Botanic Gardens

Botanic gardens is an oasis and it really is a place for all as it was intended. I moved from living nearby and I miss it. Beautifully tended, in summer the gardens are a blaze of colour. It is such a good thing that the amazing glass house was saved after being left to rot years ago. There was once a beautiful gate lodge at the main entrance that sadly has gone, such a pity. A statue of an eminemt scientist (can't remember his name) greets you as you go in. The Ulster museum's lovely/ugly building sits in the gardens, I can't wait until it reopens I miss going through it. The palm house survives, the big green is hiving with people in ...  Read the complete review

Botanic gardens is a beautifully situated garden very close to the centre of Belfast. It is very well kept and always looks wonderfull as every day when I walk past it on the way to and from work it appears pristeen and is always very relaxing to walk through after a bad day at work. Botanic gardens is for everyone - when I was a young child my father used to take me through it on the way to church and the fresh air and beautiful surroundings really made me fall in love with Belfast - even if it was surrounded by terrorists. Even now, after many years people will come and even spend their whole day at the gardens - lying on the grass, sunbathing, ...  Read the complete review

Say the words "Botanic Gardens" to any student from Queen's University Belfast, and without a doubt, you will hear some story about it, whether it be how they climbed the gates late at night as a short cut to get home from the pub, or if they are recalling the many lazy summer days, skipping class to either sunbathe, or kick the football around with their mates. Botanic Garden's in Belfast is a beautiful location - Situated beside the magnificent old lanyon building of Queen's University. Within Botanic Gardens there is also the Ulster Museum, good for kids, tourists, or those just interested in what it contains! The ...  Read the complete review