Gardens
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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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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