We are the Friends of the Cruickshank Botanic Garden in Aberdeen

The most northerly university botanic garden in the UK.

We have been aiding the work of the Garden for over forty years

We are a vibrant community who love plants, horticulture, nature, and talking about it. We exist to support the Garden in different ways and sponsor people into a career in horticulture.

  • Caroline Holmes: “Impressionists in their Garden – Living light and colour”

    Thursday 16th May 2024 - Zoology Lecture Theatre: 19:30

    Speaker: Caroline Holmes: “Impressionists in their Garden – Living light and colour”

  • Fascination of plants Day 2024

    Fascination of plants day is right around the corner, and we wanted to let you know a little bit about Fascination of Plants Day, and how we will be celebrating it this year!

  • noticeboard in Zoo Building

    2023-4 Lecture Series in summary

    Lectures are held in UOA Zoology Lecture Theatre between October 2023 - May 2024. A link to the simultaneous Teams broadcast can be obtained on request.

  • A new database

    The Garden now has a new database for cataloguing the living collection. This was paid for by the Friends

  • Dora Holmes bequest

    Dora Holmes’ bequest will pay for a new collection of Meconopsis

We are indebted to a number of individuals who generously allowed their wonderful images of the Garden, its plants and people to be used on this website. Our thanks go to Mark Paterson, Paul Kohn, Eric Kiltie, Andrew Coventry, Dick Morris, Peter Müller, Marion Hart, Annie Stewart, Ken Cox, University of Aberdeen, Joshua Pizzuto-Pomaco, Julie Young, Andy Roberts and Graham Strachan (deceased).