The Arid House Afternoon Tour-Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens Event
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 […]
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New Guinea Begonias and the Glasgow Connection-Friends of GBG Event
Bower Building, University Of Glasgow, University Avenue , United KingdomHannah Wilson, Botanist from Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh explore the background to the continuing research into the multidiverse Genus of Begonia
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The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity
Boyd Orr Building University Avenue, Glasgow, United KingdomThe 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 […]
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The Atlantic Rainforest
Boyd Orr Building University Avenue, Glasgow, United KingdomThe 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’ […]
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Lecture: Past, present and future of conifer conservation with Hannah Wilson
Boyd Orr Building University Avenue, Glasgow, United KingdomJoin 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 […]
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Lecture: Orchids of Crete with Christine Nicolson
Boyd Orr Building University Avenue, Glasgow, United KingdomJoin 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 […]
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Lecture: A Profile on David Douglas by Ann Lindsay
Boyd Orr Building University Avenue, Glasgow, United KingdomJoin 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. […]
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Guest lecture: Discovering mammals in the time of dinosaurs with Dr Elsa Panciroli
Kelvin Hall 1445 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AW, GlasgowMammals, the furry, milk-giving group to which humans also belong, can trace their origins back to the Mesozoic. Fossils from the Isle of Skye in Scotland in particular, are providing new insights, revealing how their evolution alongside the dinosaurs set the foundations of their survival and success after the mass extinction 66 million years ago. In this talk, we will find out about fieldwork in Skye uncovering exceptionally preserved fossils, and the new analytical techniques revealing how mammals lived, grew, and flourished in the Jurassic.
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Guest lecture: The Pines they are A-Changing with Rob Wilson
FeaturedKelvin Hall 1445 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AW, GlasgowJoin us at Kelvin Hall at 7pm on Thursday, 19 February 2026 for a guest lecture “The Pines they are a-changing” by Professor Rob Wilson of University of St Andrews.
Prof Wilson says:
“I am a tree-ring scientist – a so-called Dendrochronologist. My main research focusses on late Holocene palaeoclimatology (the Common Era) with specific emphasis on the use of tree-ring archives to understand the drivers of climate and environmental change. “