2017 Photography Competition winner announced
The winner of the Ness Botanical Gardens Photographic Competition has been announced.
The winner of the Ness Botanical Gardens Photographic Competition has been announced.
Come February we will be playing host to the all new Ness Market which will be making its first appearance and will showcase some of the finest local food, plants and crafts that the region has to offer! If you are a supplier of any of the previously mentioned produce then please email us some details at nessgdns@liverpool.ac.uk and take part in this exciting new venture.
On the 1st of March, the Cafe at Ness Botanic Gardens will be re-opening. The Botanic Kitchen at Ness will offer a user friendly, convenient service coupled with the high quality food offer and personal service our visitors have come to know and love. Due to this unavoidable work in the cafe and kitchen areas at this time, normal cafe service will be effected for the next two days before the launch of the new service on Friday. Please read on to find out more.
The Historic and Botanic Garden Trainee Programmes (HBGTP) offer an unrivalled opportunity for passionate and committed horticulturists to gain practical experience within an historic or botanic garden. Ness Botanic Gardens are proud to be part of this exciting scheme so if you are interested in applying, please read on.
Never leave your dog alone in a car on a warm day. If you see a dog in distress in a hot car, dial 999.
The category winners for this year's NBG Photographic Competiton have now been unveiled. Thank you to everyone who took part and especially those fantastic photographers shortlisted below.
While you are out relaxing and taking in the sunshine this Summer make sure to watch out for those pesky mossies. This incredibly helpful guide set up by Neston Town Council enables you to check the current mosquito threat in the local area. It measures the population density of the critters and their developmental stage. If you are concerned about mosquitos, please read their FAQ section linked below. To receive updates on mosquito threat levels in the Neston area, please click the second link.
Never leave your dog alone in a car on a warm day. If you see a dog in distress in a hot car, dial 999.
As a Visitor Services Assistant you will be in a front facing role, ensuring that all visitors receive the highest standard of welcome and customer care.
The University of Liverpool has recently joined the Hedgehog Friendly Campus scheme, which aims to raise awareness of the plight of hedgehogs while taking practical steps to improve habitats across university campuses. The Hedgehog Friendly Campus project is funded by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society and runs nationally.
Our very own, sagacious botanist, Tim Baxter, will giving a talk titled 'The Fantastic Plants of Ness' at Birkenhead Central Library on Saturday the 21st of September.
After two years of successful Wildlife Festivals, this year’s re-themed festival will be providing ideas, inspiration and ways for people to be directly involved with reducing our impact on the environment. A host of organisations will be present with information, animals, free activities, local and eco-friendly items to purchase, as well as lots of freebies and tasters.
Today is international mental health awareness day. Ness Gardens provides a safe environment to get amongst nature, a perfect place to clear the mind. Carers get in for free and students get in for £1, so if you are feeling stressed why not visit us! Remember that help is always around the corner, if you are struggling with your mental health please seek support.
Gather round the Botanic Kitchen on the 22nd of October from 17:30-19:30 and witness a culinary demonstration that is destined to whet your appetite whilst simaltaneously giving you some recipe inspiration to take away and impress your friends!
The following months can be very dull in the garden, with short days and cold dark nights. The summer flowers have died, the perennials are going to sleep and the trees and shrubs are losing their leaves. However you can still inject a little bit of colour, even on the gloomiest of days.
Recent visitors to Ness may have been curious about the construction work going on down by the wildflower meadows. A team of engineers from the University of Liverpool have been hard at work constructing an adhesive-free timber structure to ascertain methods of creating 'green' offices. The structure may well guide the future creation of office space around campus and will now become a functional space for researchers in the University’s Institute of Integrative Biology.
Ness botanist, Tim Baxter, has co-authored a recently published article "Using botanic gardens and arboreta to help identify urban trees for the future".
We are sorry to report that Barbara Hulme, wife of Ken Hulme has recently died aged 90 in Cornwall. Barbara is survived by their three children, Jan, John and Kathy and their families. Barbara met Ken Hulme, Director of Ness Botanic Gardens from 1957 to 1989, in 1953 at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, whilst Ken was training in horticulture and Barbara was carrying out research for her PhD in Botany.
Love plants? We have a fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Plant Record Officer
New archaeological evidence changes what we thought about how ancient humans prepared food
We're super excited to have celebrated a double anniversary this year. 2023 has been a special year for us, as it marks 125 years since our beautiful gardens were founded by Arthur Bulley in 1898, and 75 years since ‘Bulley’s Garden’ became the University of Liverpool’s Botanic Gardens in 1948.
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On March 21, the Ness Botanic Gardens’ team along with colleagues from Development & Alumni Relations Team were delighted to host the first Commemorative Thank You Event. The event acknowledged the lives of loved ones who have been remembered in our gardens, by the scattering of ashes in the wildflower meadow, or by gifts made in memory. We also gave our sincere thanks and gratitude to the families of supporters who have generously remembered Ness Botanic Gardens in their Will.
September 13th, marks International Legacy Giving Day. A day when across the world gifts in Wills are celebrated, and we give thanks to our supporters who have continued their stories through lasting legacies. As Legacy Officer at the University of Liverpool it is my honour to shine the spotlight on legacy gifts and how our amazing legacy supporters have made marvellous things happen at Ness Botanic Gardens.
