Craft Fair
2014-04-05 10:00 - 2014-04-06 17:00 UTC | Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, Glasgow, Select a State:, G12 OUE, United Kingdom
A chance to buy from a large selection of locally made craft products, in the Hopkirk Building.

Book Fair
2014-04-18 10:00 - 2014-04-21 17:00 | Glasgow Botanic Gardens, G12 OUE, Select a Country:
Browse through a large selection of books, in the Hopkirk Building.

"Nature's Peace in the spirit of John Muir": A John Muir Festival Event
2014-04-25 18:30 - 21:00 | Hopkirk Building, United Kingdom
A public illustrated talk by author Peter Wright. The author will take his audience on an original and evocative, highly colourful and inspiring visual journey from one end of Scotland to the other, on the very spine of the country – the Watershed of Scotland.
More information at:
www.johnmuirfestival.com
www.ribbonofwildness.co.uk
www.watershedepic.org.uk

Sun Over The Botanics
2014-04-27 19:15 - 21:00 | Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Glasgow , G12 OUE, United Kingdom
‘Sun Over the Botanics’ events are your chance to see the surface of the sun safely. We bring along some special telescopes which are designed for looking at the sun, and allow you to see Sunspots, granulation and prominences round the circumference of the sun. The event is run by The Astronomical Society of Glasgow.

The Kibble Lecture
2014-04-29 19:30 - 21:00 | Boyd Orr Building, Glasgow University , Glasgow , Select a Country:
Richard Bains Curator of Logan Botanic Garden, talks about “The Past, Present and Future of Logan Botanic Garden” . The lecture takes place in the Boyd Orr Building at Glasgow University. Tickets are £5 to non members of the Friends of the Gardens and £3 to members.
(Please note the change in date to the lecture programme)

Book Fair
2014-05-03 - 2014-05-05 | Hopkirk Building, Glasgow Botanic Gardens , Select a Country:
Come along and browse through a large selection of books old and new.

Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens AGM
2014-05-08 19:30 - 21:00 | Glasgow Botanic Garden Kibble Palace, 730 Great Western Road, Glasgow, Select a State:, G12 OUE, United Kingdom

ORCHID FAIR
2014-05-17 - 2014-05-18 | 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.

Orchid Tours
2014-05-17 11:30 - 12:30
Behind the scenes Orchid tours with our Orchid Horticultralist. The tours will last about an hour and start at 11:30 and 14:30, meet at the front of the Kibble Palace.

Utopian Visions
2014-05-18 10:00 - 2014-05-25 18:00 | Kibble Palace, United Kingdom
An exhibition by Louise McVey: merging sculture and sound.

Book Fair
2014-05-24 10:00 - 2014-05-26 17:00, 2014-06-14 10:00 - 2014-06-15 17:00 | Hopkirk Building, United Kingdom

Seeds of Hope Exhibition
2014-06-01 10:00 - 2014-06-30 16:00
Seeds of Hope: Visions of Sustainability
“We must realise that when basic needs have been met human development is primarily about being more, not having more.” The Earth Charter.
The Earth Charter offers a set of values and principles for a just, sustainable and peaceful future. It provides a blueprint for a sustainable world. At the end of the twentieth century, a movement began to create a new vision of interconnectedness, an “Earth Charter,” which was created through a decade-long process of dialogue involving people of all regions of the globe. It was launched in 2000.
Building on the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Earth Charter broadens the context to consider our responsibility towards the whole community of life and future generations. It recognises that sustainability involves developing all aspects of our lives and human society – the social, economic, cultural, ecological, spiritual and political.
“The Earth Charter shifts us from viewing nature simply as a resource for human use to nature as a source of life; from seeing Earth as a commodity to seeing Earth as a community of life.” Mary Evelyn Tucker

Book Launch and Lecture
2014-06-05 18:30 | 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 destination, the Columbia River. Hiscompanion was the Glasgow botanist David Douglas where they discovered many plants new to science.Scouler then went to India, adding to his collections which helped found the Andersonian Museum in Glasgow.When not travelling he was Professor at Anderson’s College and in Dublin. His work contributed toanthropology, natural history and geology – truly a “man of parts”. The illustrated lecture will describe hisadventures and legacy to natural science.
Dr E. Charles Nelson, FLS. After a PhD in Australia Charles returned to his native Ireland in 1975, to take upthe position of horticultural taxonomist at the Irish National Botanic Gardens, Dublin. He is the author or editorof over 20 books and more than 150 research papers, most recently a prize-wining book on heathers. Since1996 he has lived in England and worked as a freelance botanist, author and editor, and is currently acting aseditor for the Catesby Commemorative Trust’s intended book The curious Mister Catesby – A NaturalistExplores New Worlds. In May 2013, he received the Society for the History of Natural History’s Founders’Medal.
Exhibits relating to The Andersonian Museum from the Zoology Museum and Glasgow Museums herbarium can be viewed in The Hunterian (Zoology Museum) where refreshments will be served.

