Gardens Tours in Wales

Welsh gardens differ from English gardens more as a consequence of climate than of the Celtic design tradition. Because the country is more upland and more westerly it is wetter and windier than England. This favours the growth of rhododendrons and ericaceous plants.

Welsh Gardens to visit

Travel arrangements for Welsh garden visiting

Many garden tour companies operate in Britain with the main groups of operators being based in the UK and the USA. The UK operators tend to be lower priced but do not organise travel to Britain and are likely to use larger vehicles. Independent travellers can visit many gardens, but by no means all, using public transport. Car hire is also easy. One of the difficulties for the independent traveller is that many gardens are open only on a few days per week and only in the afternoon. This makes it difficult to visit as many gardens in a day as might appear possible from their geographical proximity.

Gardens of South Wales (3 nights) departing 3rd July and 28th August 2009

Tour includes Aberglasney (pictured left), Clyne, National Botanic Garden of Wales and Dyffryn Botanic Garden, Singleton Park and several private gardens. See full itinerary.