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Our new Peace Garden
View post: Our new Peace GardenIn a moving ceremony, the new garden dedicated to peace was officially opened on August 6, the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima by the USA. Lord Mayor Jacqueline McLaren, the Consul General of Japan, Masataka Tarahara, Glasgow CND Chairperson Jean Anderson officiated and there was rousing singing by Protest in Harmony and, later…
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Visitor Notice
View post: Visitor NoticePlease be advised that the Main Range glasshouses will be closed to the public until Saturday, 9 August 2025. The Kibble Palace and all other areas of the Gardens remain open.
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Bracts cause confusion in the West End!
View post: Bracts cause confusion in the West End!On Friday, the wind got up, whirling a blizzard of leaves and sending us into a mild panic. “This isn’t normal. Is it climate change?” “Has autumn arrived too early?” “Why are the leaves so yellow and falling off the trees in our street, and covering the road with a yellow carpet?” “It’s only June.”…
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CPH graduates return to the gardens as volunteers
View post: CPH graduates return to the gardens as volunteersGraduates of Glasgow’s CPH (Certificate in Practical Horticulture) course, have been volunteering in the Gardens again this spring, applying their new skills to small projects and bringing enjoyable improvements to the Gardens. The 10 day CPH course gives students a grounding in all the core horticultural skills, including seed sowing, vegetative propagation, potting, pruning and…
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Update from our Countryside Rangers
View post: Update from our Countryside RangersA career as a countryside ranger is ever-changing, filled with conservation efforts, wildlife surveying, and community engagement. Each week brings a variety of tasks that contribute to protecting and enhancing Glasgow’s natural spaces. Recently, I collected 3,000 plug plants from Pollok Country Park in preparation for a community-led planting session at Ruchill Park. These nectar-rich…
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Chair’s report
View post: Chair’s reportStaff have been very busy planting out the formal bedding in front of the Kibble over the last week. The forecast with a mixture of sun and rain should help the plants establish well. June has been a busy month in the Gardens and for the Friends. We started the month with a very successful…
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Signs of Spring
View post: Signs of SpringAt last, the days are lengthening and Spring is just around the corner! In Glasgow Botanic Gardens signs of Spring are everywhere if you know where to look.
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Glasgow Flower Gardens
View post: Glasgow Flower GardensCreating a community space that is teeming with wildlife isn’t only about getting the planting and management right. It’s also about other creative endeavours.
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Vireya Rhodododendrons
View post: Vireya RhodododendronsThis time of year, there will be quite a few rhododendrons flowering in the Gardens and elsewhere. These are usually Himalayan and Chinese species and hybrids – huge numbers of which were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th century. But there is a whole group which need to be grown indoors in Britain…
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2024 CPH Graduates
View post: 2024 CPH GraduatesThe Friends would like to congratulate the most recent cohort of CPH graduates on completing their certification! Well done to all and a big THANK YOU to our instructors on another successful season!
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Tales from the Tours: Plant Hunters
View post: Tales from the Tours: Plant HuntersEveryone loves a monkey puzzle. Araucaria araucana is a unique and popular ornamental conifer in UK gardens. But how did it get here? In 1795 Archibald Menzies (1754-1842) voyaged with Captain George Vancouver on HMS Discovery. Invited to dinner by the Governor of Chile in Santiago, he was served some large seeds for dessert, slipped…
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Glasgow Flower Gardens
View post: Glasgow Flower GardensSweet peas are going to make a come back in our Annuals Garden this year. They were a highlight in our first year at the Botanics in 2017 so we are excited to have new space for them with the removal of the little Thuya hedge edging our plot. Seed sowing has begun in earnest…
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