Bowmore Glasgow Garden Festival
Lot number: 020244
Winning bid: £130
The Glasgow Garden Festival was the third of the UK’s five NationalGarden Festivals, and the only one to take place inScotland.
It was held in Glasgow between 26 April and 26 September 1988. It was the first event of its type to be held in the city in 50 years, since the Empire Exhibition of 1938, and also marked the centenary of Glasgow's first International Exhibition, the International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry of 1888.
It attracted 4.3 million visitors over 152 days, by far the most successful of the five National Garden Festivals. Its significance in the rebirth of the city was underlined by the1990 European City of Culture title bestowed on Glasgow in September 1986. The two events together did much to restore Glasgow to national and international prominence.
This Bowmore 15 was bottled in a ceramic flagon to commemorate the Garden Festival. It is a 75cl bottle at 40%