News
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Springing into Action
View post: Springing into ActionDespite the continuing chilly weather, work is continuing around the garden. Find out what has been going on here.
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Three Good Things
View post: Three Good ThingsGiven the terrible weather recently I think we occasionally need a morale boosting story, so here’s three. Number One. For those that battled through the wind chilled streets of Glasgow […]
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A small crown jewel
View post: A small crown jewelA lot of new work is getting under way at GBG. Plans are being prepared for a change in the North American Arid House (Main Range 5) and the team […]
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Shortest Day and Best Wishes 20/12/2017
View post: Shortest Day and Best Wishes 20/12/2017We are almost at the shortest day of the year, it’s dark and most of the collection outside are enduring cold temperatures and typical Glasgow conditions. The Weeping Ash, a […]
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Updates from around the garden
View post: Updates from around the garden04/12/2017 It’s not just the managers that occasionally hit the roof at GBG. This Pandanus utilis [Common Screwpine] arrived in the collection in 1969 . The origin of the species […]
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Plant health update 01/12/2017
View post: Plant health update 01/12/2017After a lot of hard work by the team at GBG the infected Rhododendrons at the Main Entrance have been removed or destroyed on-site. After the plants directly within the […]
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Important Plant Health News (Updated 05/11/17)
View post: Important Plant Health News (Updated 05/11/17)Update on the P. ramorum outbreak. We have now removed the plants that were identified, by laboratory testing, as being infected with the pathogen. Plant material was destroyed on site […]
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SCOTLAND’S RURAL COLLEGE (SRUC)
View post: SCOTLAND’S RURAL COLLEGE (SRUC)The SRUC has courses at Glasgow Botanic Gardens as follows: • Higher National Certificate (HNC) Horticulture • Higher National Certificate (HNC) Garden Design The courses are starting in September and […]
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Spring 2018 Certificate in Practical Horticulture Course dates released
View post: Spring 2018 Certificate in Practical Horticulture Course dates releasedSpring 2018 Course Details; Saturday 17th March 2018 – CPH01 Looking at Plants Saturday 24th March 2018 – CPH02 Soil Care Saturday 7th April 2018 – CPH03 Feeding and Watering Saturday 14th April 2018 – CPH04 Seed Propagation Saturday 21st April […]
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Scottish Rural College
View post: Scottish Rural CollegeScottish Rural College is launching two new courses in Glasgow Botanic Gardens starting in September 2017 The Courses are HNC Horticulture HNC Garden Design For more information go to www.sruc.ac.uk/study
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Gardens Classroom
View post: Gardens ClassroomThe Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens are funding, through the earlier generous legacy by the late Maureen Bell, a new outdoor classroom. We were also fortunate in obtaining funding from […]
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Friends new Logo !
View post: Friends new Logo !The Friends are re-launching this year with a brand new Logo ! With the generous support of Graven Images in Glasgow we have a bright, colourful Logo showcasing our priority […]
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