With winter on the way the Botanical Society of Scotland has published it’s winter lecture programme. These lectures cover a wide range of botanical subjects and are free for anyone to attend. So if you are interested in plants and you are within reasonable travelling distance of Edinburgh, St Andrews, Dundee or Aberdeen you should check out their website for further details. The lectures in Edinburgh are held in the Lecture Theatre, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith Row, they start at 17:30, but for those who arrive earlier tea and biscuits are available from 17:00.