the Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens
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Holy Smoke Robin!! It’s the Bat and Moth Night!!
On the 31st of August, as we slowly slip into Autumn, why not come along to the Bat and Moth Night at Glasgow Botanic Gardens. Meet near the Kibble
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Once more unto the beech…
I know its technically Fagus sylvatica, but it’s a tricky business getting a funny title out of a scientific bi-nomial. 06/04/2018 What’s not funny was the poor treatment that the
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From Knotty Ash to Weeping Ash
Wee Hamish McDiddy, from just outside Liverpool, has sent in a request for ash related postings, it was wrapped in two pieces of bread and jam. Our tree, appropriately the
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Snowdrop (day 2)
Sunrise on the first day of Spring. It wasn’t the usual journey to work today! We were a bit dismissive of the snow yesterday but overnight we received a sharp
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Springing into Action
Despite the continuing chilly weather, work is continuing around the garden. Find out what has been going on here.
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Three Good Things
Given the terrible weather recently I think we occasionally need a morale boosting story, so here’s three. Number One. For those that battled through the wind chilled streets of Glasgow
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A small crown jewel
A lot of new work is getting under way at GBG. Plans are being prepared for a change in the North American Arid House (Main Range 5) and the team
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Shortest Day and Best Wishes 20/12/2017
We are almost at the shortest day of the year, it’s dark and most of the collection outside are enduring cold temperatures and typical Glasgow conditions. The Weeping Ash, a
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Updates from around the garden
04/12/2017 It’s not just the managers that occasionally hit the roof at GBG. This Pandanus utilis [Common Screwpine] arrived in the collection in 1969 . The origin of the species