I love this piece of decorative tiling at the entrance to one of the lodge houses at the Great Western Road entrance to the Glasgow Botanic Gardens. The building was designed by A.B. McDonald and constructed in 1894.
Wrought iron lamp brackets at the Great Western Road entrance to the Glasgow Botanic Gardens. Dating from the 1890s, these look like they were originally for gas lamps and have later been adapted for electric lighting.
I love the font and the layout on this date plate from one of the lodges at the entrance to the Glasgow. Botanic Gardens on Great Western Road. The lodges were designed by A.B. McDonald and were built in 1894. The complimentary curves on the D and the 4 are particularly satisfying.
This small, unremarkable-looking tree in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens has a surprising and poignant history which starts half a world and more than half a century away.
On the 9th of August 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki in Japan. While almost every living thing was incinerated in the blast, a Kaki tree (known in Britain as a Persimmon tree) somehow survived.
Luckily, Gerry had been given two trees and the second one was grown on in secret until it was large enough to the planted out to replace the stolen one. This second tree still grows where it was planted, a symbol of peace for the city and for the world.
Pumpkin parade in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens. These Hallowe'en lanterns have been made by local primary schools, nurseries and children's groups for the annual GlasGlow event.
A fish-eye shot of the Kibble Palace Koi Pond in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens. Just me messing around a few days ago when it was too wet to be taking photos outside.
Eve in the the Garden of Eden. Sculptured by Scipione Tadolini around 1880, this statue looks very much at home amongst the tropical plants of the Kibble Palace glass house in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens. However, it was only moved here from the nearby Kelvingrove Art Gallery in the 1930s.
Ornate cast iron bench featuring squirrels, mice and dragons in the Kibble Palace in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens. This design was registered in 1868 by George Smith at the Sun Foundry, Glasgow, but is still available as reproductions today.