VanDusen Botanical Garden Travel Review

The VanDusen Botanical Garden is located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the intersection of Oak and West 37th Street. The garden covers 55 acres with over 7,000 plants from all over the world. To gain entrance to the gardens, you will have to pay an admission fee. As well, you can book the gardens for filming shoots. The VanDusen Botanical Garden has over 7,500 varieties of plants from all over the world and ten different specialty gardens. The VanDusen Botanical Garden is a relatively young garden. In 1971, development started and on August 30, 1975 the VanDusen Botanical Garden was officially opened to the public.

You can travel through the VanDusen Botanical Garden on either a guided or self-guided walking tour. The specialty gardens include the Canadian Heritage Garden, a Stone Garden, the Alma VanDusen Garden, a Meditation Garden, a Formal Rose Garden, the Stanley Smith Rock Garden, a Children's Garden, the Heather Garden, the Phyllis Bentall Garden and the Bonsai House. The garden shop has a wonderful selection of gifts ideas including home décor, books, jewelry and gardening supplies, such as plants, tools and seeds. Inside, the large windows let in plenty of sunshine and allow you to gaze at the beautiful gardens outside. Belfast Botanic Gardens is located just south of Belfast city between the River Lagan and Queens University, close to the junction of Botanic Avenue and Malone Road.

Established in 1828 as 'The Private Royal Botanic Gardens', the Botanic Gardens was opened to the public in1895 when the Belfast Botanical and Horticultural Society sold it to The Belfast Corporation. The public park covers an area of 28 acres and boasts some fantastic features. The main feature of Belfast Botanic Gardens is 'The Palm House'. As part of the Tropical Wing there's also 'The Stove Wing'. Opening times

Monday to Friday: 10am to 12 noon and 1pm to 5 pm. 
Saturday/Sunday: 1pm to 5 pm 
Bank Holidays: 1pm to 5pm

October to March 
Monday to Friday: 10 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 4 pm. 
Saturday/Sunday: 1 pm to 5 pm. 
Bank Holidays: 1 pm to 5 pm.

The gardens also contain another glasshouse called The Tropical Ravine House, which was built in 1889 by the then head gardener, Mr. Charles McKimm. Other attractions at the Belfast Botanic Gardens include an alpine garden, a beautiful and colourful rose garden, a pavilion, flower beds, specimen trees, sculptures, fountains, rockeries bowling green, and a great children's playground.

Admission to the gardens is free and there's also free car parking available as well as wheelchair access.

The gardens are located on Botanic Avenue which is just off Belfast's Shaftesbury Square.

The Gardens are just a short walk away. Kirstenbosch is one of the most famous and beautiful botanical gardens in the world and first opened in 1913. Botanical gardens are different from parks as they are places where plants are grown for research, conservation, education and enjoyment.

In the useful plants garden at Kirstenbosch you can find plants used in different parts of the country for medicine, food and drink, dying cloth, and building houses.

When you walk through Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens it is like taking a tour of South Africa. The Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens is a great place to start getting to know the fynbos of the Western Cape in the Protea, Erica, Restio and Peninsula Gardens. Visit the Garden Soon!

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