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Garden steps seen on my tours over the years. How Garden steps seen on my tours over the years. How many do you recognize?
 
Ready to be inspired by garden traveling again? Our Chelsea Flower Show tour to England starts next week but there are still a few spaces on my other 2022 tours. I’d love to have you join us.

--England in Full Bloom, July 19 - 27
--Piet Oudolf & Dutch Naturalistic Gardens, August 2 -10
--Gardens of Normandy, September 21 -29
 
Check out the itineraries on the CarexTours website — Link in bio. Then email me for a Reservation Form.
I now live in camas country—the U.S. Pacific Nor I now live in camas country—the U.S. Pacific Northwest region where several Camassia species are native & much loved by locals. So I was happy to find this image in my mailbox this morning from Le Jardin Plume, a favorite Normandy garden, showing Camassia blooming in front of the iconic wave hedge. Their garden opens Saturday, May 7 at 10 a.m. Wish I could be there.

But I will be there in September with a small group of garden lovers to visit Plume & 10 other Normandy gardens. Join us, won't you? Link in bio.

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Perfect spring pairing: Ferns & Solomon's Seal. Perfect spring pairing: Ferns & 
Solomon's Seal.

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Did you see the New York Times interview called “Piet Oudolf's Work Is Never Done" a few weeks ago? (Link: https://nyti.ms/3MMsZmU.) I loved the line about gardens being beautifully complex & there's an art to that complexity. The more gardens I see, the more I believe the "art" part to be the key to making great gardens.

So looking forward to seeing Piet's dreamy work again in the Netherlands on my August Dutch naturalism tour. Interested in joining our group for some serious garden visiting focused on planting design? Message me for full itinerary & a Reservation Form.

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A huge thank you to The Royal Horticulture Society A huge thank you to The Royal Horticulture Society of Ireland for their warm reception to my talk yesterday about private European garden making based on my book, Adventures in Eden. 

Shown here clockwise are:
--Garten Moorriem in Germany (now closed), photo by Albrecht Ziburski
--Sheilstown in Ireland, photo by Marianne Majerus
--Hopetoun House in Scotland, photo by Claire Takacs
--Marianne Folling's Garden in Denmark, photo by Marianne Folling. 

Adventures in Eden is available from online booksellers everywhere.

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Saw this rosemary cascading over a 6' retaining wa Saw this rosemary cascading over a 6' retaining wall on a street in Saint-Quay-Portrieux, Brittany. Delicious.

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“Floral exuberance” is the key concept of my E “Floral exuberance” is the key concept of my ENGLAND IN FULL BLOOM tour. We all know how important flowers are to English garden makers so if colorful blossoms make your heart sing, I’d love to have you join us July 19-27. Link to itinerary, prices, & hotels in bio. 

Shown here are just a few of the garden scenes you can expect to see on this journey: Trentham (photo by Piet Oudolf), Felley Priory, Cottesbrooke Hall, Malverleys (photo by Claire Takacs), & Morton Hall (photo by Clive Nichols).

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Celebrating trees on this Earth Day: 1. Tresco 2. Celebrating trees on this Earth Day:
1. Tresco
2. Mount Congreve
3. Mien Ruys
4. West Dean
 
All photos taken on journeys with CarexTours.

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Just back from Brittany, where I gave a talk about Just back from Brittany, where I gave a talk about my book, Adventures in Eden (more later). Also scouted a few gardens for my 2023 garden tour to this charming French region.**

Shown here are photos I took at the uber romantic Les Jardins de Kerdalo — the terrace next to the house & the terrace just below, known as The Four Squares. Prince Peter Wolkonsky, a painter, designed and built the gardens over 30 years, starting in 1965. Now owned by Louboutin, the shoe designer. @les.jardins.de.kerdalo 

**Interested in the 2023 Brittany tour? Private message me with your email address & later this year, I’ll send you the details.

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Very much looking forward to meeting some of you w Very much looking forward to meeting some of you when I speak at Fête des Jardins this coming Saturday & Sunday (April 16 & 17) at Château de Pommorio in Tréveneuc, Brittany. Link in bio.

My 3:00 pm talk each day will be about the private gardens I featured in my book ‘Adventures in Eden’. I’m planning to sign books so please bring your copies. There will also be a few books available for purchase.

Shown here:
--Les Jardins d’Étratet, my photo 
--Fairlight End, photo by Marianne Majerus
--Hortvs, photo by Jurgen Becker
--Finca las Tenadas, photo by Fernando Martos 
--Whitburgh House Walled Garden, photo by Ray Cox
--La Pietra Rosa, photo by Maurizio Usai

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Happy to announce that my book has been translated Happy to announce that my book has been translated into German by BusseSeewald under the title "Spaziergang im Paradies: Besondere Einblicke in die schönsten Privatgärten Europas".
This garden for a Maine vacation home just won a @ This garden for a Maine vacation home just won a @verandamag Best of Outdoor Living Award. Designed by G. P. Schafer Architects in collaboration with Mohr & Seredin Landscape Architects. Photos by Eric Piasecki via the architect’s website.
@gpschafer 

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Announcing my "Piet Oudolf & Dutch Naturalistic Ga Announcing my "Piet Oudolf & Dutch Naturalistic Gardens" tour, August 2 - 10, 2022. We'll explore the planting style Piet Oudolf perfected in the country where it all began. Visit Vlinderhof, the Sculpture Garden at the Singer-Laren Museum, nurseries, a prairie garden, and this year only, Floriade — the once-a-decade plant expo. Message me for the full itinerary. I’d love to have you join our small group!

Shown here is a roof garden we'll visit in Groningen.

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Contemplating a future garden tour to New Zealand. Contemplating a future garden tour to New Zealand. Fishermans Bay Garden overlooking the Pacific Ocean near Akaroa on South Island would undoubtedly be on the itinerary. Designed by the owner, Jill Simpson. Her photos reposted @fishermansbay_garden.

 
Have you checked out my tours for this year? I would love love love to have you join one of my small groups. Click on the link in my bio for 2022 itineraries & prices.

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Dreaming about gardens to explore on future tours. Dreaming about gardens to explore on future tours. How about this naturalistic entrance to the Real Jardín Botánico in Madrid designed by the masterly Fernando Martos?
@fernandomartosjardines 

See itineraries & prices for this year's tours on the CarexTours website—Link in bio.

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