Birmingham Botanical Gardens Review

There are not as many flowers as I had hoped I would go find herbs such as mint

Loved it a good DAY out lots more to SEE highly recommend to SEE WITH FAMILY

Lovely quiet place to spend some time. Staff pleasant. Not too expensive in cafe.

Went here for a wedding reception was a very good venue, nice and clean and located in a very convenient location for transport etc.

Really good, but I hope it would be maintained better

Visited with the family for the Christmas lights. The displays were excellent and the meandering walks made this a really enjoyable experience. The big concern was the snack bars along route. Hot chocolate sounds like exactly what you More

Beautiful spot. ideal place if you find parks relaxing. Plenty of room to stroll and appreciate nature

A tad disappointed that Botanical Gardens only offer Afternoon Tea to Groupon customers with bookings of 20+ people in their party at a time ... It would have been a lovely surprise for my mother's 60th Birthday Never mind Hotel du Vin it is then!

Nice and refreshing experience, compared to Melbourne botanical gardens the plant varieties are more however the flowers are more exotic and brighter colours in Melbourne botanical gardens.

Excellent place to spend a sunny and cold afternoon.

Lovely grounds to walk around with the peacocks roaming free. There's a wide range of plants both indoors and outdoors. A rather large play area which is excellent for children of all ages.

Lovely gardens with plenty to do for everyone. Such a wide variety of plants constantly changing from season to season.

Lovely day out. Went to see Ice Age the lost kingdom. Would recommend nice to walk around and see something different

Visited for the light show at Christmas. Everyone was really friendly and the lights were beautifully done.

Such a lovely place to walk around with the family and an amazing variety of plants, trees and flowers to look at; especially loved the cacti and succulents near the exit. Sat and had a lovely picnic outside and there are free roaming pea cocks and pea hens and even a baby one! Bit sad the butterfly houses wasn't open due to covid but still a fantastic time had by all!

Wonderful, beautiful, relaxing and most of all you can't beat nature.

Visited for an evening outdoor play and took picnic. Will definitely go back to visit and look around the gardens

Nice gardens , good play ground for kids. Food in the cafe extensive and very good

We went for our cream tea gift yesterday, easy enough to find and parked ok. Walked through hothouse to room for cream tea - lacking in atmosphere but not too bad with nice tables and crockery and views to the hothouse.
Big disappointment was no options on sandwich fillings - I realise this will sound fussy but my husband doesn't eat tuna, egg, soft cheese or mayonnaise - all the fillings we were given!! We maybe expected hard cheese or ham and it meant I had to eat the sandwiches and he had the cakes - it was a gift so didn't say anything but still disappointing.
Gardens nice to walk in, concerned at state of aviaries though lovebirds seem happy enough - more so than parrot and cockatoo next door.

The place is nice but it needs more maintenance as the fountains don t seem very clean and it looks very old and dirty! Also the staff are not very welcoming especially those who work at the cafe, they seem that they don t want to work or take any order, it s very unprofessional the way I got treated by them, just one example, I ordered coffee and one staff told me they will bring it to the table and no one brought anything, and when we asked they said that we should have waited and took it by ourselves!! Every staff tells different information which is very annoying and unprofessional!

Amazing place on summer time.
Lovely big fish place inside.
Walking pheasant

I am sorry to say that I was not at all happy with my family's experience here when visiting on Thursday 13th August.
The gardens though were just as good as when last my wife and I visited.
But there were very few staff around especially in the enclosed areas and there were lots of members of the public not wearing masks and no one was telling them to put them on. The signs telling people to wear them were not that obvious either. Indeed I even saw people arriving at the reception inside and not being told to put masks on. The reception staff seemed to be hiding at the back of the office. In the final enclosed area, just before the exit my son and I were trapped by loads of people ALL without masks and we had no way out other than to literally brush past people and nothing was being done about it despite being told about the situation by my daughter in law. In my opinion there weren't enough staff and those that were there weren't wearing masks and obviously weren't bothered about the public not wearing masks in enclosed areas either.
Advice. Stay Safe. Stay Alert.Avoid this place until this deadly virus is beaten.

Superb place to go very wheelchair friendly access very good highly recommended

Wonderful place to visit, and very interesting as well. Its better if you visit in the summer, as during winter months it doesnt do itself justice. Brilliant place to go with the kids, as notonly do they have a great time, but they learn things of importance at the same time.

Was only here for a couple of hours while my wife did some photography, I'm not really into the green fingered life! But it was nicely.
Only disappointment was finding a strawberry tree with no strawberries!

