Reviews of MUN Botanical Garden (Zoo)

Sander Bennett Boisen

The mun botanical gardens is an amazing place that shows of the wonderful nature of Newfoundland, the importance of gardening and the diversity of plans. Perfect place to go on a sunday. Low entry fee and free for MUN students. What are you waiting for?

yu chen

We were provide free tickets from our airbnb host to the Botanical Garden's. We took her up on the offer and bike to the gardens (pretty hilly at some points) and it was a really tranquil place to visit. Right from the friendly staff, the indoor setup to the beautiful, recently renovated path ways. We loved the greenery as well as the vegetable garden and green house that had setup, those ripe tomatos looked divine! Nice place to visit if you have time

Andrew Hamlin

A very well planned and maintained environment with various levels of engagement. Kids and adults loved it.

Tammy Torraville

Was so happy they opened up the park for one evening and allowed dogs. It was beautiful

Christopher Hardy

Fantastic walking trails and botanical displays.

Alyssa Kelly

The workers were very helpful and kind. The plants are beautiful and cared for regularly to keep things fresh, new and interesting! Definitely worth a visit if you're interested.

Lauren Butler

Absolutely beautiful, the winter lights they do are incredible and in the summer all the plants are amazing. Only criticism is it's too expensive in the winter. They offer student discounts in the summer but they just have a flat rate in the winter

Deon Pretty

Awesome.

Fred Apon

Absolutely wonderful spot to visit. We had some lunch in their little restaurant, outside. The gardens were gorgeous was well.

Raymond Lai

What a pleasant surprise! We were expecting flowers and the like, and what we got were well marked hiking trails, great scenery, a lake full of ducks, and a wonderful afternoon of hiking and learning about flora and fauna. I would recommend this place to any nature lover! Ask if they have any freshly harvested produce available. We grabbed a bag of radishes from the garden for a buck! They were delicious!

Yasmin Khan

Amazing garden and great cafe.

Rita Cherkewski

Botonical gardens are nicely laid out and the walking trails are easy to manage.

Jennifer Vallis

Beautiful flowers & awesome MUN volunteers

Stephanie Jack

it very beauitful and full of flowers

Stephen Oliver

Went for the festival of lights in December 2019 and it was the first time I had been there in a very long time. Beautiful setup and I found myself wondering why I don't visit this place more often throughout the year. Will definitely go back next year for this and am looking forward to seeing more of what's offered year round.

Chris White

Great for a relaxing, romantic walk by the water & lots of beautiful flowers/plants. Excellent work, Carl!

Alicia Escribano

Beautiful! The gnome search is a hit with kids!

Eddy St. Coeur

The Christmas light festival was amazing. Throughout the year they have great exhìbits outside along the trail about the uses of various plants

Stephen Cousins

Beautiful trails and gardens. I loved feeding the ducks!

Jim Costello

A great place to have a lunch and enjoy the wonderful flowers

char m

This garden is a must see for people in the metro region. It's a wonderful escape from city life while still in the city. Appropriate place for kids and adults alike, although seniors and those with mobility issues may find the walk long. They have a winter wonderland too around christmas which is very beautiful

Roger Kelsey

Great place to visit during the winter. They decorate, have places to go for hot chocolate, great vibe everyone cheerful, staff helping and even offering to take photos.

Ian Murdoch

Great landscaping with educational content as you stroll it's kilometers of trails. Also has a nice cafe and seeds for purchase.

NewfieGirlHolly

Love it. .Beautiful. don't take your dog, no dogs aloud. Can't blame them. So pretty, lots of birds. Take a camera

Jonathan Butt

Friendly, knowledgeable staff. Great walking trail, wheelchair accessible and good for kids.

Lauren B

Merry and Bright was very well done. Minorly confusing signage about the bus shuttle and slightly overpriced tickets and drinks were the only downfalls.

Kazeem ADEFEMI

My first time here and I really liked the experience. Not many flowers or fancy garden as I expected, but the trails, the pond and lots of natural views, more than compensated for that

JB

There for the Christmas lights festival - so beautiful!

Greg Taylor

Great place for the nature lover. Very easy walk and quite relaxing. Lovely flowers and shrubs.

Shannon Woodrow

Beautiful Nature Walk - take your children!

