Walking With Poets - Jean Atkin at Logan Botanic Garden
Logan Botanic Garden Thurs 1 — Sat 31 Aug 2013
Poet Jean Atkin is in residence for the month of August, and will be hosting walks, talks and workshops celebrating poetry and nature. For more details see www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk. A partnership with the Scottish Poetry Library, funded by Creative Scotland through the Year of Natural Scotland and generous Big Give Supporters.
From Seeds to Cuttings !
Logan Botanic Garden Thurs 1 Aug 2013
Find out how to carry out simple plant propagation at this hourly event. After which you will be able to take away your own prepared pot of cuttings and sown “Salad Pot”.
Walking With Poets - Jean Atkin
Logan Botanic Garden Thurs 1 — Sat 31 Aug 2013
Poet Jean Atkin is in residence for the month of August, and will be hosting walks, talks and workshops celebrating poetry and nature. For more details see www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk. A partnership with the Scottish Poetry Library, funded by Creative Scotland through the Year of Natural Scotland and generous Big Give Supporters.
Evolutionary Plant Tour
Logan Botanic Garden Thurs 8 Aug 2013
Join Logan's very own Neanderthal and take a tour round the garden looking at what plant came when in history; as well as finding out a few facts about what makes a plant tick.
Garden Tour
Logan Botanic Garden Tues 13 Aug 2013
Come along and enjoy a tour with the curator and ask questions as you go around viewing the late summer floral displays. Some of the plants you will see on your tour include Watsonias, Galtonias, Dieramas and exotic Fuchsias.
Make a Bird Feeder
Logan Botanic Garden Thurs 15 Aug 2013
Drop-in to the Yurt and construct your own bird feeder to take away and hang in your garden or window so you can watch our feathered friends stuff themselves silly for the coming autumn-winter.
Make a Wind Chime
Logan Botanic Garden Thurs 22 Aug 2013
Create your own wind chime using the shells from locally caught scallops to hang in the garden, or window, in this drop-in-event. Some adult supervision/assistance will be needed if the children are very young as they will need to use a small craft drill.
Logan Plant Fair
Logan Botanic Garden Sun 25 Aug 2013
Logan hosts a plant fair of Dumfries and Galloway’s finest gardens and nurseries. A great opportunity to purchase unusual plants that are rarely available to the public. Why not make a day of it and make a combined visit to the Garden and Plant Fair!
Botanics 360 Exhibition
Logan Botanic Garden Wed 28 Aug — Thurs 31 Oct 2013
An outdoor exhibition featuring the 4 gardens of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh from a different angle. Come along to be inspired!
Remarkable Trees
Logan Botanic Garden Fri 6 Sept — Thurs 31 Oct 2013
These photographs taken in Scotland in the late 1800's illustrate an amateur botanist's fascination with trees. Printed from glass plate negatives donated to the Garden, the exhibition contributes to ongoing research into this collection.