Glasgow Botanic Garden’s famous Orchid Fair is back on the 16th and 17th May. Orchid nurseries from across the UK will have a range of orchids and accessories on sale. Location: Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens Date: 16 & 17 May Time: 10 am to 6 pm (Saturday) and 10 am to 5 pm (Sunday)
MyParkScotland will formally launch 22 May promoting all park activities and events in Glasgow and Edinburgh Parks. Glasgow Botanic Gardens will showcase Tai-chi at 2pm today
Glasgow and District Fuchsia Society will be hosting the 2015 Annual Show on Saturday 29th August and Sunday 30th August. Location: Kibble Palace Times: 10am to 6pm (Saturday and Sunday) Free admission Fuchsia plants for sale
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 […]
