RHS Partner Gardens

RHS Partner Gardens are independent gardens which kindly allow RHS Members (only one (main) member from an RHS Joint Membership) to visit at selected times throughout the year. 

It is a wonderful way for RHS Members to visit a range of glorious gardens, some well-known, others less so, across the UK and overseas.

Visit the RHS Partner Garden search online, which lists all the gardens in the scheme, with details of what to see, facilities and details of the free access days for RHS Members.

Also view the RHS Members’ Handbook on the website or our RHS The Garden App (App Store or Google Play) for inspiration on which gardens to visit.

All individual RHS Members can visit RHS Partner Gardens for free, at selected times.

For Joint RHS Members, only the primary RHS Member (indicated by the * on the membership card) can visit for free. The second joint member needs to pay the garden’s entry fee. Guests of members also need to pay the full entry price to visit an RHS Partner Garden.

Nearly half of RHS Partner Gardens allow RHS Members to visit for free whenever they are open, just show your valid RHS Membership card. However, other gardens restrict entry to certain months or days of the week.

You can check up-to-date visiting times online on the RHS Partner Garden search. To see the RHS Partner Gardens offering free RHS Member days this ‘month’, select the relevant month from the drop-down filter. You can also search by location. We always recommend that you check free entry dates and times before travelling, in case of unexpected closures due to events or the weather (some gardens may need to close if high winds are forecast). 

All RHS Partner Gardens offer a minimum level of opening, on their own terms, which is set on an annual basis following the calendar year. Please note, not all gardens are open every day of the year, some are open for certain months or days of the week, and within that only open on certain days to RHS Members.  

Very occasionally a garden may need to modify the amount of openings offered during the year, which will be due to circumstances beyond the control of the RHS.

So that smaller gardens can be part of the RHS Partner Garden scheme, free entry does not apply to members travelling as part of a large, organised group or in a coach. Please contact the garden in advance to discuss group visits. 

Yes. We believe that those who need support visiting one of our RHS Gardens can bring along a carer for free. We ask all RHS Partner Gardens to support our RHS Carers policy.