36 staff from 21 botanical gardens of China gathered together in Kunming and Xishuangbanna during November 13-26 last year to attend a horticulture training course in Kunming Botanical Garden and Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG). The course was sponsored by Chinese Union of Botanical Gardens (CUBG), with the aim of raising horticulture capacity through botanical gardens nationwide. Three participants at this training course have been recommended to study in Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh. They are Xi wang from Kunming Botanical Garden, Wei Yu from Beijing Botanical Garden and Wu Fuchuan from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden.

　　CUBG with these three botanical gardens had an agreement early this year to boost talent communication and cooperation, including the fund of training in Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE). Now they three has started the precious learning journey in RBGE, where they could study for three months and take delivery of advanced gardening and horticultural technology and experiences back.

three students in RBGE

attending a lecture

working in RBGE