Gardens

  • Signs of Spring

    At last, the days are lengthening and Spring is just around the corner! In Glasgow Botanic Gardens signs of Spring are everywhere if you know where to look.

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  • Glasgow Flower Gardens

    Creating a community space that is teeming with wildlife isn’t only about getting the planting and management right. It’s also about other creative endeavours.

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    Vireya Rhodododendrons

    This time of year, there will be quite a few rhododendrons flowering in the Gardens and elsewhere. These are usually Himalayan and Chinese species and hybrids – huge numbers of which were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th century. But there is a whole group which need to be grown indoors in Britain…

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  • 2024 CPH Graduates

    The Friends would like to congratulate the most recent cohort of CPH graduates on completing their certification! Well done to all and a big THANK YOU to our instructors on […]

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    Tales from the Tours: Plant Hunters

    An interview with Mary McGrath Everyone loves a monkey puzzle. Araucaria araucana is a unique and popular ornamental conifer in UK gardens. But how did it get here? In 1795 […]

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  • Glasgow Flower Gardens

    by Jane Butterworth & Lucy Vaughan, Chair of Glasgow Flower Gardens Sweet peas are going to make a come back in our Annuals Garden this year. They were a highlight […]

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  • Kibble Palace tours

    Many of those reading will be aware of the very successful summer and autumn tours of Glasgow Botanic Gardens led by our garden guides in 2023. As a further development […]

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    AGM 2023

    Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens Annual General Meeting Monday, 4 September 2023 at 6.30pm in the Kibble Palace An agenda has been circulated to members but we wish to draw […]

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  • Tour Guide Volunteers

    The Friends of the Glasgow Botanic Gardens are planning to start public tours of the Botanics in July. The aim is to raise awareness of the fascinating plant collections, conservation […]

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  • Proposed Glasshouse Charges- A statement by the Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens

    Glasgow Botanic Gardens – Glasgow City Council introduction of entry charges to Glasshouses Response by the Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens At this time, the Friends have no information from […]

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