Spring is just around the corner, bringing longer days streaked with early sunshine – a perfect time to revel in the Great Outdoors!
You’ll be in good company, too. Roused from its long winter slumber, nature starts to bloom in springtime. Perfect for meandering strolls through meadows teeming with bluebells and daffodils, or lunchtime picnics sheltered by sweet-scented, blossom-covered trees.
If all that sounds appealing, here’s some good news: each retreat we’ve listed here is rich in spring floral magic, with seasonal scenery you’ll want to capture forever (so don’t forget your camera, sketchpad or easel).
Maybe you’ll row on a shimmering lake, Wordsworth-style, or wander through captivating walled gardens that sing with life and colour. Go forest-bathing, foraging, or simply roll out a blanket in the midst of enchanting, wildlife-steeped woodland… all with the curiosity and comfort of an unusual retreat to unwind in later on.
Better still, each property owner has described exactly what level of spring flora you can expect, so it’ll be temptingly easy to pluck your favourite from the list.
Author: Nina Jervis-Green
Main image: Robin’s Nest at Treetop Hideaways| Lincolnshire
Den by the Stream | Ceredigion, Wales
We have an abundance of wild flowers and blossoming trees all around! Flowers our guests can expect to see include golden April buttercups, daffodils, celandine, wild primrose, wood anemones, dog violets, wild garlic and bluebells – if not here, then along the meandering trail next-door, the coastal paths, or the Welsh Wildlife Centre and Teifi Marches Nature Reserve close by.
Den by the Stream
The Long Barn | Pembrokeshire, Wales
We have a circular walk (perfect for walking your dogs!) through nine acres of grounds, leading you beside a stream, around a lake, and through fields and woodland. Here, spring brings beautiful colour and attracts insects, with daffodils, crocus, fritillaries, hellebores, rhododendrons and flowering cherry trees.
The Long Barn
The Windmill Suffolk | Suffolk, England
Apart from our huge windmill garden, which has cherry blossom trees, plants and flowers, right behind The Windmill are a number of bluebell woods, including Bradfield Woods and Ickworth Park, with daffodils aplenty in Nowton Park!
The Windmill Suffolk
Robin’s Nest at Treetop Hideaways | Lincolnshire, England
Spring is one of the most beautiful times of year as the woodland springs to life with the blossoming of pussy willows, snowdrops, bluebells, daffodils and rhododendrons. Rowing on the meandering lake watching the flora and fauna bursting with life is breath-taking.
Robin's Nest
Mayen Estate | Moray, Scotland
Our stunning Walled Gardens are open exclusively to holiday guests and are a beautiful and peaceful place to relax with a book, picnic or easel during your holiday, with seven gardens, vegetable patches, and of course our beautiful Glasshouses.
Mayen Estate
Pinwheel Treehouse at Mallinson| Dorset, England
Pinwheel is built over and amongst a lovely bluebell wood.
Pinwheel Treehouse
Railholiday | Cornwall, England
Our award-winning Cornish railway carriages are surrounded by beautiful flowering trees, camellias and spring bulbs. We use these to fill our vases as part of our welcome pack, together with snowdrops from our woodland snowdrop walk.
Railholiday
Perry Pond Cabin | Devon, England
The woods next to our cabin are full of bluebells from mid-April.
Perry Pond Cabin
Glenshee Treehouses | Perthshire, Scotland
Visit during springtime and be greeted by a golden swathe of daffodils on the front lawn as you arrive. Stay in our Silver Birch Treehouse and you’ll also have a private driveway bordered by daffodils and delicate snowdrops, as you escape to your own private retreat.
Glenshee Treehouses
Driftwood Beach House | West Sussex, England
We have a glorious bloom of narcissi that comes through in spring, as well as the wildflowers, particularly Valerian, on the beach and across Pagham Harbour Nature Reserve.
Driftwood Beach House
The Island Oxfordshire | Oxfordshire, England
Spring on the island is magical. Bright daffodils, fluffy goslings and charming ducklings add whimsy to the landscape. Come and enjoy nature’s parade!
The Island Oxfordshire
Penlan Lodges | Powys, Wales
Follow the daffodil-lined lane to your hot-tub equipped cabin and savour the fresh springtime air!
Penlan Lodges
Will’s Treehouse | Warwickshire, England
A host of golden daffodils surround Will’s Treehouse in the springtime!
Will's Tree House
