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  • Tree Trail

     The Gardens have just had a new tree trail installed throughout the Garden, allowing visitors to follow the trail (Tree Trail Leaflet PDF) and learn about our important tree collections. The trail will also serve to encourage people to explore the Gardens, pointing them around exciting and fascinating tree specimens and helping them to make…

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  • Index Seminum (Archive 2014)

      Glasgow Botanic Gardens’ Index Seminum for 2014 has been published and distrubuted to botanical institutes worldwide. If you represent a garden enrolled in the Index Seminum programme and did not receive a copy please follow the link below to download and XPS format version: [LINK] What is Index Seminum? In the summer of 1682,…

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  • Herbaceous Border Rejuvenation (Archive 2013)

    If you visited the Gardens in the past month you may have seen a hive of activity going on at the top section of the herbaceous border. A couple of weeks ago the grounds team carried out a final fork over the area to remove any perennial weeds like the dreaded bindweed and then it…

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  • Glasgow Botanic Gardens Herbarium Exhibition 2013

    Glasgow Botanic Gardens (GBG) is holding a herbarium exhibition in the tea room gallery until 30 September. The exhibition shows a range of examples taken from our herbarium. GBG’s herbarium currently has approximately 3,000 specimens, covering over 200 plant families, including flowering plants, ferns, mosses and liverworts. Specimens include historical collections dating from the 19th and…

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  • Sweet Scented Jasmine

    Jasminum rex can be seen flowering at the moment in the Palm House, it has an amazing sweet scent.

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  • Trees Planted in Arboretum

    The Gardens’ arboretum has seen around a hundred new trees being planted into it over the last year. The most recent trees have been a varied selection of Pines, Sorbus (Rowans) and Acers. We hope these trees will be in the Gardens for many years to come to be enjoyed by future generations. Come and visit these…

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  • New Planting in Kibble Palace

    The Gardens have recently replanted a section of the Kibble Palace with a large range of South African plant species including Proteas, Aloes and Pelargoniums. So come and see this exciting new development – the Kibble Palace is open from 10.00 – 16.15 daily.

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  • 10th Year for Bard in the Botanics

    Bard in the Botanics returns again to Glasgow Botanic Gardens with three of Shakespeare’s greatest works, The Tempest, Romeo & Juliet and As You Like It. The season kicks off with The Tempest on Wednesday 20th June, which is sure to have all hiding behind the nearest tree. For more information and to book tickets visit www.bardinthebotanics.co.uk.

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  • Rare Chilean plant flowering in the glasshouses

    Puya alpestris is a species of bromeliad native to the Chilean Andes. Unfortunately when it has finished flowering the plant will die. This is known as monocarpic, but don’t worry as there are plenty of other offsets to take over. This amazing plant can be seen in the Cacti and Succulent house in the main range of glasshouses at the Botanic Gardens. Another famous plant that can…

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  • Maureen Bell Bequest

    Maureen was a generous supporter of the Friends of the Botanic Gardens by making a major bequest to the Friends and we are currently developing the best way to utilise the funds. The Gardens restored the last glasshouse requiring major work (Pit 1), as well as a £10,000 donation towards enhancing a number of plant…

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