Cambridge University Botanic Garden

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The Garden's plant collection of over 8000 species is displayed over its 40 acre site in a seamless patchwork of gardens and plantings that together compose a stunning landscape.

✨ 10 weeks until the Garden gates open for Cambridge Botanic Lights 2026! ✨From 27 November, explore the Garden in a dif...
25/09/2026

✨ 10 weeks until the Garden gates open for Cambridge Botanic Lights 2026! ✨

From 27 November, explore the Garden in a different light when it is transformed into a magical, illuminated trail.

Bring your favourite people, make an evening of it and enjoy some time together this winter. Groups of 6 or more can save 10% on tickets and there’s two evenings completely off-peak, with tickets starting as low as £13.50 – book now and have something truly magical to look forward to this winter ✨

🎟️ Tickets on sale now

Find out more here: https://bit.ly/4fsgv5o

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🌾 Take a closer look at grasses 🌿Swaying in the breeze, catching the light and adding a gentle rustle, grasses can bring...
23/09/2026

🌾 Take a closer look at grasses 🌿

Swaying in the breeze, catching the light and adding a gentle rustle, grasses can bring movement, texture and sound to a garden in all sorts of ways.

🌱 In our latest column, discover some of the grasses growing at Cambridge University Botanic Garden and pick up ideas for using them to add interest and structure to your own garden.

Read our Head of Horticulture, Sally Petitt's latest column in this month's Cambridge Edition via the link below.

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21/09/2026

📸 Still got a favourite Garden photo sitting on your camera roll or fancy heading out to capture something new?

There’s still time to enter our free ‘Whatever the Weather’ photography competition and show us the Garden through the seasons – from sunshine and showers to autumn colour, mist and frost.

🌿 Enter your favourite shot by 31 October

Find out more and enter: https://bit.ly/3PAfEFe

We’re back with some more wonderful plants and there is a range of different shapes and sizes to discover this week!Here...
20/09/2026

We’re back with some more wonderful plants and there is a range of different shapes and sizes to discover this week!

Here’s what’s looking good:

🌿Chinese dwarf banana or golden lotus banana (Musella lasiocarpa)
🌿Cyclamen mirabile
🌿Maclura pomifera
🌿Love lies bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus)
🌿Cutleaf hawthorn (Crataegus laciniata)

What has caught your eye in the Garden recently?

Find more Plant Picks here: https://bit.ly/4wiDohA

16/09/2026

What does the UK's hottest summer on record mean for your garden? 🌡️

Add a widespread drought into the mix, and it's not just us feeling it. Plants and pollinators are under pressure too.

Professor Beverley Glover, Director of Cambridge University Botanic Garden, breaks down what's been happening in our gardens and green spaces this summer.

Watch her full analysis on our YouTube channel through the link in the comments 🔗

15/09/2026

✨ What could your evening at Cambridge Botanic Lights look like? ✨

Illuminated landscapes, glowing glasshouses and the beautiful surroundings of the Garden. A chance to spend time with friends, family and colleagues and enjoy a winter evening in Cambridge.

Perfect for a get-together, alternative Christmas party or a new tradition – make Cambridge Botanic Lights part of plans.

🎟️Tickets are on sale now for 27 November-23 December

https://bit.ly/4fsgv5o

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07/09/2026

The lovely pond in our Tropical Forests house has had a makeover! 💦

The plantings surrounding it have been replanted with fresh soil to help make it less compact, and the Grammatophyllum speciosum orchid has a new home next to the pond, rather than hanging above it 🌱

Come in and see its fresh, new look!

There are some amazing plants to find this week, including one that was thought to preserve chastity and another that sm...
06/09/2026

There are some amazing plants to find this week, including one that was thought to preserve chastity and another that smells like rotting meat!

Here’s what’s looking good this week:

🌻Chaste plant (Vitex agnus-castus)
🌻Prairie dock (Silphium terebinthaceum)
🌻Huernia pendula
🌻Oriental fountain grass (Cenchrus orientalis)
🌻Seven son flower of Zhejiang (Heptacodium miconioides)

What has caught your eye in the Garden recently?

Find more Plant Picks here: https://bit.ly/4wiDohA

As we welcome September, there are some new plants for you to look out for in the Garden!Here’s what’s looking good this...
01/09/2026

As we welcome September, there are some new plants for you to look out for in the Garden!

Here’s what’s looking good this week:

🌼Friendship sage (Salvia ‘Amistad’)
🌼x Amarcrinum memoria-corsii ‘Howardii’
🌼Panicum virgatum ‘Squaw’
🌼Paper Mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
🌼Morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea)

Let us know in the comments what has caught your eye in the Garden recently!

Find more Plant Picks here: https://bit.ly/4wiDohA

24/08/2026

🎨 Experience something different and immersive yourself into The Struggle of Light art exhibition - at the Garden for a limited time only!

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4qoYBns

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Tuesday 10am - 5pm
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Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
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