Garden Tour Operators

This section of the Garden History Visit and Travel Guide provides an extensive listing of garden tour operators with the links below providing information on tours to specific areas. Garden tour companies are invited to exchange links. Garden tourists are invited to send details of operators they have used. See garden touring notes on: America, England, Sissinghurst, France, Giverny, Germany, Holland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Japan, China, South Africa, Iran, Australia, India. If you would like your tour company to appear on this page, please see note on link exchange.

Adderley Travel - small-group garden tours throughout Britain

Best Gardens' Tours - garden tours in Italy, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Spain, Yunnan, South Africa, Portugal, Belgium, Netherland, Norway, Germany and Costa Rica

Boxwood Tours - Quality Garden Holidays to Britain, Ireland, France and Italy

Brightwater Holidays Ltd Garden Tours to Scotland, England, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Holland, America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand

Brookland Travel Escorted garden tours, cultural holidays and short breaks in the UK and Europe with hand-picked guides and garden experts with Brookland Travel.

Cape Town Garden Volunteers

Carlson Wagonlit Travel - Garden Tours of England, Scotland, France and Greece

Circa Tours - Custom tours of gardens and castles in France and Spain.

China Garden Tours from UK by Oriental Travel

Charleston Horticultural Society 2008 Fall Tour - Gardens for Gardeners on Sunday, October 5, 2008 from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Copper Beech Ventures Garden Tours of England, Scotland, France, Holland, Ireland

Episode - Travel with Art Tour Operator specialist in cultural and theme tours in Portugal. Tailor made and private garden tours are organized in collaboration with Historic Gardens, including special visits to private gardens

Discover England Tours - take your time in the lovely gardens of Southern England in a tailor-made garden tour with us

Dr. Seick Gartenreisen Tours to gardens and parks for groups and individuals all over Germany and around the world.

Elegant Ireland, customized garden tours in Ireland

French Gardens Today – Discover outstanding gardens in northern France, many of them private.  Travel in small groups with an interpreter and meet the garden owners.

Flora Garden Tours - garden tours to the finest gardens in Britain

Garden Walk Buffalo - Garden Walk Buffalo is a free, self-guided tour of more than 260 Buffalo gardens, one of the largest such tours in America. Held annually on the last weekend of July, tens of thousands of visitors join us as we show off our city’s beautiful homes and gardens.

Gardens Scotland Garden Tours in Scotland

German Garden Tour- in Germany

Great Garden Tours Tailor made European garden tours.

Hidden Gardens Hidden France Garden Tours of the Languedoc region of southern France

Horticulture Magazine

JAL Japan Air Lines Ultimate Experience Tour (from London) includes the splendid Kenrokuen Garden, the largest of Japan's "three most beautiful landscape gardens"

Jeff Sainsbury Tours - American operator of garden tours in Europe and Brazil

Karen Platt Garden Tours - Travel to gardens worldwide with horticultural expert and garden author, Karen Platt. Enjoy gardens, flower shows and occasionally plant nurseries. Destinations change yearly. Clients money is protected by the Travel Trust Association.

Kyoto Cycling Tour of Japanese Gardens

Manchester Language School English Garden Tours English Garden Tours are ideal for independent travellers who wish to extend and practise their English while exploring wonderful houses and gardens.  

New Zealand Garden Tours - South Pacific Travellers World Fully escorted New Zealand garden tour visiting 12 significant gardens & featuring the Dunedin Rhododendron Festival. Includes luxury coach travel, superior accommodation, most meals & lots of sightseeing.

NW Travel, tours in Europe and America

Ocean Ecoventures Inc Canada

Oficina da Natureza - Northern Portugal Enchanted Gardens An inspirational tour for garden lovers, featuring a selection of gardens from Quintas (estates originally owned by noblemen), Cercas (monastery and convent estates) and other outstanding sites of Porto and surrounding region. Departures in May and September.

Oxford Botanica Private luxury tours for individuals or very small groups..visiting gardens, vineyards and countryside in England, France, Italy and Florida

Plantsman's Garden Tours with Trevor Edwards

Quantum Tours, LLC Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, America

Queenstown Garden Tours Enjoy a personalised, fun and informative Queenstown sightseeing tour visiting a variety of country residential gardens in and around Queenstown NZ. Daily departures during spring and summer.

Ross Garden Tours International Luxury garden journeys fully escorted by a qualified horticulturist to America, Canada, England, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Japan, China, Vietnam, Sabah, Australia and New Zealand.

Simply Staffordshire offer small exclusive, 3 day, guided Garden Tours to the often little known, beautiful North Staffordshire, UK.

Sisley Garden Tours - Treat yourself to a garden tour in beautiful English countryside with Chelsea or Hampton Court Palace Flower Shows.

Surrey Garden Tours  Private escorted tours to some of Jekyll and Lutyens most important Surrey gardens

Tarka Tours - N. Devon's private and best gardens, guided group, 2-6 persons, unique tour of "Tarka" country.

Toursgallery.com Japan

Tour Clare - 8 day self-guided or coach Irish Garden Tour

Tours to Keukenhof Accompanied tours by private car to the Dutch bulb fields for elderly and disabled people.

Trailfinders Tours - Tailormade, flexible botanical tours of Cape Town and the surrounding area

Trendsetter Travel - Australia based tour company