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  • Free Guided Tour

    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 […]

  • Lecture: Orchids of Crete with Christine Nicolson

    Boyd Orr Building University Avenue, Glasgow, 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 […]

  • Lecture: A Profile on David Douglas by Ann Lindsay

    Boyd Orr Building University Avenue, Glasgow, 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. […]

  • Wildlife Walk in the Botanics

    Glasgow Botanic Garden Kibble Palace 730 Great Western Road, Glasgow, Select a State:, 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 […]

  • Guest lecture: Discovering mammals in the time of dinosaurs with Dr Elsa Panciroli

    Kelvin Hall 1445 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AW, Glasgow

    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.

  • Guest lecture: The Pines they are A-Changing with Rob Wilson

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    Kelvin Hall 1445 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AW, Glasgow

    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 Fair 2026

    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.