Birmingham Botanical Gardens Review

Beautiful gardens with the most interesting and varied plants. Children's play area. Bird sanctuary. Tea room selling the best fish and chips ever. You will not be disappointed.

Probably one of the worst experiences I have encountered. The value of the tickets was to high for the attractions and the cost of the snacks, drinks and shop were the usual rip off. Would not recommend.

Great place to visit. Worth the entry fee. Great for family entertainment and has a great children's play area. Would visit again and spend more time looking around.

Lots to see and do. We went for the jurassic Kingdom. Absolutely brilliant.

A lovely late summer afternoon spent in an oasis of Birmingham.Any chance of a firwork display ticket as a member ?

Very nice place.clean,safe and fresh atmosphere.allways enjoy with my grand children on every visit.

It was just beautiful and peaceful. Somewhere you can relax with your family

I rediscovered this place last year after about 15 years. Now intend to visit regularly as going to buy annual membership (as my niece bought membership to take her 2year old son there instead of a park! Because no dogs, no bicycles, anti social people. Also, has hot house/fish - so can come inside, toilets, restaurant and play area as well as birds etc to enjoy, restaurant, seating and shop too. Safe parking.
I intend to take friends with me and have mentioned the place to so many of my associates as a place to take both young and old. I look out for events taking place there and intend to go as often as I can. A haven in Birmingham where I will be taking all my friends and family from Birmingham and outside Birmingham.I intend to buy annual membership (cheaper for over 60+ and allows you to take Another adult free on each occasion. Also, they said some complimentary tickets given and a friend said free pot of tea when you join - voucher in booklet they had in the post! Will try to go to the free events and also Sundays when the live bands play in the bandstand. Just want some nice weather now.

Interesting grounds and animals, fun for all, and places to explore.

This places is magical beautiful and lovley .
I will be having my wedding here next year the places is beautiful The reception women was very misrable and her service lacked attention to detail.

Well went there to take my frca final. It is a beautiful place if you are not taking an exam ;)

A hidden gem. Fun enjoyable day in the centre of Birmingham

Really nice place to relax and rewind, especially when the weather is nice. Not overly priced and nice coffee shop too.

Very pretty. They put on a beautiful light display in the winter. Well worth a visit.

Great selection of plants from most parts of world in small area. Small aviary too. Fairly hilly walks. Not totally wheelvhair accessible. Pricey cafe.

Beautiful plants nice cafe good playgrounds for the kids as well as an aviary

Was a little disappointed with the size of the garden and the cost of entry
I went when it was the winter light event on

Wonderful gardens, birds and butterflies. Cafe and playground too.

We attended the magical lantern festival in Birmingham botanical garden yesterday. Really wonderful and my daughter enjoyed very much. A must attend for all specially the children.

Parked in blue badge spot blue badge on display, 10 days later got a parking fine notice, even though we registered our number plate & blue badges are free all day

Really fab place to visit lots of very pretty walks to be had outside and beautiful flora to be seen inside. There are several caged birds so if you are slightly sensitive to that sort of thing, but easy enough to avoid.

Absolutely beautiful gardens tucked away in Edgbaston . No visitor to Birmingham should leave out this attraction especially in winter when it's decorated so beautifully.
Fantastic family environment with a few rides , Mulled wine for the adults.
Definitely a must ! Please don't miss out !

Magical Lanern show. Very pretty and well presented. Great for younger children.. Suggest 5 -10 years old who will really appreciate it.

Great day out interesting fascinating lovely walks plenty to see & do cheap day out will also keep the kids well entertained enjoyable experience all round.

The lantern festival was a lovely place to go as a couple but even better for kids.

Maybe 3 stars. After a long continuing heatwave plants are suffering. Highlight - watching butterfly emerging from chrysalis which fascinated grandsons aged 10 and 12 who took issue with other kids trying to pick butterflies up with thumb and finger instead of cupped hands or best leaving them alone. They enjoyed the 2 playground areas. There is an ice cream hut near both with very friendly staff, prices not too high compared to the main food outlet. There are copious signs giving information about plants and collectors. The gardens are also educational in purpose. It would be good if there were gardeners or students around to give more information. The aviaries are worth visiting. It's a good afternoon out, near to the city centre, with enough to keep preteens and horticulturalists occupied. But it is not cheap (unless you have a family pass) not exceptional.

An amazing space, really accessible, great entry price and AMAZING Play areas

Beautiful place for all the family...
Children's play area too...
Nice cafeteria and reasonable prices...
Disability scooters and disabled wheelchairs for hire...
A lovely day out......

Ist visit thoroughly enjoyed it wide range of plants well laid out.inside the domes amazing range of plants .will come back in spring/summer when everything in bloom will be amazing.

Great afternoon out particularly enjoyed the cedar strings made my day

Fantastic afternoon meandering through beautiful gardens. Listening to birdsong .... plenty of places to dodge the showers

Beautiful garden and lovely relaxed atmosphere. Tropical greenhouses and Japanese Bonsai tree gardens bring you bavk to nature.

We went for an evening function, food and service really good, on this occasion the flora and fauna were a bonus!

Went to my work xmas party for dinner, Went to the toilet and came out and all of a sudden got kicked out by the racist bouncer for something i had nothing to do with!! Spend your money elsewhere people.

We hosted a wedding here and were really impressed (we do not impress easily having hosted 100's of weddings - been there seen that), staff were great, room wonderful, great stage & access.

There is no need to mention the wonderful gardens etc.

If your looking for a wedding venue with a difference this has to be it.

Didn't realise they held charity event's and served food.... and the food was lovely.......

Tropical and subtropical plants are good. Nothing else to see in winter. Love the peacocks...

Beautiful scenery with variety of colourful flowers/ well maintained gardens. Both educative and relaxing.

Fantastic day out. Great for kids of all ages. Family membership makes it great value for money if you go regularly.

Visited for the Xmas lights. Nicely done with some nice surprises along the way!

Visited for lantern festival, it was wonderful and we'll be back to see the gardens on the daylight.

Beautiful gardens and the dinosaur show was great for kids

Visited the first night of the latern festival. The displays are very good and varied and worth a visit.

Beautiful place, even in the winter. Always something going on and a very nice walk for the family

Amazing gardens with a nice playground for kids, but sadly it closes at 7pm and its not free

went during the xmas winter wonderland lights show. it was magical. kids enjoyed themselves. only downside was the parking. had to park on street as parking was full and it was a bit of a walk.

Who likes nature should go there, a great place to relax.

Nice and clean, also great for the children no dogs!
Coffee and tea is also good value

Absolutely love this place. Take a picnic and you can easily spend a whole day here. Beautiful gardens, plenty to see and a fantastic array of exotic plants, flowers and trees to see indoors. If you're lucky you'll see the beautiful peacocks that live here. Feel sorry for the parrots though. Parrots are extremely social birds who need alot of attention and stimulation. You can see they that they are clearly not getting the required amount of care. Feather plucking is the biggest telltale sign.

Loved it, was pleasantly surprised at the variation and care that has gone into the gardens. Highly recommended, even for very small children.

Lovely! Nice place to spend time on your own or with your family. Very nice playgrounds for kids.

I was a little sceptical about going to this event but it s really rather magical. The effects are nice and well executed.

Been here once before. Still as good. Visited earlier in the year this time so saw different things to last time. Can spend a day easily enjoying all the different areas. Today the weather was absolutely wonderful. Two weddings as well

Although small its well looked after and a interesting varied range of flowers and exotic plants! A nice stroll around the park and say hi to the peacocks who if your lucky may show you a full fan display of their colourful feathers !