The UK garden named as one of the best places to see cherry blossoms, bluebells & tulips in the world

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WHEN imagining spring gardens, Elmstead Market may not be the first place to come to mind.

However, an attraction near the Colchester Village has been named one of the best spring bloom gardens in the world by Lonely Planet.

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Beth Chatto’s Plants & Gardens propagate a staggering 150,000 plants a yearCredit: Alamy
Every plant in the attraction has specifically been planted due to its resilience to hostile growing conditions

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Every plant in the attraction has specifically been planted due to its resilience to hostile growing conditionsCredit: Alamy
The wet garden is a lush, tropical-like collection of plants and ponds

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The wet garden is a lush, tropical-like collection of plants and pondsCredit: Alamy

Beth Chatto’s Plants & Gardens

Beth Chatto was a renowned gardener and writer, famous for winning numerous medals at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and designing the Chatto Gardens (now called Beth Chatto’s Plants & Gardens).

Transforming a wasteland of boggy ditches and brambles, Beth Chatto’s Plants and Gardens looks nothing like it did back in 1960.

By using a technique of ecological planting, Beth Chatto found the right plants for various, hard-to-grow locations.

This method transformed an area that presented problems, such as dry and infertile land, into an otherworldly paradise.

In recent years, the attraction has gone on to claim TripAdvisor’s Traveller’s Choice award, VisitEngland Gold status and now a place on Lonely Planet’s best spring bloom gardens for UK travellers list upon their release of The Joy of Exploring Gardens book.

Stretching 7.5 acres, visitors can stroll through five different types of gardens:

  • Gravel – a showcase of plants that love drought
  • Scree – alpine plants grown on slopes
  • Water – a collection of ponds and lush plants
  • Woodland – home to many shade-loving plans
  • Reservoir – a newer garden with a variety of late-seasonal plants

The site also includes a nursery which has 2,000 varieties of flora and fauna and a gardener’s shop.

Almost as pretty as its gardens, Chatto’s tearoom serves locally sourced pastries, baked goods as well as appetizing sandwiches.

Adult tickets booked online start from £13.95, students from £6.95 and children between the ages of 2-16 £3.50.

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Purchasing tickets on the day from the Visitor Information Centre will incur an additional £1 to the ticket cost.

Anyone coming in by bus or cycle can receive a 25 per cent discount.

Spring Blooms

Although the garden is great to see in all seasons, it is between the end of March and the first half of June that’s the best time to visit.

From carpets of bluebells of daffodils and snow-like white cherry trees, the attraction is best seen in spring.

With an onsite nursery, guests can even purchase some of the flowers themselves.

This means anyone can take a piece of Beth Chatto’s Plants & Gardens back with them.

Due to the site’s variety of blooms, some flowers may have already blossomed, while others will only have started.

Differences in seasonal weather may also affect the timing of spring blooms, so it is worth following the garden’s social media.

Typically, cherry trees blossom between March and May, while daffodills start to flower as early as February.

Depending on the type of tulip, you can expect the bloom to start from March to May.

And bluebells are expected to flower between late March to early May.

Read more on the Scottish Sun

Similar to Beth Chatto’s Plants & Garden, Alnwick’s world-famous garden boasts the largest Japanese cherry tree orchard in the world.

And here we’ve compiled the prettiest places to see bluebells in the UK this Spring.

Best gardens to see spring blossoms in the UK

Other gardens that make Lonely Planet’s list include:

  • Alnwick Garden, Northumberland
  • The Crawick Multiverse, Scotland
  • Beth Chatto’s Plants & Gardens, Colchester
  • National Botantic Garden of Wales, Llanarthney
  • Sissinhurst Castle Garden, Kent
Throughout the year, the site hosts a variety of workshops and attractions

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Throughout the year, the site hosts a variety of workshops and attractionsCredit: Alamy
The drought-loving gravel garden was once the site of a car park

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The drought-loving gravel garden was once the site of a car parkCredit: Alamy

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