The World’s 100 Best Botanical Gardens · 2026
The Best Botanical Gardens in the United Kingdom
6 of the 100 venues in The World’s 100 Best Botanical Gardens 2026 are in the United Kingdom. The highest placed is Bodnant Garden in Tal-y-Cafn, at number 5 in the world. East Ruston Old Vicarage Garden in East Ruston (number 20) and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London (number 21) follow.
Six gardens
The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, in west London, have the Palm House, the Temperate House and a treetop walkway, and visitors allow a full day. Entry to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is free. Bodnant Garden in north Wales has formal terraces and a steep valley of streams, and its Laburnum Arch flowers in late spring. Trebah Garden in Cornwall descends a subtropical valley to a beach on the Helford River. RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey combines display planting with trial beds and an orchard. East Ruston Old Vicarage Garden in Norfolk was built from arable land over 50 years and is divided into garden rooms.
Venues
Best by region
- The NordicsGothenburg Botanical GardenGothenburg, SwedenN° 8
- EuropeBodnant GardenTal-y-Cafn, United KingdomN° 5
- AsiaRoyal Botanic Gardens, PeradeniyaKandy, Sri LankaN° 6
- The Middle EastDubai Miracle GardenDubai, United Arab EmiratesN° 13
- North AmericaThe Butchart GardensBrentwood Bay, CanadaN° 2
- The CaribbeanHunte’s GardensSaint Joseph, BarbadosN° 17
- Latin AmericaJardim Botânico do Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro, BrazilN° 28
- AfricaJardin d’Essai du HammaAlgiers, AlgeriaN° 1
- OceaniaRoyal Botanic Gardens MelbourneMelbourne, AustraliaN° 15