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Hours Palm House and Tropical Ravine Apr-Sept Mon-Fri 10am-noon, daily 1-5pm; Oct-Mar Mon-Fri 10am-noon, daily 1-4pm. Gardens daily 8am-sunset
Location Signposted from M1/M2 (Balmoral exit), Stranmillis Rd, County Antrim,
Transportation Bus: 61, 71, 84, or 85
Phone 028/9032-4902
Prices Free admission

Review of Belfast Botanic Gardens & Palm House

Dating from 1828, these gardens were established by the Belfast Botanic and Horticultural Society. Ten years later, they gained a glass house, or conservatory, designed by noted Belfast architect Charles Lanyon. Now known as the Palm House, this unique building is one of the earliest examples of curvilinear cast-iron glass-house construction. It contains a good variety of tropical plants, including sugar cane, coffee, cinnamon, banana, aloe, ivory nut, rubber, bamboo, guava, and spindly birds of paradise. If the weather's fine, stroll in the outdoor rose gardens, first established in 1927.

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