Gardens
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HABITAT-an exhibition. What plants remind you of home?
With the help from local artist Martha Orbach we are running a couple of drawing sessions and screen-printing workshops culminating in an exhibition in the Kibble Palace in December. The classes are free as they are funded by the Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens but you must book via eventbrite-search Habitat or email…
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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 Gardens had to close completely; which is a rare event. The amount of branches and trees coming down on paths made this a necessity and,…
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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 award was also made by the Baldernock Gardening Club to the ‘most improved’ student. The recipient was Karen, a student who traveled down every day…
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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 Palace after 7.00pm for a 7.30 pm start. Please contact Scott Donaldson at events_gswsbc@hotmail.co.uk to book your place.
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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 250 year old Pollok Beech received about one year ago. As reported in many papers the Wishing Tree, which featured in Scotland’s 100 Heritage Tree…
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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 weeping ash, was a gift to the original Glasgow Botanic Gardens (at Sandyford, near Sauchiehall Street) from nurseryman, Robert Austin. Having been planted in 1818…
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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 reminder from Mother Nature in the form of just less than a foot of snow at Glasgow Botanics. The Tea Room staff have walked several…
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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, glasshouses and grounds will close earlier than advertised. Main Range Glasshouses will close at 13.30 Kibble Palace will close at 15.30 Grounds will start to…
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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 to the recent Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens talk, Brian Young of Plant Heritage gave a very interesting presentation on the problems, challenges and goals…