Gardens
Find inspiration from gardens of all sizes both in the UK and internationally
The owners discovered this hidden Arts & Crafts garden (designed by a horticultural legend) and then brought it back from obscurity
Knowle House garden has been restored to its original 1920s Arts and Crafts design, but with a modern planting twist from head gardener Chris Brown
Our gardens are slowing disappearing: can we turn the tide on the concrete crisis?
The UK’s gardens are slowly disappearing beneath concrete and paving.
Jack Wallington asks what we can do to halt the trend
This revitalised family-friendly front garden was turned from driveway to wildlife haven
Designer Annie Guilfoyle unlocked the potential of the space around this charming 17th-century cottage to create a joyful family garden
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"The reward from making plants for nothing is immense": Meet Sarah Byham, trainee gardener at Benton End in Suffolk
As a trainee gardener at Benton End, Sarah Byham is helping prepare the historic garden for its opening this summer.
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Why are we so obsessed with lawns? Discover the history of the lawn and why we love them
Although the fashion for grass clipped as neatly as Wimbledon’s Centre Court may have dwindled, the British love affair with the lawn continues, in part because it has its roots deep in our national psyche. Rory Dusoir investigates
“Rosemary Verey threw a lettuce at me. I’d done something to upset her, can’t remember what”: Michael Perry on tempestuous designers and naked gardening
Michael Perry the ‘hortrepreneur’ and social media sensation known as ‘Mr Plant Geek’, on dodging salads, posing naked for charity and embracing new cultures.
The 40 plants that garden designers always use – and that you can find at the garden centre
Garden designers reveal their favourite plants that are really ‘good doers’ for all types of garden and style.
This stunning English garden became a private sanctuary in the heart of a valley, with rambling roses and a wildflower meadow
Rachael White has transformed a Cotswold garden to create a tranquil space at one with nature
The best drought tolerant plants to grow to combat drier summers and warmer weather
Looking to add more drought tolerant plants to your garden? Annie Godfrey of Daisy Roots nursery recommends some of the best drought tolerant plants.
Rural
Discover this naturalistic, flower-filled garden on an old pony paddock
Jo Hoy’s Bedfordshire garden is testament to her skill in balancing self-seeded natives, prized ornamentals and structural trees and shrubs
This subtropical oasis is a must-visit garden this year
Trebah Garden in Cornwall captivates visitors, new and returning, with its dramatic setting and collection of subtropical plants
Discover this woodland-glade fairytale garden with a dream-like feel
Over the past 25 years, Frances Druce has created a Himalayan-inspired garden around her West Sussex house hidden in a woodland glade
Meet the gardeners
"Gardens and green spaces are for everyone and everything": Meet horticulturist Sam Southgate
Horticulturist Sam curates the woodland banks in Lady Anne’s Garden at RHS Garden Rosemoor. Portrait Jason Ingram
"If we want to save our ancient woodlands, we need to look beneath our feet" says award-winning garden designer Ashleigh Aylett
RHS Chelsea Flower Show designer Ashleigh Aylett explains why restoring rare ancient woodlands is central to the inspiration for her All About Plants garden
“You never get to do anything quite so creative”: Catherine MacDonald on Chelsea and designing gardens for The King
The award-winning designer Catherine MacDonald on the importance of teamwork, designing gardens for HM The King and why she always looks forward to Chelsea.
Gardens to visit
Visiting a beautiful garden can be a wholly enriching experience. The benefits of visiting a garden – from mental health right through to exercise – are huge, and garden days out are perfect ways to have fun on your own, or as an entire family.
Regardless of how, and whoever you visit with, we have a host of suggestions of which gardens to visit, from gardens for the season, through to the gardens that are in full bloom and at their best each month. We have collated lists of the best gardens to visit with the help of our experts and many years of visiting gardens all around the UK, and beyond. We have gardens organised by theme, days out and local area, so you should find something for wherever you are and whatever garden experience you are looking for.
Enjoy our comprehensive guide to the best gardens to visit in the UK.
18 must-see gardens of the world to put on your bucket list
Magical lost villages, lofty urban meadows and solar-harvesting ‘supertrees’: these are the top gardens in the world that you need to add to your bucket list, from Manhattan to Morocco and Australia to France
The best hotels with gardens in the UK: stay at these places for a luxury garden experience
From majestic castles to romantic country cottages, here are 29 of our favourite hotels with gardens, including B&Bs and self-catering getaways
The historic Scottish garden getting a centenary makeover - using 200-year-old designs
The award-winning Harris Bugg Studio is designing the Centenary Garden at Newhailes House near Edinburgh
Gardens of the world
Worldwide gardens you need to see
Looking for a green-filled oasis in your shady plot? This small, narrow garden in the heart of Utrecht is a masterclass in how to create lush planting with texture and structure
Designer Erik Funneman has transformed a small, shady garden into a peaceful haven
Discover this gorgeous wild garden in Mallorca, designed to test how plants behave with different levels of human interaction
For his own new garden on the Balearic island of Mallorca, designer Luciano Giubbilei has created a wild, romantic space to experiment and observe how plants behave with different levels of interaction
Meet the couple who turned an empty field into a colourful organic nursery in the shadow of the Alps
Those eager to find organic, home-grown, colourful perennials will delight in Stauden Kopf nursery, in the shadow of the Alps in Austria.
Urban gardens
Amazing gardens from towns and cities
This back-to-front garden in the Cotswolds flips the expected to great effect
Emily Crowley-Wroe has used her own front garden in the Cotswolds to trial design and planting ideas.
The perfect solution for a long, thin, sloping garden that the whole family can enjoy
Over 20 years, garden designer Emily Erlam has nurtured and edited the plants in her sloping city garden to create an intriguing, immersive space. She explains how.
This 1960s home has been transformed by a contemporary chic garden makeover
For her own garden, designer Lucy Willcox has transformed a sloping site, blending the wildness of a neighbouring common with the sharp lines of her 1960s home.