As parks and gardens herald the first signs of spring, there’s no better time to explore the great outdoors. From delicate apple blossom and brilliant tulips to meadows brimming with glorious perfume, a stroll in a spring garden is sure to dazzle and amaze. Check out some of the best places around the UK to see spring blooms, courtesy of The National Trust.
Anglesey Abbey Gardens and Lode Mill, Cambridgeshire
Visit the grounds of this Jacobean house where tree blossom and hyacinths flourish i
Blickling Hall, Park and Garden, Norfolk
Visit in May and follow the winding paths through the great wood, and pass through swathes of dainty English bluebells; it’s
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
Look out for bluebells and yellow archangel in the woodlands, as well as the ‘Old Man of Calke’, an ancient oak that’s over 1,000
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
The UK’s largest winter garden continues to flourish, where splashes of bright colour set the place alive.
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, North Yorkshire
Explore the ruins of the twelfth century Fountains Abbey and spot dainty spring flowers breaking through thi
Glendurgan Garden, Cornwall
Described as a little bit of heaven on earth, this sub-tropical valley garden blooms with magnolias, wild flowers and woodland
Nymans, West Sussex
This 20th-century garden is famed for its amazing collection of rare and important plants.
Rowallane Garden, Co.
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Sheffield
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Sizergh Castle and Garden, Cumbria
See the brightly coloured tulips on the top terrace, walk beneath cherry blossom in the Dutch garden and enjoy the sprin
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Wallington, Northumberland
Don’t let April showers discourage a visit to spring gardens.
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Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire
The garden here boasts thousands of daffodils in April, along with a walled vegetable garden, Gothic tower, Chinese bridge and serpentine la