Nice cream tea, and reserved parking spaces in a shaded area of the car park for customers with dogs.
As someone who misses Geoff, it has taken me far too long to visit Barnsdale. A relaxing couple of hours seeing his gardens and the long time home of Gardeners' World has been a lovely way to spend an afternoon. We visited in mid-August, after the summer peak and as things turn to late Summer/early autumn, probably after its best display. We loved the day, but knocked off a star as it was, along with the tea rooms, a bit on the pricy side. Other than that, the staff were great, friendly and happy to chat. The gardens were great and I'm very happy to have visited.
Lovely gardens, great location with really knowledgeable staff. Really helpful & great choice of plants. The membership is a bargain especially if you’re local. Lovely food and plenty of parking. Would highly recommend
Essentially loads of nice mini gardens! An absolutely delightful range and variety of things to see for the budding gardener. Plenty of ideas to be had!
Amazing gardens, all 38 sections. Would strongly recommend a days visit.
For me, lost a star waiting for our meal (good meals served), and some sections of the garden required TLC.
Having said that, a must garden to visit.
Our first visit to barnsdale gardens. Beautiful gardens. Well kept and so many different plants and trees. Would thoroughly recommend. We completed our visit with an afternoon tea!
Nice day out in my opinion a bit pricey !
£12 no concession elderly/disabled
Took disabled mother on mobility scooter most of garden was accessible .Few parts were not we were advised on entry which parts .Not many disabled parking bays.
Disabled toilets and cafe accessible .Good food and coffee lovey outdoor seating area.
The garden is made up of individual gardens in my option the plants were a-little bit repetitive in some areas . I would have liked to see more gardens which stood out as being very different due to plant selection and not just landscaping like the hot / Mediterranean and the Japanese /oriental garden.
Worth a visit and will properly go back at a different time of year printed off the email when joining newsletter online and get it stamped on entry and get half price entry next visit .Join the tea room email list and get offers each month too!!
There was a Small garden centre a bit expensive didn't stock all the plants in the garden which was a bit disappointing .
Really well kept and welcoming venue a must see if you like any form of gardening
Beautiful gardens with different themes with the most gorgeous plants, flowers and bushes. A lovely cafe with indoor and outdoor seating in a beautiful setting. Very relaxing place to visit. Entrance fee a little bit steep in my opinion but you could spends hours wandering round and in the cafe. A great place for adults but probably kids would get bored.
A really lovely place to visit, just right for couple of hours of walking around enjoying gardens. Lots of small gardens with different themes, plenty of benches to sit and admire the views. A nice little cafe and shop and plant nursery too.
The gardens are inspiring and very well maintained. Staff are very helpful. The 30+ 'rooms' provide lots of good practice tips and ideas. The guide sheet is needed to navigate round but even that is hard to follow in places. More arrows showing a route round might help. The cafe is OK with some nice outdoor seating But indoors the decor is quite tired. The menu could do with more healthy eating options: lots of other gardens are good at this. For me there are too many fry-ups. The smells from these waft into the garden. Maybe there could be a winter menu (with more fried / hot items) and a summer menu (using salad/ vegetable/ fruit produce from the garden). Maybe it could be a 'shop-window' for food sourced locally. Food charges have increased significantly recently; earlier this year there was a two breakfasts for £11 offer, but there's nothing like that now.
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