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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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Of all of the gardens we visited during the France tour that I led, Le Jardin Plume was truly one of our favorites. I first learned of this unique Normandy garden while watching “The Gardens of France” which were produced and hosted by British gardening personality Monty Don. I knew it will be well worth our time! This garden was […]
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I’ve just returned from the France tour I led and what an awesome trip it was! Twenty-four wonderful folks joined me and we saw so many beautiful gardens and chateaus. Today is the first in a series of posts about the France tour and we’re starting with the first garden we visited, Claude Monet’s beautiful garden in Giverny. This was […]
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You might recall how I led a tour of English gardens (plus the Chelsea Flower Show!!) in May. Well, I’m going to lead another tour next year and our destination is France! The “Loire Valley and Gardens of France” tour will take place from June 7-18, 2019 and I am very excited about the itinerary. Once again, I’m working with […]
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I was in Chicago recently for the garden writers conference. In addition to networking, one of the things I really enjoy about these conferences is that we have the opportunity to visit amazing public and private gardens. One public garden that particularly stands out is the Lurie Garden in Millenium Park. Located between Monroe and Randolph Streets, along Michigan Avenue, […]
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(This is the 12th in a series of blog posts about the English Gardens Tour I led from May 16-27, 2018. Remember that you can click on any of the photos in order to view a larger image.) Up today: Kew Gardens and our farewell dinner. On May 26, 2018, we were all filled with excitement at visiting the marvelous Kew […]
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(This is the 11th in a series of blog posts about the English Gardens Tour I led from May 16-27, 2018. Remember that you can click on any of the photos in order to view a larger image.) Up today: Chelsea Physic Garden. On May 25th, our group visited the Chelsea Physic Garden in London. What? You’ve never heard of it? […]
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(This is the 10th in a series of blog posts about the English Gardens Tour I led from May 16-27, 2018. Remember that you can click on any of the photos in order to view a larger image.) On the morning of May 24, 2018, I awoke with a big smile on my face. Today we would be going to […]
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In May, I led a group of 28 folks on an English gardens tour. We had so much fun! If you’ve been following my blog over the past month, you know that I’ve been writing posts about each individual day of the trip. But for today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review, I wrote a feature story about the entire trip for […]
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(This is the 9th in a series of blog posts about the English Gardens Tour I led from May 16-27, 2018. Remember that you can click on any of the photos in order to view a larger image.) On May 22nd, we visited two gardens: Sissinghurst Castle Garden and Nymans Gardens. Everyone in my group was particularly excited about visiting […]
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