Garden Tours

Dozens of people have travelled with us over the years - to China, South Africa, Japan, France, Italy, England, Ireland, Spain and on and on. We have done a total of 32 tours. Each time we go, we like to take a few group shots. Here are some taken over the years. Enjoy spotting your friends. Florence South Africa 2012 Lunch on...

My 15-day Ireland Grand Circle Tour was inspired by the desire to see more of Ireland - the parts we missed on our first Ireland tour in 2017.Seven years ago, we visited beautiful gardens in Dublin including Cork House, Knockrose and Tyrellstown as well as some of the finest gardens outside of the capital such as Powerscourt and Mount...

It is only a few weeks now until the start of our fabulous 15-day Ireland Grand Circle Tour which will start in Dublin on Oct. 1. (THIS TOUR IS NOW SOLD OUT)The tour will sweep around the picturesque south and beautiful west coast of the island, up to the north, with visits to Derry, Belfast and the Giant’s Causeway and...

Our 13-day Beautiful Cities Tour to Berlin, Prague, Vienna and Bratislava was a great success with everyone returning home happy and healthy after what was an exciting and action-packed trip. It was our 31st tour and many of the people who came had travelled with us  before. This made it feel like a reunion with everyone sharing stories of past...

After a splendid last night in Prague when we went to Reduta, a famous jazz club, for a night of Billie Holiday music, we headed out of the city for Vienna. But first, we stopped at the Dancing House (Fred and Ginger), the famous Frank Gehry architectural landmark, to take a few pictures. Lednich Castle on the way to Vienna On the...

We travelled in a luxury double-decker coach from Berlin to Prague, stopping on the way in Dresden where we had a splendid lunch and time to shop and look around.Dresden was tragically bombed during the Second World War and much of its heritage downtown was turned into rumble.  Dresden area next to the Church of Our Lady Over the past 20...

Our last few days in Berlin were spent visiting Museum Island in the centre of the city.We also took the train to Charlottenburg Palace on the outskirts of Berlin and also enjoyed an open-top boat ride on the Spree River.On Museum Island, we visited the Pergamon Panorama, a 360-degree multi-media presentation designed to take you back 1,900 years to...

The Beautiful Cities Tour got off to a great start this week with all of us arriving in Berlin for the start of a fabulous trip that will take us to Prague and Vienna and Bratislava.In Berlin, we toured all the top sites from the Brandenburg Gate to the Reichstag and the Berlin Wall as well as key war...

Today, I am delighted to announced the official launch of my 15-day Ireland Grand Circle Tour.It will start in Dublin on Oct. 1 and circle around the picturesque south coast and along the sensational west coast and up to Northern Ireland, Derry, Belfast and out to the Giant’s Causeway before returning to Dublin. We will be staying in excellent hotels including a...

In 2017, I visited Ireland with friends, after being in England’s Lake District and North Wales.From Dublin, we went down the east coast to Wexford and Waterford, seeing some fabulous gardens on the way.It was a glorious adventure. The gardens of Ireland are simply fantastic, far better than I ever imagined. I am still talking today about how wonderful...

My next garden tour-adventure will be a 13-day Beautiful Cities Tour from May 17-29, starting in Berlin, then moving on to Prague and concluding in Vienna with a side trip to Bratislava in Slovakia.(AS OF JAN. 4, THIS TOUR IS NOW SOLD OUT)This tour will be a fabulous trip to some of Europe’s most beautiful, historic and culturally delightful...

My garden tour to Southern England and the Channel Islands of Jersey, Guernsey and Sark began in London on May 14. It was my 30th garden tour and the seventh one to England.  Enjoying a pint in the Churchill Arms in Kensington after just arriving in London In the aftermath of the Covid pandemic, I had no concerns about travelling mask-free...

Our next garden tour adventure will be to Southern England and the Channel Islands from May 14 to 27, 2023.Many people have already booked a spot on this tour but there is still time for you to sign on if you'd like to join us. The hotels have agreed to save space for extra guests, but there is, naturally, a...

Today, I’m pleased to announce two unique international garden tours - a 15-day one to Sicily and Malta in September, and a 14-day trip to Southern England and the Channel Islands in May, 2023.  They are both fabulous. You may like one more than the other, although some people have told me they intend to do both. Yes, the Sicily-Malta tour...

We came to Ireland to see gardens and to experience Irish hospitality and culture. And today we did all of these things when we visited two of Dublin’s loveliest private gardens, one owned by Mark and Olive Wilkinson and the other by Patricia and Michael Maguire. We arrived at the Wilkinson’s garden at Tyrrelstown first thing in the morning and...

From Portmeirion, we travelled across the Llyn peninsula to Caernarfon to see the castle and wander the town. But first, we popped into what is one of the meccas for lovers of rare and unusual hardy plants, shrubs and trees - Crug Farm, a speciality nursery, owned and run by Bleddyn and Sue Wynn-Jones. Bleddyn started out as a beef farmer...