Gardens

  • October Update

    The Humpbacked Bridge that joins the Gardens to the Kelvin Walkway was reopened in mid-September.   September didn’t leave without a violent goodbye, in the shape of Storm Ali. The

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  • Spring CPH Students receive their awards

    On Saturday, the students who completed the 2018 Spring course of the Certificate of Practical Horticulture were awarded their certificates in the South Wing of the Kibble Palace. A special

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  • Holy Smoke Robin!! It’s the Bat and Moth Night!!

      On the 31st of August, as we slowly slip into Autumn, why not come along to the Bat and Moth Night at Glasgow Botanic Gardens. Meet near the Kibble

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  • Once more unto the beech…

    I know its technically Fagus sylvatica, but it’s a tricky business getting a funny title out of a scientific bi-nomial. 06/04/2018 What’s not funny was the poor treatment that the

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  • From Knotty Ash to Weeping Ash

    Wee Hamish McDiddy, from just outside Liverpool, has sent in a request for ash related postings, it was wrapped in two pieces of bread and jam. Our tree, appropriately the

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  • Snowdrop (day 2)

    Sunrise on the first day of Spring. It wasn’t the usual journey to work today! We were a bit dismissive of the snow yesterday but overnight we received a sharp

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  • Snowdrop

      We were open this morning, as we have been for nearly 201 years, despite the ‘dusting of snow’. To ensure staff and public are cleared from the grounds safely,

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  • 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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