Giardini

The 9 stops fall in 6 parts of Britain, and the two furthest apart, Chelsea Physic Garden and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, are about 537 km apart in a straight line. Treat it as a menu rather than one journey: pick the stops in one or two destinations and give each a day or more.

• London (2 stops): Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Chelsea Physic Garden. London guide.
• Bath (2 stops): Royal Victoria Park Botanical Gardens and Prior Park Landscape Garden. Bath guide.
• Oxford (1 stop): University of Oxford Botanic Garden. Oxford guide.
• Cambridge (1 stop): Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Cambridge guide.
• Edinburgh (2 stops): Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Princes Street Gardens. Edinburgh guide.
• York (1 stop): York Museum Gardens. York guide.

To travel between destinations, see getting between regions and our rail tickets guide. For weather and daylight by month, see when to go to London, Bath, Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh or York. Opening times change with the seasons, so check each stop's own website before you set out.

Access and family notes come from the same data as our area guides: 0 of the 9 stops are reported as fully or partly step-free, and 1 is marked family-friendly. Reports come from venues or OpenStreetMap contributors, so confirm with the place before you travel.