Free Guided Tour
2024-06-01 14:00 - 15:00 UTC | Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens , Select a Country:
The Friends are pleased to continue offering tours of the Botanic Gardens led by our volunteer Garden Guides.
Meet your guide outside the Kibble Palace at 2pm on Saturdays. Tours will last approximately one hour and are free to the public without prior booking.

Free Guided Tour
2024-09-24 14:00 - 15:00 | Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens , Select a Country:
The Friends are pleased to continue offering tours of the Botanic Gardens led by our volunteer Garden Guides.
Meet your guide outside the Kibble Palace at 2pm on Tuesdays. Tours will last approximately one hour and are free to the public without prior booking.

Free Guided Tour
2024-06-06 11:00 - 12:00 | Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens , Select a Country:
The Friends are pleased to continue offering tours of the Botanic Gardens led by our volunteer Garden Guides.
Meet your guide outside the Kibble Palace at 11am on Thursdays. Tours will last approximately one hour and are free to the public without prior booking.

Lecture: Orchids of Crete with Christine Nicolson
2024-10-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Boyd Orr Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8SP, United Kingdom
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.

7pm on Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Lecture Theatre C
Boyd Orr Building
University of Glasgow

Lecture: A Profile on David Douglas by Ann Lindsay
2024-11-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Boyd Orr Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8SP, United Kingdom
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 offer this free lecture jointly with the Glasgow Natural History Society and Glasgow Tree Lovers Society.
Follow Ann Lindsay online.
7pm on Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Lecture Theatre C
Boyd Orr Building
University of Glasgow

Wildlife Walk in the Botanics
2025-03-27 11:30 - 12:30 | Glasgow Botanic Garden Kibble Palace, 730 Great Western Road, Glasgow, Select a State:, G12 OUE, United Kingdom
Exclusively for members of the Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens, join us for a Wildlife Walk led by Countryside Ranger Alexandra Jackson.

Please wear sound footware and be prepared for steps and uneven ground.

Spaces are limited so Friends should email Tours to reserve a place.

Guest lecture: Discovering mammals in the time of dinosaurs with Dr Elsa Panciroli
2026-02-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AW, Glasgow, G3 8AW
Join us on Thursday, 12 February at 7pm in Kelvin Hall for a guest lecture, Discovering mammals in the time of dinosaurs by Dr Elsa Panciroli.
Mammals, 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.
Dr Elsa Panciroli is a palaeobiologist from the Scottish Highlands who completed her undergraduate degree in Environmental Science at the University of the Highlands and Islands, her Masters in Palaeobiology at the University of Bristol, and her PhD joint between the University of Edinburgh and National Museums Scotland.

Guest lecture: The Pines they are A-Changing with Rob Wilson
2026-02-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AW, Glasgow, G3 8AW
Join 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. ”

Orchid Tour (member event)
2026-03-11 10:30 - 11:30 | Select a State:
Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens will be joined by Glasgow’s orchid propagator Christine Nicolson for an exclusive tour of the Orchid House on Wednesday, 11 March 2026 at 10.30am.

Members can register by reply to the email invitation. For more information, please email the Committee.

Wildlife Walk (member event)
2026-03-14 09:00 - 10:00 | Select a State:
Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens will be guided by Countryside Ranger Alexandra Jackson for an exclusive walk along the River Kelvin focussed on birdsong and early spring wildlife on Saturday, 14 March 2026 at 9am.

Spaces are limited and members can register by email to tours[at]glasgowbotanicgardens.com.

We will meet at the Kibble Palace at 9am. Please dress for cold and wet weather and be aware that paths and steps will be steep as well as slippery.

After the walk, the Botanics Tearoom will be open for hot drinks and snacks and there is also a public tour of Kibble Palace starting at 11am.

Kelvin at the Kibble
2026-04-07 10:00 - 2026-04-20 18:00 | Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens , Select a Country:
Find out how you can get involved with local groups in Glasgow to help protect the River Kelvin!

Orchid Fair 2026
2026-05-09 10:00 - 2026-05-10 17:00 | Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens , Select a Country:
Scotland’s only annual orchid show and fair returns for it’s 27th year to the Glasgow Botanic Gardens, on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th May, promising a botanical feast for the senses and a unique opportunity to buy unusual orchids and other tropical plants to grow at home. Held with the support of Glasgow City Council, there will also be displays of flowering tropical orchids by regional UK orchid societies.

Bonsai Open Exhibition (Troon)
2026-05-10 11:00 - 16:00 | Troon Town Hall and Walker Hall, Municipal Buildings, South Beach, Troon, KA10 6EF, United Kingdom
The Ayrshire Bonsai Club presents Bonsai Open Exhibition: A presentation of the art of bonsai featuring a display of traditional Japanese arts and crafts. This event will take place at Troon Town Hall.

Entrance fees

£2.50 for General Admission

£1.50 for Seniors

Free for Juniors
