Birmingham Botanical Gardens Review

Sweet remembrance of the amazing colors of Spring at this garden, May 2018

Lantern festival at the Botanical garden. Well done up. Very pretty. Pleasant outing for young and old if the weather is good!

The botanical gardens are quite nice to stroll around, but there are nicer gardens in London area. If you're bored in Birmingham would recommend for 1-2 hours.

Great venue, with plenty of parking and staff were very helpful.

I love the Botanical Gardens. It is such a peaceful haven in Birmingham. We bring the kids here all the time. They enjoy the playground lots.

People go there to enjoy the park.but in most days greedy management rent it out to other events which I DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR. NOT going there again. Also very small for a botanical garden.

I love it! Especially the tropical and sub-tropical garden! Make sure that you wear summer clothes inside!

Took some service users to see the lights it was lovely even though it rained was a little disappoint that it's not all wheel chair or push chair friendly so couldn't see all of the attractions, parking isn't great for disabled especially wheel chair users and non existent for other car users and not enough room to get wheel chair users out of the car

I spent about 4 hours walking around the gardens. It was during the Ice age show. Admittedly, it took me a while to get used to the noises coming from the display animals but despite that I found the place quite calming.

Botanical gardens are awesome, the light show for Christmas is brilliant. It is a must see adventure for children and adults.

I like the plants. The Ice Age"s animals very noisy! I like!

A really nice place to spend an afternoon even at the beginning of March. My first time and I'll definitely come back again in the summer now

You don't actually need to pay to visit these lovely gardens. You can visit the gift shop, and have a sneaky peek through the window. Not that I would condone this practice.

Lovely wedding ceremony. Wished the centre provided own guides visit on pamphlet for wedding visitors eg like I as on my own

This is a relaxing place to visit, suitable for all the family and fascinating to see as the seasons change. The chilled out music on Sunday afternoon is an added bonus.

COURT VICTORY AGAINST CIVIL ENFORCEMENT
As I wrote in a previous post I had many threatening letters from Civil Enforcement . Intimidating Bullies who manage Birmingham Botanical gardens car park. After letters from Civil Enforcement I received further threats from debt collection agencies ,then Solicitors acting on their behalf. After ignoring all of them Civil Enforcement took me to court in Worcester.
The Judge ruled,that he was satisfied I had received verbal permission from staff members to use the car park. This constituted a VERBAL CONTRACT ! Although I didn't register on their machine. Which did overide Civil Enforcement s contract to manage the car park as Botanical gardens are the owners !!
I assume this has set a legal precedent. Therefore anyone who gains verbal permission from any staff member to park should not have to pay Car Park Charge Notice ( CPN)
THE JUDGE ORDERED CIVIL ENFORCEMENT TO PAY COURT COSTS , LEGAL FEES

THE CHEQUE ARRIVED YESTERDAY
THANK YOU CIVIL ENFORCEMENT. DINNER IS ON YOU !!!!!!

Great hot house and plenty of places to sit and contemplate

It is a well maintained garden. The only issue is that the names are hard to read. If you are just looking and enjoying perfect place to go I am a landscaper and I want to know the names if some of the trees a little hard to find. I would give it stars on the beautiful garden and the people were all so very nice.

Went for the light show at Xmas and was amazed. We virtually had the place to ourselves as it began to snow! This made it even more magical.

Perfect place to spend a day and relax, wether it be on a date, a bit of quite time with your partner or an experience for the kids.
On sight Cafe is overly expensive so I would recommend bringing your own picnic and drinks.

I simply adore the botanical gardens, I ve spent many a weekend walking around taking in the beautiful surroundings and gathering my thoughts. They are truly beautiful, you have to see the gardens in person to appreciate their true beauty. You will learn something from each and every visit. I still get lost in thought in the butterfly farm. They often have events throughout the year so be sure to check their calendar, it gets very busy and I personally prefer to visit at quieter times. The cafe has a simple menu although it is expensive given the quality of product supplied, if you have special dietary requirements you may be better off bringing your own food.

Best place in Birmingham.

So beautiful and relaxing. Worth a visit.

