Tag: Glasgow Botanic Gardens

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge Wk33

Hi all 😁 this is my first entry for XingfuMama’s Pull Up A Seat photo challenge. These two seats are in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens.

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Fan Of… #23 — Tulips

Hi all 😁 and welcome to today’s Fan Of… Tulips. I’ve seen the fantastic tulip fields in Holland a few times on my travels and never cease to be delighted by them. These photos were taken at the Glasgow Botanic Gardens, where they had a tub of tulips right at the entrance way, and then a couple of beds further along the path.

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Fan Of… #14 — Kibble Palace

Hi all 😁 and welcome to todays Fan Of… — Kibble Palace. For me Botanic Gardens are a treasure trove of photographic opportunities. Kibble Palace is set within the grounds of the Glasgow Botanic Gardens. I did a couple of posts back in the beginning of June. The first post covered the entrance area, North and South wings; the second covered the main hall, and the National Tree Fern Collection.

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Fan Of… #9 — Succulents

Hi all 😁. Todays Fan Of… was inspired by a comment I was writing on a post by Aletta – nowathome for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Gardens. Aletta had some great pics of succulents, and my comment was that “I was a huge fan of succulents”, hence the current post. These first photos are from my time in Malibu.

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Fan Of… Daily Post #6 and FOTD — Bird of Paradise

Hi again 😁 Todays Fan Of… is combined with Cee’s Flower of The Day Challenge. I have gone for the Bird of Paradise. I had never really seen these elegant flowers until my wife and I took our first trip to California, and then as is the norm, started seeing them everywhere. Big Fan Of these flowers!

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Glasgow Botanic Gardens: Kibble Palace Pt 2

So here we are, No 3 in the Botanic Garden Series; following on from the Buildings and Grounds and Kibble Palace Pt 1. We now go into the main area, the largest of the Palace glass houses. The main glass house is an impressive building when seen from without and within, and has an exotic array of colourful flowers and ferns.

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Glasgow Botanic Gardens: Kibble Palace Pt 1

This post follows on from my last about the buildings and grounds and is about Kibble Palace and the plants contained therein. I will separate Kibble Palace into two posts: this one about the entrance area, the South Wing, and the North Wing. The next one will be about the main display hall.

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