the Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens

  • Orchid Fair 2026

    Glasgow Botanic Gardens 27th Orchid Fair 9th-10th May 2026 @ The Kibble Palace Scotland’s only annual orchid show and fair returns for it’s 27th year to the Glasgow Botanic Gardens,

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  • January in the Botanics

    Some January sightings from our Tour Guides.

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  • Glasgow Flower Gardens

    Sweet peas are going to make a come back in our Annuals Garden this year. They were a highlight in our first year at the Botanics in 2017 so we

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    AGM 2023

    Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens Annual General Meeting Monday, 4 September 2023 at 6.30pm in the Kibble Palace An agenda has been circulated to members but we wish to draw

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  • Join Butterfly Conservation for an amazing free opportunity to get close up views of moths and learn how to identify these mysterious creatures. Then, as the light falls, Clyde Bat Group will lead a walk using special electronic detectors to allow you to hear the bats calling as they hunt amongst the trees and buildings.

    Event: Bat and Moth Night 2 September 2022

    On Friday, 2nd September the wonderful people from Butterfly Conservation and Clyde Bat Group will be leading the engagement at the Moth and Bat night at Glasgow Botanic Gardens. It

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  • Visitor information

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  • Visitor information

    The Garden grounds are open from 7a.m. till 9pm at the moment (times may vary for operational reasons. Where this happens we will try and post advance notice) The Kibble

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  • Keep Scotland Beautiful- Green Flag Award

    The Gardens are delighted to be awarded the Keep Scotland Beautiful Green Flag for 2020  and are working to maintain these standards in 2021. The Green Flag Award recognises the

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    Please vote to fund our new project!!

    The Gardens are just waking up but the Friends have been active over the winter and in particular supporting the Friends of Glasgow Parks Forum. The Forum has been leading the

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