Tiffany Olivia

Amazing!!! Gift shop is excellent! Best experience I think I've ever had in St.John's while travelling! Highly recommended

Phil Rendell

Very cool spot to visit if you enjoy plants/nature. Came here as a requirement for one of my courses at MUN and had a great time. The guide was very knowledgable and knew a lot about plant life. Should also mention that admission is free if you are a MUN student.

Cavan O'Leary

Beautifully decorated for the holidays, their Christmas light walk is a wonderful experience for kids and families alike.

Janet Perry

Beautiful gardens on 100 acres offering programs to adults and youth. Quiet restful place.

Trina Porter

Beautiful garden, and lovely wooded trails. Their board room is a perfect place to book for small events and their fruit / cheese catering package is the best I've had!

Debcar Jackson

Moving from a house to an apartment left us a little longing for "working in the garden", MUN Botanical gardens is the perfect cure for this. The house gardening became too much for us so having this wonderful venue available to us is great. It has so many varieties of plant life, is impressively maintained and also has trails to provide well needed exercise and a place to connect with nature. Season passes are reasonable, especially for seniors.

Ayush Singh

Very well kept gardens. A must do on trip to St. John's

Gerach

Beautiful contact with nature, very close to St John's downtown. It is worth the entrance fee.

Kirk Myers

Amazing place, peaceful and we kept

Andrew H.

Merry and bright festival always a hit with the kids!

Brad W

Beautiful spot but a little crowded this year. More crowded than before COVID.

Lucas Gillingham

Such a beautiful place. Very nice walking trails and ducks! Beautiful flowers and greenhouses as well. Fantastic classes all throughout the summer. You also get discounts if you're a MUN student or employee.

Tatiana Kolesnik

Wary nice place. Worth to visit if you like plants

The PolarPrince

Lovely spot to check out plants. Lucked into seeing a all school of brown trout!

Cory Slaney

Excellent visit and experience. Would more botanists in the gardens to ask questions.

Amazing place in Canada

Family friendly environment. Great for kids

Xuan Seare

Amazing garden! the city views on the lookout point are great and the Trails are very easy to walk,staffs are very friendly and it's free for mun student!

Todd Sharpe

MUN Botanical Garden is a horticultural treasure trove. It has over 250 different flowering rhododendron, which is one of the largest collections in all North America.The cultivated garden area has a greenhouse and a large collection of plants. Many of them named for educational purposes.It has a rock garden. Many of the rocks and boulders are made of limestone and have plants that only grow in limestone regions. the garden has nature trails that are easily navigated . Also a field house that has a gift shop, The Garden cafe, art shows and is devoted to education and research. No matter what time of year you visit during working hours the staff are friendly and the garden is sure to educate or inspire you.

Brittany Oram

Beautiful place! The newly renovated cafe is opening soon so stay tuned!

Chad Newhook

Wonderful walking trail and the main building has a small gift shop and tea room.

Chris Soper

Great Display of Christmas Lights

Paul Slaney

What a beautiful set up of lights every year they seem to add more. A must see in St Johns during the winter months when it’s open

Joann Pettis

Beautiful and good place to have a relaxing , peaceful walk.

Ken Butt

Always something to see and enjoy in beautiful outdoor surroundings.

Thomas Cooper

Love it in summer and winter...especially the Merry and Bright festival.

Tyler Rowsell

The Christmas lights were amazing. ❤️

Tyrone Wheeler

A great place to enjoy the beauty of nature, and the aroma of beautiful flowers. It was so relaxing just to stroll through this place.

Christian

Very beautiful location no matter the season. Great for taking photos or simply taking in the beauty of the place. The grounds are well kept and offer a variety of things to take in, as well as many places to sit down and view the natural beauty.

Valerie Reid

My family and I had an amazing experience at the Merry and Bright Festival. Well planned, organized and the displays were amazing. There were even a small group singing Christmas Carol's. Special thanks to the staff and volunteers.

Elias Galindo Paredes

Beautiful spot in Newfoundland’s capital where you will learn the basics about local plants and ecosystems.

Kevin Damen

I love the gardens, they are great, many speacies. I find it nice to walk around the flowers and get an idea about what might work in my garden, if I am lucky... The trails are also nice, and friendly and unlike every other trail I have been on in newfoundland these are not designed to kill anyone. The rest makes me wonder if Parks Canada outsourced trail design to a maximum security prison. The gift shop is nice, it would be better with more things were made in Newfoundland and less of the China nicknacks. I am not a fan of the cafe, it needs work, alot of work. Just about everyone about it looks wrong. The cafe looks horrable, just everything about it is wrong.

