Edibles in the Gardens – A tour of tantalising treats grown at the Gardens Tour Times: 10.00am 12.00pm Location: Kibble Palace
The Electric Gardens II: Lux Botanicum Friday 13 November to Sunday 6 December. Building on last winter’s successful first event, this sensory experience will encourage families, adults, children and groups to walk through the darkened upper Botanic Gardens with dramatic lighting, sound effects and music and look at the iconic Gardens in a different light. […]
This Christmas spoil yourself as well as your loved ones by coming to Tea Green at Kibble palace on the 12th of December from 10am until 4pm. This unique event will be showcasing an amazing array of over 50 Scottish independent makers with this stunning backdrop. Bringing an unrivaled selection of goods from some of Scotland’s […]
For Glasgow International, Angell presents a series of new ceramic sculptures among plants in the National Begonia collection. These works are produced in close reference to the compositions of the gardener Capability Brown and associated examples of vernacular architecture. Here the organ is re-imagined as a machine for communicating with the vegetable kingdom.
Join horticulturist and craftsperson Julia Billings in a full-day workshop on the essentials of transferring colours found in plants onto fabric and yarn. We will cover the key aspects of natural dyeing: fibre preparation and mordanting, sourcing dyestuffs, the various steps involved in preparing and working with a natural dyebath, safe dyeing practice, over-dyeing to create […]
The nineteenth annual Weekend Orchid Fair will be held at Glasgow Botanic Gardens on Saturday May 14th and Sunday May 15th. Entry to this popular event is free and open from 10am until 6pm on Saturday and 10am until 5pm on the Sunday. Specialist orchid nurseries will be tempting you with their exquisite flowers and […]
Come along and browse through a large selection of books old and new.