Gardens
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Birdsong and wildlife walk
As we have come to expect, Alexandra delivered another brilliant tour! Even the weather was kind to us and although cold, it was a still, sunny morning when we set
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Exclusive tour with our orchid propagator
The Glasgow Botanic Gardens is renowned for its collection of dendrobium orchids and a group of Friends were fortunate enough to be given a guided tour of the orchid collection
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Kelvin at the Kibble 2026
Visit us and all our wonderful community groups exhibiting at Kelvin at the Kibble 7-20th April.
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Flint Mill Preservation
Last year, the Friends of Glasgow Botanics were successful in supporting Glasgow City Council gain Scheduled Monuments Consent to carry out physical works to consolidate and repair the remains of
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Book review: Richard Fortey’s Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind
Richard Fortey shares two of my particular passions, geology and fungi, however he does so at a level I can only dream about. He also manages to write about these
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Pinguicula brendae: a new carnivorous plant species from Mexico
Ernesto and Agustina in Mexico, and I described a newbutterwort species, Pinguicula brendae (Lentibulariaceae),from the State of Hidalgo, Mexico. It was officially published on the 8 of February 2026 in
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CPH Spring 2026 – Cancellation
A note to students who were admitted onto the Certificate of Practical Horticulture course scheduled for March-June 2026: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Trustees of Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens
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Chair’s report
Trustees of Friends meet each month in the Botanics Offices usually for about an hour and a half when we discuss a packed agenda. In February we finalised plans for
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Chair’s report
The festive season is receding in our memories as we hopefully notice an increase in the length of day and also the improved brightness, at least on some days. The
