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Events & Courses

The Botanic Garden hosts a number of events and courses throughout the year. Please contact the Garden or the named content specified for further information. If travelling specially, you are advised to confirm the event with the Garden before setting out.

Children's Storytelling Club

Sunday 20th April 2008

Outside in the Garden or Education Centre

  • Cost - £2.00 per child
  • Time - 2.00pm to 3.00pm

Storytelling, story games, songs and riddles. Suitable for children 7 and up. For more information contact Owen on 01738 730235.

Exhibition - Elspeth Collier and Derrick Chisholm

Saturday 19th April to Sunday 4th May 2008

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

  • Cost - Entry to Exhibition is free
  • Time - 10.00am to 4.30pm

Elspeth and Derrick return to the Garden to exhibit their most recent works.

The Art Shack After School Club

Tuesdays 22nd April to 24th June 2008

Education Centre

  • Cost - Contact Christine
  • Time - 4.00pm to 5.00pm

Join Christine and The Art Shack for some after school crafty fun. Limited places so booking is essential. For more information and prices contact Christine on 01382 477570 or visit the website www.artshack.co.uk.

The Art Shack Drop-In Thursdays

Thursdays - 24th April to 26th June 2008

The Log Cabin

  • Cost - Contact Christine
  • Time - 10.00am to 4.00pm

Join Christine and The Art Shack for the Thursday drop-in sessions. For more information contact Christine on 01382 477570 or visit the website www.artshack.co.uk.

FAMILY FUN DAY

Saturday 26th April 2008

In the Garden

  • Cost - Normal entry charges apply
  • Time - 10.00am to 4.00pm

Join us for our annual fun and games, we have all the old favourites - pot a plant, face painting and storytelling. DBS Productions presents Jack & Jill's Nursery Rhyme Adventure - join Jack and Jill on a wild chase around the Botanic Garden. Can you help then in their efforts to save Red Riding Hood from the Big Bad Wolf? Will the pair ever fetch that pail of water? Find out at our Family Fun Day!! The Art Shack will be doing a craft workshop. Come along and see the Beekeepers and the Countryside Rangers.

Plant Sale

Saturday 10th May 2008

Beside Coffee Shop (through the green gates)

  • Cost - Free entry to plant sale and free entry to Garden for duration of plant sale
  • Time - Starts 10.00am

Friends of the Garden annual plant sale - an opportunity to purchase more unusual plants.

Exhibition - Art BMG

Saturday 10th May to Sunday 18th May 2008

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

  • Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
  • Time - 10.00am to 4.30pm

Come along and view this group's first exhibition at this venue.

Exhibition - Graham Cross

Tuesday 20th May to Tuesday 27th May 2008

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

  • Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
  • Time - 10.00am to 4.30pm

An exhibition of Graham's fantastic photography work.

Biodiversity Week - The Twiglet Zone

Thursday 22nd May 2008

In the Garden

  • Cost - Normal entry charges apply
  • Time - 4.00pm to 6.00pm

The garden is a safe haven for many birds thanks to the tremendous variety of trees and shrubs. We will be bird nest spotting and learning how birds make a safe place to live. Hunt the Hawk - can you find your way round the clues in the garden to find where the Sparrow Hawk lives?

Biodiversity Week - Are You A Sparrow or A Hawk?

Sunday 25th May 2008

In the Garden/Education Centre

  • Cost - Normal entry charges apply
  • Time - 1.00pm to 4.00pm

More trails, bird nest making, mask making and local cub troup will be actively involved in planting up the Native Maritime area of the garden.

RHS Guided Walk - 'In for the long haul - 1.2 billion years of plant evolution'

Wednesday 28th May 2008

In the Garden/Education Centre

  • Cost - RHS Members £6.50, Non-Members £7.50 (tea and cakes included)
  • Time - Starts 2.00pm

Join Education Officer Dr Neil Paterson at the University of Dundee Botanic Garden for a guided tour through the history of plants on earth, from green algae to grasses.

