Autumn colour garden
Bed of British native plants
Dry garden — demonstrates planting requiring reduced watering
Fen display
Genetics garden
Glasshouses, containing about 3,000 species, have been restored and almost entirely replanted to display  global plant diversity, and comprise:
Continents Apart,  comparing and contrasting the fire dependent, floristically rich plant communities of South Africa and SW Australia, once conjoined in the supercontinent Gondwana
Oceanic Islands, exploring the floral diversity peculiar to island archipelagos
Mountains, exploring how plants survive life in a cold climate
Tropical Rainforests, a hotbed of competition
Carnivores, displaying the diversity of traps in carnivorous plants
Arid Lands, displaying drought tolerant plants from continental Africa and the Americas, including many Succulent and Cactus species, and demonstrating the phenomenon of convergent evolution.

Life Before Flowers, full of ferns and filmy ferns.

Herbaceous borders
Garden Research Plots for various projects or growing single genera
Lake
National plant collections of:
Alchemilla
Bergenia
European Fritillaria
Lonicera
Ribes
Ruscus
Saxifraga
Species Tulips
Hardy Geraniums
Important scientific and research collections of:
Lavender
Rock gardens — for alpine plants
Limestone rock garden
Sandstone rock garden
Scented garden
Systematic beds — 144 island beds representing 80 families of flowering plants
Tree collection
Water garden
Winter garden (December to April)
Woodland garden — containing spring bulbs
Autumn colour garden
Bed of British native plants
Dry garden — demonstrates planting requiring reduced watering
Fen display
Genetics garden
Glasshouses, containing about 3,000 species, have been restored and almost entirely replanted to display  global plant diversity, and comprise:
Continents Apart,  comparing and contrasting the fire dependent, floristically rich plant communities of South Africa and SW Australia, once conjoined in the supercontinent Gondwana
Oceanic Islands, exploring the floral diversity peculiar to island archipelagos
Mountains, exploring how plants survive life in a cold climate
Tropical Rainforests, a hotbed of competition
Carnivores, displaying the diversity of traps in carnivorous plants
Arid Lands, displaying drought tolerant plants from continental Africa and the Americas, including many Succulent and Cactus species, and demonstrating the phenomenon of convergent evolution.
Life Before Flowers, full of ferns and filmy ferns.
Herbaceous borders
Garden Research Plots for various projects or growing single genera
Lake
National plant collections of:
Alchemilla
Bergenia
European Fritillaria
Lonicera
Ribes
Ruscus
Saxifraga
Species Tulips
Hardy Geraniums
Important scientific and research collections of:
Lavender
Rock gardens — for alpine plants
Limestone rock garden
Sandstone rock garden
Scented garden
Systematic beds — 144 island beds representing 80 families of flowering plants
Tree collection
Water garden
Winter garden (December to April)
Woodland garden — containing spring bulbs
Cambridge University Botanic Garden