A woman taking photographs of the blossom at Beningbrough Hall, North Yorkshire — Photographing blossom at Beningbrough Hall, North Yorkshire | © National Trust Images/Annapurna Mellor

Best places to see blossom

Each spring, blossom covers the UK in swathes of pink and white. From ornamental magnolias in gardens to hawthorn scattered across the countryside, discover some of the best places to see blossom in our care and beyond.

A visitor admiring blossom in the orchard at Quarry Bank, Cheshire

Search our blossom map

Using this blossom map, discover the places we look after that will be coming alive with blossom this spring, as well as some blossom-themed events and activities.

Blossom launch at Outernet, London, April 2024

Nature's Confetti at Outernet, London

Join us at Outernet in London for Nature's Confetti, where you can experience the immersive spectacle of blossom. See petals falling all around you in a range of uplifting scenes accompanied by ambient sounds recorded at some of the places in our care.

Bumblebee pollinating the cherry blossoms at Stowe, Buckinghamshire

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Explore bee-friendly gardens

Find out where you can explore the most bee-friendly gardens in our care, filled with these pollinators' favourite flowers as well as beehives to call home.

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and his two LYR band members standing in front of a pinkish wall as the sun shines on them.

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Blossomise events with Simon Armitage and LYR

Discover blossom through music, poetry and immersive experiences. Attend a performance with the band LYR or join Simon for an intimate poetry reading this Blossom Week, 20–28 April 2024.