Gardens & parks

We have more than 200 wonderful gardens to explore and enjoy. Beautiful flower gardens, impressive landscape parks and space for you and your family to relax

Visitor on a bridge in the Arboretum at Bodnant Garden
Lady in a red coat taking a photo of the autumn colour

Dazzling autumn colour displays 

Catch the glorious displays of autumn colour at one of our places this season. Discover some of our oldest trees and most splendid landscaped gardens.

Find autumnal colour near you

For young explorers

A photo of a family playing with autumn leaves

Our top gardens for children 

Planning a day out the whole family will enjoy? Let your children's or grandchildren's imaginations run wild as they explore our gardens.

Children playing at Hoe Fen, Anglesey Abbey

Our top natural play areas 

Follow willow tunnels or make your very own woodland den in our natural play areas. You can also splash along muddy trails, hang onto rope swings and hunt for treehouses and bug hotels. Here's our pick of the best natural play areas at our places.

A gardener working in the autumn at Dyffryn Gardens

Behind the scenes at our gardens: Caring for Dyffryn over autumn 

Ever wondered what it takes to look after our gardens each season? We're going behind the scenes at Dyffryn, one of the most important gardens in the country to meet the gardening team and discover what it takes to look after our gardens over the autumn months.

A gardener's life in autumn

Celebrating 300 years of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown

Capability Brown portrait

Explore the visionary landscapes of ‘Capability’ Brown 

We look after more than 18 landscapes designed by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, one of the world’s greatest garden architects. This year as we celebrate 300 years of the great gardener, find out more about some of his visionary estates which helped change the face of Britain.

Aeriel view of Petworth Park

How to spot a Capability Brown landscape 

Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown had a natural talent for designing gardens and landscapes that fitted in seamlessly with the surrounding countryside, looking completely natural to the unsuspecting eye. So after hundreds of years, how do you distinguish between a natural landscape and one designed by one of the greatest gardeners of all time?

Delicarta mannequins in the staircase hall

Events to celebrate the 300th anniversary of 'Capability' Brown 

From exhibitions, to guided walks and expert talks, we've got plenty going on to help celebrate the 300th anniversary of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown.

The house and upper pond at Petworth House and Park, West Sussex

How to create a Capability Brown landscape 

The landscapes designed by 'Capability' Brown are easy to mistake as works of nature. Discover how much effort actually went in to bringing these ground-breaking designs to life.

Gardens near you

Discover more of our gardens when you find a place to visit

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The house and garden at Tintinhull

Five of our most wildlife-friendly gardens 

The way we garden plays a key roll in encouraging wildlife. Here are five places where we are doing our bit for nature.

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Gardener Liz Maynard at Sissinghurst Castle Garden

A day in the life of a trainee gardener 

Meet newly qualified gardener Liz Maynard who's just completed a two-year placement as part of our training programme for aspiring new gardeners.

What it's like training to be a gardener at our places
Stowe Gardens' crumbling ruins

Stowe Gardens appeal 

We desperately need to carry out a vast restoration project at Stowe. With your help, we'll be able to restore Stowe Gardens to its former 18th-century splendour by replacing missing statues, restoring magnificent monuments and repairing historic temples.

How you can help

Gardener's tips

Caring for more than 200 gardens has taught us a thing or two, so here our gardeners share some of their tips for a blooming garden

Pick up some top tips

Garden conservation

Find out more about the work that goes on behind the scenes by our talented garden teams to restore and conserve the gardens you love to visit

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Find out more about our gardens or further your gardening knowledge with one of our books

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