Events & Courses

The Botanic Garden hosts a number of events 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.

Plant Sales

Last Sunday of the Month (see dates below)

Botanic Garden

• Cost - Free (Normal entry charges apply if going into the Garden
• Time - 10.00am to 4.30pm

The Friends of the Garden will be holding monthly plant sales on the following dates - Sunday 29th March, Sunday 26th April, Sunday 31st May, Sunday 28th June, Sunday 26th July, Sunday 30th August, Sunday 27th September and Sunday 25th October.

Friends of the Garden Pub Quiz!

Monday 13th April 2009

Fort Bar, Fort Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee

• Cost - £3
• Time - 7.30pm for 8pm

Ticket price includes a light supper. Enter the Mega Raffle! Tickets are available from the Botanic Garden Visitor Centre, Riverside Drive, Dundee

Family Fun Day

Saturday 25th April 2009

Botanic Garden

• Cost - to be confirmed
• 10.00am to 4.00pm

Come along to the Garden and join in the fun on our annual Family Fun Day. Activities will include face painting, natural art, games arena, pot-a-plant, performances by DBS Productions theatre group, badge making, BG bush trials and BBQ at the Coffee Shop. Activities undercover. Children under 12 must be accompanied. Tickets are available from the Botanic Garden Visitor Centre, Riverside Drive, Dundee

The Three Billy Goats Gruff in 'No Rhyme or Reason'

Saturday 25th April 2009, throughout the day

Botanic Garden

• Walk lasts approximately 30 minutes
• 10.00am to 4.00pm

Join DBS Productions at the Gardens for misadventures and fun with the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Some of the most important moments in our favourite stories and rhymes have gone missing, leaving our favourite characters in the most silly of situations. Can you help the Goats put things right? Fun for all the family with our annual walk through the Garden!

Free Guided Walk - "Beware Alien Invaders!"

Wednesday 6th May 2009

Botanic Garden

• No charge, but please pre-book as numbers will be restricted to 18
• 2.30pm

As part of Biodiversity Week, Education Officer Neil Paterson will lead a free guided walk on the theme of Invasive Species.

Friends Spring Plants Sale

Saturday 9th May 2009

Botanic Garden

• Cost - Free (Normal entry charges apply if going into the Garden)
• Time - Starts 10.00am

Come along to the Friends Spring plants sale, an opportunity to buy some unusual plants.

Free Guided Walk - "From the Mountains to the Sea"

Wednesday 20th May 2009

Botanic Garden

• No charge, but please pre-book as numbers will be restricted to 18
• 2.30pm

As part of the Tayside Biodiversity Festival, Education Officer Neil Paterson will lead a free guided walk in the Botanic Garden's unique British Native Plants area.

Open Air Theatre - DBS Productions presents 'A Midsummer Nights Dream'

Thursday 18th June 2009

In the Garden

• Cost - £12 (Concession: £8)
• Family Ticket (2 adults, 2 children) - £35
• 10% discount for group bookings of over ten persons
• Time - 7.30pm (Garden open from 6.00pm)

DBS Productions and Dundee Botanic Garden are proud to present Shakespeare's most beloved comedy. The path of true love never did run smooth, but why did it have to be this complicated?! Join us in the sumptuous Garden to follow the many routes of romance, showing how love can cross any divide, even that between the human and fairy worlds. All it takes is a little magic...and a lot of mischief!

TICKETS NOW ON SALE FROM THE GARDEN OFFICE - TELEPHONE 01382 381190

Exhibitions

Tayside Artists

Thursday 9th April to Monday 20th April 2009

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

• Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
• Time - 10am - 4.30pm

After a successful exhibition at the Garden last year, Tayside Artists return to present their work

Dundee Photographic Society

Friday 24th April to Saturday 9th May 2009

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

• Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
• Time - 10am - 4.30pm

Dundee Photographic Society return to exhibit their most recent work.

Lazy Daisies

Thursday 14th May to Saturday 30th May 2009

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

• Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
• Time - 10am - 4.30pm

Lazy Daisies exhibit their magnificent works of embroidery at the Garden for a second time.

Liz McCarthy

Thursday 4th June to Tuesday 16th June 2009

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

• Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
• Time - 10am - 4.30pm

Liz McCarthy displays her work in her first exhibition at the Garden.

Gillian McLaren

Thursday 18th June to Saturday 4th July 2009

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

• Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
• Time - 10am - 4.30pm

A student of the University of Dundee, Gillian exhibits a section of her work presenting photographs taken in the Garden, possibly some waterless lithography prints and the inclusion of a Victorian bed outside in the Garden.

Royal Photographic Society

Thursday 9th July 2009 to Sunday 2nd August 2009

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

• Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
• Time - 10am - 4.30pm

The Royal Photographic Society demonstrate their talents in the Garden.

Art Angels

Monday 3rd August to Wednesday 19th August 2009

Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden

• Cost - Entry to exhibition is free
• Time - 10am - 4.30pm

The Art Angels return again to present their fantastic works, after displaying several outstanding exhibitions in previous years