York Gate, UK

At only one acre in size, York Gate Garden is a veritable garden Tardis. With 14 different rooms to surprise and inspire, you can feel completely immersed as though you have been transported to another place entirely – far away from its actual suburban setting. You might say that this is a garden that offers a series of masterclasses – how to construct rooms, how to form views, how to use hard landscaping and sculpture, and of course how to choose the right plant for the right place. Yes, there are bigger and grander gardens out there; but it’s hard to beat York Gate in terms of bang for your gardening buck. If you ask me, it proves the rule that great things can come in tiny packages.