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Botanic Gardens in England

Set out below are Botanic gardens in England, including Nymans. Our selection of Botanic gardens offer a remarkable collection of plants from all over the world, a showcase for tender sometimes bizarre plants, which provide a blaze of colour all year round.

Nymans

Nymans, Handcross, Haywards Heath, West Sussex

Handcross, Haywards Heath


Nymans beautiful extensive gardens developed throughout the 20th century by the Messel family, reflect the character of the founder and creativity of the plant hunters who explored worldwide. Indulge the senses with a spring visit to enjoy the... more

Godinton House & Gardens

Godinton House & Gardens, Godinton Lane, Ashford, Kent

Godinton Lane, Ashford


Godinton House and Gardens are set in a beautiful 18th century landscaped park with views across the countryside. The formal gardens include terraced lawns, topiary, formal pond, rose garden and herbaceous borders all surrounded by a vast yew hedge... more

Pashley Manor Gardens

Pashley Manor Gardens, Ticehurst, Wadhurst, East Sussex

Ticehurst, Wadhurst


Pashley Manor Gardens is one of those places where you park your day-to-day concerns at the wisteria-covered gates and spend the day swanning around imagining the gorgeous flower-strewn grounds were your own personal garden. There’s a kaleidoscope of... more

Scampston Walled Garden

Scampston Walled Garden, Scampston Hall, Malton, North Yorkshire

Scampston Hall, Malton


Whatever time of year you head for Scampston Walled Garden, you won’t be disappointed. In April and May the delicate pale pink spring blossoms are simply lovely, in summer the unusual perennial meadow is ablaze with violets and purples and in... more

Tresco Abbey

Tresco Abbey, Tresco, Isles of Scilly

Tresco, Isles of Scilly


Tresco Abbey Gardens defies all the preconceptions regarding what can and cannot be grown in rain-soaked, frost-cursed Britain. A perennial Kew without the glass hosting 20,000 plants. The garden is home to species from 80 countries ranging from... more

Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Brookside, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Brookside, Bateman Street, Cambridge


The heritage-listed Cambridge University Botanic Garden was the vision of John Henslow, mentor to Charles Darwin. Today the Garden is a showcase for over 8000 plant species from around the world, including nine national collections, all immaculately... more

Chelsea Physic Garden

Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road, London, London

66 Royal Hospital Road, London


Chelsea Physic Garden: London’s oldest botanic garden is a beautiful oasis of living history in the heart of the capital, home to a unique collection of medicinal and rare plants. Used as a place to teach people about plants and the environment for... more

RHS Garden Rosemoor

RHS Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington, Devon

Great Torrington


RHS Garden Rosemoor - Come and see our enchanting award winning garden set in the beautiful Torridge Valley. Whatever the season, Rosemoor is a unique place that people return to time and again for ideas, inspiration or simply to enjoy a marvellous... more

Bradenham Hall

Bradenham Hall, Bradenham, Thetford, Norfolk

Bradenham, Thetford


Bradenham Hall is an exceptional plant-lover´s garden for all seasons. The house and garden walls are covered with unusual shrubs, climbers and fruit. The flower gardens are formally designed and richly planted within beautiful yew hedges - formal... more

Arley Hall & Gardens

Arley Hall & Gardens, Arley, Northwich, Cheshire

Arley, Northwich


Arley Hall, the award winning gardens, recently voted in the top 50 in Europe and in Britain´s top 10, have been lovingly created over 250 years with each generation of the family making its own contribution. The result is a garden of great... more

Mottistone Manor Garden

Mottistone Manor Garden, Mottistone, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight

Mottistone, Newport, Isle of Wight


Mottistone Manor garden, which is owned by the National Trust, is one of the most peaceful and magical gardens on the island. Set in a sheltered valley with views to the sea, the gardens with their colourful borders, shrub-filled banks and grassy... more

The Bressingham Gardens

The Bressingham Gardens, Bressingham, Diss, Norfolk

Bressingham, Diss


The Bressingham Gardens. The late Alan Bloom´s Dell Garden created from 1953 with over 50 immaculate ´Island Beds´ of more than 4,500 varieties of perennials, and Adrian Bloom´s spectacular Foggy Bottom garden with views and vistas of year round... more

Bosvigo

Bosvigo, Bosvigo Lane, Truro, Cornwall

Bosvigo Lane, Truro


Bosvigo is not a typical Cornish garden. Mainly herbaceous garden, at its best from June onwards. A series of walled or enclosed `rooms´ surround the mellow Georgian house (not open to the public). Each `room´ has its own colour theme. There is a... more

