the Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens
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Important Plant Health News (Updated 05/11/17)
Update on the P. ramorum outbreak. We have now removed the plants that were identified, by laboratory testing, as being infected with the pathogen. Plant material was destroyed on site by burning (see pic below), in accordance with the best practice laid down by in Scottish Governments Plant Health Order. We feel it is prudent
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SCOTLAND’S RURAL COLLEGE (SRUC)
The SRUC has courses at Glasgow Botanic Gardens as follows: • Higher National Certificate (HNC) Horticulture • Higher National Certificate (HNC) Garden Design The courses are starting in September and those interested should go to www.sruc.ac.uk/glasgow Click on the link below for full information Horticulture and Garden Design Flyer New Courses[5128]
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Spring 2018 Certificate in Practical Horticulture Course dates released
Spring 2018 Course Details; Saturday 17th March 2018 – CPH01 Looking at Plants Saturday 24th March 2018 – CPH02 Soil Care Saturday 7th April 2018 – CPH03 Feeding and Watering Saturday 14th April 2018 – CPH04 Seed Propagation Saturday 21st April 2018 – CPH05 Vegetative Propagation Saturday 28th April 2018 – CPH06 Growing Media and Potting Saturday 12th May 2018 – CPH07 Planting Sunday 13th May 2018 – CPH08 Pruning and Training Saturday 19th May
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Scottish Rural College
Scottish Rural College is launching two new courses in Glasgow Botanic Gardens starting in September 2017 The Courses are HNC Horticulture HNC Garden Design For more information go to www.sruc.ac.uk/study
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Gardens Classroom
The Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens are funding, through the earlier generous legacy by the late Maureen Bell, a new outdoor classroom. We were also fortunate in obtaining funding from the “Tesc0 Bags Scheme” and the Incorporation of Gardeners of Glasgow In the refurbished Fern Garden just to the West of the Main Range it
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Friends new Logo !
The Friends are re-launching this year with a brand new Logo ! With the generous support of Graven Images in Glasgow we have a bright, colourful Logo showcasing our priority to support and develop the plant collections in both in the glasshouses and the Gardens. You will now begin to see this in the Gardens and
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Glasgow Botanic Gardens Bi-Centenary (Archive)
On May 20th 2017 the Gardens reaches its 200th birthday and will be celebrating this momentous occasion with many activities in the Gardens for all to enjoy. More than 20 different organisations will be inviting you to find out about their activities, see the heavy horses and much more – especially for the younger visitors. A major time-line
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Botanical Expedition to Vietnam (Archive 2016)
The Gardens’ Curator, Will Ritchie, will be taking part in an expedition to the Bắc Kỳ region of Vietnam next week to study and help conserve the native flora. The expedition team will be visiting four biodiversity rich sites in the region to collect seeds and cuttings to support ex situ conservation efforts in botanic
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Moth And Bat Night
The Butterfly Conservation will be demonstrating how they trap & record moths and find out why they do it. Clyde Bat Group are also attending, to take you on a bat walk & tell you all about bats.