Gardens
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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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Trees Planted in Arboretum
The Gardens’ arboretum has seen around a hundred new trees being planted into it over the last year. The most recent trees have been a varied selection of Pines, Sorbus (Rowans) and Acers. We hope these trees will be in the Gardens for many years to come to be enjoyed by future generations. Come and visit these…
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New Planting in Kibble Palace
The Gardens have recently replanted a section of the Kibble Palace with a large range of South African plant species including Proteas, Aloes and Pelargoniums. So come and see this exciting new development – the Kibble Palace is open from 10.00 – 16.15 daily.
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Rare Chilean plant flowering in the glasshouses
Puya alpestris is a species of bromeliad native to the Chilean Andes. Unfortunately when it has finished flowering the plant will die. This is known as monocarpic, but don’t worry as there are plenty of other offsets to take over. This amazing plant can be seen in the Cacti and Succulent house in the main range of glasshouses at the Botanic Gardens. Another famous plant that can…
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Maureen Bell Bequest
Maureen was a generous supporter of the Friends of the Botanic Gardens by making a major bequest to the Friends and we are currently developing the best way to utilise the funds. The Gardens restored the last glasshouse requiring major work (Pit 1), as well as a £10,000 donation towards enhancing a number of plant…