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Spring  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 2018 – CPH05 Vegetative Propagation Saturday 28th April 2018 – CPH06 Growing Media and Potting Saturday 12th May 2018 – CPH07 Planting Sunday 13th  May 2018 – CPH08 Pruning and Training Saturday 19th May…

Scottish 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 

The 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 the “Tesc0 Bags Scheme” and the Incorporation of Gardeners of Glasgow In the refurbished Fern Garden just to the West of the Main Range it…

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 to support and develop the plant collections in both in the glasshouses and the Gardens. You will now begin to see this in the Gardens and…

On May 20th 2017 the Gardens reaches its 200th birthday and will be celebrating this momentous occasion with many activities in the Gardens for all to enjoy. More than 20 different organisations will be inviting you to find out about their activities, see the heavy horses and much more – especially for the younger visitors.  A major time-line…

The Gardens’ Curator, Will Ritchie, will be taking part in an expedition to the Bắc Kỳ region of Vietnam next week to study and help conserve the native flora. The expedition team will be visiting four biodiversity rich sites in the region to collect seeds and cuttings to support ex situ conservation efforts in botanic…

The Butterfly Conservation will be demonstrating how they trap & record moths and find out why they do it. Clyde Bat Group are also attending, to take you on a bat walk & tell you all about bats.  

Over the coming months we aim to develop a number of blogs composed by staff, students and volunteers at the Gardens. Blogging is a great way to communicate what is going on the Gardens and allows reader a sneak peek behind the scenes. The first blog is written by Lizy Mittell, a PhD student with Glasgow…