Save Our Botanics
A group dedicated to opposing the proposal by the G1 Group to build a nightclub, café / bar, restaurant and conference centre in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens.


Welcome to the Save Our Botanics website, created by the Save Our Botanics organisation.

Save Our Botanics (SOB) is a voluntary organisation set up under the law of Scotland, with its office located at 117 Byres Road, Hillhead, Glasgow, G12 8TT. The organisation was created on 18th October 2007, following a public meeting at the Boyd Orr Building, University Avenue, on 3rd October 2007, which was attended by more than 300 people.

You can read the constitution on the documents page. The committee members are: Chair, David J. Howat; Secretary, Colin Cox; Treasurer, Susan Sinclair.

Funds raised by SOB are held by Mitchells Roberton, solicitors, Glasgow. SOB's accounts will be prepared by Gerber, Landa & Gee, accountants, Glasgow. SOB is supported by Hillhead Community Council, Kelvinside Community Council, and Friends of Glasgow West.


The objects of Save Our Botanics are:

  1. To oppose, by campaigning, supporting legal action, or by any other legal means, the proposed development by G1 Group PLC or its subsidiaries to develop a site within the Botanic Gardens, Glasgow, by the construction of a nightclub, café, restaurant, and conference centre (or any part thereof);


  2. To oppose, by campaigning, supporting legal action, or by any other legal means, the granting by City of Glasgow Council, or their Planning Committee or Licencing Board, of a lease, planning permission or a liquor licence, to G1 Group PLC or its subsidiaries, in connection with the proposed development in paragraph (A);


  3. To support legal action against City of Glasgow Council, or its committees or Licencing Board, or against G1 Group PLC or its subsidiaries, in pursuance of the objects of the association, specifically by funding such court action or actions if required;


  4. To raise funds to be used in the pursuance of the objects of the association.


You can read the current position regarding our opposition to the proposal in the news section.


If you would like to join the Save Our Botanics organisation, please download the Join Us form from the documents page, fill it up, and post it in, or scan it and email it (see contact us page.)


An important part of the objects of SOB is to raise funds to support any legal action that might be taken, and to pay for advertising and publications, for example the printing of leaflets and posters. In seeking to stop the G1 Group development, SOB is taking on a local authority with a budget of £2.2 billion, and a PLC with a turnover of £32 million (March 2006 results.) SOB has no income at all other than what it receives by way of donations, and profit from the sale of merchandise. If you would like to donate to the campaign please visit the how to donate page.


If you have any questions or enquiries, or if you are from the press and require information, please visit the contact us page.