Open GardensGardens you can visit

Beautiful house with loads to see inside (takes approx an hour) - huge gardens (more of a park really) - Glass House full of interesting plants & climbers (only downside was not enough of them are actually labelled) - formal gardens - walled garden - lake - usual National Trust goodies in the restaurant & shop. Excellent place to take children as lots of open space to run around in without annoying anybody else - also plenty for them to get involved in inside the house. Dogs also welcome but must be kept on a lead.

Excellent collection of snowdrops, from memory gardens are open Saturday and Sunday throughout February for the Snowdrops and other times of the year. Gardens are registered with the RHS Open Gardens scheme

8 acres of ponds packed full of stupendous waterlillies, shop, cafe and nursery. Some access for wheelchairs in good weather.

This is a set of 3 gardens (Bay Tree Cottage, The Kilns and and Avenue Cottage) in Bentley which I visited when they opened for The NGS. All were beautiful gardens bursting with colour and full of energy. Although they were all great, I loved the herb garden at Avenue Cottage! I've added some photos to Grows on You.