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Designing with plants – Fergus Garrett – Lecture

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Fergus is Head Gardener at Great Dixter House and Gardens.  Born in Brighton to an English father and Turkish mother, Fergus spent his formative years in Istanbul, Turkey. On returning […]

The view from Federal Twist – James Golden – Lecture

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James Golden is a garden-maker of international repute whose garden,Federal Twist, has featured in The New York Times, Gardens Illustrated,Horticulture, Better Homes and Gardens, Elle Décor and several books.Monty Don […]

Curator’s spring tour

University of Bristol Botanic Garden The Holmes, Stoke Park Road, Stoke Bishop, Bristol, United Kingdom

Join Curator, Nick Wray, for a spring tour of the Botanic Garden. In March there are bulbs on the ground and blossom in the trees as the season well and […]

AGM + Lecture by Maisie Brett

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The AGM of the Friends of the Botanic Garden will be followed by a lecture by Maisie Brett, University of Bristol Life Sciences PhD student. Maisie did her masters project […]

Jekka McVicar: The Myth and Magic of Herbs

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We are delighted that our President has agreed to give us another lecture. The illustrated talk will explain how herbs have been used through the ages and some of the […]

Friends’ lecture 2024: Ecological Civilization – Chelsea Guangzhou Garden

The Frank Theatre Tyndall Avenue, BRISTOL, United Kingdom

Peter Chmiel and Chin-Jung Chen The Guangzhou Garden was co-designed for Chelsea Flower Show in September 2021 by landscape architects Peter Chmiel and Chin-Jung Chen. The garden explores how our future cities can balance the needs of people and wildlife and be made resilient to climate change and biodiversity loss – which is core to […]