View our selection of gardens opening for the first time, or that are returning to our collection for the first time in many years.
It’s always wonderful to discover a hidden gem or an inspirational small space that fills you with great ideas. With over 860 new and returning gardens opening their gates in 2025, including in Northern Ireland and The Channel Islands, there’s a treasure trove of great garden visits just waiting to be explored.
There’s nothing better than getting out into nature after a long, dark winter to discover that nature is waking up for the wonderful year ahead. Snowdrops, aconites, iris and hellebores all jostle to life in these very special early garden openings through January and February.
From seaside havens to country villages, group gardens provide a wonderful diversity of garden inspiration and represent great value for money. Explore them here.
Many gardens that originally opened for us in 1927 still welcome visitors today. Explore the wonderful, often iconic, gardens opening their gates in 2025.
From miniature railways and fairy gardens, to farm animals and treasure trails – discover our family-friendly gardens open across England and Wales.
Many of our gardens welcome dogs on a lead to join you on your visit.
We have many gardens that have been designed by garden designers who are part of the Society of Garden Designers.
Lose yourself in dense planting, informal design and the grace and charm that is in abundance in our cottage gardens.
Our town gardens are cleverly designed spaces which bring an oasis of calm to urban living.
Fancy making a weekend of it? All gardens listed in this section offer bed and breakfast so you can enjoy a garden visit and an overnight stay.
We are delighted that many of our hospice partners open their gardens for us throughout the year.
Take a look at some of the wonderful gardens opening for the National Garden Scheme that celebrate grow your own. Allotments, kitchen gardens, community gardens or simply gardens with a vegetable patch – there are some real gems to be found.
From June into early July, rose gardens come into their own, filling the air with rich fragrance and saturating borders with deep, romantic hues. Whether in tightly clipped formal beds or rambling through cottage-style borders, roses offer a timeless elegance that suits any garden style.
From late spring into early summer, wildlife gardens stir to life with a quiet vibrancy—bees darting between blossoms, birdsong woven through the hedgerows, and butterflies drifting across wildflower patches. These spaces trade manicured lines for movement and texture, offering a haven not just for nature, but for those who find beauty in its gentle chaos.
National Plant Collection Gardens are living libraries of botanical richness, where every border tells a story of care and conservation. Whether celebrating the variety of a single genus or preserving rare and historic cultivars, these gardens invite quiet discovery—offering a deeper connection to the plants we often take for granted.
April through to May sees many of our gardens transformed into a rainbow of welcome colour as tulips burst from the soil with unyielding vigour. From formal structures to meadow style planting, there is a tulip garden for every taste.
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