the Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens
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HABITAT-an exhibition. What plants remind you of home?
With the help from local artist Martha Orbach we are running a couple of drawing sessions and screen-printing workshops culminating in an exhibition in the Kibble Palace in December.
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October Update
The Humpbacked Bridge that joins the Gardens to the Kelvin Walkway was reopened in mid-September. September didn’t leave without a violent goodbye, in the shape of Storm Ali. The
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Spring CPH Students receive their awards
On Saturday, the students who completed the 2018 Spring course of the Certificate of Practical Horticulture were awarded their certificates in the South Wing of the Kibble Palace. A special
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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