Latest Past Events

Lecture: A Profile on David Douglas by Ann Lindsay

Boyd Orr Building University Avenue, Glasgow

Join us at 7pm on Tuesday, 12 November for a lecture from journalist and author Ann Lindsay:  David Douglas, plant collector- the best kind of clever, adventurous and energetic Scot. This lecture commemorates the start of Douglas’ and John Scouler’s expedition to collect plants in north-west America.  Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens are pleased to […]

Lecture: Orchids of Crete with Christine Nicolson

Boyd Orr Building University Avenue, Glasgow

Join us at 7pm on Tuesday, 22nd October for the lecture on the Orchids of Crete by Christine Nicolson, orchid propagator at Glasgow Botanic Gardens. Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens are pleased to offer this free lecture jointly with the Glasgow Natural History Society and the Scottish Orchid Society. Follow Christine Nicolson on Instagram.   […]

Lecture: Past, present and future of conifer conservation with Hannah Wilson

Boyd Orr Building University Avenue, Glasgow

Join us at 7pm on Tuesday, 10 September for the lecture from Dr Hannah Wilson on the Past, Present and Future of Conifer Conservation.  Dr Wilson is a horticulturalist at Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh where she is the Head of the International Conifer Conservation Project.   Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens are pleased to offer this […]