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Belfast Botanic Gardens & Palm House
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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 | |
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Location | Signposted from M1/M2 (Balmoral exit), Stranmillis Rd | |
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Transportation | Bus: 61, 71, 84, or 85 | |
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Phone | 028/9032-4902 | |
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Prices | Free admission | |
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Frommer's Review
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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