Many of the informal gardens we have on our guide are home to a diverse range of wildlife.We have selected just a few but you can find more by using the search facility at the top of this page, which will help you in your organic gardening.
Wiltshire, Abbey House Manor in Malmesbury was once part of the Benedictine Monastery founded about 666 AD.
Abbey House Manor Gardens
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Carmarthenshire, Aberglasney is a sublime garden that was made famous by the BBC levision series ‘A Garden Lost in Time’ and is now one of the finest in Wales. Visitors can explore 10 acres of over 20 different garden styles from formal to woodland. HOUSE OPEN
Aberglasney Gardens
Cornwall, Antony Woodland Gardens is a beautiful Spring Garden in Cornwall with a National Collection of Camellia Japonica
Antony Woodland Gardens
Worcestershire, Arley Arboretum is one of the oldest Arboretums in Great Britain. There is a beautiful Italianate Garden within the walled Garden which is planted throughout the year. Planted against the walls are a wonderful collection of camellias.
Arley Arboretum
Isle of Skye, An open garden on the Isle of Skye with 40 acres of exotic trees, shrubs and flowers with sea and mountain views
Armadale Castle Gardens
Rutland, In 1984 Geoff Hamilton of BBC Gardeners World found a Victorian farmhouse with over 5 acres of land, 'Barnsdale Garden' was born! You can now visit his wonderful gardens
Barnsdale Gardens
Sussex, Bates Green Garden, sitting in the beautiful Sussex country side has naturalstic plantings with all year round interest
COTTAGE GARDEN, BLUEBELLS, DAFFODILS, 6 ACRE WILDFLOWER MEADOW
Bates Green Garden
Kent, Beautiful Gardens surround this historic house, includuing a recent Kitchen Garden by Arabella Lennox-Boyd. House Tours available.
http://www.belmont-house.org/
Yorkshire, Lovely gardens surround Beningbrough Hall this Grand Georgian Mansion built in 1716. Historic House isalso open
Beningbrough Hall and Garden
Argyll and Bute, Benmore Botanic Garden on the West Coast of Scotland is one of the finest gardens in Britain with stunning displays of Magnolias and rhoddodendrons.. The Garden has probably the finest avenue of Giant Redwoods in the country.
Benmore Botanic Garden
Somerset, 14 acres of stunning RHS partner gardens around a medieval Palace.
https://www.bishopspalace.org.uk/
Gloucestershire, You must visit Brockworth Court near Gloucester. a historic house with a beautiful garden
Ayrshire, Nestling in the shadow of the impressive Goatfell mountain, Brodick Castle boasts a particular fine example of a woodland garden. CASTLE OPEN
Brodick Castle
Devon, If in Devon you must visit this beautifully landscaped ten acre garden created over the last forty years by Mary Benger.
Burrow Farm Gardens
Ceredigion, This garden is situated at an altitude of 1,000 ft, the soil is thin wet peat over clay, the winters are harsh and the winds strong.
Bwlch y Geuffordd Garden
Ceredigion, ‘A Welsh Garden with a Dutch History’, Cae Hir is the creation of Dutchman Wil Akkermans who started off with 3 fields of rough farmland in 1983. Cae Hir has become synonymous with the skill of blending the wild with the cultivated, of mass planting.
https://www.caehirgardens.com/
Fife, Cambo has a lovely walled garden with all year interest at Cambo Gardens. One of our favourite British Gardens and a must visit.
Cambo Gardens
Cambridgeshire, Landscape highlights at Cambridge Botanic Garden include the Winter Garden, the richly-fragranced Scented Garden, the buzzing Bee Borders.
Cambridge Botanic Gardens
Highland, Cawdor Castle is fortunate to have three gardens. CASTLE open.
Cawdor Castle and Garden
Gloucestershire, This secret Cotswold garden at Cerney House, high above the lovely Churn Valley is a very special and friendly place. There is an amazing sloping Walled Garden.
Cerney House Gardens
Kent, Home of the late Winston Churchill, the garden at Chartwell is set on a hill with magnificent views over the Weald.
Chartwell House and Gardens
Wrexham, These gardens at Chirk Castle were created from William Emes' designs from the 18th century. It covers 5 acres with roses (modern and old fashioned), a woodland garden with rhododendrons and azaleas. CASTLE ALSO OPEN
Chirk Castle and Gardens
Middlesex, Church Gardens is a family run restoration project consisting of three acres of historic walled gardens that have been drawn back from the brink of dereliction!
Church Gardens
Pembrokeshire, Explore the beautiful Colby Woodland Garden set in a tranquil and secluded valley with one of the finest Rhododendron and Azalea collections in Wales.
Colby Woodland Gardens
Devon, Coleton Fishacre is a beautiful 24 acre garden created by Rupert and Lady Dorothy D'Olyly Carte in the 1920s.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/coleton-fishacre/
Northamptonshire, Beautiful formal and wild gardens surround this wonderful Queen Anne House in Northamptonshire
Cottesbrooke Hall and Gardens
Northumberland, Cragside is a great Victorian Garden with one of the largest rock gardens in Europe. House is also open
Cragside House Gardens
Argyll and Bute, Crarae Gardens, near Inveraray in the Western Highlands of Scotland, is one of Britain's finest examples of an exotic Himalayan-style woodland garden.
Crarae Gardens
Ayrshire, Culzean Castle is set amongst 600 acres of beautiful countryside with woodland walks, colourful terraced gardens, charming follies and inviting sandy bay. CASTLE OPEN.
Culzean Castle and Gardens
Northamptonshire, Deene Park gardens has long borders, old fashioned roses, specimen trees and pleasure walks, another great garden for you to visit. House is open.
Deene Park House and Gardens