ORCHID FAIR

Kibble Palace Glasgow Botanic Gardens , Select a Country:

Our yearly orchid fair. See beautiful displays of orchids and buy from an amazing selection of orchid stands and hardy perennial plants. Also get advice on how to look after orchids from the experts at the Scottish Orchid Society.

Book Launch and Lecture

00 Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow , United Kingdom

John Scouler (c1804-1871), Scottish Naturalist: A life, with two voyages.~ The author, Charles Nelson, will deliver a lecture “Home and abroad with the nineteenth century Scottish naturalist John Scouler of Kilbarchan.” John Scouler (c1804-1871) made a remarkable two-year journey to Northwest America discovering plants andanimals while travelling through the Atlantic and Pacific  oceans to his […]

The Kibble Lecture-Thursday-18th April 2019

University of Glasgow, Bower Building , Select a Country:

Our main speaker will be Alasdair Hood, ex-curator of Dundee Botanic Gardens, who will taking about his 20 years at Dundee along with other events in his Life in Horticulture.

Free

Orchid Fair at Glasgow Botanic Gardens

Kibble Palace Glasgow Botanic Gardens , Select a Country:

Don’t forget this weekend, 11/05/19 and 12/05/19, its the Orchid Fair at the Kibble Palace. There are stalls with some amazing plants to purchase and also loads of advice and info available. We also have educational displays about the threats orchids face in the wild and moves to conserve them. Participants include Laneside Hardy Orchids, […]

The Arid House Afternoon Tour-Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens Event

Botanic Gardens , United Kingdom

Meet in the Kibble Palace South Wing at 2.00pm for a staff lead tour of the ongoing developments in the two arid houses of the main range. This is an event for the Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens but we welcome new members and guests at these events.

Free

The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity

Boyd Orr Building University Avenue, Glasgow, United Kingdom

The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity with Professor Alexandre Antonelli, Director of Science, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Thursday, 21 September 2023, 7.30pm University of Glasgow, Boyd Orr Building (Lecture Theatre C) Lecture offered jointly with Glasgow Natural History Society

The Atlantic Rainforest

Boyd Orr Building University Avenue, Glasgow, United Kingdom

The Atlantic Rainforest with Laura Gusberti, The Woodland Trust Thursday, 16 November 2023, 7.30pm University of Glasgow, Boyd Orr Building (Lecture Theatre C) Offered jointly with Glasgow Natural History Society and Glasgow Treelovers’ Society

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

Boyd Orr Building University Avenue, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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 […]