Ness Botanic Gardens

Ness Botanic Gardens was born of the Liverpool cotton merchant, Arthur Kilpin Bulley’s passionate interest in plants and his desire to share that interest with others. He began work on the garden in 1898, creating one of the major botanic gardens in the country. Bulley died in 1942 and in 1948 his daughter, the political activist and philanthropist, the ’extraordinary’ Lois Bulley (1901 – 1995) presented the gardens to the University of Liverpool, with an endowment of £75,000, then one of the largest endowments the University had ever received. Today Ness displays plants from all over the world.

A guided tour of Ness with Mike Roberts our Plant Records Officer.

Children to be supervised by an adult. Areas of the garden are not suitable for manual wheelchair users. Refreshments available for purchase.

Timings & Tours

Monday 09 September:

1100-1230 | Fully booked

Location & directions

Ness Botanic Gardens, Ness Gardens, Neston Road, Ness, Merseyside, CH64 4AY

Contact on day:

Jenny Lemon-Parkins

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking required

Booking conditions:

Spaces are limited and must be booked via Ness Gardens website.

Booking website:

https://payments.liv.ac.uk/short-courses/short-courses-at-liverpool/ness-botanic-gardens/heritage-walk-2024

Booking opens:

01 Aug 2024 09:00 AM

Accessibility details

Areas of the garden are not suitable for manual wheelchair users

Additional information

Max no of people per tour:

16

Est. tour duration:

1 hour(s) 30 minute(s)

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