{"id":4750,"date":"2026-08-04T17:24:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham"},"modified":"2026-08-06T06:27:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T05:27:34","slug":"birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham Botanical Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"padrino-inject-root\">\n<div class=\"padrino-inject-inner\">\n<div data-padrino-shell=\"1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/top-parks\">\u2190 TOP<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Park<\/strong> \u00b7 <span>Birmingham<\/span> \u00b7 \u2b50 8.9\/10 \u00b7 6555 reviews  \u00b7 <em>updated: 2026-08-04 15:57:33<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong> <span>Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Westbourne Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3TR, United Kingdom<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex is-nowrap wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"tel:+441214541860\">Call<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/?api=1&amp;destination=52.4672413,-1.9296446\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get directions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ab42278efa13\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ab42278efa13\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham\/#Birmingham_Botanical_Gardens_%E2%80%94_a_Loudon_landscape_of_1832_with_four_glasshouse_climates\" >Birmingham Botanical Gardens \u2014 a Loudon landscape of 1832 with four glasshouse climates<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham\/#Highlights\" >Highlights<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham\/#What_youll_find\" >What you&#8217;ll find<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham\/#Things_to_do_%E2%80%94_and_who_its_for\" >Things to do \u2014 and who it&#8217;s for<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham\/#Getting_there_practical\" >Getting there &amp; practical<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham\/#When_to_visit\" >When to visit<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham\/#Good_to_know\" >Good to know<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham\/#Visitor_tips\" >Visitor tips<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham\/#Questions_answers\" >Questions &amp; answers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham\/#Photos\" >Photos<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham\/#Visitor_reviews\" >Visitor reviews<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Birmingham_Botanical_Gardens_%E2%80%94_a_Loudon_landscape_of_1832_with_four_glasshouse_climates\"><\/span>Birmingham Botanical Gardens \u2014 a Loudon landscape of 1832 with four glasshouse climates<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Fifteen acres of Edgbaston hold one of Britain&#8217;s oldest botanic gardens still laid out to the plan its designer drew. A terrace opens onto a lawn that curves away downhill; behind it a linked range of Victorian glasshouses carries you from rainforest humidity to desert dryness in the space of a few minutes. Around 7,000 different plants grow here, from economic crops to alpines, and the framework that holds them has scarcely shifted in almost two centuries \u2014 reason enough for Historic England to register the whole landscape at Grade II*.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Highlights\"><\/span>Highlights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Tropical House<\/strong> \u2014 the oldest of the range, built in 1852, where rice, cocoa, sugar cane and cotton grow under palms beside a pool of tropical aquatics: a working lesson in the plants that built world trade.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Subtropical House<\/strong> \u2014 raised in 1871 as a lofty palm house some eight metres high, now dense with orchids, tree ferns and carnivorous plants, Venus flytraps included.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Mediterranean House<\/strong> \u2014 citrus in fruit, olives and the tough aromatic shrubs of places with hot dry summers and mild wet winters, the climate most northern gardeners envy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Arid House<\/strong> \u2014 cacti, agaves and aloes arranged to show the many ways a plant can hoard water where rain is rare and unreliable.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Japanese Garden and British National Bonsai Collection<\/strong> \u2014 held here since 1993; its best-known tree is the Omiya juniper, a Juniperus chinensis of roughly 250 years given by the Japanese city of Omiya in 1995.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Peter Sowerby Bandstand<\/strong> \u2014 octagonal ironwork of 1873 by the designer F. B. Osborn, restored and rededicated in April 2021, and still the focus of summer concerts on the lawn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_youll_find\"><\/span>What you&#8217;ll find<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Beyond the glass, Loudon&#8217;s plan survives as a sequence of set pieces: the terrace above its curving lawn, perimeter walks under mature trees, and pockets of specialist planting tucked into the slope.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A sunken Rose Garden on the north side, its formal beds sheltered below the level of the surrounding turf.<\/li>\n<li>The Rock Garden of 1895, built as a memorial to the benefactor Sir Hugh Nettlefold, alongside two alpine gardens.<\/li>\n<li>A pinetum and specimen trees on the main lawn, among them a dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostroboides \u2014 a species known only as a fossil until living trees were found in China in the 1940s.<\/li>\n<li>Historic Gardens created in 1994, planting Roman, Medieval and Tudor beds with the species each period actually grew.<\/li>\n<li>Dicksonia \u00d7 lathamii, a hybrid tree fern raised by the Victorian curator W. B. Latham and alive here since the 1860s, found in no other collection in the world.<\/li>\n<li>A Coade stone fountain given in 1850 by the Birmingham architect Charles Edge, generic collections of Pelargonium, Lilium and Cyclamen, a specialist horticultural library, two playgrounds, a children&#8217;s discovery garden, a bakery caf\u00e9 and plant sales.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Things_to_do_%E2%80%94_and_who_its_for\"><\/span>Things to do \u2014 and who it&#8217;s for<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gardeners and plant people<\/strong> \u2014 a labelled reference collection grouped by economic use, geography and habitat, with alpines and glasshouse taxa you will not meet in a garden centre.