A lovely shot of our fabulous Glasshouses!

We’re going live on @itvanglia.bsky.social! Tune in tomorrow 6-6.30pm to watch a special climate change programme live from the Garden, featuring our Director @beverleycubg.bsky.social discussing how the Garden is responding to the changing climate.

Did you know that over 90% of fungi are still unknown to science? 🍄 Join us at Fungi Field Day 2025 to discover more fungi facts! 📅 Sat 4 Oct | 10am – 4pm Talks, walks, crafts & more - free with normal Garden admission. To find out more: bit.ly/48ABVcS

It feels like autumn has truly arrived with this chill in the air 🍂 It’s another beautiful day in the Garden - we’re admiring the Salvias in the September sun and watching the autumn colour change on Liquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon' and Acer palmatum 'Sango-Kaku'! #CUBG #MondayMood #Cambridge

🐝We’re buzzing that Secrets of Bees has won The Children’s Wainwright Prize for Non-Fiction - the world’s top award for nature & conservation writing! Created with expert input from the Garden this children's book from @nosycrow.bsky.social brings the fascinating world of bees to life. [1/2]

🌿 Apple Day is back at the Garden — Sunday 19 October, 10am–5pm! 🍎 Join us for apple tasting, food trucks, live music, crafts, tours & more. 🍏 A perfect autumn day out with friends, family or neighbours 🍎 Tickets on sale soon via our website. #CUBG #AppleDay #CambridgeEvents

Autumn’s creeping in at the Garden! 🍂 This week: we welcomed new trainees, explored gardening & climate, and shared great events like Fungi Field Day & Apple Day. Weekend fun: 🪶 Magic Forest trail 🎨 Autumn Art Adventure 🌿 Free tours #CUBG #Cambridge #autumn #whatsOn

🍄 Fungi Field Day is almost here! 🍄 Save the date: Saturday 4 October 🍄 Come along from 10am to 4pm Celebrate all things fungi with art, crafts, face painting, talks, forays and games - there's something for everyone! We look forward to welcoming you! 🌿 #CUBG #FungiFieldDay #CambridgeEvents

🍁Come and explore, unwind & be inspired by the changing seasons in the Garden. We have an exciting line up of events & activities to enjoy this Autumn. Full event details on our website: bit.ly/4n3mJty

We’ve said goodbye to our 2024/25 trainees & Team Leader Tom – best of luck! 🌿 Today we welcome 9 new horticultural trainees to the Garden as they begin their year with us. 🌱 Follow along for updates! #horticulture #CUBG

🌿 We’re hiring a Team Leader for our Garden Landscapes team! Lead a skilled crew, care for our plant collections, and support research, learning & conservation at a world-class botanic garden. 📆 Apply by 12 Oct 🔗 https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/team-leader-garden-landscapes/ #CUBG #horticulture #job

🪶 A magical new family trail is coming! 🌳 Join The Magpies’ Magic Forest and explore folklore, myths & hidden magic of trees throughout the Garden. 🍂 Ages 8+, free with admission (curious adults welcome!) 🔗 https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/the-magpies-magic-forest/ #VisitCambridge #whatson

Join our Learning Team! We have two roles: Family Learning Coordinator: Create nature experiences for families Interpretation & Learning Coordinator: Share stories of our plant collections & lead adult learning programmes Apply at: https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/join-support/job-opportunities/

The Garden is open all bank holiday weekend until 6pm daily! Explore the family trail, join free tours & talks and catch the pop-up exhibition on Henslow, mentor to Darwin. Explore the beautiful gardens & plantings like our new carnivorous plant display in the Glasshouse Bays! 🪴

👀 Take a sneak peek at our Custodian’s Hut pop-up display (near the café)! Visit 20–25 Aug to meet Dr Kate Hooper & learn about John Stevens Henslow, founder of the modern CUBG & Darwin’s tutor. 📖Read more about Henslow: https://bit.ly/4mqIByn @camplantsci.bsky.social #CUBG #UniversityofCambridge

We came, we weighed, we wobbled… and now we’re fishing pots out of the tank! 💪 This is our first time taking part in the Denver Botanic Gardens’ Waterlily Weigh-Off Challenge. Measuring 71cm across, our Victoria cruziana held strong under 11.8kg!

