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Botanic Gardens: Gardeners Question & Answer Forum at 2pm, Wednesday 10th June

Categories: Gardens

The team at the Botanic Gardens will be holding a Gardeners Question and Answer Forum on Wednesday 10th June at 2pm. If you have any gardening questions you would like answered by our experts here at the Botanics, then please send your questions and pictures to us at BotanicGardens@dundee.ac.uk. You can find out more information…Continue Reading Botanic Gardens: Gardeners Question & Answer Forum at 2pm, Wednesday 10th June

William Gardiner and the Flora of Forfarshire (Video)

Categories: Gardens, Museums

While the University’s museums and galleries are temporarily closed due to the coronavirus emergency, we’re sharing more of our collections online. This is the latest in a series of films in which museum curator Matthew Jarron tells the stories behind some of our most interesting objects and artworks. In this video we look at five…Continue Reading William Gardiner and the Flora of Forfarshire (Video)

A Tour around the Glasshouse in the Botanic Gardens (Video)

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Take a virtual tour around the glasshouse in the Botanic Gardens at the University of Dundee with botanical horticulturalist Clare Reaney as she shows us the wonderful variety of plants on offer….Continue Reading A Tour around the Glasshouse in the Botanic Gardens (Video)

#WellTogether: How to Plant Potatoes in Bags: A Tutorial from the Botanic Gardens

Categories: Gardens, Well Together

Gardening can be a great way to look after both our physical and mental wellbeing, but not everyone is lucky enough to have their own garden during this period of lockdown. That’s why we love this tutorial from Clare Reaney from the Botanic Gardens for #WellTogether week, which demonstrates how you can still get your…Continue Reading #WellTogether: How to Plant Potatoes in Bags: A Tutorial from the Botanic Gardens

#WellTogether: Big Back Garden Project

Categories: Archives, Gardens, Well Together

In this following video for #WellTogether week, University Archivist Jan Merchant talks us through the Big Back Garden Project. The Big Back Garden Project is a project run by the Archive Services at the University of Dundee with Morgan Academy S3 pupils. It looks at the history of Baxter Park and its role on the…Continue Reading #WellTogether: Big Back Garden Project

#WellTogether: Mindfulness in the Botanic Gardens

Categories: Gardens, Well Together

Getting out in nature can be a great way to relax and practice mindfulness. We know that it’s not possible for everyone to get out as much as we would normally like, so the Botanic Gardens here at University of Dundee have been posting regular updates from the garden so we have a way to…Continue Reading #WellTogether: Mindfulness in the Botanic Gardens

Video: A Preview of Some of the New Plants in the Botanic Nursery

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The Botanic nursery is still on lockdown but the team at the Botanic Gardens are all looking forward to making further improvements to the garden and are giving us a preview of some of their new plants. Click on the video below to watch botanical horticulturalist Clare Reaney show us and talk through some of…Continue Reading Video: A Preview of Some of the New Plants in the Botanic Nursery

Video: An Easter Walk through the Rhododendrons at the Botanics

Categories: Gardens

In the following short video, botanical horticulturalist Clare Reaney walks us through the Botanic Gardens at the University of Dundee over the Easter Weekend, showing us the spectacular Rhododenrons in the Gardens….Continue Reading Video: An Easter Walk through the Rhododendrons at the Botanics

Video: A Walk Through the Botanic Gardens during Lockdown

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Whilst we are all in lockdown, Spring is still bringing the Botanic Gardens alive at the University of Dundee! For a virtual walk through nature, take a trip around the Botanic Gardens in the following video with Curator Kevin Frediani….Continue Reading Video: A Walk Through the Botanic Gardens during Lockdown

Video: Labels in the Botanic Gardens and What They Mean

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In the following short video, botanical horticulturalist Clare Reaney talks through how the living collections in the Botanic Gardens at the University of Dundee are labelled, and what the labels mean. Labelling is an extremely important part of the conservation process within the Botanics – the living collections have two parts to them; the plants you…Continue Reading Video: Labels in the Botanic Gardens and What They Mean