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758Fakenham, Norfolk01328 851 465www.pensthorpe.comNR21 0LNOpen all year, daily, 10am-5pm (until 4pm Jan-Mar). Adults £9.75, OAPs £8, children (4-16) £6.25. Card not valid on event days – phone or see website for details.parking,toilets,part-disabled,plants,refreshments,picnic,fo...

One of the best things about visiting a new country is meeting its gardeners. Never mind the gardens, it's the people behind them that interest me. Wouldn't it be wonderful to go back in time and meet Christopher Lloyd or Vita Sackville

774Wolston Lane, Ryton on Dunsmore, Coventry, Warwickshire024 7630 3517www.rytongardens.co.ukCV8 3LGOpen all year, daily, 10am-5pm. Adults £5.50, OAPs/children (5-16) £3.50. Single discount with card: 25%. parking,toilets,full-disabled,plants,refreshments,picnic,shop

913Port-Na-Craig, Pitlochry, Perthshire 01796 484 600www.explorersgarden.comPH16 5DROpen 28 Mar-3 Nov, daily, 10am-4.15pm. Adults £4, OAPs £3.50, under-16s £1. Card not valid on charity day: 9 Jun, or on event days – phone or see website for details.parking,toilets,part-disabled,...

829St Andrew’s Road, Par, Cornwall01726 815 920www.marshvillagardens.comPL24 2LUOpen 1 Apr-30 Sep, Sun-Wed, 10am-6pm. Adults/OAPs £4.50, under-12s free. Single discount with card: 50%. Card not valid on charity day: 11 Aug & other dates – phone or see website.parking,toilets,full...

836Rue du Bordage, St Pierre du Bois, Guernsey01481 263 911www.millefleurs.co.ukGY7 9DWOpen by appointment, 1 Apr-30 Sep, Mon-Fri, 10.30am-1pm. Adults/OAPs £6, children (5-14) £3. Single discount with card: 10%. Card not valid on charity/event days – phone or see website for deta...

768Cromer Road, Beeston Regis, Sheringham, Norfolk01263 822 986www.priorymazegardens.co.ukNR26 8SFOpen 25 Mar-30 Sep, daily, 10am-5pm. Adults £5, OAPs £4.50, children (3-16) £2.50.parking,toilets,part-disabled,plants,refreshments,picnic,shop,dogs,public-transport

if it ventures out again.There's something really special about seeing a lizard in the garden. It's almost as if they shouldn't be able to survive in cold, rainy Britain, and that they only belong in a more exotic world, somewhere hot and dry. But despite

While many plants have been late to flourish this year, I’m pleased to report that the blue and great tits that forage in my garden every spring are bang on schedule.Regular readers of this blog will know that every year my tiny courtyard garden

, but the discovery in 2011 that small tortoiseshell numbers had gone down by 68% in 10 years was pretty shocking. It has always been received wisdom that common generalist ‘garden’ species, like the small tort, were protected from some of the frightening declines