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Exclusive tour with our orchid propagator
View post: Exclusive tour with our orchid propagatorThe Glasgow Botanic Gardens is renowned for its collection of dendrobium orchids and a group of Friends were fortunate enough to be given a guided tour of the orchid collection […]
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Kelvin at the Kibble 2026
View post: Kelvin at the Kibble 2026Visit us and all our wonderful community groups exhibiting at Kelvin at the Kibble 7-20th April.
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Flint Mill Preservation
View post: Flint Mill PreservationLast year, the Friends of Glasgow Botanics were successful in supporting Glasgow City Council gain Scheduled Monuments Consent to carry out physical works to consolidate and repair the remains of […]
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Book review: Richard Fortey’s Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind
View post: Book review: Richard Fortey’s Close Encounters of the Fungal KindRichard Fortey shares two of my particular passions, geology and fungi, however he does so at a level I can only dream about. He also manages to write about these […]
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Pinguicula brendae: a new carnivorous plant species from Mexico
View post: Pinguicula brendae: a new carnivorous plant species from MexicoErnesto and Agustina in Mexico, and I described a newbutterwort species, Pinguicula brendae (Lentibulariaceae),from the State of Hidalgo, Mexico. It was officially published on the 8 of February 2026 in […]
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CPH Spring 2026 – Cancellation
View post: CPH Spring 2026 – CancellationA note to students who were admitted onto the Certificate of Practical Horticulture course scheduled for March-June 2026: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Trustees of Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens […]
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Chair’s report
View post: Chair’s reportTrustees of Friends meet each month in the Botanics Offices usually for about an hour and a half when we discuss a packed agenda. In February we finalised plans for […]
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Chair’s report
View post: Chair’s reportThe festive season is receding in our memories as we hopefully notice an increase in the length of day and also the improved brightness, at least on some days. The […]
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Blechnum brasiliense
View post: Blechnum brasilienseThis small tree fern is from South America. It is well worth looking at in the In the Kibble Palace just now. Turn left at the main dome, then right […]
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A very rare conifer: the Vietnamese Golden Cypress
View post: A very rare conifer: the Vietnamese Golden CypressThe Vietnamese Golden Cypress or Xanthocyparis vietnamensis can be found at What3Words riots.hoping.petal and looks rather un-preposessing. However, a glance at the accession label reveals that is is anything but. This […]
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Orchid Fair 2026
View post: Orchid Fair 2026Glasgow Botanic Gardens 27th Orchid Fair 9th-10th May 2026 @ The Kibble Palace Scotland’s only annual orchid show and fair returns for it’s 27th year to the Glasgow Botanic Gardens, […]
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