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Families<\/strong> \u2014 two playgrounds, a discovery garden and short circuits that suit small legs; the carnivorous plants sell themselves to children who claim to dislike gardens.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Photographers<\/strong> \u2014 the glasshouse light, the bandstand and the long view down the terrace lawn work in almost any weather, and the bonsai reward close, patient work.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Schools and adult learners<\/strong> \u2014 the Study Centre runs taught sessions and courses all year, backed by a horticultural library of several thousand volumes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anyone escaping a Midlands winter<\/strong> \u2014 on a raw weekday the tropical range is the warmest quiet room in Edgbaston, and an hour inside it resets the whole day.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Event goers<\/strong> \u2014 bandstand concerts, open-air screenings and seasonal trails fill the summer programme, with the lawn as the natural auditorium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_there_practical\"><\/span>Getting there &amp; practical<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The gardens sit in Edgbaston, roughly a mile and a half south-west of Birmingham city centre, and are easy to reach without a car. Five Ways is the nearest railway station, some twenty minutes on foot; the Edgbaston Village tram terminus leaves a walk of under ten minutes; and a long list of city bus routes stops within a couple of minutes of the entrance. On-site parking exists but is limited, so public transport is usually the calmer option. Admission is charged, by day ticket or annual membership, because the gardens belong to an independent registered charity rather than the council, and that income keeps the collection alive. They open daily apart from Christmas Day and Boxing Day, with hours that lengthen from a short winter day to a long summer one and a last admission half an hour before closing. Most paths are firm and level enough for wheels, and wheelchairs and mobility scooters can be borrowed if booked ahead. Allow two to three hours; a first visit taking in all four glasshouses rarely takes less.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_to_visit\"><\/span>When to visit<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Spring wakes the outdoor gardens first, with bulbs on the lawn banks, magnolia and blossom, and the alpine gardens and rock garden at their freshest and most detailed. Summer belongs to the bandstand and the long evening light: the rose garden peaks, the terrace fills, and the outdoor events programme runs at full stretch. Autumn turns the woodland walks and the pinetum to copper and bronze, and the bonsai give their best leaf colour of the year, tiny maples changing on the same schedule as the full-sized trees above them. Winter is the connoisseur&#8217;s choice \u2014 the outdoor gardens go quiet and structural, bare branches showing Loudon&#8217;s contours, while the glasshouses stay warm, humid and green, which makes a February afternoon among the tropical plants one of the best hours in the city.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_to_know\"><\/span>Good to know<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society was formed on 23 September 1829 under the presidency of William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth, with the stated aim of being scientific and ornamental at once. It immediately commissioned John Claudius Loudon \u2014 the most influential garden writer of the age and the man who popularised the gardenesque style \u2014 to lay out the ground, and the gardens opened to members on 11 June 1832 with David Cameron as first curator. The committee rejected Loudon&#8217;s grand conservatory as too expensive, so glass arrived piecemeal instead: the Tropical House in 1852, the tall Subtropical House in 1871, and the present terrace range in 1884, replacing the original conservatory and lean-to houses. A third of the ground was given up in 1844, yet enough of the design survives for the site to sit on the National Heritage List at Grade II*. Ernest Henry Wilson, later one of the great plant hunters and the man who introduced hundreds of Chinese species to Western gardens, trained here from 1893 to 1897; his blue plaque was unveiled in 2010. Joseph and Neville Chamberlain were among the society&#8217;s supporters, Joseph giving rare plants from his own collection. The exotic birds of the long-standing aviary went to sanctuaries in March 2024 and the structure came down that November. A four-and-a-half-year restoration, Growing Our Green Heritage, won National Lottery Heritage Fund backing in 2025, with the listed glasshouses due to be rebuilt to their original designs from January 2027 and some 30,000 plants to be nursed through the work.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_tips\"><\/span>Visitor tips<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Check before travelling which glasshouses are open: the restoration is phased, and individual houses close in turn while their plants are moved to temporary quarters.<\/li>\n<li>Only assistance dogs are admitted and cycling is not allowed inside, though there are racks at the entrance; wheelchairs and mobility scooters are worth booking a few days ahead.<\/li>\n<li>Come on a cold weekday morning if you want the tropical range to yourself, take the glasshouses in climate order, and remember that last admission falls half an hour before closing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_answers\"><\/span>Questions &amp; answers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Is there an admission charge?<\/strong> Yes. The gardens belong to an independent registered charity rather than the city, so visitors buy a day ticket or take out annual membership, and that income pays for the glasshouses, the staff and the living collection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How long should I allow?<\/strong> Two to three hours covers all four glasshouses, the terrace and lawn, the rose and rock gardens and the bonsai collection at a comfortable pace. Add an hour if you have children or intend to sit through a bandstand concert.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will the restoration affect my visit?