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 [...]

So much has happened over the past couple of weeks — not to mention snow on the ground in 49 of 50 states! Last Tuesday, I was in New Orleans to speak to the Garden Study Club, and they invited me to tag along with them to the Super Bowl championship parade that evening. My [...]

We just have three more weeks of open sign-up for our Garden Tour of England and Jersey Island on May 16-27, so don’t forget to send in your registration form soon! These pictures are from some of the lovely gardens that we will be visiting. One of the final stops on the tour itinerary is [...]

The Courthouse/ Post Office in Meridian, MS is inscribed with this familiar quote: “Neither rain, nor snow, nor gloom of night shall stay these couriers from their appointed task.” I know the feeling. Made it through New Orleans on the train. This is the Superdome, where the Saints go marching in. (Holla for the Saints!) [...]

The Eric Young Orchid Foundation in Victoria Village on Jersey Island has a large collection of unique and rare orchids. We will be visiting them during our tour to the Great Gardens of Jersey and England this May. These pictures from the Foundation show some of the different types of orchids that they grow.