The Birmingham Botanical Gardens is a favourite from childhood although on this particular occasion we visited to celebrate my moms Birthday. And also saw the ice age event. The gardens are beautiful. Definitely worth a look.

Perfect place for families and people who love nature.

Lovely place for a family on a nice day. My favourite was a small but cute Japanese garden.

Beautiful place would recommend a visit to our local gardens

It's definitely not a place to go in the winter (although it was supposed to be spring). Quite pricey for my son to have ten minutes on the playground & five watching fish! In Summer it's a totally different place with activities on etc. Amazing for events too. I'd not seen the Japanese garden before this visit however which I thought was nice.

We visited during the lantern festival. was all right but a bit expensive

A bit dated inside but makes a nice change with all the plants etc to the glitzy affairs in the city centre

Well maintained, good facility and friendly staff. Also love the resident cat!

Went for the Xmas lights. Lights would turn off randomly. Found it overpriced, poorly managed and lacklustre!

V. Lovely place.. Very nice garden .. The reception staff is nice and the other is not smiling .. The definition of trees is fairly good .. You need more rare plants according to my experience

Dissapointing. We couldn't look round properly due to wedding reception guests and also a photo shoot taking place. If there are other events going on you should either get free entry or be advised before you buy your ticket

Beautiful and calm place to be ... The Gardens as always were blooming, plants, shrubs, trees were stunning. Staff were friendly, welcoming and generous with their advice on maintaining our garden at home. Coffee shop had a good selection, the Bakewell tart is so delicious you need to share it. No two visits are ever the same there is always something new to discover. Can't wait for the butterfly garden.

Great day out. Beautiful gardens and informative displays.

I have been here today Its cost too much and unfortunately it was very neglected :(

Lovely oasis in the middle of Birmingham, nice cafe,play area for the little ones and free entry to all on a heritage day.

We went to see the illuminations and had a really good night

Very nice place to visit right in the heart of Birmingham great day out

Was lovely, lots of different plants etc from all over the world

Large grounds and greenhouses set out with a goodly variety of plants. Lovely place to go on a summers day to learn and unwind in the grounds. Plenty to see and walk round for a good half day.

Good for one off visit, family time off or occasionally good events

Nice place to spend a couple of hours, sadly when we visited the butterfly house and aviary were both closed. We weren't informed of this until we'd walked all the way to them at the bottom of the gardens and down steep hills. They were also installing all of the xmas lights, so workmen everywhere... But from what we could see, the evening walks they do should look great when switched on.

They have a nice if rather expensive cafe, with some nice views across the garden if you can grab one of the limited seats near a window.

Defenitely a place worth to visit. Amazing colours, not at all noisy despite being close to the city centre and you can encounter a peacock or two every now and then or a parrot saying "hello". The reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is that it looks a bit neglected, especially the area with historical gardens (Roman and middle-age). Nevertheless I will come back in spring because I think it is indeed worth to come back again and spring/autumn seems like the perfect time of the year for a visit.

Lovely place to go with the family. Just a little expensive. Need some proper lighting around the narrow bushy places in the garden. Also some extra activities for the kids will be useful to spend some extra time. Even though it's in the city centre but feels like country side.

Horrendous ... full of tacky plastic model animals making a lot of screeching noises . We left after having had our senses assaulted. Pity because we had hoped for a quiet solace in beautiful surroundings. Will be warning our friends not to visit for the remainder of April whilst this ice age event is on.

Needed a lot of TLC. Toilets outside need knocking down and modernised. Still interesting to visit though.

Nice shiny fun and it has a good view and a fabulous day

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Beautiful beautiful place amazing view

Great place to spend a couple hours. Informative sign posting and well kept. I recommend (trying) to talk to the parrots

Beautiful bonsai collection, will definetly visit again to see the change in seasons, stunning grounds and an excellent selection of high tea treats

Great place. Best in April-June, but nice almost whole year.
Worth to get the membership if you are going to visit more than 1 time in a year.

Had a fabulous time at the Botannical Gardens. It has an Ice Age Exhibition on at the moment so you are paying for this so check the prices. The Gardens are beautiful. Not so keen on the caged birds. Lovely cafeteria and the shop and plants that you can buy are lovely. The Ice Age Experience is definitely an experience. Some of the moving exhibits are brilliant and hear them roar! The virtual reality section is brilliant and costs 5.00. Beautiful day for a beautiful side of Bham.