Leonardslee Gardens, near Horsham in West Sussex: a wonderful woodland garden, festooned with azaleas and various other jewel-bright flowering shrubs. See them while you can – the gardens have been sold to an international businessman but are open every day until the end of June.
There’s a wealth of wildlife, particularly if you get there first thing. I disturbed several sunbathing blackbirds and rubbed shoulders with a robin, a thrush, a few ultra-tame rabbits, a family of geese (you can just about pick them out in the middle of the picture above) and some turquoise dragon flies.
You follow winding paths around the romantic lake planted with yellow irises and adorned with a cascade backed by topiary (see left); a highlight was a majestic redwood (below) that conjured up an antediluvian forest.
Next routine: Japanese gardens at Chelsea, Open Garden Squares Weekend and Leonardslee
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