Aberglasney, Carmarthenshire, Wales

With an Elizabethan cloister garden at its heart (pictured), the 10 acres at Aberglasney were brought back from the brink of ruin and spectacularly restored. A plantsman’s paradise, there is much to admire over the winter months, including drifts of witch hazels and hellebores bursting into bloom, and the early-flowering Narcissus ‘Cedric Morris’, which makes a special appearance in time for Christmas. Open daily, 10.30am-4pm. Tel: 01558 668998; aberglasney.org