Category Archives: Glasgow

131 As it happened, the Glasgow Botanic Gardens celebrated its 200th anniversary when I visited in 2017, and on the weekend that I was there the celebration meant hosting an orchid show in one of the greenhouses. Poor Natalia, the friend I was visiting in Glasgow. I never wanted to leave. With my camera, IContinue reading “Glasgow (iv)”

123 The arboretum in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens is in no way the largest or most species-rich arboretum that I’ve been to. Kew in London, for example, has one that is immense. But the location in Glasgow, along the River Kelvin. I don’t know, there is something with the slowly moving water that brings outContinue reading “Glasgow (iii)”

74 The Glasgow Botanic Garden is friendly, just like the city, and there’s an approachability. It has a familial feel. Even in the types of plants they grow. A section with ordinary garden vegetables. An unkempt corner of different wild roses. An entire wing in one of the gorgeous greenhouses dedicated to old fashioned pottedContinue reading “Glasgow (ii)”

18 Glasgow Botanic Gardens have ha familial feel to them. As if, first, it’s a place where Glaswegians come to spend time together, on the lawns or on the benches that are placed everywhere. Second, it’s a botanic garden. So when I say I LOVE IT, I mean it for different reasons than for Edinburgh,Continue reading “Glasgow (i)”