Gerald Clancey

Great place to stop and smell the roses.

guide to the good

The garden is filled with beautiful flowers and the paths make it into a spot where people can stroll through the garden. It is a great place to visit and learn about all the plants! The cafe and gift shop are also amazing!

Tamara Dodgson

Beautiful gardens and trails - Definitely need plenty of time to explore though...2 hours was not enough!

Trish Wilson

Such a great place to learn, to enjoy the outdoors, and to walk. Nice gift shop too :)

Miriam MacLeod (Mimi)

We went for Shakespeare in the Garden. It was evening time. The garden was magical and the perfect backdrop for the selected monologues. Worth visiting any time of the year for the special gardens, trails, and information.

Travel gamer

A Good experience into this botanical garden in a wood, we saw different type of flowers and birds... It's a good chance to do a walk in the nature.

Anna Moiseyenko

We love it. Gift shop is there, amazing cafe is there, conference room is there, summer camps for kids!!! Amazing well planned walking trails, duckies and food for them that can be purchased inside of garden building. You can also purchase plants, flowers, tree plants and soil. Cafe is serving the most healthy delicious home made food!!! Always clean neat and pure joy to visit. Would only recommend to build a small playground for babies. Would bring so much more people!!!!!

Zanele Myles

Great place for a beautiful nature walk

Robyn Dwyer

It was really fun I suggest bringing hot chocolate or buying there's

Maria Penney

Always a lovely time visiting the botanical gardens. A nice walk to the lookout or through the gardens but don't forget to purchase some duck food at the front desk to feed the friendly ducks!

Margaret Howell

I never get tired of visiting the gardens. They have many events and activities throughout the year. My favorite is the Merry & Bright Festival. Definitely worth your time to visit ????

Jennifer Tulk

Went for the music and lights festival...omg it was beautiful :)

Karen “kokopelli” Haehn

Beautiful gardens - I love being home! The people- the lunch - the grounds - the Hike! You must make it part of your stay❤️

Omer Mallhi

Great collection of flora with nice tracks to walk around

Sinitta Pesme

Amazing trails and stunning views

Amanda M

They have some gorgeous flowers and displays! Wonderful place for a peaceful stroll and to take in some beautiful sights and smells.

Michael Dawe

Very good place to go to get answers to all your questions about your flower garden. They are very pleasant and very willing to support your efforts. Flowers they sell are a bit on the expensive side.

Akshay Sawant

Beautifully maintained nature walk in the city.

TA Loeffler

A quiet place for a walk and fabulous trees and plants to enjoy along the way.

Kaushalya Rathnayake

Awesome place!!

David Doucette

Excellent! We all enjoyed the grounds, well done. Great exhibits.

Rose Velcich

A beautiful spot for a stroll, and to learn more about the flora and fauna.

Jeanie Lewis

Every time I have visited the garden, it's even more beautiful than the last! I have a family membership for the season and it's a great activity for me and my kids to do. We often take a walk then go to the cute little café for a bite to eat. The food and service is amazing and I would recommend it to anyone. Our family also participates in the events such as Garden Days or Seniors' Day. The garden is a place for everyone, of any age and it is a great place to relax and take in the beauty of nature!

Michael Corcoran

Very nice place especially in the winter.

Shelly Feltham

Beautiful place to visit for all ages! So many different types of plant species and animals.

Darryl Yetman

That will be the last time I go there. Parking is a joke, right across the road from the entrance is a empty parking lot, but you're not aloud to park there. It's only for volunteers. Their people on the gate have absolutely no idea what they are at or how to control traffic for all the people walking from a km away up the hill from where they had to park. Because of the extremely poor set up, the total uselessness of the people on the entrance and the fact you have to walk up and down the road with traffic going up and down the road, this will end up being one of the Christmas tragedies you hear about on the news after a person or child gets knocked down by a vehicle. Mun you CAN and SHOULD be doing better then this.

Goonersfan1980

Lovely find. Lots of different gardens to explore as well as great woodland trails

Chris E

Great selection of flowers and foliage to view.

Matthew Rideout

My father in law took us to the botanical gardens for the first time today. My two sons had a blast exploring all the trails and searching for fairy doors and gnomes. They have a vast array of plants from all over the world and the staff are quite knowledgeable about them. You can easily spend hours just exploring the trails and looking at the beautiful plants. The cost for adults is $8.00 and children under 5 are free.

