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Winter Garden Tours | December | £12 or Free

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

An unusual chance to enjoy the Botanic Garden on a winter weekend. Wintersweet, Chimonanthus praecox, a welcome sight and smell in the Garden in December. Tours of the garden and […]

Friends’ lecture 2024: Sarawak Orchid project

The Frank Theatre Tyndall Avenue, BRISTOL, United Kingdom

Simon Pugh-Jones Simon Pugh-Jones has travelled widely across the tropical world and led the Writhlington School Orchid Project in Radstock for 30 years before retiring and setting up his own […]

Friends’ lecture 2024: Carnivorous plants

The Frank Theatre Tyndall Avenue, BRISTOL, United Kingdom

Steve Nicholls Be careful when you next go into your garden – it’s full of killers. We’re all familiar with carnivorous plants such as the Venus flytrap or sundews and pitcher plants but a surprising number of plants could be classified as carnivorous – including your geraniums and potentillas. On the other hand, many true […]

Flowering plant (Angiosperm) families, or the field Botanist’s mind bungalow

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

This is an introduction to the identification of some flowering plant families, including their ecology and uses. We will consider their ecosystem services, the effect of development and land-use change, invasive species, rare and legally protected species, and the use of indicator plants in interpreting change. The workshop is one stand-alone day. It will consider […]

£95