We hit two principal gardens today, Radier Manor and Les Vaux. We ran into a nice Jersey Bean (Someone born and bred on Jersey) and he pointed out some great Byzantine gladiolus they have on the island. After this we waited at a fishing village, where residents were out taking some sun and our participants [...]

Thursday, May 20th. Private Garden visits today in Jersey – Le Clos du Chemin, St Peter owned by Mrs. Susan Lea.  (Le Clos du Chemin) Lunch at the Crab Shack (http://www.crabshackjersey.co.uk/) St. Brelades Bay, Jersey.  Mackerel was fabulous. (2) Mrs. Lea had the most beautiful garden.  First, here is a short YouTube video link of [...]

After a good British breakfast, we had to say goodbye to the Old Bell Hotel, Malmesbury. On an interesting note, the Abbey Garden next door was known for having nude gardeners, and I’m being quite literal.  We made sure everyone had their clothes on before we toured the garden. Hidcote was absolutely spectacular, and I [...]

This was the first official day of the tour, and the early wake up call for breakfast was rough! We toured Stone House today. It was marvelously laid out, beautiful, superb, etc.  It was of course somewhat influenced by Hidcote and thus, has had many rooms and enclosures that made the spaces feel very private. [...]

This is a blog for day 1 AND day 2 of the trip because anyone that has ever traveled international knows that the day you leave and the day you arrive all blur into one really. An ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajokull Volcano in Iceland shut Manchester airport down. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/8687239.stm. Therefore, we went to Paris [...]