For some people growing plants is a simple pleasure, for the others creating gardens is a professional occupation, combined with a lifelong passion. Luckily, both of two categories can find an inspiration from plant tours, organized all around the world. Professionals can head for symposiums and seminars, providing an inspiration, instruction and entertainment; amateurs take short plant tours to appreciate the diversity and unsurpassed beauty of plants, existing on our planet.
Plant operators commonly offer plant tours that combine tour days and free days so that travelers have time to fully enjoy the area. The tours change annually and include visits to gardens, famous and almost unknown, large and small, private and public. Here are some plant tours, featured for 2006.
Brighton, one of the most popular and scenic seaside resorts in Great Britain, will hold the Chelsea Flower Show from 18 May to 26 May, 2006. In general, the area is abundant in beautiful sights and gardens, which true flower lovers will appreciate. There are also beautiful gardens around London area, while plant tours are organized around London to experience the elegance of peculiar vegetation, culture and history of this old and exciting city.
One of many ideal destinations for incredible and memorable plant tours is British Columbia. British Columbia is rich in glorious gardens, each with its special charm and appeal. British Columbia has many garden properties, offering complete programs that include accommodation, spas and wineries, arts, culture and heritage, agricultural tourism and cuisine specialties. Hence, your British Columbia plant tour may be based on some specific criterion, whether it is a special amenity or your favorite plant type. In addition to numerous garden properties, British Columbia is renowned for its seasonal shows and special events, dedicated to the plant growing and gardening.
The Horticulture magazine, published since 1904, is an excellent guide to plant tours, lectures and symposiums, featuring the most renowned gardening experts and intense programs. The Horticulture's garden tours include visits to private gardens, renowned landscapes and great garden designs in Provence, France; Charleston, South Carolina; Phoenix, Arizona; Japan, Morocco and more. Any destination is a feast to the eye. The South of France boasts unparallel fields of lavender, southern Arizona is home to marvelous cactus plantations. Morocco is an exotic world with cedar forests, great Atlas Mountains and Majorelle Gardens in Marrakech. South Carolina is drowning in the green foliage and flagrant bloom of native and exotic plants of the gardens in the Low Country and astonishes viewers with a distinguished landscape, formed by majestic oaks that are cloaked in Spanish moss, multicolored wisteria, jessamine and azaleas.
http://www.gardeningtours.com/ presents special plant tours for garden writers to the capitals of Holland and Belgium on 2-10 July, 2006. These special tours will include visits to public and private gardens, breeders, nurseries and all kinds of special treats for writers.