Education
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Blechnum brasiliense
This small tree fern is from South America. It is well worth looking at in the In the Kibble Palace just now. Turn left at the main dome, then right and you will find several beautiful examples. At present its fronds are uncurling showing off their beautiful red colour. Eventually as the fronds mature, they…
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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 another successful season!
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Event: Glasgow Science Festival 4-12 September 2021
GSF at the Glasgow Botanic GardensVenue: Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Great Western Rd, Glasgow, G12 0UEDate: 4th to 12th Sept 2021Time: Daily between 11.00 – 2.00pmBooking: No booking required Meet research staff and students from the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde and Edinburgh, Glasgow Caledonain University, University of the West of Scotland and the Open University. As well…
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Please vote to fund our new project!!
The Gardens are just waking up but the Friends have been active over the winter and in particular supporting the Friends of Glasgow Parks Forum. The Forum has been leading the “Participatory Budgeting” process with the City Council – this sounds complicated but can be summarised by saying there is £90,000 available for new projects funded by Wee Green…
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Exhibition: Printing in Woodlands
Free Workshops & Exhibition – No booking required Printing in Woodlands Exhibition29 February – 1 March 2020, 10am to 4pmKibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, South Wing An exhibition of Eco Printing Community art and Workshops in Eco techniques by Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw Drop-in workshops 29 FebruaryIndigo dye tie dye, Cyanotype and Bookbinding
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Come Dino With Me- A Tour of Dippy the Dinosaur’s Desirable Dinner Menu.
We have a number of places still available for our Dino-themed tour of the plant collections at Glasgow Botanic Gardens on the 13th Feb 2019 and the 13th March 2019. Pre-booking is essential so follow the link below to reserve a space before they are all…….extinct. If you cant make the 13thFeb or 13th March…
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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. The trail will also serve to encourage people to explore the Gardens, pointing them around exciting and fascinating tree specimens and helping them to make…
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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 has approximately 3,000 specimens, covering over 200 plant families, including flowering plants, ferns, mosses and liverworts. Specimens include historical collections dating from the 19th and…
