the Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens
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Happy New Year, what will 2020 bring?
Happy New Year to all visitors and Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens. We will hopefully bring you lots of exciting events and highlight interesting additions to the collections over the next couple of months. One interesting point to make is that 2020 marks the 200th anniversary of the arrival of renown plant collector David Douglas
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Index Seminum 2019/2020
We will be putting up our Index Seminum Seed Exchange List on the 18rd November 2019.Please click on this link The form will be available for completion online only this year and we hope to have orders processed by early 2020. The exchange is open only to those with an IPEN registration GBG
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The Great Escapers- Help us track them down in Glasgow!!
We are looking outside of the Botanic Gardens for this task in an attempt to assist our partners at the Botanical Society of the British Isles. As part of a nationwide effort to record as many plant species as possible growing ‘as wild’, the BSBI is very keen to hear from anyone in Glasgow who
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Horticultural Manavilins- Tall Tales as told by ex-curator Paul Matthews
As befits a proud member of the Cornish diaspora Paul Matthews talk on Thursday 24th October 2019 smacks of the sea but possibly in title only. A manavilin is a nautical term of bits and pieces, odds and sods or the scraps left over in a barrel. Paul’s long career in botany and horticultural has
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UPDATE 30/08/2019 bat and moth night cancelled
BAT AND MOTH NIGHT 30/08/2019 IS CANCELLED THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY THE PARTNER ORGANISATIONS DUE TO THE POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS FORECAST FOR THIS EVENING. FOR UP TO DATE CONSERVATION AND EVENT NEWS PLEASE CHECK BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION WEBSITE OR CLYDE BAT GROUP ON FACEBOOK FOLLOW @SAVEBUTTERFLIES AND @CLYDEBATGROUP Time of event CANCELLED.
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Last Few Available Spaces For The CPH Course Starting In August
There are a few spaces to left for The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) Certificate of Practical Horticulture being offered at Glasgow Botanic Gardens, starting August 2019 and lasting for 10 full days at a cost of £500. This is being offered in partnership with the RBGE and is co-ordinated by the former Curator, Paul Matthews, Lisa Swift and the Friends
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Summer Walks and Talks
We have a range of tours for the Summer. Staff will be taking you somewhere in the Gardens and talking new developments, current projects or old favourites. Meet at 2pm in front of the Kibble Palace on the following days. Monday 24th of June Tuesday 2nd July Tuesday 16th July Wednesday 17th July
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Glasgow Science Festival at Glasgow Botanic Gardens
We are delighted to be playing host to several events as part of Glasgow Science Festival 2019. We have three dates in June for you to watch out for; Saturday 8th, Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th Saturday 8th June 11-3.00 Discover science at Glasgow’s Botanic Gardens. Join University of Glasgow PhD students, University
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Kibble Lecture: Thursday 18th April 2019
The Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens annual Kibble Lecture this year has two guest speakers. Dr Helen Kingstone, Lecturer in Victorian Studies (University of Glasgow), will open the evening with a short talk on the ‘Born in 1819’ Project with the associated exhibition New Victorians: Kibble and his Contemporaries still running in the Kibble Palace.
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Orchid Success
Its a ‘well done’ to Christine Nicholson (GBG-Orchid Propagator) for producing some award winning plants for the Scottish Orchid Society display at the North East England Orchid Society Show. The Paphiopedilum appletonianum won Best Society Plant for the Scottish Orchid Society display as well as a Highly Commended for the overall show. The Pleione