Browse through a large selection of books, in the Hopkirk Building.

The annual Weekend Orchid Fair will be held at Glasgow Botanic Gardens on Saturday May 12th and Sunday May 13th. Entry to this popular event is free and open from 10am until 5pm. Specialist orchid nurseries will be tempting you with their exquisite flowers and plants and offering advice on how to keep them should you […]

An exhibition by organizations who all have a common interest in the natural history of the River Kelvin. There will be stalls and exhibits from Friends of River Kelvin, Glasgow Museums, Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Glasgow Natural History Society, RSPB, TCV, Scottish Wildlife Trust and the Friends of Glasgow Local Nature Reserves. On Saturday […]

As part of the Kelvin Biodiversity Network exhibition we will have representatives from RSPB, Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens, TCV-The Conservation Volunteers, Scottish Wildlife Trust, Glasgow Museums, Friends of Glasgow’s Local Nature Reserves, Glasgow City Councils Countryside Rangers and Glasgow Botanic Gardens at the Kibble Palace.   This event is part of Glasgow Wildlife Festival […]

As part of the Glasgow Wildlife Garden Festival the RSPB will be bringing their ‘Let Glasgow Flourish’ Exhibition to the Kibble Palace on the 19th and 20th of May. RSPB will be  providing ‘Connections to Nature’ activities on Saturday and Sunday from 10am until 4pm. These activities will include: pond dipping; seed pod making; ‘home […]

Seasonal Creative Writing Workshop at Glasgow Botanic Gardens: SPRING Sunday 20th May, 11am-4pm Do the seasons affect your sense of place? The plants in the Kibble Palace and glass houses come from all over the world. But they adapt differently; some seemingly oblivious to the outdoor climate and others responding to seasonal changes beyond the glass […]

Browse through a large selection of books, in the Hopkirk Building.  

The Plant Doctors are visiting Glasgow Botanic Garden on 9th June Did you know plants get sick? They do and ‘The Plant Doctors’ look forward to meeting you on Saturday 9th June as part of a special collaboration with the British Society for Plant Pathology for Glasgow Science festival. There will be examples of diseased crop plants, […]

This workshop is taking place in the beautiful Kibble Palace @ The Glasgow Botanics. The Botanics is the perfect place for discovering and harvesting the necessary leaves needed for this eco printing workshop. Eco printing is the natural method of creating pattern using botanical material and steam without adding any colour You will take a […]

Guided Tour to different parts of the Garden. Leaving from the front of the Kibble Palace

The Book Fair will take place in Hopkirk building.

Walk and talk around different areas of the Gardens. Meet at the front of the Kibble Palace