Birmingham Botanical Gardens And Glasshouses, <em>Birmingham</em>
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Birmingham Botanical Gardens And Glasshouses, Birmingham

About Birmingham Botanical Gardens And Glasshouses

The Birmingham Botanical Gardens are also home to a beautiful Bonsai collection. Apart from aesthetic uses, people who study bonsai should also visit this place. Omiya tree is one of the oldest exhibits over there which is almost 250 years old. The glass houses mentioned above contain crops like rice, cocoa, sugar, and cane. Apart from that, you will also find numerous ornamental and aquatic plants like Magnolias and Prunus there. The sub-tropical glass house consists of orchids, ferns, and carnivore plants as well.

The Venus Flytrap is the most renowned amongst them. Cacti and aloe vera are also found aplenty inside the premises. The Himalayan Cedar is a plant, which is considered exotic and also has many medicinal properties. The plants are not the only inhabitants there. If you are a bird lover, you should check out the birds like monals and turacos you might find there. There is an aviary inside that has four distinct zones, depicting different geographic areas.

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Birmingham Botanical Gardens And Glasshouses Highlights

• It is almost 15-acres in size and situated at Edgbaston, Birmingham. Moreover, the gardens are located around 2.4 km from the city centre.
• It is a Victorian public park, which carries the legacy of the era, with paved walkways, seating areas, and promenades inside the park.
• There are four glass houses in the premises. They are subtropical, tropical, Mediterranean and arid glasshouses.
• You will also find an Alpine glass house and a Butterfly Glasshouse inside.
• You can also access the Loudon Terrace that runs along the perimeter of the place. Enjoy majestic views of the lawn from there.
• You will find at least 7,000 plant species from across the world.

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