Love walking round the gardens, amazing plants and wildlife, always see the lizards in the arid gardens. Just such a lovely place to sit and chill and enjoy the scenery and the amazing plants. I’m not keen on the menu in the cafe, not much for children, there was no cake that I liked the look of today, but the coffee is good and that’s not really what I went there for.
One of my favourite places to visit and have a leisurely stroll around the gardens, sit an read a book and keep an eye out for the little lizards that scurry about basking in the sun, followed by a coffee and cake in the cafe!
Nice day out at the Botanic gardens. Started at the café, lovely mushroom omelette freshly cooked in front of our table with good tea & flat white coffee at reasonable prices. Entrance was £10.50 adult ticket, which I think is good value for what there is to see. Winding pathways work there way back & forth through wooded area's to open green lawns. Large hill on the side of the gardens give good views out to sea & back over the gardens. Much to see here, visit approx 3 hours.
The location is amazing. The history of how the place came to exist is very interesting. However the weeds were a bit overgrown in some parts and some bits looked not very well looked after. The Japanese garden and surroundings seem new and better looked after.
The greenhouse seems to need a lot of attention, unfortunately the pond didn't seem to have been cleaned properly and same with the glass which blocks a lot of the light (lateral windows).
Another thing to mention: many plants don't display a name or tag which makes it hard to identify the plant.
Many lizards running around which is pretty cool!
Overall the price is worth the visit, if more people visit I think the money could go to improve it :)
Really enjoyable visit to the gardens. I think there is an opportunity to be 'smarter' with places like this, putting QR codes to plants you like and perhaps linking it to the shop at the end. I think selling more rare plants as well rather than those you could get in a garden centre so there is more of a draw to come along. Maybe even cuttings from some of the plants? Anyway Gardens were very nice and a good way to spend a hour or two.
What a wonderful place to visit. The variety of plants is just off the scale, absolutely beautiful. Spent most of the day there, just stunning.
Nice place to walk around - so many interesting plants to look at. Particularly liked the Japanese terrace. Parking is free for visitors. Friendly staff.
nearly put off visiting the garden having read all the controversy online, but so glad we didn't - really beautiful gardens with heavenly scents as you walk around the different zones. Particularly enjoyed the entrance to the hothouse, very atmospheric. Well worth the entrance fee, which includes parking albeit not obvious from the car park. Nearly bought some plants, but the tills weren't working in the shop and the queue was too slow in the cafe
Never been to the botanical gardens before and I must admit, it wasn't high on my list of things to do whilst on the island. However, what a mistake that was! This is a quite stunning place with an amazing array of non British species of plants. A very well laid out set of gardens with all different areas of the world represented in a horticultural form. A coffee and snack from the cafe is a must and look out for the sand lizards! Quite surprised and delighted to find the lizards amongst the plants. Some lovely items in the shop as well. Overall a very well spent £10.50 for admission. Stayed for a good number of hours and thoroughly enjoyed!
Beautiful unique peaceful garden. Huge variety of exotic plants, lovely cafe with a view and a big shop.
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