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The Best Gardens to Visit in the South of England
Our pick of the best gardens to visit in the South of England (Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight), every address checked.
Sheffield Park and Garden
Uckfield, East Sussex (National Trust)
A Capability Brown landscape of lakes and rare trees, famous for its blazing autumn colour reflected in the water.
See details →Nymans
Handcross, West Sussex (National Trust)
A romantic Grade II* listed garden around the ruins of a country house, with rare plant collections gathered over generations.
See details →Borde Hill Garden
Haywards Heath, West Sussex
A plant hunter's garden of rare trees and shrubs. Its Rose Garden celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2026 with hundreds of varieties.
See details →West Dean Gardens
Chichester, West Sussex
A 300-foot pergola, restored Victorian glasshouses and one of the finest walled kitchen gardens in the country.
See details →Parham House and Gardens
Pulborough, West Sussex
A four-acre walled garden and seven acres of pleasure grounds beneath the South Downs; an RHS partner garden.
See details →Great Dixter
Northiam, East Sussex
Christopher Lloyd's celebrated garden, one of the great historic gardens of East Sussex and a lesson in bold, joyful planting.
See details →Wakehurst
Ardingly, West Sussex
Kew's wild botanic garden in the Sussex Weald, with a much-loved spring display.
See details →RHS Garden Wisley
Wisley, Surrey
The Royal Horticultural Society's flagship garden, inspiring in every season.
See details →Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Near Cranbrook, Kent (National Trust)
Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson's Grade I garden, most famous for its White Garden and its roses; go early, as it can be busy.
See details →Exbury Gardens
Exbury, New Forest, Hampshire
Lionel de Rothschild's woodland garden, laid out from 1919, where many of his famous rhododendron and azalea hybrids still flower around the Azalea Bowl.
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Checked October 2026. Opening times, prices and delivery terms change, so please check before you travel or order.