Comments on: Birmingham Botanical Gardens… http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2022/04/20/birmingham-botanical-gardens/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Sat, 02 May 2026 21:44:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2022/04/20/birmingham-botanical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-66218 CherryPie Thu, 28 Apr 2022 22:25:14 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=24791#comment-66218 Both of the sites you mention sound wonderful :-) Both of the sites you mention sound wonderful :-)

]]> By: London Caller http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2022/04/20/birmingham-botanical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-66208 London Caller Thu, 28 Apr 2022 08:17:19 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=24791#comment-66208 Those tropical plants in the green houses reminded me of my home town. :) We can grow giant orchids outdoors on the ground, isn't that amazing? But if you wanna see beautiful orchids, then you should visit the National Orchid Garden in Singapore. Those tropical plants in the green houses reminded me of my home town. :)
We can grow giant orchids outdoors on the ground, isn’t that amazing?
But if you wanna see beautiful orchids, then you should visit the National Orchid Garden in Singapore.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2022/04/20/birmingham-botanical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-66183 CherryPie Wed, 20 Apr 2022 22:57:03 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=24791#comment-66183 After we had finished our visit to the Botanical gardens Mr C declared it was time for afternoon tea and cake. I suggested we call in at Winterbourne. On arrival he wasn't convinced there would be a teashop as it wasn't advertised. I did a quick Google search to confirm there was. Then he asked what was there to see... I said it doesn't matter we can get in for free with our HH ticket. He wasn't convinced that we could get in for free and said we would leave it for when we had more time... This left us driving in the wrong direction home and limited options for afternoon tea! Eventually after one aborted option we stopped at a motorway service station. It had a Costa which I know serves perfect tea, much to the surprise of Mr C ;-) The service station also had a wonderful view over the countryside :-) After we had finished our visit to the Botanical gardens Mr C declared it was time for afternoon tea and cake. I suggested we call in at Winterbourne. On arrival he wasn’t convinced there would be a teashop as it wasn’t advertised. I did a quick Google search to confirm there was. Then he asked what was there to see… I said it doesn’t matter we can get in for free with our HH ticket. He wasn’t convinced that we could get in for free and said we would leave it for when we had more time…

This left us driving in the wrong direction home and limited options for afternoon tea! Eventually after one aborted option we stopped at a motorway service station. It had a Costa which I know serves perfect tea, much to the surprise of Mr C ;-) The service station also had a wonderful view over the countryside :-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2022/04/20/birmingham-botanical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-66182 CherryPie Wed, 20 Apr 2022 22:44:10 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=24791#comment-66182 It is a lovely place but it has become a bit run down since our previous visit. It is a lovely place but it has become a bit run down since our previous visit.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2022/04/20/birmingham-botanical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-66181 CherryPie Wed, 20 Apr 2022 22:43:28 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=24791#comment-66181 The green and red building is a bandstand. The green and red building is a bandstand.

]]> By: Caroline Irwin http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2022/04/20/birmingham-botanical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-66179 Caroline Irwin Wed, 20 Apr 2022 17:33:11 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=24791#comment-66179 Lovely photos. It is nice there but I do prefer Winterbourne House and Gardens in Edgbason (Uni of Bham's botanical garden). Lovely photos. It is nice there but I do prefer Winterbourne House and Gardens in Edgbason (Uni of Bham’s botanical garden).

]]> By: lisl http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2022/04/20/birmingham-botanical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-66178 lisl Wed, 20 Apr 2022 06:16:12 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=24791#comment-66178 You must have been very happy there with such a variety of things to photograph, Cherie You must have been very happy there with such a variety of things to photograph, Cherie

]]> By: Hels http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2022/04/20/birmingham-botanical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-66177 Hels Wed, 20 Apr 2022 02:41:01 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=24791#comment-66177 Was that round building used as a bandstand? I would love to be sitting on the lawn in summer. Was that round building used as a bandstand? I would love to be sitting on the lawn in summer.

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