Birmingham Botanical Gardens Review

Great for small children. Sitting on the grass listening to a brass band on a Sunday afternoon is brilliant

This is a very beautiful botanical garden. It is a great place to visit in the middle of a great city. It has areas for kids and all ages to enjoy. It is clean and well kept.

A really interesting place to visit all year round. A great place for families lots to look at and space for children to play

Beautiful Christmas display. Perfect for an evening walk with the family.

I didn't like the peacocks. But it's a great place for wedding pictures

Different world whilst there. Forget everything and enjoy

Went for the lantern festival and it was lovely even the two year old enjoyed it

I'm normally a fan of these gardens, but went back this year 2018 to see the Christmas Lanterns on display. Very disappointing and nowhere near as good as 2017. Hopefully this was a one off not to be repeated. So my advice is ... go in the summer

Great family day out. Took our own picnic supplimented with Costa coffee from the restaurant. Plenty to see and do with the kids.

Attractive gardens - easy to forget that you are in the middle of a large city. Good space to get away and relax.

Staff at reception need better training in being helpful and look as though they enjoy their job. Staff in the cafe and food was much better. Will not be returning

Went for the Christmas lights show. The lights themselves were good and entertained my daughter. Getting into the venue was quick and well organised. Not so good was the lack of any kind of parking, not even local direction signs to organised parking elsewhere. Also the one way system around the gardens was poorly thought out and the paths unsafe for the dark in places.

Needs a few good volunteers to look after the place and spruce it up a bit

A great place for a sunny day out with lots to see and a well equipped play area for kids

It's ok to spend 3-4 hours here. It would be nice to have certain days set aside for adults without hordes of screaming schoolchildren

Its a very varied place, ever-changing with the seasons. A good place for a quiet saunter or to take the kids. With strong play equipment suitable for tots to teens. Well laid out for wheelchair users with only one or telescopes nor recommended.

One of my favourite places. My wife and I got married here. Love the Mediterranean house.

Went there to relax but 75 pounds ticket to park the car there.Rip of the money to an ornany working lady.which give me so much stress u can't imagine.

It is a very nice place with great view but very difficult to locate. I went past it twice and only located it the third time, so do many of my colleagues.

Ice age experience - good but could have been more interactive!!

Good place to visit with family. Peacocks are the main attractions..

Lovely place for a wander or even just a place to sit and relax with a book on a warm afternoon.
Came here to work at a conference as has a look around Street. Considering a yearly pass and it's very reasonably priced and not far from home. Beautifully presented and the staff are great.
Nice play ground for the kids too and butterflies!

Pleasant gardens, good for a walk, disabled access friendly, plenty of benches

My two little one absolutely enjoyed this beautiful place.

Great afternoon walk and afternoon tea with fantastic service; highly recommend!

Great place to visit, nice cream tea in the pavilion. All manner of botany in the greenhouses as well as a butterfly house. Then a walk around the grounds and the large aviary.

Beautiful botanical garden with a beautiful variety of plants and flowers even in winter. It is nice to walk there and there are also beautiful birds and squirrels. Children's games are present at the bottom of the garden and a tea room on the side. With a beautiful sun it is possible to make very beautiful pictures.

A really enjoyable visit, even in the rain. Great selection and the grounds are lovely. Traditional tea room for afternoon tea and cakes. Staff are very friendly and all in all a very pleasant way to spend an afternoon.

Lovely place to spend a day. Nice cafe and shop on site.

Great place for a walk, a picnic or a coffee break, plus there s an amazing play area for kids of all ages. The only downside is that it can be a bit drab in the winter months, no winter colour through planting, the rest of the year makes up for it though.

Place needs serious refreshment. Bit untidy. Disappointing in comparison with other botanical gardens. To expensive for what has to offer

Such a wide range of plants and things to understand. Peacocks and pea hens were a bonus

Wonderfull place which gave me feeling live closer to nature, far away from the city. Perfect for walk. You can see here huge range of plant, trees and even birds. Runs a lots of events. Has cafeteria and toilets. Friendly for wheelchair users and families. I love peacocks walking freely around. Has gift shop also.

A beautiful place where one may come close with nature. The animals in there are friendly. Some of the plants are astonishing. One feels like they travel the whole world by simply walking to the next room of a huge greenhouse. Occasionally there is live music and you can dit on the grass, eating or drinking with family or friends and play cards, talk, laugh and relax; even sleep.

Have loved the Botanical Gardens since i was young. Its the most perfect setting for parties, weddings, anniversaries or just a wonderful afternoon tea when the sun is shining and the band playing on a Sunday. Wierd and wonderful plants in the hot houses and dont forget to visit the parrots and cockatoos!

Gorgeous place. So many varieties of plants.really enjoyed our visit. Only negative is some of the fish looked poorly in the indoor pond

As usual botanical gardens are very family friendly and always have something to do. We went for the ice age exhibition and it was fantastic with life models and with the lovely weather it was a great day out. Even without the exhibition botanical gardens is ideal for an enjoyable day out.

Good little day out for the family and some great seasonal event go on here.

Lovely gardens and beautiful flowers!
However we were made to pay and see the ice age exhibit which we didn't want to, meaning the gardens were much noisier than usual, plus the exhibit was poor.

Nice place to visit with family. Beautiful park , garden . Today, there is a dinosaur show. Robot dinosaurs moving and growling. Overall , good place to spend time.

Lovly garden and walk through the plant I always like to go in this garden

First time going and I was disappointed..

Arrived and told to drive down and park on the left? Going around until a couple told us it's down the bank and around the back of the school? Parked in a school car park which was tight. Very poor organisation! Walked 15min back up and finally found the little box office in the middle of nowhere and when asked for tickets its double the price just for the plastic statues for ice age, not happy. But I must say the gardens are beautiful and such a shame it was ruined by poor organisation and some cheap ice age event, I will return but in the week and when no event is running.

Excellent theme when i visited (ice age). Require more maintenance therefore i reduced one star. Family enjoyed the visit and it was fun family day out.

Beautiful place first time here absolutely loved it.

nice gardens, clean and easy to navigate, is great in the summer, nice place to go to forget your in birmingham

Always worth a trip here it luverly for children adults and soaps you can get a wheelchair about easily and there is a restraint which has good prices for the food really nice staff aswell very helpfull.

We had a lovely day at botanical Gardens at Country and Western Festival

Great scenery and the pavilion cafe is very good with great staff