Local directory
Gardens to visit, parks and beaches, specialist nurseries, tree surgeons, wildlife charities and allotment groups across the North East. Every listing links to the organisation's own website or an official page about it, and most listings are free.
By type
- Gardens to visit17 listedHistoric estates, walled gardens, a botanic garden and open-garden days.
- Parks, beaches and outdoors9 listedFree parks, a city farm, country parks, forests and a surfing beach.
- Nurseries, trees and design8 listedSpecialist plant nurseries, a pond shop, tree surgeons and a garden designer.
- Wildlife, community and allotments8 listedWildlife trusts, a hedgehog rescue, beekeepers and allotment groups.
By area
- NewcastleThe city, Jesmond, Gosforth and the Ouseburn
- North Tyneside and the coastWhitley Bay, Tynemouth, North Shields and Wallsend
- South TynesideSouth Shields and Jarrow
- GatesheadGateshead and the Derwent valley
- SunderlandSunderland and Washington
- County DurhamDurham, the Dales and the coast at Seaham
- NorthumberlandMorpeth, Alnwick, the coast and the hills
- TeessideMiddlesbrough, Billingham and Guisborough
Local guides and magazines
Other people writing well about the region's gardens, outdoors and family days out.
