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Scotland’s only annual orchid show and fair returns for it’s 25th year at the Glasgow Botanic Gardens, promising a botanical feast for the senses and a unique opportunity to buy these wonderful plants to grow at home. Come along to see displays of flowering tropical orchids by:
Scottish Orchid Society
North of England Orchid Society
North East of England Orchid Society
Hinckley & District Orchid Society
Hardy Orchid Society.
Alongside these, there will be educational stands with cultural advice and other information - all you need to know about these intriguing wonders of nature. Members of the Scottish Orchid Society will be on hand and delighted to answer any questions from budding orchid enthusiasts.
Orchids and rarely available tropical plants, along with accessories and supplies to grow them, will be on sale from highly reputable and ethical British orchid nurseries and traders:
Burnham Nurseries
Orchid Botanics
Spicesotic Plants
Orchid Accessories
Scotland Carnivorous Plants.
All plants are ethically sourced and legally imported.
On Saturday afternoon there will be an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the Glasgow Botanic Gardens greenhouses, led by Orchid Propagator Christine Nicholson. Places will be limited and on a strictly first-come-first served basis, so be sure to head to the Scottish Orchid Society stand early to book your place.
There will be plenty of time to absorb the tropical ambience in the beautiful and historic Kibble Palace, surrounded by the National Collection of huge Australian tree ferns, as well as visiting the Gardens’ own orchid house to see what is currently in flower there. Glasgow Botanic Gardens also holds the National Collection of Dendrobium orchids.
Entry to the Glasgow Botanic Gardens and the Orchid Fair is free of charge so why not come along for a few hours’ tropical escape, right in the heart of Glasgow’s west-end?
Doors open at 10am until 5pm on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May, at 730 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 0UE.
Please find full details of the Glasgow Botanic Gardens Orchid Fair and get in touch with the Scottish Orchid Society at
www.scottishorchid.org/orchid-fair-2024/
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Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road,Glasgow, United Kingdom