A wonderful garden along with an exhibition of sculptures and free entry, a rareity these days. If you are interested in visiting one of Dublin's best kept secret gardens, you will not be disappointed. It has wonderful glass houses and open spaces with beautiful mature trees, all lovingly cared for by a team of excellent horticultural experts. The cafe is well worth a visit after a tour too. Surprisingly, it has a small car park so arrive early!

Our visit to the gardens was much shorter than we would have liked but we managed to see the gorgeous greenhouses, some magnificent mature trees and many of the formal flower beds featuring plants from around the world. There's an ornamental lake with a waterfall and resident waders. The gardens are very pretty and will be even more so in a few weeks. The flowers were beginning to bloom, birds were nesting, and squirrels were chasing each other (and being chased by kids). The National Botanic Gardens are a few kilometres from the centre of town. They are located right beside Glasnevin Cemetery which is also worth a visit. Both are free to enter and pleasant places to stroll.

The National Botanical Gardens (or the Bots as locals call them) are an absolutely delightful place to visit at any time of the year but particularly in spring and summer when the beautifully tended flowers, trees and shrubs are full of colour and life. There’s an excellent cafe there and best or all is that admission is free! The only slight drawback is that parking is limited so get there early if you have a car.

An absolute treat. Not only can you wander around a stunning and tranquil parkland packed full with a wealth and breadth of different (and well labelled) tree varieties, you can spend time by the water (where we saw ducks, chicks and a turtle) or meandering in the restored glasshouses, which are absolutely gorgeous. To top it off, all this natural beauty is free! We spent a few hours here on a Saturday in May and although busy, it wasn’t unpleasantly packed. We could have spent several hours more and we will be back next time we are fortunate enough to visit Dublin

Spent the day exploring the stunning National Botanic Gardens in Dublin! 🌿✨ From vibrant flowers to peaceful pathways, it’s a nature lover's paradise. Highly recommend for a relaxing and beautiful escape! 🌸🍃

Very easy to travel to by Dublin Bus and stops outside the premises. Has clean toilets and cafe serves nice coffee. Gardens are very well kept and peaceful especially how it’s located in a busy city. Variety of different healthy trees, flowers & shrubs. Greenhouses are impressive. Chilled environment.

On our last day in Ireland before leaving town, we were looking for something special to do. We decided that we would enjoy a trip to the botanic gardens. What I had not realized before going there was just how large the place actually was. I thought we would just go in there for maybe an hour and then we would see everything. We started by taking the outside loop around the entire gardens. After finishing the loop, we visited a number of climate controlled greenhouses full of tropical plants and flowers, desert plants and flowers, and rock gardens. The paved walkway took us into a wooded area along a stream, which was quite pretty. The gardens had every type of flower imaginable. The trees were quite beautiful and interesting, also. This was a very happy two hours in our day. Since it is paved, it is suitable for people who are in wheelchairs or who use walkers.

The gardens are absolutely beautiful and have plants from everywhere. We did the guided tour, and our guide was very accommodating of the rain, taking us mostly through greenhouses. He was very knowledgeable and was able to answer every question we had about the plants. We took some time to explore outside of the tour which was fun as well, even though it was quite rainy.

Recently did a tour about toiling the land with Timothy. Incredibly insightful and knowledgeable. 22 pages of notes but somehow managed to get physics and economics in also while "not mentioning politics" despite referring to it about 17 times! Brilliant person and brilliant crocodile Dundee hat but more importantly extremely well researched and enthusiastic guide. Successfully identified 3/5 grasses but got group interaction to help which was brilliant. Bent the rules to show us a rare potato Surprisingly wasn't wearing rip away trousers Brilliant hour spent and would love to have a pint with him in The Gravediggers

Such a beautiful place. The greenhouses and gardens are so well kept and maintained. The flowers were stunning and it was lovely working through looking at the gardens and appreciating the nature and wildlife. The gardens are well presented and it wasn't too busy walking around. You can visit the cafe and there are clean toilets available. And all this for free.