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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

✨What makes Cambridge Botanic Lights the perfect winter night out? ✨ We’ve highlight 10 reasons why this enchanting trail of light, sound and beautiful installations is one not to miss – and why you should book your tickets today! 🎟️Find out more and book tickets: bit.ly/4fsgv5o

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Are you a Cambridge University student & interested in the work of @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social? We are seeking a student member of the Garden Syndicate, our governing body. A fantastic opportunity to bring your perspective to the Garden & play a role in its future. Find out more: bit.ly/4jrZHgL

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

✨ 10 weeks until Cambridge Botanic Lights! From 27 November, explore the Garden in a different light as it transforms into a magical, illuminated trail. Bring your favourite people - groups of 6+ can save 10% on tickets with prices as low as £13.50✨ Tickets on sale: bit.ly/4fsgv5o

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🌾 Swaying in the breeze and adding a gentle rustle, grasses can bring movement, texture and sound to a garden. 🌱 Discover some of the grasses growing at CUBG and ideas for adding them to your own garden. Read our Head of Horticulture's latest column in Cambridge Edition: bit.ly/4y8u14K

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

📸 Got a favourite Garden photo or fancy capturing something new? There’s still time to enter our free ‘Whatever the Weather’ photography competition. Show the Garden through the seasons – from sunshine and showers to autumn colour and frost. 🌿 Enter by 31 October bit.ly/3PAfEFe

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Some wonderful plants of all different shapes and sizes to find this week: 🌿Chinese dwarf banana or golden lotus banana (Musella lasiocarpa) 🌿Cyclamen mirabile 🌿Maclura pomifera 🌿Love lies bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus) 🌿Cutleaf hawthorn (Crataegus laciniata) bit.ly/4wiDohA

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The lovely pond in our Tropical Forests house has had a makeover! 💦 The plants around it have been replanted to make it less compact & the Grammatophyllum speciosum orchid has a new home next to the pond, rather than above it 🌱 Come in and see its fresh, new look! #MondayMood #GlasshouseRange

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Some fascinating plants to find this week – here’s what’s looking good: 🌻Chaste plant (Vitex agnus-castus) 🌻Prairie dock (Silphium terebinthaceum) 🌻Huernia pendula 🌻Oriental fountain grass (Cenchrus orientalis) 🌻Seven son flower of Zhejiang (Heptacodium miconioides) bit.ly/4wiDohA

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Here’s what’s looking good in the Garden this week – will you spot any on your next visit? 🌼Friendship sage (Salvia ‘Amistad’) 🌼x Amarcrinum memoria-corsii ‘Howardii’ 🌼Panicum virgatum ‘Squaw’ 🌼Paper Mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) 🌼Morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea) bit.ly/4wiDohA

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 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: bit.ly/4qoYBns #MondayMood #ArtInCambridge #CambridgeUniversityBotanicGarden

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Can you spot these fascinating plants on your next visit? (one is critically endangered!) 🪴Siberian crab apple (Malus x robusta) 🪴Orchid (Dimorphorchis lowii) 🪴American buckeye (Aesculus flava) 🪴Devil’s-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) 🪴Plymouth pear (Pyrus cordata) bit.ly/4wiDohA

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🌿 Make the most of summer at the Garden for less! 👧 Under 16s visit free 🎟️ Adults £8.50 until 1 September 🚌 Under 15s travel free on buses as part of Great British Summer Savings Pack a picnic, hop on the bus & explore the Garden! ☀️🌸 bit.ly/43mbGDw

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Glasshouse Artists are bringing their first exhibition, The Struggle for Light, to the Garden! Inspired by little-known artist and scientist, Mary Merrifield, the immersive exhibition explores the struggle for women’s creative freedoms. 📅 24-30 August 🕙 10am-6pm bit.ly/4qoYBns

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Take some time to find out how and why plants tell the time 🕝 Our beautiful Circadian Beds explains how plants know when to flower 🌻 Why not pick up a Rhythms in Plants trail booklet from the Ticket Office on your next visit to find out more? #MondayMood #CambridgeUniversityBotanicGarden

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

🌿 Botanical treasure hunt! Can you spot these five plants on your next visit? 🪻 Daisy (Eurybia x herveyi) 🪻 Eryngium pandanifolium 🪻 Yucca gloriosa var. tristis 🪻 Chestnut rose (Rosa roxburghii) 🪻 Blue evergreen hydrangea (Hydrangea febrifuga) bit.ly/4wiDohA

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Grass flowers rule our world – but how much do we know about them? 🌾 Join Dr Madelaine Bartlett of the Sainsbury Laboratory to explore the amazing plant that gives us rice, wheat and corn. 📌Sun 16 August, 2.30pm 🎫Free with normal Garden admission Find out more here: bit.ly/4bLofNd

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

🌺 A rare tropical orchid has flowered for the first time in the Garden! Dimorphorchis lowii produces two types of flowers, but only one is scented. Why? It could attract pollinators to all flowers, or different pollinators to maximise seed production. Come and see it in the Glasshouse Range!