Exhibition - Spectra

Saturday 31st May to Wednesday 18th June 2008

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

  • Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
  • Time - 10.00am to 4.30pm

After a hugely successful first exhibition at this venue the Spectra group are back to exhibit their most recent embroidery work.

OPEN AIR THEATRE - DBS Production Presents - Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew

Thursday 19th June 2008

In the Garden

  • Cost - Adults £12, Senior Citizens £11, Students & Children £8, Families (2A+2C) £35, 10% discount for parties of 10 or more
  • Time - Starts 7.30pm (Garden open at 6.00pm)

DBS Productions are proud to present William Shakespear's The Taming of the Shrew. The dynamic theatre company return to Dundee's Botanic Garden to show the mis-adventures of Petruchio and Kate's begrudging search for love. Come and join us for an evening of romantic comedy in on of Scotland's most beautiful gardens.

Exhibition - Ian Miller

Saturday 21st June to Sunday 29th June 2008

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

  • Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
  • Time - 10.00am to 4.30pm

Ian is back for his second exhibition at this venue.

Exhibition - Royal Photographic Society Scottish Exhibition

Saturday 5th July to Sunday 27th July 2008

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

  • Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
  • Time - 10.00am to 4.30pm

Members of the Royal Photographic Society are returning to this venue to exhibit their most recent work.

Exhibition - The Original Art Group

Saturday 9th August to Sunday 24th August 2008

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

  • Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
  • Time - 10.00am to 4.30pm

The Original Art Group are a regular group who exhibit at the Visitor Centre - back again to show us their most recent paintings.

RHS Guided Walk - 'Into the Tropics'

Wednesday 20th August 2008

Garden/Glasshouse

  • Cost - RHS Members £6.50, Non-Members £7.50 (tea and cakes included)
  • Time - Starts 2.00pm

Join gardener John Reid at the University of Dundee Botanic Garden for a guided tour of the tropical glasshouse and its plants.

Exhibition - Mix Group

Saturday 6th September to Sunday 14th September 2008

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

  • Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
  • Time - 10.00am to 4.30pm

The Mix group are back for their latest exhibition.

Exhibition - Elspeth Collier and Derrick Chisholm

Monday 15th September to Sunday 21st September 2008

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

  • Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
  • Time - 10.00am to 4.30pm

Elspeth and Derrick are back for their second exhibition at the Garden this year.

Exhibition - Tayside Artists Association

Saturday 27th September to Sunday 5th October 2008

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

  • Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
  • Time - 10.00am to 4.30pm

The Tayside Artists Association are back for their second exhibition at the Garden this year.

RHS Guided Walk - 'Autumn Colour'

Wednesday 8th October 2008

In the Garden

  • Cost - RHS Members £6.50, Non-Members £7.50 (tea and cakes included)
  • Time - Starts 2.00pm

Join Alasdair Hood the Curator of the Garden for a guided walk to have a look at his favorite colouring plants - how to propagate and cultivate them. Pruning will be discussed.

Exhibition - Art Angel

Saturday 11th October to Sunday 2nd November 2008

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

  • Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
  • Time - 10.00am to 4.30pm

After a successful exhibition at the Garden last year the Art Angels are back to show us their recent works.

HALLOWEEN

Thursday 30th October 2008

In the Garden/Education Centre

  • Cost - to be confirmed
  • Time - 5.15pm to 8.00pm

Come to the Garden for some spooky fun. Ghost walks, spooky storytelling, badgemaking and lots more...look our for more details... Booking will be essential.

Exhibition - Art 309

Saturday 15th November to Sunday 23rd November 2008

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

  • Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
  • Time - 10.00am to 4.30pm

The Art 309 group are back at this venue to show us their most recent work.

Exhibition - Monifieth Art Society

Saturday 29th November to Sunday 14th December 2008

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

  • Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
  • Time - 10.00am to 3.30pm

The Monifieth Art Society exhibit at the Garden for the first time.

Christmas at the Garden

December 2008

Garden and Coffee Shop

More details on our festive activities to follow...



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