Instead of the usual Valentine's how about a visit to a stunning glasshouse or garden instead. The perfect valentine's date with your plant-loving partner!
These are all free to enter so look out for ways to donate when you book or visit.
Sky Garden, London
Sky Garden, London
Sky Garden is situated at the very top of 20 Fenchurch Street with panoramic views across London. The densely planted terraces feature Mediterranean and South African plants like agapanthus and bird of paradise creating a dramatic contrast to the sleek glass and modern architecture.
Book Sky Garden here.
Barbican Conservatory, London
Barbican Conservatory, London
Nestled amongst the brutalist architecture of Barbican is a stunning tropical plant-packed space. Huge specimens of iconic tropical plants climb high up the concrete walls and trees reach for the glass ceiling inside this surprising plant-lovers paradise.
The conservatory is open on certain days of the week from 12pm, with tickets available for booking a week prior.
Book Barbican Conservatory here.
Winter Garden, Sheffield
Winter Garden, Sheffield. Image: Michael Tomlinson Photography
Curved wooden beams supporting the glass roof make for a striking modern glasshouse in the centre of Sheffield. The building is an impressive 70m long and 20m high, home to over 2500 plants alongside coffee shops for a perfect planty pit-stop.
Find the winter garden here
The Hepworth Wakefield Garden, West Yorkshire
The Hepworth Wakefield Garden. Image: John Escudero Films
A beautifully landscaped garden with a backdrop of the iconic angular art gallery by David Chipperfield. In the garden currently you’ll find blooms like snowdrops, heavy-headed hellabores and sweet smelling daphne adding colour to the thoughtfully designed planting scheme.
Oudolf Field, Hauser & Wirth, Somerset
Oudolf Field, Hauser & Wirth, Somerset. Image: Sergey V Kalyakin via Shutterstock
Behind the gallery buildings lays a wonderfully landscaped perennial meadow garden designed by Dutch designer Piet Oudolf. If you’re a seed-head lover, this is the garden for you. The plant choices of grasses, alliums, rudbeckia and sea holly to name just a few create sculptural interest all year round.
There are also further gardens all around the gallery.
Urban Jungle, Norfolk
A unique nursery of indoor and outdoor plants. Browse the huge palms and architectural cacti growing in the nursery, then surround yourself with oversized tropical plants in the cafe.
Find out more here