The bollard had been placed next to a flower bed at the visitor attraction, but it turns out that the birds had used a small hole at the top of the stripy marker to carry nest material inside.
When the cone was lifted up a few days ago, a perfectly woven bed of branches and moss was found underneath, with two eggs having been laid inside.
A sign has now been put up to prevent the great tits being disturbed, it reads:
"Please do not move this. Birds nesting in this cone. None of yer timber framed housing for this bird....modern housing only please."
A spokesperson for the gardens said: "Ten acres of trees to choose from and they prefer a plastic cone. Nice and cosy."
Great Tits are one of our most common garden birds, with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) noting that they have "readily adapted to man-made habitats."
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