The Garden House

The Garden House, Buckland Monachorum, Yelverton, Devon

Buckland Monachorum, Yelverton


The Garden House has inspired numerous celebrity gardeners over the years and once you step foot in this Devon valley idyll, you’ll see why. The garden is actually several gardens in one, stretched across ten acres, all with their own personalities... more

Trebah Garden

Trebah Garden, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, Cornwall

Mawnan Smith, Falmouth


Trebah Garden is a 25 acre sub-tropical ravine garden, falling 200 feet from the 18th century house to a private beach on the Helford River. A stream cascades over waterfalls through ponds full of Koi Carp, and exotic water plants wind through... more

Holehird Gardens (The Lakeland Horticultural Society)

Holehird Gardens (The Lakeland Horticultural Society), Patterdale Road, Windermere, Cumbria

Patterdale Road, Windermere


Holehird Gardens (The Lakeland Horticultural Society) has been voted on several occasions to be one of the Nation´s Favourite Gardens. 17 acres above Windermere it is truly a garden for all seasons. With specimen trees and shrubs, heathers, bulb... more

Winterbourne House & Garden

Winterbourne House & Garden, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands

University of Birmingham, 58 Edgbaston Park Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham


Winterbourne House & Garden: Restored to its Edwardian Arts and Craft splendour, Winterbourne is a unique heritage attraction – set within seven acres of beautiful botanic gardens. Only minutes from Birmingham city centre, Winterbourne is one of the... more

Michelham Priory Gardens

Michelham Priory Gardens, Upper Dicker, Hailsham, East Sussex

Upper Dicker, Hailsham


Michelham Priory´s 7 acre beautiful and tranquil gardens are set on a moated island. Originally this was an Augustinian Priory. The longest water-filled medieval moat in England is home to a myriad of wildlife, while the grounds are planted with a... more

Millgate House

Millgate House, Richmond, North Yorkshire

Richmond


Millgate House has a spectacular, small, enclosed town garden with a blissful secluded setting, amazing views and all year round interest. Immensely stylish, ever changing, with winter structure and summer lushness. The garden is packed with ferns,... more

Howick Hall Gardens & Arboretum

Howick Hall Gardens & Arboretum, Howick Estate Office, Alnwick, Northumberland

Howick Estate Office, Alnwick


Howick Hall Gardens - home of Earl Grey tea - has extensive grounds with ´Snowdrop Walks´ in February, a spectacular display of daffodils in late March to May, and the woodland garden where camelias, magnolias and rhododendrons flourish from late... more

Birmingham Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses

Birmingham Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses, Westbourne Road, Birmingham, West Midlands

Westbourne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham


This ‘oasis of delight’ features over 7000 plants shrubs and trees including rare specimens, set in beautiful landscaped gardens. These include Rose Garden, Alpine Yard, Woodland and Rhododendron Walks, Rock Pool and Diamond Jubilee Cascade and Lawn... more

Bicton Park Botanical Gardens

Bicton Park Botanical Gardens, East Budleigh, Devon

East Budleigh


Bicton Park Botanical Gardens span nearly 300 years of horticultural history. These magnificent gardens are set in East Devon´s picturesque Otter Valley. Registered in the Grade I conservation category by English Heritage, this privately owned... more

Great Fosters

Great Fosters, Stroude Road, Egham, Surrey

Stroude Road, Egham


Great Fosters is framed on three sides by a Saxon moat and the formal gardens are both extensive and exceptional. Originally designed by W H Romaine Walker and Gilbert Jenkins they are among the finest Arts and Crafts gardens in Europe. Designed to... more

Lamorran House

Lamorran House, Upper Castle Road, St Mawes, Cornwall

Upper Castle Road, St Mawes


The gardens at Lamorran House were originally laid out in the 1980s by the present owners. With a large collection of palms and rare tree ferns, rhododendrons and evergreen azaleas the garden is situated on the Roseland Peninsula with panoramic views... more

Upton House

Upton House, Banbury, Warwickshire

Banbury


Upton House and gardens stand on limestone, more than 210 metres above sea level. These magnificent grounds and gardens are set in unspoilt Warwickshire countryside, on the edge of the Cotswolds. There are a variety of garden experiences set into two... more

Throckmorton Family Gardens at Coughton Court

Throckmorton Family Gardens at Coughton Court, Alcester, Warwickshire

Alcester


Coughton Court is a lovely garden complementing the mid-16th century house, laid over the last seventeen years by Mrs Throckmorton and her daughter Christina. There are a variety of `rooms´ within the garden, both formal and informal, including an... more

