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  • Snowdrop (day 2)

    Sunrise on the first day of Spring. It wasn’t the usual journey to work today! We were a bit dismissive of the snow yesterday but overnight we received a sharp reminder from Mother Nature in the form of just less than a foot of snow at Glasgow Botanics. The Tea Room staff have walked several…

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  • Snowdrop

      We were open this morning, as we have been for nearly 201 years, despite the ‘dusting of snow’. To ensure staff and public are cleared from the grounds safely, glasshouses and grounds will close earlier than advertised. Main Range Glasshouses will close at 13.30 Kibble Palace will close at 15.30 Grounds will start to…

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  • Springing into Action

    Despite 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

    Given 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 to the recent Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens talk, Brian Young of Plant Heritage gave a very interesting presentation on the problems, challenges and goals…

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  • A small crown jewel

    A 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 are preparing planting pits for new trees and shrubs to be planted in the grounds. It’s still cold outside but under glass there is still…

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  • Shortest Day and Best Wishes 20/12/2017

    We 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 tree that was moved from the original Sandyford Botanic Gardens site, is caught (pictured below) covered in frost in the winter sun. However, inside the…

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  • Updates from around the garden

    04/12/2017 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 is thought to be Madagascar or the Mascarene Islands but this particular accession arrived from Entebbe. The leaves form a spiral arrangement and the leaf…

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  • Plant health update 01/12/2017

    After 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 quarantined area and associated leaf litter were destroyed, approximately one month ago, the plants outwith the quarantined zone have had the top growth removed and…

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  • 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 by burning (see pic below), in accordance with the best practice laid down by in Scottish Governments Plant Health Order. We feel it is prudent…

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  • 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 those interested should go to www.sruc.ac.uk/glasgow Click on the link below for full information Horticulture and Garden Design Flyer New Courses[5128]

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