Outstanding!! This park and gardens stands proudly beside any in the world i cannot rate them highly enough. Make sure you go into the fern house, the name is a bit deceptive, inside is one of the most colourful displays you’ll see anywhere, the amount and variety of plants used to create the displays is mind boggling. The park covers a vast area around a series of lakes, there are two great kids playgrounds, one within a zoo with all sorts of animals including some monkeys very cute otters. Great cafe with a great setting by the largest lake.

What a great experience we had here. Only meant to stay for a couple of hours but ended up spending most of the day. So many trails to discover & then we saw the zoo, then the fern house, not to mention those pretty lakes. A magical experience for young & old

The park is quite big and well situated in the city. You can wander around, see cascades, fountains and lakes. There are toilets. The paths are very well maintained, some are gravel pathways, others feel more like walking in a forest so it's very cool. Plenty of flowers, plants, trees to look at.

Wow!! Make sure you allow plenty of time here. And a fine day would be a bonus! So so much to discover. Absolute treasure. Beautifully planted, cared for, and run. Loved the bowl. Time bound so didn't manage the whole place, but will be back for sure!

One of the countries best gardens. Hidden gems everywhere. Very well maintained. Great vistas. Central to town. Highly recommend.

This is huge, beautiful paradise kind if park. During the summerseason they also have light installations at night time. Festival of light. Definetly worth of visit.

My second visit to this wonderful park. The spring blossom are superb. Lovely to hear the birds. A multitude of pathways to wander at leisure. And a treat to catch a glimpse of Mount Taranaki while drinking tea at the cafe.

Beautiful park! Love the fernery so many beautiful flowers 💐😍 Such a beautiful day to go walking through the beautiful park We walked through the night before as we thought there were glow worms but we could find them so we went back during the day.

Beautiful!! Even thoe we visited during the light festival, the park would be beautiful just to unwind to become tau within oneself. I would like to come back and spend a few hours walking around the whole park.

Brilliant park had an wonderful couple hours wandering around the grounds enjoying the gardens, pond and water fall. Highly recommend a visit, sadly it was a little we and the cricked match scheduled was called off.

Beautiful setting. Lovely walk around the lake. Hundreds of Japanese Maples, brilliant. Very well worth a visit.

Beautiful walks and big park for kids all ages! The secret fountain has a button you push. The scenery was stunning.

So handy, only walking distance to the city central. View is serene and peaceful with Mt Taranaki in the distance in a clear day. Covered by ferns and tall trees, felt like walking in the ancient forest. Love the daphnes planted near the tea house and Japanese garden which send sweet and nice aroma when you walk around.

I visited in 2019 but had to come back and review it. This might just be the best park I ever been to. I really got the feeling of nature walking through here. It is green, full of art and has a beautiful small lake. Words cannot really describe it but the Auckland Domain is nothing compared to this, and this would even give Queenstown Gardens a run for its money.

Love this gardens park. 😃 Lots to see and a lovely bush walk that leads to bridges. Bonus it's dog friendly too. The sound shell was nice and had someone on a saxaphone playing was nice while we ate lunch. Would recommend going here if you like gardens and bush walks, has a small inner city zoo here also.

An absolute great park to while away few hours. There is so many different ways to go. Beautiful gardens etc. Picnic and play areas for the kids. A small zoo at the top level. Christmas lights are amazing

It’s a great park in its own right. On this occasion went for the Festival of Lights which was great. Excellent weather. Not too crowded. A great place for everyone, singles, couples, families.

A wonderful park to visit, especially with young kids. Kids enjoyed the playground and also seeing the waterfall, lakes etc. I'd recommend double checking where exactly you are going to park if you are NOT going to park at the Brooklands Zoo carpark, as you'll have to pin the location on Google in order to get accurate directions. Bear in mind, the zoo carpark gets pretty busy even on weekdays.

What a lovely park to visit. We had about 45 minutes to spare and enjoyed the Fernery (lovely flowers as well as ferns). We also had time to walk around part of the lake (there is a Cafe on the lakeside serving refreshments). Well worth a visit and with other places to see it is well worth the visit. It is only 5 minutes drive from downtown New Plymouth.

An awesome inner city park, with huge trees, native plants and during summer lots of concerts, music events and the Festival Of Lights (FOL). The Bowl of Brooklands is at one end and the cricket ground at the other side. Very accessible throughout including an epic children's playground.

Not enough adjectives to describe this beautiful park. Taking the $5 buggy tour was the best way to get an overall glimpse which could be followed up by more thorough explorations. A tranquil space full of nature's wonders.

Lovely park. Well maintained and groomed. Scenery is amazing and many paths and walkways to walk through. Kids will be well entertained with all parks and adventures. You can also walk to the Brookland zoo too!