Spectacular summer orchids bring the magic of the rainforest to the Aquarium. This summer there are some amazing new orchids flowering in the Bristol Aquarium orchid displays including unusual species from Brazil, Costa Rica and Borneo.

Carnivorous Plants: Not dead, just sleeping! Eagle-eyed visitors might have noticed that our tank of carnivorous plants has vanished from our Urban Jungle. Don’t worry – they’re just behind the scenes for their 4 months of winter dormancy. Did you know that many carnivorous plants need a cold winter period to be healthy? This dormancy … Continued

In our botanical house, we try to stay away from using nasty pesticides to look after our plants. Instead, we rely on biological controls – using predatory insect species to eat our pests for us in a more natural way.

Bristol Aquarium is the UK’s only Aquarium with a huge botanical house, taking visitors on a journey around the World, and in some cases, even through time.

If you come in to the Aquarium’s Botanical House, you might be surprised to find lots of plants flowering, despite the chilly temperatures just outside!

Bristol Aquarium is a centre for education, leisure and entertainment. We share our knowledge of the oceans to inspire the next generation of budding enthusiasts, talking about the fascinating creatures that live in our seas and the issues that they face on a daily basis.

Pupils from a Somerset school have helped create a brand new orchid display at Bristol Aquarium. Students from Writhlington School, in Radstock joined resident horticulturist Wendy Desyllas and staff in the Harbourside attraction’s giant botanic glasshouse to build the new feature. The ‘Cloud Forest’ display incorporates dozens of exotic orchid species planted in to logs … Continued

Bristol Aquarium joined forces with students from a Somerset school project to create a stunning orchid display at Hampton Court Flower Show this week. The display was part of an ongoing joint project between the Harbourside attraction and Writhlington School Orchid project in Radstock. Last year, pupils from the school helped build a permanent orchid … Continued

Pupils help us create giant new orchid display Bristol Aquarium has joined forces with pupils from a Somerset school to create a major new orchid display in their botanical glasshouse. The Harbourside attraction has been working alongside pupils from Writhlington School in Radstock to build the spectacular new feature which is home to more than … Continued

A banana palm has flowered for the first time in the giant glasshouse at Bristol Aquarium. The dwarf Cavendish tree has been part of the botanical collection at the Harbourside attraction for five years but has waited until now to begin flowering. The sudden appearance of the large purplish flowers should signal a crop of … Continued