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I’m excited to announce my next garden tour to you today. For 2020, I’ll be leading a group to see some of the most gorgeous English Gardens and we’ll also visit the largest flower show in the world, Hampton Court Garden Festival. How cool is that? I’ll be giving a presentation on the tour on Mon., Nov. 18 from 2:30 […]
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If you just read the headline of this post and are thinking I’ve started writing in French, my apologies! Roseraie de L’Hay Les Roses is the name of one of the finest rose gardens I’ve ever seen, and it was one of the places we visited during the French tour I led in June. A little background first… This garden […]
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For my garden column today, I wrote about visiting the elegant Chateau de Chenonceau in France’s Loire Valley. What does this have to do with gardening? Well, while exploring the chateau (castle), we saw absolutely stunning floral arrangements AND enjoyed looking at the beautiful gardens. Here’s a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Loire Valley chateau […]
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When I was putting together the itinerary for the French garden and chateau tour I led last month, I was hoping to find the French version of the Chelsea Flower Show. Even though the International Garden Festival isn’t quite on a par with Chelsea, it was just what I had in mind. This festival takes place on the grounds of […]
Read moreOn June 11, my tour group and I visited the spectacular Chateau de Villandry. Chances are you’ve seen photos of the gardens here and put it on your bucket list. Well, this was my second visit to the chateau and gardens and it was even more magnificent than I remembered! This chateau was built next to the Loire River in […]
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One of the stops during the France tour I led was Chateau de Valmer in the Loire Valley. What a beautiful garden! We also were treated to a wine tasting and a tour of their impressive wine cellar. There garden is comprised of 8 terraces and a moat. The terraced gardens are in the Renaissance style and very enjoyable to […]
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One of the most enjoyable things a gardener can do during the summer months is go on garden tours. It’s a great way to get inspired, learn new things and meet other like-minded folks. Next Sunday, July 14, the Coeur d’Alene Garden Tour will take place. That’s the topic of my garden column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: For […]
Read moreOn Wednesday, I wrote a blog post about our travel group’s visit to the beautiful Chateau du Rivau and garden. I saw something really cute in their children’s garden that involved creative sculptures made from clay pots. I thought you might get a kick out of them so here are photos of what we saw. I’ll bet those of you […]
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During the France tour I led last month, we visited the lovely Chateau du Rivau. It features a delightful garden and we also got to tour part of the chateau as an added bonus. The garden was created by Patricia Laigneau and we had hoped to meet up with her during our visit but, unfortunately, our schedules didn’t quite mesh. […]
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After leaving Jardin Plume (see previous blog post), our group headed north to visit Jardin de Sericourt. I had learned of this amazing garden by watching Monty Don’s video series, “The Gardens of France” and am so glad I included this in our itinerary. This garden has received France’s “Remarkable garden” status and was voted best garden of 2012 by […]
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