St Andrews Botanic Garden
The St Andrews Botanic Garden is an 18-acre botanical garden in the university town of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland.
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Scots pine - our only native pine tree
The Scots pine is one of only three native conifers in Britain, and our only native pine. Found all over the UK, this long-lived and majestic tree is important to wildlife. It has earnt its name for being particularly abundant in the Caledonian pine forest in the Scottish Highlands and the lynch-pin of that habitat.
Red deer - monarch of the glens (and quite a lot of other places)
The Red Deer is Britain's largest land mammal. They are a native species having migrated to Britain from Europe 11,000 years ago. The population has declined at various times in the past, but is currently on the rise.
The Iron Bridge - early icon of the Industrial Revolution
Many of the iconic bridges of the world owe their existence to the achievement of the world’s first iron bridge, built in 1779 across the Severn Gorge, near Telford in Shropshire.
The white water lily - Britain's largest native wildflower
The white water lily is the only native water lily in Britain, and is also our largest wild flower, with blooms that grow up to 20cm in diameter. It has rounded, leathery, floating leaves, making up large, white flowers that are sometimes tinged with pink and are borne on stalks just above the water.
J. M. W. Turner - putting the railway in the picture
'Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway' is an 1844 painting by British artist J. M. W. Turner, regarded as significant for its evocative depiction of the recently growing railway system – a potent symbol of industrialisation at the time.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.