Ness Botanic Gardens

Official tweets, garden facts and info from Ness Botanic Gardens, part of @livuni. A perfect day out for families, students and garden enthusiasts!

[Ness Botanic Gardens @Ness_Gardens]

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[Ness Botanic Gardens @Ness_Gardens]

❄️❄️ Due to the snow overnight Ness Botanic Gardens will be closed today.

Unfortunately this includes the Visitor Centre and gardens. Keep updated here as conditions change throughout the day and tomorrow. Take care out there and enjoy your #snowday ☃️

[Christleton Primary @Christletonpri]

Year 2 have made their own plant plots and planted peas this morning at @Ness_Gardens 🫛 🌱

[Christleton Primary @Christletonpri]

We really enjoyed pond dipping & found lots of fish, snails, bugs & even a stickleback fish! #year2 @Ness_Gardens

[Christleton Primary @Christletonpri]

Year 2 had such lovely weather ☀️ for sketching ✏️ at @Ness_Gardens
Thank you to Rose & Sophie being such great rangers with us today 👏 We’ve all had a fantastic day!

[Inst of Systems, Molecular & Integrative Biology @LivUniISMIB]

BLOG: Bird ringing at Ness Gardens with Dr Becky Verspoor from the School of Biosciences.🐦

As a member of the Merseyside Ringing Group (@MerseysideRG), she tells us about ringing a selection of birds at @Ness_Gardens for members of the public: https://t.co/bHPkHz5yb0

[Jamie Hartup @JamieHartup]

Not a bad start to the day helping @FCDraper get some super cool LiDAR and optical data in the gorgeous @Ness_Gardens 🌳

[Ladymount Primary @LadymountNews]

Y2 have spent a wonderful day at Ness Gardens today learning about plants and habitats. Thank you to Ellie and Sophie and all of the parent helpers. @Ness_Gardens

[Christleton Primary @Christletonpri]

Year 2 have safely arrived at @Ness_Gardens 🌱

[Ness Botanic Gardens @Ness_Gardens]

Join us for an early morning 7am walk at Ness Gardens to enjoy the bird song. @PhilWoollen will be on hand to answer any questions and help ID what we spot. Then we'll all enjoy a full English breakfast!
Thursday 20 June- Bird song and breakfast. From £17.95pp. Book via website

[Nick Lightfoot @nicklightfoot22]

Erythronium dens-canis flowering in the rock garden @Ness_Gardens currently, see https://t.co/Vr4tD2a9Ng. Mulched by leaves of Sequoia sempervirens, see https://t.co/mhJV10xRrC!

[GTDT @GTDT_Liverpool]

Second stop of our Garden Heritage course was Ness Gardens on the Dee Estuary. A wonderful setting for spring blooms. We're very proud of our guide Mike who started his horticulture journey with GTDT & does a super job of sharing his knowledge with others. https://t.co/VmRVqPBVw3

[Nick Lightfoot @nicklightfoot22]

Even on a cold wet day there is plenty to see ⁦@Ness_Gardens⁩. This is Rhododendron ‘Cilipense’, a Bodnant hybrid.

[Nick Lightfoot @nicklightfoot22]

It’s that time for the witch hazels to shine. We’ve got quite a few ⁦@Ness_Gardens⁩. Here’s Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ from Belgium, see https://t.co/DecLl8COAf

[Ness Botanic Gardens @Ness_Gardens]

We wish everyone a great Christmas! If you get a quiet moment take a look at this @RHSPlantsPlus article about our anniversary year: https://t.co/Hwb5nJN5Xu. More info about the Plant Review here: https://t.co/AQ9EcNVkRS. Enjoy!

[Nick Lightfoot @nicklightfoot22]

Better late than never - congratulations to @BBSbryology on their 100 year anniversary, in the same year as our 125th anniversary @Ness_Gardens!
https://t.co/rYFVYG1tK5

[Ness Botanic Gardens @Ness_Gardens]

Our very own Dr Hugh McAllister features on the latest Gardening with the RHS podcast, talking about Ness and our founder Arthur Bulley in our anniversary year! https://t.co/HgfHCt9Fd4

[Nick Lightfoot @nicklightfoot22]

Plenty of lovely autumn colour @Ness_Gardens at the moment, like this Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’. For more info see https://t.co/PbNMGiDs2M

[Running Gardener @matteusjack]

At @SportLiverpool today to promote @Ness_Gardens , pop down and find out about this jewel in the crown @LivUni .we have cake too 🍰

[Plant Hunters Fairs @Plantfairs]

For Kev Bailey, first-timer at Ness it's as simple as ABC...&S - Acers, Bonsai, Cacti & Succulents. Visit ABC&S stall at @Ness_Gardens on Sun 3 Sept for something different