Hunter Region Botanic Gardens

Very disappointing and misleading pictures on their website. Everything outside was closed off or locked up. The cafe offers fresh pizzas and all they have is a microwave! Even though they were not busy they were very slow to prepare food and drinks. I would not recommend.

Visited on a rainy day so this curtailed activities. Attended free demonstration on propagation and caring for orchids. Volunteer staff extremely knowledgeable and helpful. Gardens a delight, will be returning to explore in full next time. Highly recommend for all ages, families, groups or some quite solitude on your own.

The gardens are elegant and modest. Avoid the cafe, for a simple order of two sandwiches it took over 40 minutes. We canceled our one drink (hot chocolate) because it didn’t even arrive after 50 minutes....

Great place to visit , wheelchair friendly , play area for children , clean rest rooms , well defined walking tracks and cafe .

Wonderful gardens and friendly, helpful staff. I will stop here for a stroll every time I travel between Sydney and Coffs. I look forward to seeing the new developments too

The Botanic Gardens is a wonderful place to visit. The themed gardens, waterfall and wedding chapel are my favourite places. There is a vast array of different plants to see including a spectacular orchid house. And they are helping the environment, gold star from me!