Minutes

The July Minutes are ready to view. 

The AGM will be held at the Education Centre at 7.0 pm on Wednesday, 18th September. The Curator will give a guided tour of the developments round the entrance starting at 5.30 pm and this will be followed by light refreshments before the meeting begins. 
Friends and those who have yet to become Friends are encouraged to attend!

Scotland in Bloom

The judges being shown round  the allotments and new entrance by Alasdair and Frances. 

Plant of the month

AUGUST

Actaea racemosa (syn. Cimicifuga racemosa)

Family: Ranunculaceae         Origin: East N. America        Accession: 1984

Find it in North American Plants

Talk

PLANTS & GEOGRAPHY: talks and drinks reception. 

Friday August 16th 2013 at 2.30 pm

Botanic Garden Education Centre

• Neil Paterson (Botanic Garden) “Biogeography: Darwin, Wallace, Evolution and the Dundee Botanic Garden”

• Mark Cutler (Geography): Dr Mark Cutler is Head of Geography and has a special interest in remote sensing of lakes and tropical forests

• John Rowan (Geography):John Rowan is Professor of Physical Geography and researches into the sensitivity and resilience of environments to change

This event is free but places are limited so please book. Telephone 01382 381190

Minutes

The Minutes of the June meeting are now available.

Talk

Dundee Green Party 

are hosting a talk by 

Dr Neil Burford, Senior Lecturer in Department of Education at Dundee University, 

about the new Macro-micro building in the Garden, as part of their AGM, 

on Monday September 9th at 7pm.

It will be in the Education Centre in the Garden and the Greens are inviting Friends of the Garden to join them.

As space is limited please e-mail srmeek@blueyonder.co.uk if you plan to come - Thanks

As a volunteer in the garden it's very rewarding to see the results of your work - especially when the seedlings were as tiny as these


These seedlings were pricked out 2 weeks ago, and were almost too small to handle. The seeds were collected in Australia by the Curator last year, so even more pressure to get them to grow!

July's Plant

Eucalyptus pauciflora ssp. niphophila (Snow Gum)

Family: Myrtaceae                Origin: SE Australia        Accession: 1985

Location: Australasian plants

Friends' outing 30 June

Some members of the Friends visited the beautiful garden at Garden Cottage, Dunnichen on 30 June

Examining the seedheads of cardiocrinum

 

 

May minutes

Now published!

WestFest

Congratulations to the organisers for a splendid day! The Friends' plant sale raised over £100 for the Garden and attracted a good deal of interest from gardeners and non-gardeners alike. 

Plant of the month: JUNE

Sorbus alnifolia var. submollis (Alder-leaved Whitebeam)

Family: Rosaceae                 Origin: China                  Accession: 1982

find it in the native hillside section 

Can we do better?

The plant sale raised £800 so can we do even better in June? 

The Friends will be taking part in the 

WestFest Big Sunday, 9th June, 

selling plants 

from 1 - 4 pm.on Magdalen Green 

If you can support the Friends by offering plants for sale please bring them along to the Green after 11.30 am that morning.  

Thank you

to all those of you who supported the Friends' Plant Sale, Despite the showers we sold a record number of plants, enjoyed some fascinating conversations, and made a healthy contribution towards funding for the Garden. 

If you missed the sale this time don't despair. We'll be selling more plants on 

Magdalen Green during WestFest's Big Sunday on 9th June. 

Sale

Perfect weather for planting!

Choose a challenge or indulge in the exotic!

Sale of plants TODAY from 12.0 - 3.0 

Plant of the month

May

Trillium grandiflorum (American wake-robin)

find it in the American section 

Family: Melanthiaceae    Origin: Eastern North America

Trillium are herbaceous perennials with erect stems bearing a whorl of ovate or diamond-shaped leaves, with one or more erect or nodding flowers borne at the tip in spring. T. grandiflorum is a vigorous perennial forming a large clump of erect stems each carrying a whorl of three broadly ovate leaves and a solitary terminal flower to 10cm across, with three recurved white petals.

Plant Sale on 11th May

Calling all Friends....

Donations of plants labelled and potted if possible should be brought to the Botanic Garden anytime after 10.00 a.m. on Friday 10th May or

 on Saturday before the Plant Sale from 10.00 am. 

If you can help on Friday to receive the plants or on Saturday during the Sale 

please phone Frances on 665719

Plant Sale

For the unusual, the exotic, the excellent value, come to the 

 Friends' Annual Plant Sale 

 at the Garden 

on 

Saturday 11th May 

between 12.0 am and 3,0 pm

As a volunteer in the garden it's very pleasing to see the results - a tray of plants from cuttings taken last autumn. Well, apart from the yellow leaved one bottom right!

A busy morning volunteering in the Garden
Hopefully the sun will shine and we can all enjoy the flowers in a couple of months.