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08/05/2013
The finale: an invitation to cross the threshold
As we celebrate the Thresholds poets-in-residence project at a finale party at the Fitzwilliam Museum tonight, Dr Judy Fox reflects on the processes and revelations of Ann Gray's residency at the Botanic Garden.
08/02/2013
A modern meadow mix for Cory Lodge
James Hitchmough, celebrated for his annual meadows for the London 2012 Olympic Park, has designed our newly-sown, drought-tolerant perennial meadow.
09/05/2013
Sounds Green picnic prom programme
The Cambridge Summer Music Festival returns to the Garden every Wednesday evening in July
02/05/2013
Free spring into summer tours every Sunday
Join a free afternoon taster tour on Sundays at 3pm
07/03/2013
The Winter Garden opens the new series of BBC Gardeners' World this Friday
Presenter Rachel de Thame discovers the in-form plants of the Winter Garden in the company of Curator, Dr Tim Upson.
18/02/2013
Learn to garden at the Garden
Coming up this spring are some brilliant beginner courses with our horticultural experts.
09/01/2013
Dr Beverley Glover: new Director of the Botanic Garden
Dr Beverley Glover has been named as the new Director of Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Dr Glover will take up the post, and the associated Professorship of Plant Systematics and Evolution to which she has been elected, in July 2013.
04/01/2013
Wettest year since records began, but the visitors were undeterred.
All we got for Christmas was... 800mm (and more) annual rainfall!
27/11/2012
Voicing the Garden: the Garden celebrates an All Our Stories award from the HLF
The Garden is celebrating a £9,800 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to unearth the stories of the people behind the plants.
19/11/2012
What's On 2013: booking now open
Our new and truly exciting brochure of courses and talks taking place in 2013 is now available at the ticket offices and to browse on-line via the link left.
15/10/2012
Sainsbury Laboratory wins 2012 RIBA Stirling Prize
The Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University, an independent plant science research institute situated at the heart of the Botanic Garden, confounds the predictions of culture pundits to win the Stirling Prize, the highest accolade in UK architecture.
04/10/2012
Nonsense Botany on National Poetry Day
We look back at a great creative summer project inspired by Edward Lear's nonsense plants, when a group of young carers from Centre 33 came to write poetry and get creative
02/10/2012
The Man Yang Tree: a new common name for Emmenopterys?
Peter, aged 12, great great nephew of plant hunter Augustine Henry, comes up with common name for tongue-twister tree
24/07/2012
On your marks, get set, it's Summer at the Museums!
Museums and collections across Cambridge are bringing adventure and creativity to the holidays!
24/07/2012
Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University is shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize
Deisgned by Stanton Williams, this plant science research laboratory is situated at the heart of the Botanic Garden.
13/07/2012
Running wild: the grass maze re-opens
Just in time for the summer holidays, the demonstration and display team have got the re-planted grass maze sufficiently established to re-open the Garden's most popular 'letting off steam' feature!
10/07/2012
Meadow flowers come into bloom
This year we have been experimenting with different meadow mixes, with spectacular results.
03/07/2012
Gnawa Yinga open the Sounds Green concerts
The sacred songs and rhythms of Morocco and Burkina Faso will be bringing some musical sunshine to the Botanic Garden at the first Sounds Green cushion concert tomorrow, Wednesday 4 July 2012.
28/05/2012
Sounds Green at the Garden
The Cambridge Summer Music Festival brings some sizzling summer music to the Botanic Garden’s evening openings this July. Line up announced....
22/05/2012
Queen congratulates local team at the Chelsea Flower Show
A Cambridge collaboration including staff from the Garden has won a prestigious Silver Gilt Medal at the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show for an educational display for The Royal College of Pathologists.
16/05/2012
Urban greening: not to be sneezed at
A collaboration including leading local plant nursery, Scotsdales, and the Botanic Garden will put the spotlight on pollen at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year in a display created to mark the 50th anniversary of the Royal College of Pathologists.
25/04/2012
Moving the Millstone
A tribute to Botanic Garden staff rolls around the Garden!
22/02/2012
Training the trainers
Twenty people who shape the way that plant science is taught in the classroom joined Science and Plants for Schools (SAPS) for two days recently in the impressive surroundings of the Sainsbury Laboratory and the Botanic Garden.
23/01/2012
Iridescence in plants: a shining example of research
Winner of a L'Oreal/UNESCO 'Women in Science' Award, Dr Heather Whitney reflects on the research inspired by a Hibiscus on the Systematic Beds.
07/12/2011
Cambridge University Botanic Garden celebrates milestone in visitor numbers
In the last decade, annual visitor numbers to the Eastern region’s only botanic garden have more than doubled, and in November passed 200,000 for the first time in the Garden’s 165 year history.
05/12/2011
Friends' Membership: the perfect Christmas present for a garden-lover
Emma Daintrey, Outreach Administrator, will be pleased to receive applications for gift memberships up until 4 December.
14/11/2011
Bioblitz 2011 Species List published
In collaboration with the University Museum of Zoology and conservation partners, the Botanic Garden underwent a Bioblitz earlier this year, during which experts and the visiting public joined forces to log the wildlife discovered in a 24 hour period.