<\/strong> It may. The Grade II* glasshouses are being rebuilt to their original designs from January 2027, in phases across four and a half years, so access to individual houses varies while the outdoor gardens stay open throughout.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can I still see the birds?<\/strong> No. The aviary&#8217;s exotic birds were rehomed to sanctuaries in March 2024 and the building was taken down that November; the butterfly house has closed as well, so the draw now is entirely botanical.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it worth taking children?<\/strong> Very much so. Two playgrounds, a children&#8217;s discovery garden and the carnivorous plants do most of the work for you, and the site is compact enough that nobody is carried home exhausted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can I get there without a car?<\/strong> Easily. Five Ways station, the Edgbaston Village tram terminus and a dense cluster of bus routes all leave only a short walk to the gate, and on-site parking is limited enough that public transport is often quicker.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"entity-gallery\" class=\"padrino-entity-gallery\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photos\"><\/span>Photos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.birminghamname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2026\/08\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham-1.jpg\" alt=\"Birmingham Botanical Gardens\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.birminghamname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2026\/08\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham-2.jpg\" alt=\"Birmingham Botanical Gardens\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.birminghamname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2026\/08\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham-3.jpg\" alt=\"Birmingham Botanical Gardens\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.birminghamname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2026\/08\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham-4.jpg\" alt=\"Birmingham Botanical Gardens\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.birminghamname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2026\/08\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham-5.jpg\" alt=\"Birmingham Botanical Gardens\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.birminghamname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2026\/08\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham-6.jpg\" alt=\"Birmingham Botanical Gardens\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<details>\n<summary>Show 1 more photos<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.birminghamname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2026\/08\/birmingham-botanical-gardens-birmingham-7.jpg\" alt=\"Birmingham Botanical Gardens\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments-area wp-block-group\">\n<h2 class=\"comments-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_reviews\"><\/span>Visitor reviews<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"comment-list\">\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>ALittleFairy<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n4 June 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Absolutely wonderful, it surprised me, because I didn&#039;t expect to see such a variety of plants and flowers here.<br \/>\nThe rhododendrons and azaleas impressed everyone, but the tropical gardens are incredibly impressive too.<br \/>\nT\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>\u042e\u0440\u0456\u0439 \u041f\u0430\u043d\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n25 April 2023<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>A gorgeous botanical garden. I recommend a visit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Sarah Parker<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n21 July 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 8.1\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>We had a wonderful time when we came to visit for my birthday, although we seem to have timed it for a day of various school visits and some sort of conference! That didn&#039;t diminish the beauty of all the variety of plant\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Lindy Doubell<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n3 June 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 6.1\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>My visit to the Botanical Gardens was very disappointing. Firstly, various paths were closed and some areas were being refurbished, which I wasn&#039;t told about when I paid for my ticket. The woman on reception was rather r\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Reviews last updated: 2026-08-04 15:57:33<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Data is refreshed monthly. Sources: birminghamname.com and editorial picks based on reviews.<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 TOP Park \u00b7 Birmingham \u00b7 \u2b50 8.9\/10 \u00b7 6555 reviews \u00b7 updated: 2026-08-04 15:57:33 Address: Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Westbourne Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3TR, United Kingdom Call Get directions Birmingham Botanical Gardens \u2014 a Loudon landscape of 1832 with four glasshouse climates Fifteen acres of Edgbaston hold one of Britain&#8217;s oldest botanic gardens still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":584,"featured_media":4722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2945],"tags":[],"moimportance":[],"motype":[],"moformat":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-parks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/584"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4750"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5601,"href":"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4750\/revisions\/5601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4750"},{"taxonomy":"moimportance","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moimportance?post=4750"},{"taxonomy":"motype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/motype?post=4750"},{"taxonomy":"moformat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birminghamname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moformat?post=4750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}