the Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens

  • 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

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  • Blogs at the Botanics

    Over the coming months we aim to develop a number of blogs composed by staff, students and volunteers at the Gardens. Blogging is a great way to communicate what is

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  • (Archive) Belle & Sebastian Back Botanics Hub Appeal

    Momentum is growing under the campaign to raise funds for the development of a Tree Hub in Glasgow Botanic Gardens. Glasgow based indie pop band Belle and Sebastian are yet

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  • Commonwealth Collection

    Are you keen to learn more about the Commonwealth community? The new Commonwealth Collection pamphlet is available in the Kibble Palace or by clicking here. The pamphlet includes details about

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  • Tree Trail

     The Gardens have just had a new tree trail installed throughout the Garden, allowing visitors to follow the trail (Tree Trail Leaflet PDF) and learn about our important tree collections.

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  • Index Seminum (Archive 2014)

      Glasgow Botanic Gardens’ Index Seminum for 2014 has been published and distrubuted to botanical institutes worldwide. If you represent a garden enrolled in the Index Seminum programme and did

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  • Herbaceous Border Rejuvenation (Archive 2013)

    If you visited the Gardens in the past month you may have seen a hive of activity going on at the top section of the herbaceous border. A couple of

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  • Glasgow Botanic Gardens Herbarium Exhibition 2013

    Glasgow Botanic Gardens (GBG) is holding a herbarium exhibition in the tea room gallery until 30 September. The exhibition shows a range of examples taken from our herbarium. GBG’s herbarium currently

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  • Sweet Scented Jasmine

    Jasminum rex can be seen flowering at the moment in the Palm House, it has an amazing sweet scent.

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