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 […]

Glasgow’s Book Fair, Books at the Botanic’s will be held in the Hopkirk building.

Glasgow’s Book Fair, Books at the Botanic’s will be held in the Hopkirk building.

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.

  A new exhibition in the Kibble Palace for 2019. Launch Date Saturday 26th January Feature Activities for all ages 11.30am- 3.30pm  

Highlights from the B.O.C Congress with Christine Nicholson Glasgow Botanic Gardens Orchid propagator. Taking place in the Hopkirk Building at 7.30pm in Glasgow Botanic Gardens. New members and guests welcome. Gates open between 7.00-7.30pm.   

We are a group of full and part time dealers and online sellers, selling a wide variety of second hand, vintage and antiquarian books as well as prints, maps and other paper ephemera. We promote a friendly family atmosphere where people can browse at leisure in a comfortable environment. The Botanic Gardens provides us with […]

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.

Alan’s doctoral studies centered on the bio-geography of Meconopsis and in this talk he expands on this topic to cover the collection and propagation of this iconic genus.