Gardens

  • Springing into Action

    Despite the continuing chilly weather, work is continuing around the garden. Find out what has been going on here.

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  • Three Good Things

    Given the terrible weather recently I think we occasionally need a morale boosting story, so here’s three. Number One. For those that battled through the wind chilled streets of Glasgow […]

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  • A small crown jewel

    A lot of new work is getting under way at GBG. Plans are being prepared for a change in the North American Arid House (Main Range 5) and the team […]

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  • Plant health update 01/12/2017

    After a lot of hard work by the team at GBG the infected Rhododendrons at the Main Entrance have been removed or destroyed on-site. After the plants directly within the […]

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  • Important Plant Health News (Updated 05/11/17)

    Update on the P. ramorum outbreak. We have now removed the plants that were identified, by laboratory testing, as being infected with the pathogen. Plant material was destroyed on site […]

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  • SCOTLAND’S RURAL COLLEGE (SRUC)

    The SRUC has courses at Glasgow Botanic Gardens as follows: • Higher National Certificate (HNC) Horticulture • Higher National Certificate (HNC) Garden Design The courses are starting in September and […]

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  • Spring 2018 Certificate in Practical Horticulture Course dates released

    Spring  2018 Course Details; Saturday 17th March 2018 – CPH01 Looking at Plants Saturday 24th March 2018 – CPH02 Soil Care Saturday 7th April 2018 – CPH03 Feeding and Watering Saturday 14th April 2018 – CPH04 Seed Propagation Saturday 21st April […]

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  • Scottish Rural College

    Scottish Rural College is launching two new courses in Glasgow Botanic Gardens starting in September 2017 The Courses are  HNC Horticulture                                HNC Garden Design For more information go to       www.sruc.ac.uk/study 

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  • Gardens Classroom

    The Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens are funding, through the earlier generous legacy by the late Maureen Bell, a new outdoor classroom. We were also fortunate in obtaining funding from […]

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  • Friends new Logo !

    The Friends are re-launching this year with a brand new Logo ! With the generous support of Graven Images in Glasgow we have a bright, colourful Logo showcasing our priority […]

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