Gardens · London
Britain's greatest gardens
Kew, Wisley, Sissinghurst, Hidcote — twelve gardens to plan a year of visits around.
The British have raised garden-making to a national art. These twelve are the year-round set-pieces: Kew (year-round Mediterranean and tropical glasshouses), Wisley (the RHS flagship), Sissinghurst (Vita Sackville-West's white garden), Hidcote (Lawrence Johnston's outdoor rooms) and the Cornish trio Trebah, Heligan and Trelissick (sub-tropical microclimates).
Places in this guide
★ Iconic📷 10Botanic gardens · London
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
The world's most celebrated botanic garden — UNESCO, 50,000 plants, 1759.
Flagship📷 10Gardens · South East England
RHS Garden Wisley
The RHS flagship — 240 acres in Surrey, science centre, 12m canopy walkway.
★ Iconic📷 10Gardens · South East England
Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Vita Sackville-West's 1930s garden in Kent — the most-imitated White Garden in Britain.
★ Iconic📷 5Gardens · West Midlands
Hidcote Manor Garden
Lawrence Johnston's 1907 Cotswold 'garden rooms' — the original outdoor-room garden.
📷 3Gardens · South West England
The Lost Gardens of Heligan
The Lost Gardens of Heligan — a garden in england-south-west, United Kingdom.
📷 3Gardens · Scottish Lowlands
Alnwick Garden
Alnwick Garden — a garden in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom.
★ Iconic📷 10Historic houses · South East England
Great Dixter House and Gardens
Christopher Lloyd's experimental garden in Sussex — 20th-century horticultural icon.
📷 5Historic houses · West Midlands
Rousham House
Rousham House — a Grade I-listed historic house in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
📷 5Historic houses · South East England
Wakehurst
Wakehurst — house and botanic gardens in Ardingly, West Sussex, England, UK.
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