Gardens
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Summer Walks and Talks
We have a range of tours for the Summer. Staff will be taking you somewhere in the Gardens and talking new developments, current projects or old favourites. Meet at 2pm in front of the Kibble Palace on the following days. Monday 24th of June Tuesday 2nd July Tuesday 16th July Wednesday 17th July…
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Glasgow Science Festival at Glasgow Botanic Gardens
We are delighted to be playing host to several events as part of Glasgow Science Festival 2019. We have three dates in June for you to watch out for; Saturday 8th, Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th Saturday 8th June 11-3.00 Discover science at Glasgow’s Botanic Gardens. Join University of Glasgow PhD students, University…
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Kibble Lecture: Thursday 18th April 2019
The Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens annual Kibble Lecture this year has two guest speakers. Dr Helen Kingstone, Lecturer in Victorian Studies (University of Glasgow), will open the evening with a short talk on the ‘Born in 1819’ Project with the associated exhibition New Victorians: Kibble and his Contemporaries still running in the Kibble Palace.…
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Orchid Success
Its a ‘well done’ to Christine Nicholson (GBG-Orchid Propagator) for producing some award winning plants for the Scottish Orchid Society display at the North East England Orchid Society Show. The Paphiopedilum appletonianum won Best Society Plant for the Scottish Orchid Society display as well as a Highly Commended for the overall show. The Pleione…
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Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens Talk, Thursday 14th March
As part of the monthly series of meetings, this month the Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens play host to Dr Alan Elliott, research associate from Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Alan’s doctoral studies centered on the bio-geography of Meconopsis and in this talk he expands on this topic to cover the collection and propagation of this…
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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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Index Seminum 2018-2019
Just a quick update on the link to the Index Seminum seed exchange page, just click on the https://glasgowbotanicgardens.com/collections/index-seminum-2017/ We have reused last years page hence the mention of 2017 in the web address sorry for any confusion. This year it is online, please do fill out a contact email and postal address when completing…
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Hello 2019, Goodbye 2018
We are now heading towards 2019 at a rapid rate of knots but it’s worth a quick glance back at some events and developments this year at Glasgow Botanic Gardens. It started very dramatically with the winter storms that deposited several inches of snow on the Gardens during January and February. It even led to…
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Index Seminum 2018/19 open 10th December
We will be putting up our Index Seminum Seed Exchange List on the 10rd December 2018. The form will be available for completion online only this year and we hope to have orders processed by early 2019. The exchange is open only to those with an IPEN registration GBG
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Botanic Gardens Opening Hours Changes
Due to the event taking place at the Botanic Gardens please note the following changes to opening hours. From Friday 26th October till Sunday 11th November the Glasshouses will shut at 4.00pm The Gardens’ gates will shut at 5.00pm on Friday 26th October and Saturday 26th October. From Sunday 27th October until Sunday 11th November…