Discover The World Through Its Gardens
Tired of rushed sightseeing and crowded tourist spots? So are we. At Carex Tours, we believe there’s a better way to experience a country – through its gardens.
If you’d rather wander an 18th-century garden than wait in line for a monument selfie, you’ve found your tribe.
Check Out Our Upcoming Garden Trips
Our tours take you to the finest gardens in each destination, with plenty of time to look around, reflect, and ask questions. You might be a seasoned garden traveler, following in Monty Don’s footsteps. Or maybe you’re just starting to mix travel with your love of gardens. Either way, we have an itinerary for you.
Why Choose Carex Tours
Tours led by garden experts
Access to private gardens
Intimate Groups
Meaningful encounters
Cream-of-the-crop design
What Our Carexplorers Are Saying About Us!
What is Carex Tours?
We are a garden travel company that organizes multi-day tours around the globe, taking you to the very best examples of each garden style a destination has to offer.
Our Tour Leaders
You could walk through a world-class garden and still miss the best parts. That's why on a Carex tour, you travel with an expert who adds the horticultural context and guides your eye to what's truly worth seeing.
Chris Walsh
Kim Woods Rabbidge
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Is it just me or is it only the French who would take humble Roscoff onions and turn them into premium, thick-cut, sweet caramalized onion chips...?
By the way...they look so yummy, I’m a bit jealous Chris!!!
...And is it only in Normandy that you’ll find gardens that have inspired kings, artists, and writers?
It seems to me they like to take the ordinary and transform it into the extraordinary....
Extraordinary gardens, people, and food!
-Your garden-loving pal, Jax
Isn’t it nice sometimes to escape...
...like, when the world is just a bit too much?
I think you know what I’m talking about.
Whether it’s time spent in your own garden working away to keep the frost from biting, planting new seedlings ready for the spring...
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Traveling to gardens around the world that bring tears of joy to your eyes as you wander through them...
...these little escapes help us see the beauty in life again. 🌷
📸 Snapshots from New Zealand’s South Island tour last year
What’s this crooked tree all about?... Where’s the beauty in that?...
and why all the effort to hold it up with poles???
Well...this is a Neagari-no-matsu or ‘raised-roots pine’ tree which means it’s naturally less stable than trees with deep roots, making it susceptible to a little toppling over.
But the Japanese see beauty in imperfection.
Instead of letting these trees fall over or avoiding these trees in gardens completely, they go out of their way to support them using wooden poles as they grow. Even going so far as to deliberately mould them into sculptured forms (a bit like the art of bonsai).
Have you seen ‘raised-roots pine’ tree before? 🧐
For those in the know, there is SOO MUCH MORE to this little country and its gardening wall of fame...
...have you tried adding a bit of Dutch Wave in your garden yet? 🦋
People might have thought he was nuts, but he created one of the best contemporary gardens inspired by 17th-century style – from an empty field. 🤯
Would you love to see it in person? It’s definitely worth the trip (speaking from experience)! ✨
📍Château du Champ de Bataille, France 🇫🇷
Which is your favorite garden in the Netherlands? 🔎 Our tour leader & garden expert Chris Walsh @walsh8008 shares his top 3 can’t-miss gardens from our tour in the Netherlands. 🗺️
These aren’t just pretty gardens, but living examples of how the Dutch Wave changed modern design.
Some people come home from a trip with selfies. We come home with planting inspiration 🤭
Is your camera roll full of garden photos? Be honest!📢
You might’ve seen Piet Oudolf’s High Line in New York or Lurie Gardens in Chicago.But there’s a reason why Chris says you should see Dutch Wave in its natural habitat. 🌿
A snippet from our Live chat about all things Dutch Wave gardens.
Find out more about the trip via the link in bio.🔗
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#naturalisticgarden #dutchwave #dutchwavegardens #dutchhorticulture
We usually associate France with wine, but in Normandy it’s Calvados that feels truly local. 🍎
If you visit this region, Calvados is worth a try. 😉
🎞️ A throwback to our garden trip last year, when we visited an apple orchard, the distillery, and tasted Calvados right where it’s made.
Already looking forward to being back this year. 🥃
📸Photos by one of our Carexplorers, Leanore.
Dutch Wave Gardens Live Q&A with garden designer Chris Walsh @walsh8008
Can’t choose your next garden trip? 👀 Press pause and let the destination choose you 😉
Let us know in the comments where you landed 🤭
And if you’re curious where we’re heading this year, find out in the bio link 🔗
More garden tours in 2026? Yes, please! 🤩 What are your INs and OUTs for this year? 🔎
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