London knows how to put its best foot forward when it comes to spring flowers and summer blooms: the city’s parks and green spaces come alive with daffodils, cherry blossom, tulips, wisteria, and roses each year as the temperatures start to rise. But if you’ve visited Kew Gardens more times than you can count, and the sellers at Columbia Road flower market know you by name, perhaps it’s time to venture further afield to get your floral kicks.
Fill your nose with gorgeous scent at lavender fields near London, or enjoy the splendour of Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty just hour or two from the city. Or read on for our guide to everything from rambling rose gardens and exotic glasshouses to woodland walks and PYO flower farms. Take those hayfever tablets, wear something pastel-tinted and pretty, and you’re ready for a day out that’ll showcase mother nature in all her technicolour finery (and make great fodder for the gram, too).
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