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🌱We’re hiring: Seed Bank Coordinator Help safeguard our internationally important living collections in this new role. Coordinate seed collections, records, storage, distribution and exchange, while helping develop future seed conservation work. 📅 Closing date: 16 August 🔗 bit.ly/4fR0lCn

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

🌿 Looking for a new way to explore the Garden this week? Look out for these beautiful plants: 🌻 Palm-leaf marshmallow 🌺 Japanese pagoda tree 🌸 Salvia ‘Nachtvlinder’ 💛 Stanhopea oculata 🌿 Ironweed Find out more: bit.ly/4wiDohA

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🌿 We're hiring! Join Cambridge University Botanic Garden as our new Horticultural Participation Coordinator, helping people connect with horticulture through volunteering, community programmes and wellbeing activities. 📅 Closing date: 16 Aug bit.ly/3Uki7W7 #Horticulture #Jobs

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🏡 Gnome is where the heart is... 💚 Help us create a magical gnome display at #CambridgeBotanicLights! Have a good quality, waterproof, family-friendly garden gnome? Give it a new home by donating it at one of our collection boxes. Because no gnome should be left behind ✨ bit.ly/4c3atpa

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

🌿 Step into the tropics without leaving Cambridge! Our Tropical Houses are filled with remarkable rainforest plants. Discover how they've adapted to thrive and how you can bring a touch of the tropics home. Read our Head of Horticulture's latest column via the link below 👇 bit.ly/4wbuyky

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🌿 Visiting the Garden this week? Look out for our latest Plant Picks, including a spectacular trumpet vine and plants with surprising medicinal histories. 🌻 Shrubby hare's ear 🌺 Trumpet vine 🌸 Albizia 'Rosea' 💛 Mexican prickly poppy 🌿 False black helleborine Find more: bit.ly/4wiDohA

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

🌿5 amazing plants to find in the Garden this week! Including a waterlily that changes its sex & a pollen-throwing water plant 🌱 🪴 Hibiscus trionum 🪴 Quercus castaneifolia 🪴 Rudbeckia laciniata ‘Herbstsonne’ 🪴 Thalia dealbata 🪴 Victoria cruziana bit.ly/4wiDohA

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Love the Garden?🌿 Become a Friend & enjoy: 🌱 Free Garden admission 🛍️ Shop discounts 🎤 Exclusive events, talks and tours 🚌 Trips to beautiful gardens This summer we're visiting Bressingham Gardens & Leicester Botanic Garden & Attenborough Arboretum. Find out more:https://bit.ly/4fvIhMN

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🌿 Looking for an affordable summer day out? Adult admission to the Garden is just £7.60 (£8.50 with Gift Aid) until 1 September, and children aged 16 and under visit free all year round! Explore 40 acres of gardens, family trails and hands-on activities. Find out more: bit.ly/4foCo3J

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

There's a hive of activity in our beautiful Autumn Garden, which is putting on a colourful display 🏵🌸 #MondayMood #CambridgeUniversityBotanicGarden #SeasonalHighlights #AutumnGarden

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🌿Looking for inspiration on your next visit? These 5 plants are looking beautiful this week: 🌱Rhaponticum centauroides 🌱Hibiscus ‘Blue Bird’ 🌱Thunbergia mysorensis 🌱Echinacea purpurea ‘Bressingham Hybrids’ 🌱Echinops sphaerocephalus More here: bit.ly/4wiDohA

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Looking for something to do with your little one tomorrow? Join us for a Welly Walk around the Garden! Perfect for pre-school children to explore plants and wildlife. Free children's tickets: bit.ly/44ui2kQ Adults don't need to book, but standard Garden admission applies.

