Lecture Programme
Currently we offer a lecture programme which runs each October through may. Talks are on the second Thursday of the month at 1930 and are held in the Zoology Building, University of Aberdeen, on Tillydrone Road. Topics are varied, but concentrate on horticulture and the natural world.
Entry is free for members of the Friends. Non-members are welcome to join for a £3 donation to help support the lecture series and the Garden. Refreshments are provided afterwards, and Friends are encouraged to socialise and have the opportunity to chat to the speaker.
Please see below for the latest upcoming talks.
Past events
Doug Boatman, owner of Scotplants, will talk about the very best plants he has grown over the past 40 years.
Janne's series of 6 horse chestnut paintings for exhibit at the RHS were years in the making. Follow her story.
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How this amazing garden was created, destroyed by vandals and then restored in the past decade.
Having worked on over 200 criminal cases, Lorna discusses this discipline using examples from UK and abroad.
Now less than 1% of its original 1.5 million hectares, Alan is restoring parts of this forest in Glen Affric via his charity Trees for Life.
What is a Siberian Iris, and how/who introduced them to our gardens from as early as 1597.
This lecture explores gardens through the senses of the Impressionists. ENTRY IS FREE TO ALL. PLEASE JOIN US.
Discover the amazingly diverse wild plants in woodlands, meadows and high mountains of Transylvania.
The Tangled Bank project in St Andrews Botanic Garden is recreating some of Fife’s most threatened habitats. Drawing inspiration from Darwin, the Tangled Bank will be
an ecologically vibrant place to learn about evolution and botany.
