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  • Four-day workshop: Traditional Botanical Painting.

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

    This four-day course running during September and October will be linked with themed workshops, covering the different stages of botanical painting and drawing; suitable for both beginners and more advanced […]

    £196

  • Introduction to Bryophytes

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

    This is a one-day course to introduce and develop understanding of bryophytes and to develop skills in their identification. It is aimed at beginners. The number of species in this […]

    £85

  • Fundraising Friends’ Lecture – An Evening with Adam Frost

    The Powell Lecture Theatre Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, Select a State or Province:, United Kingdom

    A special fundraising lecture for the Friends' Education and Training Fund An evening with Adam Frost Join Adam Frost as he shares his life in gardening, starting out with his […]

    £20

  • Willow lantern workshop

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

    Join Maya Wolf and learn how to use willow to create a structure for a lantern. You will add lights and cover your structure, using tissue paper & glue to […]

    £45

  • Elisabeth Cooper: Challenges facing arctic plants and ecosystems.

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

    We welcome Elisabeth Cooper back to Bristol to tell us more about arctic plants, the challenges facing them, and arctic ecosystems in these times of change. Elisabeth is a Bristolian, […]

  • 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 nursery with his wife, Annie, on Portland.  Many Friends and visitors will have met Simon at the Botanic Garden, notably exhibiting their orchid collection during […]

  • Winter Garden Tour | February | £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. A tour of the garden and glasshouses will run on the following date: Sunday February 25th 11.00am Please note the Garden is open only for the tour, and will not […]

  • Friends’ Annual General Meeting

    The Frank Theatre Tyndall Avenue, BRISTOL, United Kingdom

    The 48th Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday 20 March 2024 at 7pm at the Frank Theatre, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL  followed by a lecture by Dr Chris Thorogood […]

  • Easter Sculpture Festival

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

    Trio of blue tits by Jo Whiteland The Easter Sculpture Festival is back once again to unveil nature’s artistry at the botanic garden. As we welcome spring with the blooming trees and vibrant colours of the flowers, immerse yourself in the world of art and nature with the Easter Sculpture Festival that takes place in […]

    £10

  • Four-day workshop: Traditional Botanical Painting

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

    This four-day course running during April and May over four Sundays will be linked with themed workshops, covering an introduction to the different stages of botanical painting and drawing. Beginners will be welcome to work with more advanced students. Sharpen up your pencils to improve your drawing skills, working from observation of different plant specimens. […]

    £220

  • Curator’s 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 April there are bulbs on the ground and blossom in the trees as the season has winter […]

  • The Guangzhou Garden: official opening

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

    Join us for the formal opening of the latest addition to the Botanic Garden, The Guangzhou Garden. This exciting new garden first appeared at the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower […]

  • National Garden Scheme (NGS) Open Day

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

    The National Garden Scheme (NGS) open day returns to the Botanic Garden this year where you can see the Garden in all its summer glory. The NGS has been running since […]

    £9

  • 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, […]

    £95

  • Jazz Concert

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

    Friends’ annual jazz concert with The Blue notes and Hannah Wedlock   Saturday 27 July 2024 We are again delighted to hold our annual jazz concert with the Blue Notes […]

  • Bee and Pollination Festival

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

    The Bee and Pollination Festival is back again! Immerse yourself in this fascinating world; beekeepers of Bristol showcase the work of their industrious friends with their annual honey show in […]

  • Dr Elizabeth Dauncey: Poisonous Plants – and how to live with them

    The Frank Lecture Theatre Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Dr Elizabeth Dauncey is a freelance botanical toxicologist, having studied botany at the University of Durham before completing a PhD in plant taxonomy at the University of Reading. Over the […]