Kathy Davies

Quiet gardens with beautiful plants and lovely trails!

Sonya Richmond

It was suggested to me to visit the MUN Botanical Garden while visiting St. John's. I am ever grateful for that suggestion! Friendly staff, wonderful gardens and great pathways - oh and be sure to enjoy their cafe as well! A must!

Colleen Rogers

Beautiful flowers, great walking trails

pei miriam

Merry and Bright was great. Too bad about the weather. The gardens are stunning. Worth a visit any time of the year. Summer is best of course!

Ryan Usher

For only $9/adult and free for young children, can spend a nice afternoon walking the trails and enjoy the lookout. Plenty of shade and seating for breaks. Great info and tips on posted signs. Nice little hike for the family.

Ken Taylor

Haunted howl was awesome for our kids.

Jonathan Benoite

The gardens are lovely, the walking trails are well kept, but I feel I paid a lot to take a walk that I could do for free elsewhere. It wasn't overly expensive, I just feel it was expensive for a walking trail and gardens.

Trudy POWER

Very well.maintained property. All staff were knowledgeable.

Kathryn Snow

Lights phenomenal, magical and injects Christmas spirit in all who visit. Shuttle buses very well coordinated.

Robert Young

Prices are fair and many trails and new things for the kids to find. Very interactive????

Gerard Squires

At Christmas, Merry and bright is beautiful. Light show from local businesses on display for the public to see

Brian Johnston

An extraordinary presence in an oppressive winter. But alas, not accessible to mere mortals. Blocked off, secured, protected, jailed beauty. Most discouraging.

Dennis Leonard

Awesome experience. Beautiful area. They had little self doors and dinosaur eggs set up around the garden for the kids! They had a great time

Wilf Lockyer

Spectacular lighting , highly recommend.

Heather Thompson

We loved it and cant wait to go again.

R McK

Fascinating place. Loved the Rock garden. So peaceful.

Linda Abbott

Awesome place to visit. Had bee hives, honey tasting and great trails. Lots of activities for kids.

Kevin Rowlands

Beautiful gardens and a network of walking trails

Gerry Sheppard

Beautiful. Well worth the visit. The kids really enjoyed it as well.

Tom Forsey

The scenery was beautiful! Great place to relax and take a stroll and enjoy nature!!

Polly Duff

Wonderful gardens. Become a member. Reasonably priced and lots of interesting programs for young and old. Something to see and enjoy for everyone. Easy walking trails. Good clean bathrooms, cafe on site.

Chris Clancy

Beautiful gardens very nice restaurant.wheel chair accessible. Food very good and reasonably priced

Craig Cook

A wonderful place to take young children, to explore!

Mike B

Great atmosphere and caretakers, beautiful walking paths throughout the gardens. Always something nice to see, has a nice gift shop with local items for sale as well.

Marcus Penney

Awesome light display! A must see!

Theresa Glynn

It was amazing. Everyone should go visit .

Jhm Molyneux

Beautiful gardens and very instructive displays

Jennifer Winsor (Jenn W.)

Nice gardens with lots of trails. Friendly staff.

Don LEGERE

Great places to go for a walk. Beautiful scenery.

Tina Ellis

We did the merry and bright walk it was beautiful.

kristina sleiman

Very beautiful place to see. Lots of walking and great accessibility for those who need it. Trail hiking for those who love to get out and exercise. You could go for the day and see it all or go for a bit to see just a little. Not able to comment on the food as I didnt test it out. There is a gift shop and washrooms available

Lucy Telford

Lovely place to walk around. It was advertised that it takes an hour and a half to walk through, but we found that if you actually want to see the plants, and if it's a hot day, it takes far longer. The wollemi pine and the good weather make it well worth a picnic day visit.

Darryl Webb

Great job decorating for the holidays, a lot of man hours must have been put in

jarrod burton

It's pretty. There's nice flowers. Occasional wildlife. Good walking trails. Great café. Go. lots of pokestops too

Ron Hall

Nice small gardens. Both smooth and rugged trails.

Anna Moiseienko

Merry and Bright light festival is a must see!!!!!! The most amazing and gorgeous places in St. John's before Christmas.

Sylvia Noseworthy-Haxton

Beautiful ! I will diffenately go back .

Patrica Ivey

Loved it. It was a beautiful experience.

Justin Wheaton

wonderful