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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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Kibble Palace tours
View post: Kibble Palace toursMany of those reading will be aware of the very successful summer and autumn tours of Glasgow Botanic Gardens led by our garden guides in 2023. As a further development The Friends and garden guides will commence winter tours of The Kibble Palace from mid January onwards 2024. These will be led by our volunteer…
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AGM 2023
View post: AGM 2023Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens Annual General Meeting Monday, 4 September 2023 at 6.30pm in the Kibble Palace An agenda has been circulated to members but we wish to draw particular attention to the need for new officers and committee members in the coming year. Please see the attached leaflet for details and feel free…
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Tour Guide Volunteers
View post: Tour Guide VolunteersThe Friends of the Glasgow Botanic Gardens are planning to start public tours of the Botanics in July. The aim is to raise awareness of the fascinating plant collections, conservation work and history of the Gardens and also to help raise funds for its continuing growth and maintenance. We are looking for Guides. Would you…
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Proposed Glasshouse Charges- A statement by the Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens
View post: Proposed Glasshouse Charges- A statement by the Friends of Glasgow Botanic GardensGlasgow Botanic Gardens – Glasgow City Council introduction of entry charges to Glasshouses Response by the Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens At this time, the Friends have no information from the City Council other than the press information suggesting charges to the Glasshouses will be introduced raising a reported £185,000, presumably annually. To date, there…
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Opening Hours New Year 2023
View post: Opening Hours New Year 2023Opening Hours January 1, 2, 2023 As always the Gardens are open from 7am with the last gate being closed (Main Gate) at 5pm. (These are the gate times until 31st January) The Glasshouse opening times including Kibble Palace are 10am until 4pm. Glasshouses are free entry, no booking required and managed by Glasgow City…
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Tea Room at the Botanics
View post: Tea Room at the BotanicsThe Tea Room at the Botanics will be closed from 23 December 2022 until 1 April 2023. We hope to bring you further details of the reopening and revised menu when we have it.
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