The Birmingham Botanical Garden was very lovely and well-maintained. You can tell they actually put a lot of care and effort into keeping the garden looking nice for visitors. Be aware that the cafe and the conservatory are not open on Mondays, and they also...
Read MoreThe Birmingham Botanical Garden was very lovely and well-maintained. You can tell they actually put a lot of care and effort into keeping the garden looking nice for visitors. Be aware that the cafe and the conservatory are not open on Mondays, and they also have restrictions on photographers. They don't want people doing photoshoots there. They only allow handheld cameras according to their sign. A list of rules is posted at the entrance to the garden. They do have a restroom open at all times that the garden is open though, with a changing table in both the men's room and the women's room. The bathrooms are kept fairly clean and stocked with the necessary items. Their drinking fountain by the bathroom is out if order right now as of this post, however, they do have vending machines not far from the entrance, just inside the garden. You can get water, soda, or Powerade from them for about 2 dollars each. The garden has lots of flower beds, an entire rose garden within the garden, different types of trees, fountains, statues, arches, and other structures, metal "porch" swings, and walking paths all around. There is also a Japanese garden but I can't comment on it because we didn't have time to visit it. If its like the rest of the garden though, its worth looking at. Also, they have a sign with a map of the garden, and it includes a QR code to a "treasure map" for older kids, so you and your child can enjoy looking for various "treasures" scattered throughout the garden. Such as the moon tree for example, which is the very sapling that flew aboard the Apollo 14 space mission. Very impressive it is now planted right here in the Birmingham Botanical Garden. Anyway one last thing to note, if you walk all the way straight through from the entrance to the back of the park, you will exit out of a metal black gate and when looking in front of you, you can see the entrance to the Birmingham Zoo just across the street. It's really nice that the Garden is so closely located to the zoo, for anyone interested in doing both places in one day.
Wheelchair accessible entrance 
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