English Garden Tours and Garden Holidays
We create unique garden holidays and tours in the South of England. Our garden tours combine contemporary events whilst visiting some of the oldest historical attractions in Britain. You can visit beautiful, well known and not so well known gardens and houses where you can meander around at your leisure and marvel at the history that lies therein.
- Want to delight your senses at the world famous Chelsea Flower Show?
- Want to see the pageant that is the Windsor Castle Royal Tattoo?
- Want to taste English wine and visit a Great Hall where Shakespeare performed?
- Want to experience British horse racing and visit a 400 year old house on the River Thames?
You do? Then our garden holidays are for you!
Contact: +44 20 3239 9557 info@gardenvisiting.com
You can walk in the footsteps of the Kings and Queens whilst visiting the cream of British gardens. Whether you are a keen gardener or an armchair garden lover with an interest in British history and heritage, we will have a tour for you.
We organise garden tours from April to December, they are designed to show you the highlights of the different seasons in British gardens. We also include unusual contemporary events and attractions to engage others that may not be such garden or history lovers.
Whatever your interest, GardenVisiting looks forward to welcoming you and making your garden tour an experience to remember. Spend four days with us being amazed, pampered and delighted!
New for 2011
We have many new features for 2011 including horse drawn carriage rides in the Royal Landscape, Hampton Court Flower Show, a local brewery visit and a ghostly Halloween tour. We are now taking bookings for our new Spring and Summer garden tours, featuring world famous Chelsea Flower Show, the Windsor Royal Tattoo and, in June, a feast of British Rose Gardens.
Download the Garden Visiting 2011 PDF Brochure to see our full programme for 2011.
Take advantage of our early booking discounts, see individual tours for further details.
Self-Drive Tours
Prefer to drive yourself? We can now offer a self-drive option for all of our 2011 tours. So, we book all the hotels, on a bed and breakfast basis, gardens and attractions for you, all you have to do is arrange your own transport for the duration of the tour.
Download the Garden Visiting Price List 2011 PDF which gives full details of both our self drive and fully inclusive options.
Also new for 2011 are our featured competitions, the first one which we ran in January, was won by Maryke Wright in South Africa. She was happy to be the proud winner of a 12 month free subscription to the English Garden magazine. GardenVisiting will be running further competitions during the Spring, check back here for a chance to win tickets to Hampton Court Flower show and other exciting prizes, or visit our Facebook page.
Why Garden Visiting?
Booking one of our tours will give you a true and unique British experience. For your comfort and enjoyment all of our tours feature:
- superior hotel accommodation
- small groups with private transfers by luxury mini coach
- compact and unusual itineraries
- gardens selected for their interest according to the season
- in compliance with the PTR act, customers payments are fully protected with Failsafe Insurance cover.
You can browse our site by looking at our Garden Visiting tours, or if you want to know more about the gardens, you can read about them in our featured gardens list. If you have visited one of our featured gardens recently, we would love to hear your views.
Have a look at GardenVisiting’s blog, where we update you with what’s happening around the gardens of Britain from our first hand visits and photos.
Featured Tours
- Castles and Tulips Tour
Join the Tulip festival and be enthralled at some of Britain's oldest castles. Castles and Tulips Tour - Read more - Royal August Tour
an unusual opportunity to experience one of Queen Victoria's favourite houses. Included is a day's horse racing at Lingfield Park and visits to Loseley House and Windsor Castle. Royal August Tour - Read more - British Roses Tour
A feast of British Roses, including the stunning new Rose garden at Savill. A Windsor Castle tour and horse drawn carriage ride await you. British Roses Tour - Read more - Chelsea Spring Tour
Delight the senses at the world famous Chelsea Flower Show. Enjoy a special tour at Hampton Court and meander around the wonderful gardens of RHS Wisley. Chelsea Spring Tour - Read more - Spring Gardens and a Royal Tattoo Tour
The Windsor Royal Tattoo, wonderful Spring gardens and a local brewery tour. Spring Gardens and a Royal Tattoo Tour - Read more
Featured Gardens
- Polesden Lacey
is a beautiful 1,400-acre estate enjoying stunning views across the Surrey Hills. Polesden Lacey - Read more - Savill Gardens
Part of the Royal Landscape, this garden is 35 acres of contemporary and classical design. Savill Gardens - Read more - Stourhead
World famous 18th century landscape garden. King Alfred's tower offers magnificent views over the estate. Stourhead - Read more - The Secret Gardens of Sandwich
The Secret Gardens were officially opened in 2007 by Gardener’s World host Monty Don and have since gone from strength to strength The Secret Gardens of Sandwich - Read more - Waterperry Gardens
Founded more than 70 years ago as a School of Horticulture for Ladies, these gardens have developed into a calm oasis in the midst of the Oxfordshire countryside. Waterperry Gardens - Read more
Latest Blog Posts
- Best UK gardens to visit for Daffodils
Here in the UK we are almost spoilt for choice when it comes to gardens to visit to see daffodils blooming. Best UK gardens to visit for Daffodils - Read more - New Royal August Tour for 2011
A rare opportunity to visit Frogmore House and Gardens, some wonderful English gardens in full bloom, an afternoon at the races and an English brewery tour. New Royal August Tour for 2011 - Read more - First daffodils in bloom at Harold Hillier Gardens
Wonderful winter gardens in Hampshire, sight of our first 2011 daffodils in bloom. First daffodils in bloom at Harold Hillier Gardens - Read more - Wisley Gardens on a grey and drizzly day
Another lovely visit to Wisley, you really can find something to delight all year round here. Wisley Gardens on a grey and drizzly day - Read more - Last day of our competition!
Last day of our first competition is today, Friday 21st January 2011 Last day of our competition! - Read more
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