In 1828, Belfast Botanic Garden was established as Victorian landmark in response to public interest in horticulture and botany. It was originally opened as private for Royal Belfast Botanical Garden. Only from 1895, it became a public park as the Belfast City Council bought from the Belfast Botanical and Horticultural Society. It is located in the South of the City between Queen’s University and the River Lagan.

The Botanic Palm House was designed by Charles Lanyon. It is one of the earliest and most exquisite example of a curvilinear glass and cast iron glass house. The plants arranged in Higher Central Dome, Cool wing and Stove wing. It contained exotic tree species and impressive plant collections from the southern hemisphere, many of which can still be seen in the park such as the Australian Grasstrees Xanthorrhoea preissii which is over 400 years old as the oldest plant in the dome. Other attraction of the Botanic Garden is The Tropical Ravine which contains some of the oldest seed plants around today, as well as banana, cinnamon, bromeliad and orchid plants.

Today, the park is popular with residents, students and tourists and is an important venue for concerts, festivals and other events.