Chester Zoological Gardens

These award-winning gardens are over 50 years old and have won many prizes for their horticultural displays.

Plants are used to create themed gardens and naturalistic habitats for the animals, in addition to over 33,000 bedding plants used in traditional ornamental displays. Chester Zoological Gardens cares for nearly 200 endangered species of plants and holds National Collections of Cacti and Orchids.

There are a number of gardens events, including an annual Orchid Festival and Plant Conservation Day.

You can meet the gardeners and pick up some hints - you can event become a 'Gardener for a Day'.

In 2009, over 1 million people will visit this amazing landscape of rare, exotic and vibrant plants and may cover across the occasional tiger, elephant, lion or even bear.......