Kew Gardens is a magnificent World Heritage Site covering 300 acres with over 30,000 species of plants. Read more.
Founded in 1673, Chelsea Physic Garden contains England's oldest rock garden. It's open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday and bank holiday afternoons from April to October. Read more.
Richmond Park is the largest of the Royal Parks, occupying some 2,500 acres. From the park's highest point, there are unobstructed views of St Paul's Cathedral, over 12 miles in the distance. Read more.
The Isabella Plantation consists of clearings, ponds and streams and is planted with ferns, exotic trees and shrubs. Read more.
If you can locate one of the grubby alleyways leading to the Phoenix Garden, it's a lovely little green spot to have a quiet breather away. Volunteers maintain the plants, flowers and wildlife. Read more.
Terrace walks, a formal lawn and a sunken rose garden grace the northern part of this garden, which adjoins a seventeenth-century merchant’s house. Read more.
Wild and undulating, the grassy sprawl of Hampstead Heath makes a wonderfully untamed contrast to the manicured lawns and flowerbeds found elsewhere in the capital. Read more.
