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Keep Scotland Beautiful- Green Flag Award
View post: Keep Scotland Beautiful- Green Flag AwardThe Gardens are delighted to be awarded the Keep Scotland Beautiful Green Flag for 2020 and are working to maintain these standards in 2021. The Green Flag Award recognises the best parks, gardens and green spaces across Scotland. It is awarded to parks, gardens and green spaces who can demonstrate excellent management and environmental standards.…
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Visitor information
View post: Visitor informationDue to the rapidly changing situation, please check this section for the most recent information. Garden Update The grounds have remained open throughout the COVID-19 lockdown and current times are from 7 until dusk (our gate times are 5.00pm at the moment which means the main gate will close at 5pm, other gates will close…
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Visitor information
View post: Visitor informationDue to the rapidly changing situation, please check this section for the most recent information. Gardens Update The grounds have remained open throughout the COVID-19 lockdown and current times are from 7 until dusk (our gate times are 5.00pm at the moment which means the main gate will close at 5pm, other gates will close…
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Visitor information
View post: Visitor informationDue to the rapidly changing situation, please check this section for the most recent information. The grounds have remained open throughout the COVID-19 lockdown and current times are from 7 until dusk (our gate times are 4.30 at the moment which is slightly earlier due to work being carried out to remove the GlasGLOW lightshow)…
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Visitor information: Staying safe
View post: Visitor information: Staying safeJust like this Small Tortoiseshell butterfly perched on the carnivorous Sarracenia plant it’s sometimes best to do things carefully. Although the outside area of Glasgow Botanic Gardens has remained open throughout the COVID-19 control period, as of 10/07/2020 the Glasshouses, Kibble Palace, Tea Room and Public Toilets at Glasgow Botanic Gardens remain closed. Preparations are…
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Glasgow Botanic Gardens: COVID-19 latest
View post: Glasgow Botanic Gardens: COVID-19 latestUpdated 4 May 2020 The Gardens remain open for exercise for local residents although the Glasshouses, Kibble Palace and Tea Rooms are shut. Although getting fresh air and exercise at this time is recommended please remember to practice social distancing to protect others and yourself. Events including wedding bookings are now cancelled until further notice,…
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Please vote to fund our new project!!
View post: Please vote to fund our new project!!The Gardens are just waking up but the Friends have been active over the winter and in particular supporting the Friends of Glasgow Parks Forum. The Forum has been leading the “Participatory Budgeting” process with the City Council – this sounds complicated but can be summarised by saying there is £90,000 available for new projects funded by Wee Green…
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Exhibition: Printing in Woodlands
View post: Exhibition: Printing in WoodlandsFree Workshops & Exhibition – No booking required Printing in Woodlands Exhibition29 February – 1 March 2020, 10am to 4pmKibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, South Wing An exhibition of Eco Printing Community art and Workshops in Eco techniques by Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw Drop-in workshops 29 FebruaryIndigo dye tie dye, Cyanotype and Bookbinding
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Happy New Year, what will 2020 bring?
View post: Happy New Year, what will 2020 bring?Happy New Year to all visitors and Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens. We will hopefully bring you lots of exciting events and highlight interesting additions to the collections over the next couple of months. One interesting point to make is that 2020 marks the 200th anniversary of the arrival of renown plant collector David Douglas…
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Index Seminum 2019/2020
View post: Index Seminum 2019/2020We will be putting up our Index Seminum Seed Exchange List on the 18rd November 2019.Please click on this link The form will be available for completion online only this year and we hope to have orders processed by early 2020. The exchange is open only to those with an IPEN registration GBG