Paintings on Railings
2014-06-07 - 2014-06-08, 2014-06-14 - 2014-06-15
The 19th year of the ever-popular Paintings on Railings at the Botanic Gardens railings on Queen Margaret Drive with local artists.

Cactus and Succulent Show
2014-06-07 10:00 - 2014-06-08 17:00 | Glasgow Botanic Gardens/Kibble Palace, 730 Great Western Road, Glasgow, g12 0ue, United Kingdom
The British Cactus and Succulent Society host a two day show, with the opportunity to purchase a varied range of cacti and succulents.

West End Festival: Glasgow Chamber Choir and Choral Marathon 3
2014-06-08 13:00
Choral Marathon celebrates the Commonwealth Games as well as marking the choir’s twentieth anniversary. Thirty singers perform five concerts over two days. New works have been commissioned from Scottish composers including Rory Boyle and Eddie McGuire for this unique event, which will also reflect Glasgow’s history as an international port. Funded by the National Lottery through the Celebrate programme.

Songs for a Summer's Night
2014-06-13 19:30
Glasgow Lyric Choir is delighted to return to the Kibble Palace with another lively musical melange featuring well-known traditional songs from across the globe, through favourite opera choruses to pieces from composers including Passereau and Pergolesi. Something to please everyone is promised – and the opportunity to have a cool glass of wine or beer from the licensed bar.
Tickets £8 in advance from www.glasgowlyric.org.uk or at the door.

An Evening with Close Shave Chorus
2014-06-17 19:30
Glasgow’s award-winning Close Shave Chorus returns to the Kibble Palace in the Botanic Gardens for another enjoyable evening of close-harmony singing. Taking advantage of the Kibble’s superb acoustics, the 20-strong chorus weave their magic around the best of the great American Songbook, including Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Hoagy Carmichael and many more. Free event, but please make a donation at the door for charity. Last year we supported Diabetes Scotland and raised over £600.

Meditate in the Botanics
2014-06-22 14:00
Enjoy an open-air meditation session led by the Glasgow Buddhist Centre. No previous experience of meditation is necessary. Open to all, regardless of age. Meet outside the Kibble Palace at 2pm and please bring something to sit on.

The Comedy of Errors: Preview
2014-06-25 19:45, 2014-06-26 19:45
Bard in the Botanics: “The Comedy of Errors”
Directed by Gordon Barr
“I to the world am like a drop of water
That in the ocean seeks another drop”
Ephesus hates Syracuse! They hate them so much that any Syracusian found on Ephesus soil will be condemned to death. In to this highly charged atmosphere come Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio, searching for their long lost twins.
Unbeknownst to them, they’ve come to just the right place and so the stage is set for a hilarious tale of mistaken identity, assumed personas and wild mishaps as a family scattered by fortune search for reconciliation and a happy ending.
Set in a country that might just feel familiar to some of our local audiences, Bard in the Botanics is delighted to launch the “What We May Be” season with a sparkling new production of this most riotous of comedies.

The Comedy of Errors
2014-06-27 19:45, 2014-06-28 19:45, 2014-07-01 19:45, 2014-07-02 19:45

Gamelan Workshop
2014-06-29 16:00
The atmospheric sounds of the Indonesian gamelan orchestra are returning to the West End Festival after a two year break. Join the Glasgow gamelan group in the unique setting of the fabulous Botanical Gardens for a hands-on family workshop at 4pm followed by a concert at 7.30pm. Set within the lush surroundings of the Kibble Palace, the tropical chimes of Naga Mas will whisk you away to the South Seas.

Gamelan Concert
2014-06-29 19:30

Hamlet
2014-07-03 19:30
Wilderness of Tigers, in association with Bard in the Botanics
“The time is out of joint: O cursed spite
That ever I was born to set it right.”
The King of Denmark is dead. The young Prince Hamlet returns from university for his father’s funeral and finds himself also attending his mother’s swift wedding to his uncle. Meanwhile, at the edge of the kingdom, the ghost of the dead King has been seen walking nightly.
The news the ghost brings will shake the very core of Hamlet’s being and set him on an impossible quest that forces him to wrestle with life’s deepest questions. In Hamlet we see a sensitive being struggle to exist in a rotten, corrupt world.
This streamlined ensemble production of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy brings an element of playfulness to a drama that traverses the great chasms of the human experience.
Hamlet is presented as part of the Bard in the Botanics Emerging Artists Scheme.
