Wakehurst Place, Sussex
Ardingly, Haywards Heath, West SussexTelephone: 01444 894066.Open everyday, 10am - 4pm in winter, 10am - 7pm in summer.

This outpost of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew boasts one of the best winter gardens in the country, as well as national collections of skimmia, birch, beech and hypericum. There is a garden solely devoted to Himalayan plants, a superb pinetum and stunning collections of rhododendrons and azaleas.
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