Located in the centre of Harrogate, the 17-acre Valley Gardens lives up to its international reputation with a staggering variety of seasonally planted formal and informal displays, shady rhododendron dell and pine woods leading to Harlow Carr RHS gardens. Family facilities include a traditional model boating lake, paddling pool, tennis courts, pitch and putt, mini golf and summer concerts. The elevated sun pavilion and colonnade provides shaded walkways through a collection of specimen botanical climbing plants donated by Christchurch Botanical Gardens, New Zealand in 1957.