Botanic Gardens On Visit To Kibble Palace In Glasgow Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of the Botanic Gardens on history visit to Kibble Palace In Glasgow. The Kibble Palace is a 19th century wrought iron framed glasshouse. The statues here are King Robert of Sicily by G. H. Paulin and Cain by Roscoe Mullins. It was originally designed for John Kibble by architects James Boucher and James Cousland for his home at Coulport on Loch Long in the 1860s, the components were cast by Walter Macfarlane at his Saracen Foundry in Possilpark. Eventually brought up the River Clyde by barge to the Botanic Gardens, it was fully erected at its current location in 1873 by Boyd of Paisley. In 1817 about 8 acres of land were laid out at Sandyford, near Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, and run by the Royal Botanic Institution of Glasgow, founded by Thomas Hopkirk of Dalbeth and James Jeffray Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and were intended to supply the University of Glasgow. William Hooker was regius professor of botany at Glasgow University, and contributed to the development of the Botanic Gardens before his appointment to the directorship of Kew Gardens in London.[5] The Gardens moved to its current location in 1842. The gardens were originally used for concerts and other events, and in 1891 the gardens were incorporated into the Parks and Gardens of the City of Glasgow.. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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