The cold weather may be upon us but there is still plenty to enjoy around the RHS Recommended Gardens. Please check opening times and admission arrangements before you travel as free entry may not apply for the whole of the season.

RHS Recommended Gardens for winter  www.rhs.org.uk

Glasshouses

• The National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire
• St Andrews Botanic Garden, Fife
• Tatton Park Gardens, Cheshire

Colourful stems and bark

• Bluebell Arboretum and Nursery, Derbyshire
• The Beth Chatto Gardens, Essex
• Anglesey Abbey Gardens, Cambridgeshire

Winter-flowering/winter-scented plants

• Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens, Dorset
• Nymans, West Sussex
• Aberglasney Gardens, Carmarthenshire