admission to the Garden is free of charge. However, you have to pay for entering the glasshouse.
In 2006 the queen and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, opened the Queen Mother's Memorial Garden. In four corners of the garden there are plants from Europe, Asia, North America and the southern hemisphere. There is also a pavilion, whose walls are covered with shells and the ceiling is covered with cones.
In the Botanic Garden you can not only become familiar with plants from different countries, but you can also walk, sit on a bench or grass and relax.
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