🌿 “Best job in the natural world: seed collector enlisted as modern-day Darwin to document the world’s plants” 🌿 Meet Matthew, CUBG’s new Expedition Botanist! He’ll be leading plant-collecting expeditions around the world, collaborating with local partners to support plant conservation. [1/2]

🎙️ Tune in today 11–11:50am to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire as our Director, Professor Beverley Glover (@beverleycubg.bsky.social), chats to Chris Mann about her inspiring journey in botany, her passion for plants and their pollinators and the evolving role of Cambridge University Botanic Garden.

[1/2] Can genetics help us grow a better garden? That’s the question that Will Tingle asks in today’s The Naked Scientists Podcast as he talks to CUBG Director beverleycubg.bsky.social & Deputy Curator, Ángela Cano.

🎬Some of our plants are the stars of a new documentary series, Drink: A Look Inside the Glass. Episode 4, filmed in the Garden & Cambridge University Herbarium, features gin crafted by Cambridge Distillery from botanicals sourced from the Garden. @docbroc.bsky.social

Everything is coming up roses for our Head of Horticulture, Sally Pettit, in her Cambridge Edition column this month. Learn about the history of roses, planting styles & how to care for them, including her best roses for beginners.🌹 online.bright-publishing.com/view/1259698...

Dreaming about a time where you aren’t melting from the heat? We have brilliant news for you! Tickets for Cambridge Botanic Lights 2025 are on sale from today ✨ With peak & off-peak pricing, more people than ever can enjoy the magic. Buy your tickets now: www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-bo...

Our Garden & research staff had the opportunity to hear from guest speaker @benbotanical.bsky.social from @ntbgarden.bsky.social this week on the ground-breaking use of drones in plant conservation - from aerial surveys & photography to remote plant collection. [1/2]

🎵 Sounds Green is back this July! Join us every Wed evening on the Main Lawn for our popular open-air concerts with the Cambridge Summer Music Festival. Enjoy a perfect summer evening in the Garden with friends & family. Food trucks available or bring a picnic. Book your ticket now: bit.ly/3HYAABn

🌿 Today’s the day! Everyone is ready & waiting to welcome you to today’s Festival of Plants! Come along & enjoy the Garden in the summer sunshine & celebrate the wonderful world of plants with us. Free tours, talks & more! bit.ly/3FbGEFU

Join us for Science on Sunday: 15 June 2.30pm for Patterns & Form: Lessons from Plants by Dr Neha Bhatia @slcuplants.bsky.social. Come & learn how she investigates the genetic controls of pattern & form in plants. Free with normal Garden admission. bit.ly/3ZrmYER

🌿Want to connect with nature & learn more about the wildflowers you see around you? Join us for a Wild Garden Walk & experience the Garden before it opens to the public. Our expert-led Wild Garden Walks run monthly until Sept. Find out more: bit.ly/4mV9gnY

🌟Cambridge Botanic Lights Returns! Experience the Garden in a whole new light this winter. With peak & off-peak pricing, more food options, earlier start times & extra nights.⏰Sign up for our e-newsletter today for early-bird access to tickets: eepurl.com/iCdfuQ

🌿Get ready for Festival of Plants 2025 – the perfect combination of plants, science & summer fun! THIS Saturday 14 June 10am - 5pm. Free Garden tours & bite-sized talks - here’s a sneak peak. Hands-on fun & entertainment for all the family. We can’t wait to see you there!