06/11/2011
Sainsbury Laboratory judged 'Best Learning Building'.
Architects of the Sainsbury Laboratory, Stanton Williams, enjoy success at the World Architecture Festival Awards 2011.
01/11/2011
Rubens comes top in the half-term apple tasting
This year’s apple selection mixed some old favourites with brand new varieties.
26/10/2011
Christmas at the Garden Cafe
Delectable treats and festive favourites dress up the menu for Christmas.
24/10/2011
Fish out of water! The Glasshouse Team clean out the Tropical Rainforests pool
One of the muckiest and stinkiest jobs on the autumn maintenance rota is cleaning out the Tropical Rainforests display.
19/10/2011
The Magic Brick Tree Book launch
Hot off the press from Cambridge University Press, join us to celebrate the launch of a captivating new children’s book.
28/09/2011
Botanic Garden at the Festival of Ideas
The Botanic Garden shares skills and projects at the University's Festival of Ideas this October
27/09/2011
Gardening Club cast their vote for best young people's science book
Young people from Gardening Club at CUBG will help choose the winner of this year’s Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious awards for science writing.
26/09/2011
Looking behind the lime leaf logo
Trainee volunteer Garden Guide, Peggy Martin, uncovers layers of meaning to the Garden's logo
12/09/2011
Special notice: the Garden is closed
Following a second assessment at 2pm this afternoon, Monday 12 September, the Garden will remain closed to the visiting public for the rest of the day.
27/08/2011
Thirsty Garden Café customers support water projects in Africa.
As World Water Week comes to a close, thirsty customers at the Botanic Garden Café have been drinking their way to delivering water projects in Africa.
23/08/2011
Sutton Trust Summer School Visit
'Plants are smarter than humans' and 'masters of biochemistry' – that was the conclusion from the 30 teenagers who visited the Sainsbury Lab and the Botanic Garden last week, for a morning of science challenges.
05/07/2011
Cory Lawn landscape opens
New planting scheme by Bradley-Hole Schoenaich Landscape Architects seeks to unite the heritage and the contemporary.
28/06/2011
Bioblitz the Botanic Garden
In collaboration with conservation partners across Cambridge, the University Museum of Zoology and the Botanic Garden are joining forces to run a 24 hour-marathon Bioblitz beginning at 5pm on Friday 22 July 2011.
21/06/2011
SAPS signs up 1000th Associate
Plant science is key to many of the challenges facing our planet over the next 50 years, and enthusiastic biology teachers play a crucial role in developing the new generation of scientists to tackle these issues.
02/06/2011
Driest spring for 100 years
Despite the May Bank Holiday washout, Cambridge has experienced one of the driest springs for over 100 years.
23/05/2011
Don't eat the plants!
Are plants really as defenceless as they first appear?
23/05/2011
New green and yellow member of the team!
The Botanic Garden has just taken delivery of a brand new tractor, a John Deere 3520.
27/04/2011
The Queen opens the Sainsbury Laboratory
Sunny skies and crowds of well-wishers greet the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on their visit to the Botanic Garden today
26/04/2011
The Queen to visit Botanic Garden
Her Majesty The Queen will formally open the Sainsbury Laboratory at the Botanic Garden tomorrow, Wednesday 27 April
12/04/2011
SAPS launches new website
New on-line plant science teaching resource and support.
22/03/2011
Schools' Garden celebrated at London awards
Our working fruit and veg plot for schools is accredited!
09/02/2011
The Garden Cafe has now re-opened
Come and discover our beautiful new Cafe and delicious, refreshed menu
11/01/2011
Glimpses of the Garden
A new exhibition of stunning plant portraits by Jacqueline Garget opens at PandIS
22/11/2010
It's official: we're a Winter Wonderland
The Botanic Garden is a top-ten winter wonderland, as selected by Stephen Anderton, garden writer for The Times
02/11/2010
Sunset tops the half-term taste test
Over 500 children came to the Garden's mini apple days during half-term to taste five different kinds of apples, kindly donated by Cam Valley Orchards.
19/10/2010
Environments changing
From the Fenlands to the Himalayas
15/10/2010
Roll up! Roll up!
For the Grasshopper's Green Herbarian Band
06/10/2010
A contemporary landscape for Cory Lawn
Work has now started on the re-landscaping of Cory Lawn at the heart of the Botanic Garden to create a contemporary landscape that both befits the Grade II* heritage landscape and complements the new Sainsbury Laboratory.
04/10/2010
Hedging our bets
Box blight prompts Fountain planting overhaul
27/09/2010
The Garden celebrates age!
It’s not always the younger visitors who get all the fun at the Botanic Garden! This October, as part of Cambridgeshire Celebrates Age, the Botanic Garden is running two events especially for everyone over the age of 60.
27/07/2010
What's in a name?
The new RHS President, Elizabeth Banks, set off a media storm last week as she accused the BBC of dumbing down in its flagship television programme, Gardener's World, hosted by former Woodland Supervisor and trainee here, Toby Buckland.
