The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh was established in 1670 and during the 20th century acquired three Regional Gardens – the mountainous Benmore in Argyll; Dawyck in the wooded hills of the Scottish Borders and Logan on the Gulf Stream-warmed southern peninsula of Dumfries & Galloway.
Together they represent one of the world’s largest living collections of plants.
Accessibility
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh welcomes all visitors and aims to ensure that everyone has an enjoyable day out by providing best possible access to the Gardens, our Glasshouses, Inverleith House contemporary art gallery, our visitor centre and restaurants.
The Garden is largely accessible to wheelchair users and public buildings have level or ramped ground floor access. There are tarmac paths around the Garden most of which are flat and accessible. Any steep paths which are not wheelchair accessible are sign-posted and Garden staff will advise on any of the Glasshouses which are not accessible to motorised wheelchair or mobility scooter users.
All registered assistance dogs are welcome in the Garden.
Accessibility Statements
Accessibility Statements are available for our Gardens.
Simply click on the name of the Garden you intend to visit to open or download it.
If you would like to provide any feedback, we would welcome your comments. We would be interested to hear if there is any information we may have missed, or things you think might help us to improve accessibility in terms of services and facilities. Please contact us at marketing@rbge.org.uk
Latest Reviews
It is easy to navigate for a wheelchair guests. The paths which branch off between the trees and shrubs are not suitable for wheelchairs, but the main paths are and they are well maintained. There is lots of space to sit and relax outside. There are plenty of restrooms/toilets and they were all well maintained. There are many paid parking spots around, so you will find one easily.