You can very well enjoy a walk in the beautiful Botanic Gardens in Glasgow. Open all days of the week, the gardens close by 10pm in summer. The Botanic Gardens is one of the places where you can very well take in some quiet, in spite of the busy Great Western Road lying at a stone's throw away from the garden. The place is not thronged with locals and so is ideal for you to relax yourselves, having the place entirely to yourselves. The wooded botanic gardens of Glasgow border the banks of the Kelvin River. This favoured location is what makes the Botanic gardens home to a lot of tropical species. A part of the Botanic Gardens is a herb garden which also has some medicinal species. If you are looking for a picnic spot on your Glasgow city break, the hilly grounds of the gardens can turn out to be perfect. There is a noticeboard hung up at the entrance to keep you informed about any interesting events happening at the place like concerts and walks in summer.