Visits

General

National Gardens Scheme
Charity which raises money for nursing and caring charities by opening gardens to the public.  Site includes featured gardens and a GardenFinder database for planning your visits.

Information Gardens
Directory of gardens in Britain open to the public, listed by county. Includes seasonal gardens, historic gardens, impressive parklands, period gardens, cottage gardens and garden museums

Gardening-UK Gardens List
County-by-county list of UK gardens open to the public

UK Database of Historic Parks and Gardens
Listings of UK historic parks and gardens.  Search by type, locality or alphabetically

Garden Visit and Travel Guide
The substantial UK sections of this international guide include reviews of gardens to visit

The National Trust for Scotland
Includes listings of historic houses and gardens open to the public

Gardens Scotland, North Kessock, Inverness
Gardens and nurseries to visit in North Scotland and tours of public and private gardens in Scotland

Favourite Gardens and Stays in South East England
Find gardens to visit and places to stay in Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire

Gardens to Go
Descriptions of gardens to visit in Kent, Sussex and Surrey

Red Cross Open Gardens
Explore the secrets of hidden and private gardens throughout the UK.  Money raised helps the British Red Cross care for people in crisis in the UK and overseas

The Gardens of the Rose
27-acre collection of many different kinds of rose, at St Albans

The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall
Famously restored gardens as shown on the Channel 4 TV series.  If you can't visit, why not buy the book or video instead?

Chelsea Physic Garden, London
Garden with many medicinal plants

Woodfall Gardens, Galloway
A 3 acre 18th century walled garden with a nursery specialising in box and hedging

Geoff Hamilton's Barnsdale Gardens, Rutland, Leicestershire
Gardens created by the late Geoff Hamilton, presenter of BBC TV's "Gardeners World".  There are over 30 mini-gardens, each based on a theme such as "Mediterranean Garden", "Cottage Garden", "Alpine House" or "Rose Garden"

Trebah Garden, Mawnan Smith, Cornwall
A wild sub-tropical ravine paradise with giant tree ferns, rhododendrons, magnolias, camellias, palms and 2 acres of massed hydrangeas

Borde Hill, Haywards Heath, West Sussex
Includes a rose garden, azalea ring, herbaceous border, Victorian greenhouses, lakes and many rare trees and shrubs

Winsford Walled Garden, Devon
Recently restored Victorian garden. Features three thousand plant varieties, an alpine house and a climber house

Caerhays Castle and Gardens, Gorran, St Austell, Cornwall
A 100 acre garden on the South Cornish Coast with magnolias, rhododendrons, camellias and rare woodland trees and shrubs

The National Herb Centre, Warmington, Warwickshire
Specialising in research and development in growing and processing herbs, the NHC includes a plant centre, gift shop, herb workshops, nature trail and herb Bistro

Stillingfleet Lodge Nurseries and Garden, Stillingfleet, Near York
Set in the grounds of an 18th century farmhouse, with a wild flower walk, pond, herbaceous borders and a colour themed cottage garden

Garden of England, Maidstone, Kent
Details of open gardens and historic houses in the south east of England

Botanical Gardens and Arboreta

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Information includes what's on, location, opening times, garden features and history

The National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire
Site includes a garden tour, location, history and details of education programmes

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Site includes features of the garden, location and events

Durham University Botanic Garden
Information about all the collections including the alpine garden, tropical house, woodland garden and more

Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Site includes opening times, information for visitors, news and details of the garden's collections and research

Inverewe Garden in the North West Highlands, Scotland
A comprehensive introduction to this remote showpiece botanical attraction

Ness Botanic Garden, University of Liverpool
Includes an introduction, virtual tour and programme of events

The Tropical Glasshouse, Aberystwyth Botany Gardens, University of Wales
Site describes the contents of the glasshouse, including ferns and flowering plants

Ventnor Botanic Gardens, Isle of Wight
Site includes a virtual tour, details of the location and visitors centre and introduces the gardeners

Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire
Spectacular collection of 18,000 trees and shrubs from all over the world

Museums

The Museum of Garden History, London
 
Shows and Events

Glasgow Garden Show
Find out about what's on, exhibitors, press information, travel and buying tickets

Gardening Scotland
Details of the show's exhibitors, activities, ticket sales and travel information