Welcome

Welcome to Cambridge University Botanic Garden - plan your visit, discover what's going on, what's in flower and find out about what we do

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Advance booking is optional, please click here to book tickets. Alternatively, you are welcome to pay at our Ticket Offices by cash or card when you visit.

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Garden and plantings

Explore the different Garden sections - from tropical glasshouses to British wild flowers.

Adult Learning

The Garden is the perfect place to develop your understanding of plants, discover your inner artist or learn new skills.

Senior Horticulturist (Trees and Shrubs)

We are looking to recruit a Senior Horticulturalist on the Trees and Shrubs Team of the Botanic Garden

Plant picks

Sally Petitt, Head of Horticulture, picks this week's must see plants.

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1. Veratrum nigrum

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2. Lobelia laxiflora subvar. angustifolia

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3. Spartium junceum

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4. Erythrina crista-galli

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5. Campsis radicans

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6. Echinacea purpurea 'Bressingham Hybrids'

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7. Gomphrena globosa

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8. Poliothyrsis sinensis

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9. Eryngium creticum

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10. Aster x frikartii 'Mönch'

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What's On

To find out more about these and other events, please visit our What’s On or Courses pages.

Photography Competition – The Colours of Cambridge University Botanic Garden

1 Jun - 31 Oct 2022

Education, Free event

Bee School Summer Adventure - SELF-LED TRAIL

21 Jul - 4 Sep 2022
10am - 6pm

Creative & Wellbeing

CLASSROOM COURSE Mindfulness in the Garden in 3 separate sessions

19 Sep - 3 Oct 2022
10am - 12.30pm

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News

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High temperature recordings and coping with hot weather at Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Q&A with CUBG Director Beverley Glover and Head of Horticulture, Sally Petitt.

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Work with us - job and volunteering opportunities

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Support the Garden

The development of Cambridge University Botanic Garden has been possible thanks to the generosity of generations of supporters.

Cambridge Botanic Garden

Welcome

I'd like to...

Garden and plantings

Adult Learning

Senior Horticulturist (Trees and Shrubs)

Plant picks

1. Veratrum nigrum

2. Lobelia laxiflora subvar. angustifolia

3. Spartium junceum

4. Erythrina crista-galli

5. Campsis radicans

6. Echinacea purpurea 'Bressingham Hybrids'

7. Gomphrena globosa

8. Poliothyrsis sinensis

9. Eryngium creticum

10. Aster x frikartii 'Mönch'

What's On

Photography Competition – The Colours of Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Bee School Summer Adventure - SELF-LED TRAIL

CLASSROOM COURSE Mindfulness in the Garden in 3 separate sessions

Follow us on Instagram

News

High temperature recordings and coping with hot weather at Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Work with us - job and volunteering opportunities

Online shop

Support the Garden

Support CUBG