Beautiful place.. Lots there.. Very clean and tidy.. Limited parking..

Quite small building with very large surrounding grounds. Very interesting and diverse flora in the main atrium, but not that impressive compared to Leeds' Tropical World which has much more to see in a much more lively and entertaining manner for similar money.

Haven't been for years. We did the Lantern Festival at Christmas which was great and reminded us we need to go back.

First to b said is 7.50 to get is a reasonable price we were there for about 2.5 hours. But we felt a number of the displays were in need of some tlc. Especially the herb garden and the three historic gardens

Beautiful Christmas lights friendly staff esp in the gift shop can't wait to see the flowers in the summer

Beautiful gardens. Friendly helpful staff. I borrowed a mobility scooter for the first time ever. Light lunches very tasty.

Really lovely gardens, and lots of space so you don't feel the stress of covid.

Great place for lovers of plants and flowers to visit. Very educational, there are indoor and outdoor displays, amazing to visit in the summer and have a picnic in the ample greenland spaces outside. Great to have a picnic and stroll about with family and kids.

Even in winter there is plenty to see, especially in the glasshouses. The fish are easy to watch in the glass clear pool in the Tropical House.

Attended the evening Christmas lights and whilst I was initially concerned it was expensive to attend, when we got there (parking was challenging be prepared for a walk) we were pleasantly surprised as the lights were very professionally put together, beautifully staged and the 90 mins we spent moving through the gardens were uplifting. There were plenty of food and drink options and the passion fruit and ginger marshmallows that we were able to toast ourselves over the charcoal was awesome. We probably won't go again for a few years as we have now experienced the evening lights but if you haven't been it is recommended.

My experience was wonderful! Loved the tropical garden and the peacocks. Felt inspired. Will definitely visit again.

Really well laided out and maintained I enjoyed seeing all the different plants and there different sections but I must say that the managers of the gardening staff should be aware that paying such LOW wages to hard working staff doesn't do More

Lovely atmosphere!children were delighted with the displays and seing Santa!nice food as well!

Came for the lantern light show one evening near Christmas. The cafe was lovely and served the best hot chocolate on a chilly winters night. Will come back in the daylight one day!

Loved it. Such an escape. Would personally do away with the bird averys though and make something out of the beautiful structure

I have only ever visited this place once, last February for a wedding fair with the intention of marrying there. NEVER will I visit again. We have been in dispute regarding a parking fine which still isn't resolved. Botanical gardens have offered no support whatsoever and I'm just incredibly disappointed with the place. It's strongly influenced my decision NOT to marry here. Who would have thought that a FREE wedding fair event with FREE parking (both advertised as FREE) would lead to so much stress and anxiety. Best to avoid the place at all cost or at least avoid parking here. A complete con.

Fireworks display very good. Botanical gardens it self very good as been here plenty of times before.

This may be a lovely place to visit but I won't know as I will not be going. I have tried numerous times to get through on the general enquiries department at different times of the day to no avail. I wanted to ask about facilities for disabled visitors as the website does not provide this information. I am very disappointed and will try elsewhere.

I also object to having to select one star before I can post my 'review' when I would prefer to provide a minus star on this occasion.

Beautiful flowers in a grand setting.
Well worth a visit and once there you will want to stay longer.

Lovely place
Romantic an peaceful. Would recommend to couples and families.

Lovely gardens kids loved the butterflies great play area bit pricey for entry and food but you can bring your own and it's never packed

Extremely a busy and beautiful place to see and visit.
Always events put on through the year look out for advertising

If you like plants you'll love the botanical gardens!!!

Lovely day out. Peacocks in full splendour. Butterfly house well worth a visit on its own

One of the best relaxing places to visit right in the centre of Birmingham

Beautiful scenery, peaceful surroundings - lovely day out :)

Love it, but two problems. 1) it stinks of making money/being a corporate playground and 2) the Botanics in Edinburgh is better, and free.

Loved it, as the gardens are going through some redevelopment of garden sections you can really tell a difference!

Went for the Xmas light festival. Was fairly good though expected a bit more

Early in the season. Still tidying from the winter. Should be superb in a week or two.