Green Health Week
As it is Green Health Week across Dundee, a series of activities and walks are being promoted by the Dundee Botanic Gardens. You can even pick up a seeding sunflower to grow this summer on your visit. Follow this link…
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Unfinished / Unpublished podcast
Join Kevin Frediani as he talks about his role as curator at the Dundee Botanic Gardens, about his Gorilla exhibit at Chelsea flower show and about how gardeners work for the benefit of future generation in the Unfinished/Unpublished podcast. Listen…
Scottish Nature Photography Awards
A congratulations is in order for Emily Cassidy, Art & Design student as Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, for winning Scottish Nature Photography Award’s, Student Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2020. Entrants were asked to submit…
Rewilding Dundee
The Botanic Gardens would like to encourage you to take part in this simple idea which has a huge impact. They are asking each garden in Dundee to adopt a wildlife friendly approach to maintain their patch, allowing the community…
Rhododendron collection at Dundee
Clare Reaney, Botanical Horticulturalist takes us on a wonderful tour of the Rhododendrons in her cultural story about Dundee’s Botanic Gardens. She explains how to get to the Rhododendrons in the Far East of the garden which is roughly a…
50 stories for 50 years
As the Dundee Botanic Gardens are turning 50 years old this year, over the course of the year they will be publishing 50 stories for 50 years. They have started posting these on their Facebook page for you to follow…
Behind the Scenes at the Botanic Gardens
With the glasshouse now sadly closed due to the ongoing pandemic, the Botanic Gardens are not letting this opportunity go to waste and have a been working behind the scenes. The garden staff are taking this time to recreate the…
2021 Project, The Botanic Garden
In 2021, the Botanic Garden, University of Dundee will be taking part in an international project with the aim of promoting the conversation and use of legume crops. They will share how to get involved early in the new year.…
Level 3 DJCAD Showcase
Despite the ongoing limitations due to the pandemic, third year students from DJCAD were still able to visit the Botanic Gardens and their inspiration from these visits can be seen in their work. Have a look at the inspired work…
Dundee Botanic Garden spread fairy dust this Christmas.
The Botanic Garden, University of Dundee invites local families on a magical journey when a fairy door trial launches this Saturday, the 12th of December. Staff from the Gardens have teamed up with local artist and DJCAD graduate, Gill Haste,…