Multi-Day Garden Tours
Guided by Horticultural experts

Ever wanted to stroll an English garden like a king or queen? 👑

Buckingham Palace belongs to the nation. Sandringham is different. It’s the royal family’s own private home.

In May next year, our Carexplorers will wander this garden on day 5 of our Chelsea Flower Show & East Anglian Gardens trip. 🌸

Every king and queen has added their own touch, so walking through feels like flipping through a royal family album:

• Queen Victoria’s oak tree: planted by her own hands, and still standing tall

• Queen Alexandra’s Nest: a sweet little summer house built just for her, where you can sit and look out over the lake

• King George VI’s cottage garden: from the King’s grandfather’s day, and a haven for bees and butterflies in the summer

• Queen Elizabeth II’s shrubbery: rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias and magnolias

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Have you ever seen a parade made entirely of flowers? 🌷

Every April, the Netherlands celebrates spring in the most wonderful way. 🎊

Giant floats roll slowly through the bulb fields, and from a distance they look like painted sculptures.

Then they get closer.

And you realize every inch is covered in real hyacinths, tulips and daffodils, tucked in by hand, one by one.

It’s called the Bloemencorso Bollenstreek, and it’s been bringing joy to the bulb region since 1947. 💐

Imagine spending an afternoon with your hands full of hyacinths, helping the local flower artists bring a float to life.🌼

We’re heading there in April! Our Carexplorers get a behind-the-scenes peek to help build a float. Then on parade day, we know a great spot to cheer it on with the locals.

Read the full story to learn more about the Bloemencorso Bollenstreek on our blog. Tap the link at the top of our instagram page, or visit carexdesign.com/blog/ 🌷 ...

Do you want a garden that feels like your own private escape?

In our latest Garden Club meet-up, garden expert Chris Walsh shared how to divide your garden into outdoor rooms, with beautiful examples from Hidcote Manor, Fairlight End and Le Bois des Moutiers.

You can watch the full recording on the Garden Club Webinar page on our website, under Events.

🌳 Tap the link at the top of our Instagram page.

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A huge thank you to Chris for sharing his knowledge and tips with us! And thank you to everyone who joined us live or is catching up on the recording.

Garden Club is a little taste of what our trips are all about: learning from garden experts, and connecting with a wonderful community through a shared love of gardens. 💚 ...

Last month our Carexplorers visited Bosco Verticale in Milan. 🇮🇹

Chris Walsh, our garden expert leading the group, told them “Now, think like a gardener. Every plant up there has exposure, root volume, irrigation and maintenance needs. The horticulture is not decoration. The horticulture is infrastructure.”🌳

It was developed between 2007 and 2014 by Boeri Studio and is described as a prototype of architectural biodiversity.

It’s residential architecture conceived around the relationship between people, trees, birds and other living ecosystems.

Look at what the vegetation does to the silhouette of the architecture.

As Chris put it: “A conventional tower has hard edges. Here, the edges change with growth, pruning, season and weather.” 🌱 ...