Eco Print @ Botanic Gardens
2018-07-07 12:00 - 17:00 UTC | Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens , Select a Country:
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 walk around the garden to discover the best trees for Eco printing and harvest some leaves. You will familiarise yourself with the basic technique of eco printing and will work both on new and recycled paper. You will create beautiful and unique work using the leaves you have discovered.
In the second part of the workshop you will work with natural material and eco print a scarve, your very own scottish scarve with your specially selected leaves.
Link For Booking –
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eco-print-your-scottish-leaves-the-glasgow-botanics-tickets-44390371797
https://www.facebook.com/Charles-Rennie-Mackintosh-inspired-The-Lansdowne-House-of-Stencils-111213898933794

Summer Time Talk and Walk
2018-07-16 14:00 - 15:00 | Botanic Gardens, United Kingdom
Guided Tour to different parts of the Garden.
Leaving from the front of the Kibble Palace

Book Fair
2018-07-20 10:00 - 2018-07-23 17:00 | Hopkirk Building, United Kingdom
The Book Fair will take place in Hopkirk building.

Summer Time Talk and Walk
2018-07-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Botanic Gardens, United Kingdom
Walk and talk around different areas of the Gardens.
Meet at the front of the Kibble Palace

Summer Time Talk and Walk
2018-07-26 14:00 - 15:00 | Bower Building, University Of Glasgow, University Avenue, United Kingdom
Guided tour around the different areas of the Botanic Gardens
Meet in front of the Kibble Palace

Crossreach- Heart for Art Beyond Words Exhibition
2018-08-10 10:00 - 2018-08-16 18:00 | Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens , Select a Country:

Book Fair
2018-08-11 10:00 - 2018-08-19 17:00, 2018-09-14 10:00 - 2018-09-17 17:00, 2018-10-13 10:00 - 2018-10-15 16:30, 2018-11-17 10:00 - 2018-11-18 16:30, 2018-12-15 10:00 - 2018-12-16 16:30 | Hopkirk Building, United Kingdom
Glasgow’s Book Fair, Books at the Botanic’s will be held in the Hopkirk building.

Natural Perfume & Aromatherapy Workshop
2018-08-11 14:00 - 17:00 | Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens , Select a Country:
Experience & learn about the aromatic ingredients, where they come from & how they can support health & well-being in this practical, sensual workshop.

Date: Sunday 11th August, 2018
Time: 2pm – 5pm
Venue: Kibble Palace*, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, South Wing, 730 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 OUE

Summer Time Talk and Walk
2018-08-19 14:00 - 15:00 | Botanic Gardens, United Kingdom
Guided tour of different areas of the Botanic Gardens.
Meet in front of the Kibble Palace.

Summer Talk and Walk
2018-08-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Botanic Gardens, United Kingdom
Guided Tour of different areas of the Botanic Gardens.
Meet in front of the Kibble Palace

Bat and Moth Night with Butterfly Conservation Scotland and The Clyde Bat Group
2018-08-31 19:30 | Botanic Gardens, United Kingdom
On the 31st of August, as we slowly slip into Autumn, why not come along to the Bat and Moth Night at Glasgow Botanic Gardens.
Meet near the Kibble Palace after 7.00pm for a 7.30 pm start.
Please contact Scott Donaldson at events_gswsbc@hotmail.co.uk to book your place.

Explore Your Camera Part 1 - Get off Auto
2018-09-01 10:00 - 16:30
Based at Glasgow Botanic Gardens Library . Get off auto forever and learn the basic skills of good photography in a day. Perfect for complete beginners and those with a hazy understanding of photography.
Book Your Place Here: https://www.goingdigital.co.uk/photography-workshops/beginners-photography-courses

Summer Walk and Talk
2018-09-07 02:00 - 15:00 | Botanic Gardens, United Kingdom
Guided Tour of the Botanic Gardens
Meet in front of the Kibble Palace

Summer Walk and Talk
2018-09-09 14:00 - 15:00 | Bower Building, University Of Glasgow, University Avenue, United Kingdom
Guided tour of the Botanic Gardens.
Meet in front of the Kibble Palace.

Scottish Orchid Society
2018-09-17 19:30 - 20:30
Talk by Alex Reynolds of Pretty Ugly Plants on carnivoras plants and associated planting with orchids.
7.30pm Kibble Place, South Wing, Monday 17th September.

Orchid Society Members and GBG Volunteers Welcome to come along.

Hidden Creatures Trail
2018-09-18 16:30 - 17:00, 2018-09-25 16:30 - 17:00

Explore Your Camera Part 1 - Get off Auto
2018-09-23 10:00 - 16:00, 2018-10-13 10:00 - 16:00 | Botanic Gardens, United Kingdom

Hidden Creature Trail
2018-09-29 11:00 - 11:30

Explore Your Camera Part 1 - Get off Auto
2018-10-28 10:00 - 16:00 | Bower Building, University Of Glasgow, University Avenue, United Kingdom

Friends Lecture: The adventures of three Perthshire plant hunters in the Pacific northwest
2018-11-08 19:00 | University of Glasgow, Bower Building, Select a Country:
November
Thursday 8th
7.30pm Bower (Botany) Building Seminar Room
(jointly with Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Glasgow Natural History Society and the Glasgow Treelovers Society)
Lecture: The adventures of three Perthshire plant hunters in the Pacific northwest:
Archibald Menzies, David Douglas and John Jeffrey by Syd House MBE former head of Perth and Argyll Region of Forestry Commission Scotland

Indigo Dyeing and Bookbinding Workshop
2018-11-18 10:00 - 16:00

Scottish Orchid Society Talk from David Menzies-A Singular Passion
2019-01-21 19:30 - 21:00 | Hopkirk Building, United Kingdom
David Menzies: Orchids- A Singular Passion
David will talk about the memorable orchids and orchid growers that he has encountered in 40-years of growing orchids. Born in New Zealand he has grown orchids in Germany, at RBG Kew and at Glasgow Botanic Gardens. This is a lecture which comes to us highly recommended. While orchids are the main subject of the lecture, we will hear about four outstanding orchid growers who have inspired him.

Please Note; The Botanic Gardens are still on Winter Hours so entry to the meeting can only be made via the Queen Margaret Drive Gate, behind the Kibble Palace with the Gate staffed from 7pm till 7.30pm.

New Exhibition for 2019 'The First Victorians; Kibble and his Contemporaries'
2019-01-26 11:30 - 15:30 | Botanic Gardens, United Kingdom
A new exhibition in the Kibble Palace for 2019.
Launch Date Saturday 26th January
Feature Activities for all ages 11.30am- 3.30pm

Come Dino With Me!! an event linked to Dippy on Tour: Glasgow.
2019-02-13 10:30 - 12:01 | Botanic Gardens, United Kingdom
Come Dino with Me!
Date: February 13th 2019 and March 13th 2019
Time: 10.30am
Cost: Free but pre-booking essential.
Click here to book 13th February tour
Click here to book 13th March tour
Place: Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Meet at Kibble Palace

Dippy the Dinosaurs diet is the subject of much debate. Join fern specialist Stevie Jakusz at Glasgow Botanic Gardens as he takes you on a tour of the ferns, cycads and other plants that could have made up the menu. Find out how the plants adapted to resist Dippy’s constant nibbling.

Suitable for all ages. This is a tour through the Glasshouses at Glasgow Botanic Gardens. This event will last for one and a half hours. Toilets and cafe are available on site.

Find out more on the Friends of Glasgow Botanic website: www.glasgowbotanicgardens.com and follow events on Twitter @Glasgowbotanic. Contact gbg@glasgow.gov.uk