🌿Step into the Garden this summer & enjoy our range of summertime activities & events. From free Garden tours to family fun, there’s something for everyone this summer. Find out more: bit.ly/4mV9gnY

June #MuseumJobs at the University of Cambridge Museums: 🦴 Senior Collections Lead @zoologymuseum.bsky.social 🗞️ Communications Assistant @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social 📚 Assistant Conservator, Manuscripts & Printed Books at the Fitzwilliam Museum 📸 Image: © Julieta Sarmiento Photography (1/2)

🌿Festival of Plants 2025 - have you got your ticket yet?🌿Saturday 14 June 10am - 5pm. Join us for a day celebrating the fascinating world of plants. Free tours, interactive science, family fun, Ask the Gardener, food trucks & entertainment. Book now: bit.ly/3FbGEFU

Communications Assistant @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social ✍️ This role will support the Botanic Garden’s marketing activities and event promotion, encouraging new and returning visitors. Apply before 22 June 👇 bit.ly/4kE2iS4

Cheating with this one, but it was lovey to see Common spotted orchids in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social today. #OrchidChallenge #WildflowerHour

Day 1, #30DaysWild. Azure damselfly and Shining cranesbill at @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social.

Quite a #WildFlowerShow in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social under Prunus pseudocerasus 'Cantabrigiensis': Red & Hen-bit Dead-nettle, Common & White-ramping Fumitory, Small Nettle, Shepherd's-purse, Groundsel, Chickweed, Daisy, Germander Speedwell, Annual Toadflax, Tree Spinach leaves. #WildFlowerHour

Purple toothwort still flowering in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social, with bonus Ant. #WildflowerHour

🌿Join us for Festival of Plants 2025!🌿Saturday 14 June |10am - 5pm. Free Garden tours, family fun, hands-on science activities, bite-size talks, Ask the Gardener, live music & food trucks. Pay on the day or book online: bit.ly/3FbGEFU

A moment of calm from the Garden for Mental Health Awareness Week. Pause. Breathe. Connect with nature. #BotanicalBreathers #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #CambridgeBotanicGarden

A moment of calm from the Garden for Mental Health Awareness Week. Pause. Breathe. Connect with nature. #BotanicalBreathers #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #CambridgeBotanicGarden

A moment of calm from the Garden for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek. Pause. Breathe. Connect with nature. #BotanicalBreathers #NatureHeals #CUBG #MindfulMoments #CambridgeBotanicGarden

A moment of calm from the Garden for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek. Pause. Breathe. Connect with nature. #BotanicalBreathers #NatureHeals #CUBG #MindfulMoments #CambridgeBotanicGarden

How is climate change affecting the seasonal rhythms of plants? Join us for the next Science on Sundays talk with Professor Rosemary Fricker & learn more about this & the CUBG phenology project. Sunday 18 May 2.30pm. 12+& adults. Free with Garden admission. No need to book. bit.ly/40byeTD

A moment of calm from the Garden for Mental Health Awareness Week. Pause. Breathe. Connect with nature. #BotanicalBreathers #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #NatureHeals #CUBG #MindfulMoments #CambridgeBotanicGarden

🐝The alliums are starting to pop in our Bee Borders! It's more important than ever to support these vital pollinators. Learn how to make your garden a bee haven in this month’s Cambridge Edition column from Sally Petitt, our Head of Horticulture.

The future of the plant Tree of Life - free talk, open to all 🌴 Join Professor William Baker from @rbgkew.bsky.social on Thursday 8 May, 12–1pm at @slcuplants.bsky.social and discover more about the ground-breaking PAFTOL (Plant and Fungal Tree of Life) project and the evolution of palms.

We’re celebrating #NationalGardeningWeek with the RHS and this year's theme is all about welcoming new and curious gardeners! We’ve got 40 acres of planting inspiration to share with you - so come and visit us today to get started on your growing journey!

Today we're going green with freshly mown stripes on the Brookside Lawn, ostrich ferns unfurling & giant rhubarb reaching for the skies. Fresh spring green is everywhere 💚 Look up in the Woodland Garden to spot the handkerchief tree & its fluttering white, bract-like flowers 🤍 #MondayMood

More photos from Friday's visit to @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social I find the texture of tree bark quite fascinating, as it's like a finger print, no two are exactly the same. #Trees #Horticulture #Cambridge

The results of peering into #Crataegus Hawthorn flowers in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social today and counting styles 😵‍💫: Common 1 - Hybrid 2, Midland 2 - Downy 5. (C. monogyna - C. × media, C. laevigata - C. mollis) #Botany #Cambridge #BotanicGarden