Abbey House Gardens

Abbey House Gardens, Market Cross, Malmesbury, Wiltshire

Market Cross, Malmesbury


The now world famous amazing 5 acre Abbey House Gardens in the heart of ancient Malmesbury is really two gardens in one. The formal gardens have fine lawns, huge herbaceous borders, a Celtic cross knot garden and over 2000 different roses... more

Ness Botanic Gardens

Ness Botanic Gardens, Ness, Neston, Cheshire

Ness, Neston, South Wirral, Neston


Britain’s Finest likes nothing more than a stroll through a botanic garden, encountering a blaze of colour at every turn and admiring the collection of plant life that someone else has put together at great pains for the delectation of the public.... more

High Beeches Garden

High Beeches Garden, High Beeches Lane, Handcross, West Sussex

High Beeches Lane, Handcross


The family who played a major part in creating these spectacular gardens went on to create other Sussex stunners like Wakehurst and Leonardslee - and High Beeches Garden is right up there with them as a leading UK horticultural hotspot. All year... more

The Bishop's Palace & Gardens

The Bishop's Palace & Gardens, Wells, Somerset

Wells


Bishop's Palace & Gardens: Find us in the centre of the historic City of Wells, step across the drawbridge and discover the splendour of the medieval Palace before you. Beyond the 13th century building lies 14 acres of gardens, springs and arboretum,... more

Ventnor Botanic Garden

Ventnor Botanic Garden, Undercliff Drive, Ventnor, Isle of Wight

Undercliff Drive, Ventnor


Ventnor Botanic Garden is a 22 acre, very lively botanic garden right by the sea. A remarkable collection of plants from all over the world, mainly from the southern hemisphere, many tender but thriving here given enough shelter. Naturalised giant... more

Stone Lane Gardens Arboretum

Stone Lane Gardens Arboretum, Chagford, Newton Abbot, Devon

Chagford, Newton Abbot


Stone Lane Gardens is a 5 acre arboretum situated in the Dartmoor National Park. It holds an important National Collection of Birch and Alder trees in a landscaped and water setting. Popular sculpture exhibition held in garden during summer.... more

Borde Hill Garden

Borde Hill Garden, Balcombe Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex

Balcombe Road, Haywards Heath


Borde Hill has enhanced the colour and charm of its award winning, Grade ll* listed garden, park and woodland to celebrate its 45th anniversary being open to the public. New planting has been undertaken throughout its distinctive ‘garden rooms’,... more

Greencombe Gardens

Greencombe Gardens, Porlock, Somerset

Porlock


Greencombe is a post-war garden, having been started in 1946 by Horace Stroud. It is a strip of 3.5 acres on the edge of ancient woodland. The light comes from the north, with a sweep of sky down to the Bristol Channel. To the south rise wooded... more

Hergest Croft Gardens

Hergest Croft Gardens, Ridgebourne Road, Kington, Herefordshire

Ridgebourne Road, Kington


Hergest Croft Gardens have been created over 110 years by 4 generations of the Bank´s family. There are hidden valleys, open parkland, woodland glades, informal sunny lawns, glorious flower gardens, shrubberies and borders providing striking autumn... more

Cholmondeley Castle Garden

Cholmondeley Castle Garden, Malpas, Cheshire

Malpas


Cholmondeley Castle has extensive ornamental gardens set in idyllic parkland dominated by the romantic Gothic Castle built in 1801 of local sandstone. There is an extensive range of mainly acid-loving trees and shrubs, designed to take advantage of... more

Burton Agnes Hall Gardens

Burton Agnes Hall Gardens, Burton Agnes, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire

Burton Agnes, Driffield


Burton Agnes is a magnificent Elizabethan Hall surrounded by lawns and topiary yew bushes and beautiful award winning gardens. The eastern aspect of the house showcases a classical pond with beautiful fountains and a newly created pebble mosaic. To... more

Trewithen

Trewithen, Grampound Road, Truro, Cornwall

Grampound Road, Truro


An historic private Estate boasting one of the loveliest gardens in England. With its magnificent collection of camellias, rhododendrons and magnolias, its wonderful woodland walks and its heritage family home, Trewithen Gardens are outstanding and... more

Docwra´s Manor Garden

Docwra´s Manor Garden, Shepreth, Royston, Cambridgeshire

Shepreth, Royston


Docwra´s Manor Garden, is planted inside the walls of a farmyard, with parts dating back to the Middle Ages. Explore the dividing hedges of yew, beech, lilax and cordon apples. In early spring there are snowdrops, cyclmen and hellebores, followed by... more

Oxford Botanic Garden

Oxford Botanic Garden, Rose Lane, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Rose Lane, Oxford


The University of Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in Britain. For more than 375 years this walled garden, built before the English Civil War, has stood on the bank of the River Cherwell. It has evolved from a 17th century... more

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