The gardens are entered through a pavilion that contains three banqueting suites and an art gallery. The pavilion leads to the Loudon Terrace which faces south above a bowl-shaped lawn that doubles as an outdoor performance space and from which the various gardens and glasshouses radiate.

These include the Tropical House, Subtropical House, Mediterranean House, Arid House, Cottage Garden, Rock Pool & Garden, Rose Garden, Growing Schools Garden and Aviary.

Winterbourne Botanic Garden is located within the grounds of Winterbourne House, an Edwardian Arts-and-Crafts mansion on Edgbaston Park Road in the University Quarter of south Birmingham.

Winterbourne House was built in 1903 for the industrialist John Nettlefold and his wife Margaret who landscaped the 6 acre grounds in the style of Gertrude Jekyll, a famous horticulturist of the day who believed that a garden should be like an oil painting in colour, texture and experience.

The house and garden were bequeathed to the University of Birmingham in 1944. The house is now a museum with period Edwardian furniture and antiques, displays about the life and times of the Nettlefold family, a gift shop and tearoom.

The garden features a south-facing terrace, lawns and geographic beds that adjoin an arboretum leading to a Rock Garden and Stream Lawn linked by a Japanese bridge to Edgbaston Pool.

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