Looking for inspiration and a relaxing day out?  Visit RHS Rosemoor and stroll around 65 enchanting acres set in a steep wooded valley. Whatever the season, enjoy the formal gardens, woodland walks, water features and open spaces.

Open: Daily apart from Christmas Day, 10am to 5pm.

Admission: Adult £8.25, child £4.15, RHS members free

Find out more: www.rhs.org.uk

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There’s 50 acres of parkland to enjoy at Hestercombe, plus formal Edwardian Gardens, featuring terraces, pools and an orangery which were designed by Sir Edward Lutyens and planted by Gertrude Jekyll. Best time to visit is in the summer.

Open: Daily, except Christmas Day, 10am to 5.30pm

Admission: Adult £9.70, child £3.70

Find out more: www.hestercombe.com

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Asleep for more than seventy years, Heligan is the scene of the largest garden restoration project in Europe. Discovered in 1991, the gardens now boast an Elizabethan mount, rockeries, summer houses, a crystal grotto, an Italian garden and walled gardens. Remarkably much of the original plant collection has survived.

Open: Daily, except Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 10am to 5pm

Admission: Adult £10, child £6

Find out more: www.heligan.com/

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Killerton House, built in 1778, is surrounded by landscaped gardens, beautiful all year round with rhododendrons, magnolias, rare trees and beyond that the rolling Devon countryside.

Open: Opening times vary. Check website before you travel

Admission: Adult £6.80, Child £3.40, free to National Trust members

Find out more: www.nationaltrust.org.uk

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The tiered gardens at Mapperton reflect at least three periods of history. On the top level is the croquet lawn with the remains of a 17th-century parterre. On the next level is an Italianate garden, created in the 1920s, complete with grottoes and fountains. Below the wall and summer house are 17th-century fish ponds, plus an orangery and wild garden added in the 1950s.

Open: 1 April to 31 October daily except Saturday. 11am to 5pm

Admission: Adult £5, child £2.50

Find out more: www.mapperton.com

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Relax and unwind in one of this country's great gardens and experience for yourself the fulfilment of an American's English fantasy. Enjoy the exquisite garden rooms, each with its own unique character and discover rare shrubs and trees, herbaceous borders and unusual plants from around the world. The garden changes in harmony with the seasons, from vibrant spring bulbs to autumn's spectacular Red Border.

Open: Opening times vary. Check the website before travelling

Admission: Adult £10, child £5, National Trust members free

Find out more: www.nationaltrust.org.uk

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Full of variety, this charming garden shows the English country style at its best.

Peaceful water gardens and herbaceous borders, with organically shaped topiary, demonstrate an imaginative use of colour and planting to create unexpected vistas.

Enjoy a stroll through the arboretum with its wonderful species of trees and naturally planted spring bulbs.

Open: Opening times vary. Check the website before travelling

Admission: Adult £6.80, child £3.40, National Trust members free

Find out more: www.nationaltrust.org.uk

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This wonderfully informal and inspirational garden has been created, over the last 40 years, as semi-wild garden rooms within a magical structure of trees and shrubs. An environmental paradise for birds, butterflies and small mammals, there is also refreshment for visitors in the form of a welcoming tea room with a wide range of delicious homemade cakes.

Open: Daily from end of March to end of October, 10am to 6pm

Admission: £3

Find out more: www.herefordshiregardens.co.uk

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An enchanting garden in ancient Malmesbury is flush with colour from spring to autumn. From daffodils and tulips (24,000 new tulip bulbs planted this year) to summer when the country’s largest private collection of roses are in bloom and finally fabulous autumn colour from specimen trees and shrubs

Open: Daily from 21 March to 31 October 11am to 5.30pm

Admission: Adult £8, child £3

Find out more: www.abbeyhousegardens.co.uk

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The National Arboretum Westonbirt is one of the most magical and important tree gardens in the world. Set in 600 acres of historic landscape are over 16,000 trees and shrubs (some of the oldest, rarest and largest in the UK) and 17 miles of paths. World-famous for its stunning autumn colours, Westonbirt is equally vibrant in spring, when rhododendrons and bluebells come into bloom.

Open: Everyday, 9am to 8pm

Admission: Adult £9, child £4

Find out more:  www.forestry.gov.uk

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