With autumn well underway and the leaves turning, a round-up of gardens across the UK highlights spots for taking in the season's colours.
In South Derbyshire, Bluebell Arboretum & Nursery, an RHS partner garden, features a collection of more than 70 Japanese maples, along with katsura trees, American red oaks and five varieties of Parrotia persica within its arboretum and nine acres of woodland garden.
Castle Howard Arboretum in North Yorkshire offers 120 acres of woodland with bronze oaks, golden beeches and Japanese maples from October through to early November. It is home to more than 7,000 trees from around the world and runs autumn events including fungi foraging walks, a family-friendly fungi festival and an artists and makers fair.
Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest in Kent, managed by Forestry England, spans 350 acres and holds more than 12,000 specimen trees, including giant redwoods and multiple lakes. It is open daily and for the National Garden Scheme on Tuesday, October 20.
Other gardens listed include RHS Garden Bridgewater in Salford, Coverwood Lakes in Surrey, RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey, Stourhead in Wiltshire, Sheffield Park and Garden in East Sussex, Mount Stewart in County Down, Bodnant Garden in Conwy, Dawyck Botanic Garden in the Scottish Borders and Lullingstone Castle and The World Garden in Kent.
Stourhead's First Light sessions on October 23, 27 and 31, priced at £12, offer photographers early-morning access to capture the garden at sunrise. Coverwood Lakes is open for the National Garden Scheme on Sunday, October 18.