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

We’re so excited to welcome The Basin Street Brawlers to the Garden as Sounds Green continues tomorrow 🎶 Settle in with family, friends, great food and drink for an evening of brilliant music in a beautiful setting. See you tomorrow! 🌿 Book now: bit.ly/4wHNs2T #SoundsGreen #CUBG

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

🌿Plant Picks of the Week Here’s some of the plants looking lovely this week: 🌱Koelreuteria paniculata 🌱Achillea millefolium ‘Pomegranate’ 🌱Erythrostemon gilliesii 🌱Colchicum striatum 🌱Aesculus parviflora Have you seen any highlights on your visit? More here: bit.ly/4wiDohA

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

What can a 300-year-old plant specimen reveal? Join Juliet Anderson for our next Science on Sundays talk and explore the hidden treasures of Cambridge University Herbarium. 🗓️ 12 July, 2.30pm 🌿 Free with normal Garden admission bit.ly/4f1hzLD

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Join us for #SummerAtTheMuseums! 🌿☀️ We're delighted to be joining @camunivmuseums.bsky.social with a programme of family-friendly activities, including a self-guided trail and free drop-in craft sessions at the Garden throughout the summer holidays. Plan your visit: bit.ly/4p9FXzu

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Bring family, friends, blankets and chairs as Sounds Green continues tomorrow with the wonderful Arun Ghosh Quintet 🎶 Pack a picnic or enjoy food from the Garden Cafe, Wandering Yak, Mimi's Churros and Jacks Gelato 🍦 See you there! #SoundsGreen #CambridgeUniversityBotanicGarden

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Sounds Green 2026 kicks off tomorrow and we can't wait! 🎶🎺 There's still time to get your tickets if you haven't already - find out more and book here: bit.ly/4v9EzOy #SoundsGreen #CambridgeUniversityBotanicGarden

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Sounds of Cambridge University Botanic Garden on this (much cooler) summer Monday - enjoy! 💚 #MondayMood #CambridgeUniversityBotanicGarden

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🌿Plant Picks of the Week Here’s some of the plants looking particularly beautiful this week: 🌱Catananche caerulea 🌱Dierama igneum 🌱Echinacea paradox 🌱Cotinus coggygria x C. obovatus ‘Flame 🌱Echinops ritro Have you seen any highlights on your visit? More here: bit.ly/4wiDohA

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

🌿 Glasshouse Range is fully open again! Explore our incredible plant collections from around the world 🌱 Thank you for your patience while essential corridor repairs took place. Plan your visit: bit.ly/4gt0KLU

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

✨ Cambridge Botanic Lights tickets are now on sale! A glowing trail of light, colour and sound through the Garden after dark this winter 🌿 Early slots sell quickly – book soon to secure your preferred evening! 📅 27 Nov – 23 Dec 🕟 From 4.30pm bit.ly/4fsgv5o

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

🌱 How do we restore nature at scale? Find out and join us this Sunday as Prof David Coomes explores UK nature recovery and what it takes to help landscapes thrive. 📅 21 June | 2.30pm 🎟️ Free with Garden admission bit.ly/4vuxTLK

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

🌿 We’re hiring: Horticulture Team Leader (Landscape & Arboriculture) Join Cambridge University Botanic Garden and help shape our landscapes and tree collections 🌳 Lead a skilled team caring for a world-class living plant collection. Closes: 28 June 2026 Apply/share: bit.ly/3SevF4H

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

✨ There’s still time to get early access to Cambridge Botanic Lights tickets 🌿 Newsletter subscribers can book from 19 June before general sale on 20 June. Discover the Garden after dark with a magical illuminated trail 💡 Sign up: bit.ly/4fsgv5o

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Happy Monday from beautiful Cambridge! 🌿🌺 If you could take a stroll anywhere in the Garden today, where would you go? #MondayMood #GardenWanders #PowerOfNature

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

This week’s #PlantPicks is a botanic treasure hunt! 🪴 Pick up our free Summer Sensations booklet at the Ticket Offices and explore the Garden with the family. Find colourful flowers, carnivorous plants or magnificent minibeasts 🪲 Tell us what you discover! 🌼 #BotanicTreasureHunt #PlantSpotting

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

🎶Sounds Green is back this July! 🌿 Join us every Wednesday evening for live music on the Main Lawn. Bring a picnic, enjoy refreshments and soak up summer evenings in the Garden. For the 2026 line up and tickets, visit: bit.ly/3PU6OlY #CUBG #SoundsGreen

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Cambridge Botanic Lights returns ✨ Explore the Garden after dark with a spectacular illuminated trail inspired by the wonders of plants. Popular dates & times can fill quickly – sign up to have exclusive access when the tickets go on sale. bit.ly/4fsgv5o

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Festival of Plants on Saturday 🌿 Great to see so many taking part in tours, talks, activities, and enjoying live music, food and stalls. A brilliant day celebrating plants and people 🌱 Check out our summer events programme: bit.ly/43mbGDw

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