It’s peak tulip season & the latest episode of @GetGardeningNow’s podcast, features Simon & Kathryn from our Hort Team talking about our National Collection of species tulips including growing tips & species tulips to try in our own gardens. Watch here: youtu.be/O-hay5uhFnc

Congratulations to our Director Beverley Glover on the award of this prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant. 📣 'It is only possible for me to do this work because of the amazing living collection Cam Botanic Garden, and I’m thrilled that the ERC is keen to support it.'

We're thrilled to receive further funding from Research England which recognises the value of our work making our excellent living collection of plants accessible to researchers in the UK & around the world.

Congratulations to our sister University of Cambridge Museums & Curatrix, Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) on their grants too

Whilst our brood of baby ducklings have been real visitor favourites this weekend, there are new beginnings all around the Garden, with fresh turf being laid in the Systematic Beds, vibrant flowers blossoming & trees coming into leaf.
#Springtime #LoveCambridge #EasterHoliday

📷 We're delighted to be hosting the stunning 17th exhibition of the International Garden Photographer of the Year (igpoty) competition until 7 May.
Enjoy a huge variety of images from a range of categories, some taken in the Garden itself & others from much further afield!

🌸 Looking for a fresh start this spring?
We are recruiting a part-time Visitor Services Assistant to join the Botanic Garden’s Visitor Services Team.
Closing date: Sunday 21 April 2024
For more information and to apply, visit our website: botanic.cam.ac.uk/join-support/j…

🌸Wishing all our visitors a very happy Easter. The Garden is open this bank holiday weekend from 10am-5pm each day & from 10am-6pm on Easter Monday. 🐰Younger visitors can follow our Lost Eggs Easter trail.📷Or enjoy the stunning images from the @IGPOTY photography competition.

Tune in to ITV News Anglia at 6pm tonight to hear Anna, our Head of Development & Comms, talk about what there is to do & enjoy in the Garden this Easter weekend - including our Easter trail, the @IGPOTY photo competition exhibit & what's in bloom!
#whatson #visitcambridge #easter

The delicate, bell-shaped flowers of the pasque flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris), named from the French word for Easter, have appeared right on queue for the Easter weekend. This British native is now quite rare in the UK, restricted to just a few chalk and limestone grasslands.

Did you know that baby blue tits have a special ‘egg tooth’ to help them hatch?
From eggs as small as a grain of rice to animals that lay around 1,500 eggs in one go, there’s lots to learn about different animals & their eggs in our family Easter trail.
🔗botanic.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/the-l…

🌱Tune in to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire 1045 this morning to hear Raffy from our learning team chat about this spring's activities, tours, trails & talks - as well as some of our must see plants in bloom this Easter! 🌸🦋🐝
#whatson #visitcambridge #easter

Enjoy Channel 5 ‘Susan Calman’s Great British Cities’ tonight at 9pm. Susan visits the Garden with Sally Petitt to learn about the Garden’s founder, John Stevens Henslow & Curatrix, Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) to view rarely seen specimens sent to him by Darwin bit.ly/3vso1II

Darwin’s orchid (Angraecum sesquipedale) with its exquisite white flowers, is currently in bloom in the Eastern Tropics House – near to the jade vine. You can find out more about Darwin’s amazing discoveries in ‘Susan Calman’s Great British Cities’ tomorrow 9pm Channel 5.

Today is the first day of the International Garden Photographer of the Year 17 exhibition in the Garden, including the winning images from our ‘Discovery in CUBG’ category.

Do come down & enjoy this stunning exhibition, more info on our website botanic.cam.ac.uk/igpoty24/

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This is a lovely piece of history linked to our founder John Stevens Henslow.
Thank you for sharing Elizabeth Smith !

Calling all #botanists ! It's #Taxonomist Appreciation Day and we would like to recognise the invaluable contributions made by taxonomists around the world. 🌎🌲🌻

Thank you for your hard work! 🌱

#Taxonomist AppreciationDay #PlantsAreCoolToo

The Yoshino cherry (Prunus x yedoensis) & Jade vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) are the spring stars in the Garden today & being much admired by our visitors!
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#MondayMotivation #VisitCambridge #EnglishTourismWeek24

Enjoy Donna Ferguson's article about Curatrix, Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) Darwin specimens & how our founder Henslow's botanical teaching inspired his most famous student - Charles Darwin.

See more this Friday in Channel 5 'Susan Calman's Great British Cities' 9pm
Cambridge University Department of Plant Sciences Edwin Rose

🔬Science on Sundays is back!
Come & discover the fascinating world of plant science in just 30 minutes!
On Sunday at 2.30pm, Dr Anne Dubéarnès will be sharing some of the treasures hidden in Curatrix, Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) in the first of a series of free, monthly talks at CUBG: botanic.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/scien…

The videos are now live!🎬🌿
Links below👇to find out what a herbarium is, how we prepare specimens & how plants get their scientific name.🔎🪸🍄Thanks to Cambridge Philosophical Society for supporting this project & Cambridge Festival for helping us share our fascinating world with a broader audience!