Gardens
Find inspiration from gardens of all sizes both in the UK and internationally
How one planting designer created a stunning green roof with year-round interest – on top of his cabin
Planting designer Tony Spencer, aka The New Perennialist, explains how he created his Canadian garden and exciting new alvar-inspired green roof in the wilds of Ontario
Big ideas for small gardens: genius designer tips for compact plots
Creating a beautiful and functional small garden is not easy, so we asked a bevy of brilliant garden designers to share their secret tips and tricks for success
Gothic plants for Halloween: these are the plants that could help to spookify your garden
Discover some of the blackest plants, just in time for Halloween
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How a Norwegian gardener created a stunning garden on top of barren rock
On an island off the Norwegian coast, Mariann Gundersen has magically transformed a once-barren rock into an extraordinary prairie-style garden for her summer house
"Our field of twigs didn't look inspiring": nursery owner Robert Vernon on chancing – and achieving – his dream
Robert Vernon, the founder of the Bluebell Arboretum & Nursery, on an early love of gardens and growing tomatoes, taking a chance on a dream and inspiring the public.
"Gardens are a luxury, but they really shouldn’t be": meet garden designer Will Scholey
Garden designer Will Scholey is passionate about increasing access to horticulture training and green public spaces.
Rural
'It was derelict buildings and brambles when we arrived' - now it's an experimental plant nursery leading the way
Grower-designer Tom Nielsen’s new nursery on an old 17th-century farmstead in Somerset is all about resilient plants
Meet the gardeners
"A lot of people hope things will go back to how they were in the Nineties. They won't": Caitlin Moran on how to become more hopeful
Journalist Caitlin Moran on her new book and what she’d really love to ask Paul McCartney
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.
Halloween | Spooky days out in gardens
Discover creepy plants, follow haunted trails and carve pumpkins at one of these Halloween events in a garden near you
Gardens of the world
Worldwide gardens you need to see
How do you transform an overlooked city garden into a lush oasis? This Amsterdam garden is a source of design inspo
Dutch designer Carolien Barkman has used changes of level and lush, immersive planting to bring this small city plot to life
Urban gardens
Amazing gardens from towns and cities
