Forestry Commission Scotland Black History Month/Diwali 2016 was an inter-generational event held over two days at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh (RBGE). The event was delivered as part of Black History Month (BHM) and the annual Diwali celebrations and was designed to compliment the current RBGE exhibition at The ‘John Hope Gateway’ entitled ‘Flora of Nepal: a 200-year connection’