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(This is the 8th 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 to view a larger image.) On Monday, May 21st, we had a long, busy day but oh, what fun we had! We began with a visit to the iconic […]
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I’m really excited about today’s garden column because it is a profile of Great Dixter. If you’ve never heard of this amazing English garden, you will definitely want to put it on your bucket list of gardens to visit! It was one of our stops on the English Gardens Tour that I led from May 16-27, 2018. Here is a […]
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(This is the 7th 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 photo to view a larger image.) In my previous post, I wrote about our visit to Wisley Gardens, which was absolutely fantastic. That was on Sunday, May 20th. In the afternoon, we […]
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(This is the 6th 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 to view a larger image.) The garden we visited on the fourth full day of our trip was magnificent! I had heard of Wisley Gardens before — probably in […]
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(This is the fifth 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 to view a larger image.) On Saturday, May 19, our tour group got to explore a lovely Cotswolds village and one of my favorite gardens, Hidcote. The Cotswolds is […]
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(This is the 4th in my series 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 see a much larger image.) The pace of the second full day of our trip was much more relaxed. We arrived at Waddesdon Manor at 10 a.m. and stayed […]
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(This is the third in a series about the English Gardens Tour I led from May 16-27, 2018. Remember that you can click on any of the photos to view a larger image.) At noon on May 16th, we met up with my tour group at Spokane International Airport, full of excited anticipation about the coming days. After so many […]
Read more(This is a continuation of my tales about the English Gardens Tour I led from May 16-27, 2018.) I would be remiss if I didn’t tell you more about the wonderful tour escort we had. While Cosetta Zanobetti was born and raised in Florence, Italy, she has lived in England for many years and really knows her gardens! As an avid […]
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I’ve just returned from the most delightful trip to England. For it, I led a group to see some of the most iconic English gardens and boy, did we have a lovely time. In the coming days, I will be writing posts about the English Gardens Tour so be sure to keep an eye on this blog. Remember that you […]
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I have some very cool news to share with you today! I will be leading a trip to see some of the most stunning gardens in England next spring. To say I am excited about this would be the understatement of the year! I have partnered with local travel agent Val Day, who has been in the business for over […]
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