Last checked 27/04/2026

Local parks and gardens
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American Military Cemetery
Three miles west of Cambridge.
Anglesey Abbey
Country gentleman's home, gardens and Lode Mill.
Audley End House
Jacobean stately home and gardens. In Essex.
Botanic Garden
Large gardens and green houses with exotic plants.
Cambridge Parks
Parks, commons, open spaces and recreation grounds.
Cambs Open Space
Provide information about Cambridgeshire parks and open spaces. Map showing location of parks.
Milton Country Park
Woods, countryside and lakes with 2 miles of paths. On northern outskirts of Cambridge.
Visit Gardens
Private gardens open to the public.
Wimpole Hall and Farm
Hall, park, farm and gardens.

Community gardens
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Bridgerton Garden
At Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Featured at Chelsea Flower Show.
Clay Farm Community Gardens
Local people getting together to design a community garden on the Clay Farm site in Trumpington.
Emmaus Cambridge Community Garden
The fruit and vegetables is used in Joan’s Coffee Shop, as well as meals for the people Emmaus support.
Empty Common Community Garden
An organic community garden close to the Cambridge Botanic Gardens that allows gardening experiences for all ages and abilities.
Gloria Carpenter Pocket Garden
Commemorate Gloria Carpenter, believed to be the first Black woman to have received a degree from the University of Cambridge. Off Rustat Road.
Grow Cambridge Community Farm
Grow Cambridge CIC is a partnership between Abbey People CIO and Cambridge Sustainable Food CIC, working alongside local partners, volunteers, and the wider community to create a thriving community farm for Cambridge.
Hanover and Princess Court Community Garden
Thriving community garden in the middle of Hanover and Princess Court flats, full of flowers and vegetables.
Midsummer Common Community Orchard
Over 50 trees, seating areas, and other plantings. From Maids causeway to Midsummer Common.
Millennium Garden
Small community garden on corner of Norfolk Street.
Nightingale Garden
Other side of the Hills Rd from Addenbrooke's and the biomedical campus.
Rock Road Library Community Gardens
Gardens by library including heritage apple trees and flowers, maintained by Friends of Rock Road Library volunteers.
Romsey Community Garden
Turning a once derelict space into a beautiful sustainable garden for everyone to use, using lots of willing volunteers!
Trumpington Community Orchard
A community orchard scheme which brings a neighbourhood together.

Local gardening
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Allotments
Showing where allotments are in Cambridge.
Allotments Network
Information about allotments sites in Cambridge.
Cambridge Cactus and Succulent Society
Events and links to succulent pages.
Cambridge Carnivorous Plants
Information about carnivorous plants.
Cambridge Growing Spaces
A Transition Cambridge project. The project aims to reclaim unloved and underused public spaces around the city of Cambridge and transform them using edible landscaping.
Cambridgeshire Mole Catcher
"Master Mole Catcher" with the "Guild of British Mole Catchers".
Clarke Brunt
A botanical miscellany.

Useful websites
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BBC Gardening
Information from (former) BBC gardening programs. Now archived.
Royal Horticultural Society
Includes plant finder and garden finder.
Planning a wildlife garden design
From the RSPB.

Garden centres
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B & Q
On Newmarket Road. DIY & garden.
Scotdales
Large garden centre. Cambridge Road, Great Shelford CB22 5JT

Gardening services
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Anna McArthur
Cambridge-based garden designer.
Cambridge Landscape Services
Gardening landscape and maintenance services.
Hunt Garden Creations
Contemporary and traditional, low maintenance, drought tolerant, wildlife gardens.
Spike Jackson Garden Design
Cambridge- based designers of stylish contemporary gardens.
Summer Garden Buildings
Supplier of a wide range of timber garden buildings and aluminium greenhouses.
The Flower House
Cambridge florist. On Magdalene Street.

Online seeds and plants
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Bloms Bulbs
Daffodils, tulips, crocuses and many other bulbs.
David Austen
Roses.
Mr Fothergill's
Request catalogues or order plants online.
Suttons
Vegetables and flowers, seeds and vegetables.
Thompson and Morgan
Online catalogues for seeds, young plants, potatoes.