The Birmingham Botanical Gardens is a place in the Teletubbies franchise. It only appeared in the first four episodes featuring King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys. They later performed at this same place on July 15, 2012 as a part of the 2012 Brum Jazz Festival. Gangs of Pupils of Chuckery Infant School were also in the botanical gardens, which was filmed in 1995, after the Aviary was built. In addition, their introductions were filmed at the Herbaceous Border.
Episode Appearances
- The Grand Old Duke of York (first appearance)
- See-Saw
- Humpty Dumpty
- Hey Diddle Diddle (last appearance)
Trivia
- The Botanical Gardens were originally designed by John Claudius Loudon in 1829, which opened on June 11, 1832.
- On the show, the entire exterior of the Pavilion Tea Room was white, there were a pair of three fir trees that stood in front of the arched structure on both sides of the semi-circle cactus and succulent display, and a deciduous tree in front of the glasshouses. The bandstand was white, had yellow and purple flowers, and also had tall bushes behind and around it.
- The bandstand was built in 1873.
- The aviary was built in 1995, shortly before the nursery rhyme music videos were filmed. It opened on July 2, 1995.
- Between 2002 and 2003, the window sills outside the Pavilion Tea Room, the arch above the semicircle window, and the walls in between the windows that face the Main Lawn were painted gray.
- In 2005, the pair of three fir trees were removed.
- In 2010, the decidious tree was removed.
- In 2011, the bandstand was painted green and the windows in the Pavilion Tea Room that face the Main Lawn were replaced.
- In 2013, the tall bushes behind and around the bandstand were removed. The bushes eventually regrew.
- This location has also appeared in multiple TV shows.
- In 2012, the Botanical Gardens celebrated its 180th anniversary, and in 2017, its 185th anniversary was celebrated.
Gallery
The Birmingham Botanical Gardens
The Aviary
The Bandstand
The Loudon Terrace
The Pavilion Tea Room
The Loudon Terrace with the Aviary in the background
The trees at Herbaceous Border
The trees at Herbaceous Border
Another view of the Herbaceous Border trees
The trees at the Herbaceous Border
The garden bed at the Aviary. You can see the bandstand and glasshouses.
The Aviary seen on July 11, 2003.
The main lawn and bandstand seen on July 11, 2003. Parts of the Pavilion Tea Room are now gray instead of white.
View of the main lawn and bandstand on July 11, 2003 from the Loudon Terrace.
The aviary in the distance from the Loudon Terrace.
The bandstand seen in 2004.
The Birmingham Botanical Gardens
The Main Lawn and Bandstand, and the Aviary
The Main Lawn and Bandstand, Glasshouses and Pavilion Tea Room now.
The Herbaceous Border now.
The Aviary now.
King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys at the Botanical Gardens.
The Aviary. You can also see shadows.
Loudon Terrace