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

Visitors beside the Lily Pond at Gibside, Tyne and Wear
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
The Kitchen Garden in June at Trengwainton Garden, Cornwall

Our top kitchen gardens 

Sustainable food production is a big shift in food culture, and we're leading the way at many of our kitchen gardens. Here's our pick of the best.

People sorting apples

Apple days and harvest festivals 

Try your luck at apple bobbing, have a go using a traditional press, help pick the apples from the trees or taste local ciders as we celebrate the annual apple harvest in the orchards we look after.

Colourful summer borders in the gardens at Nymans, West Sussex

Our most famous gardens 

We care for hundreds of amazing gardens, but these are the jewels in our crown. Find out why they're so well known.

Children playing in the gardens at Tyntesfield

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.

Family-friendly gardens

Gardens and parks near you

From walled gardens to landscaped lawns, gardens designed by big names to acres of parkland, we've more than 500 years of history for you to explore.

Discover our gardens and parks
Podcast host Alan Power interviewing the gardening team at Stowe

Listen to our garden podcast series 

Our gardens podcast is back for a second series. Come with us as we travel to three of our most important historic gardens and meet the staff and volunteers who help to care for them.

Listen now
The oriental inspired Water Garden at Cliveden, Buckinghamshire

For garden lovers 

Want to discover more than 200 gardens, or pick up horticultural tips from our green-fingered experts? Browse all of our gardening content in one place to find your next inspiration.

For garden lovers

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

What we do

Gardener's tips

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

Pick up some top tips