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Botanic Gardens 150th Anniversary Fun Day on this Weekend..!
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Local Events  |  Sat - June 14, 2025 4:33 pm  |  Article Hits:377  |  A+ | a-
THE Botanic Gardens 150th Anniversary Fun Day is to take place this weekend, on:- Sunday, 15 June 2025, between:- 10am and 4pm. If you are not aware of the park, it is located on the Botanic Road, within the historic Churchtown area of Southport.

Admission to this event is free, but we strongly suggest you take the bus to get to the park if you are local. Once you are in the park, you will be able to enjoy a huge range of entertainment, with:- fairground rides, live music, craft stalls, donkey rides, food and drink, giant bubbles, and more.  This makes for a fantastic trip out for the family!

For those of you who have not been to the Botanic Gardens, it was 1st opened in 1874, and it became a heavily wooded botanical garden, with a fernery, aviary, gift shop, and a cafe. Today, the area is well-maintained thanks to Sefton Council and the Botanic Gardens Community Association. You can still visit the aviary, fernery, and cafe, plus you can also take a walk around the lake and look at the amazing flower displays.

This event, run by the Botanic Gardens Community Association, is just 1 of many events lined up this year that will celebrate of the North West's best Parks. It is worth noting that the park makes for a fantastic trip, even when no events are taking place, and you also have the amazing picture postcard Churchtown Village to visit, with lots of amazing shops. if you have not been, we would recommend taking a trip to this outstanding location. 

if you are keen to learn more about the Park's history, please visit the Botanic Gardens Community Association's website:- BotanicGardensCA.Org.UK,

Jess Rickers said:- “The 150th birthday of the Botanic Gardens is an amazing milestone to celebrate! This is going to be a magical event with plenty to offer the entire family. So many generations have enjoyed this amazing space since it was opened during the Victorian era. We want to give the Botanic Gardens the celebration it deserves and we’d love to see as many people coming to enjoy the day as possible. Admission is free, but we would always welcome any donations to the Botanic Gardens Community Association to support the ongoing upkeep and improvements at the park. This our 4th event and these fun days keep getting bigger and better. There will be so much to do! We have more stalls than ever, with a mix of local businesses and local charities. Merseyside Police and Merseyside Fire & Rescue have been so supportive of the Southport community over the past year. We are looking forward to seeing them coming with so much that children will love, including their:- Police Van, Fire Engine, Police Dogs, and Police Horses. You can see local dance schools performing throughout the day. That part of the event is being organised and run by Funky Monkees, with Katy Hibbert leading that for us. Southport Hesketh Round Table will be working with them, providing a DJ. Dance groups performing will include:- DBA, Babyballet, Wright’s Performing Arts, Rhythm Time Southport and Express Performing Arts. Children from Express Performing Arts will be making and selling bracelets to raise money for the new Bebe’s Hive charity. Starkidz will be doing a silent disco. Our popular bubbleologists from Paris Bubbles are making a welcome return, their huge bubbles are always very popular. We’ll have:- face painting; birds of prey; donkey rides; StarKidz will be doing a silent disco. The Settle Inn, which is sponsoring the event, will be hosting:- a BBQ; selling food, drinks and ice cream; and will be selling plants. People will be able to enjoy free popcorn courtesy of Hickory’s in Southport. We’ll have live music with:- a jazz band, a ukulele band, and the Sea Cadets band. The Botanic Gardens is right next to the beautiful Churchtown Village, which is full of fantastic local independent restaurants, cafes, bars, and shops. It’s a perfect opportunity to enjoy a full day in Churchtown and enjoy everything that the Village has to offer. This event is always busy so please come on foot or by public transport if you are able. Please take any rubbish home with you; it’s always handy to bring cash, as not all of the stalls have card machines. Sefton Council has been really supportive. They are providing funds for bins and portable toilets and are also sending 2 Green Sefton employees along to help. This year’s event has been a real team effort by the whole community. There are so many local groups working together to make this special 150th Birthday event happen."

It is worth adding, the 150th of Southport's Botanic Gardens is sponsored by:- 'The Settle Inn.'

As part of the 150th Anniversary, the Botanic Gardens Community Association has launched a:- 'Go Fund Me' appeal to raise money that will be spent on improving and conserving the Botanic Gardens as part of an ambitious and long term improvement and conservation scheme for the park. The main goal of the Appeal is to celebrate and conserve the Park’s heritage, enhance inclusion, access, and participation for park users, and support nature recovery and the environment. The money raised will be matched funded by Sefton Council. If you can donate to the:- 'Southport's Botanic Gardens Heritage Match Funding Appeal,' please go to:- GoFundMe.Com  and make a donation today!
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