‘We travel as an expression of passion for the world. We travel to ardently pursue all we hope to discover.
 
We travel to be surprised, so that we don’t stop questioning. We travel to exchange ideas, beliefs and values.

We travel to cultivate compassion, to stretch our hearts and expand our souls. We travel to see someone smile, and smile back at them.’

Welcome to our exclusive tours only site! Here you will find unique and one of a kind garden tours…that is what I know best and that is why I have always hosted garden tours … of course we also add extra visits to places that are not totally garden related … but if you are a true garden lover, you will enjoy going through my offerings each year.

Many of you are familiar with our garden tours from our website www.icangarden.com. When we started in 1998, we wanted to showcase some of the most incredible gardens in the world. We also wanted to make sure that your tour with us was one that you would think of with fond memories after the tour was over and you were home again. Judging by the responses we get from those who have toured with us, our goal has been reached and surpassed in that each tour has had excellent reviews and repeat guests.

We started off with just tours to England and Europe and in 2008 introduced two new countries – Ecuador and China. Both filled up quickly so that has led me to introduce other countries and their incredible gardens.

Tours for 2010 are all sold out, so be sure to let me know if you are interested in any for 2011 or 2012 so you can be the first to see them.

Many are small, intimate group sizes so if there is something you see that you want to know more about, please email donna@icangarden.com  with the tour you are interested in seeing.

“I know it will be hard to choose for sure, I am just very lucky that I get to go on all of them because I would want to go on them all. I love to visit gardens and to share them with others who love them too” Donna, your tour host

Tours will be added to the site as they are prepared and ready for booking.

Coming in 2011 and 2012

• Thailand Garden Tour January 26 – February 9th, 2011 – Chiang Mai Flower Festival and Cambodia - Angkor Wat ONLY 10 spaces available!
• Magical Morocco May 7th – 16th, 2011 - - Casablanca to Marrakech gardens, markets and more PLUS cookery course and 5 Star Deluxe hotels and ALL Meals FULLY BOOKED FOR 2011 - WAITLIST
• Paris/London Chelsea Flower Show Tour – May 2011 always a perennial favourite!
• Italy – a Botanical Feast in June 2011 FULLY BOOKED FOR 2011
• Incredible India – March 2012 – you just cannot miss seeing the Taj Mahal, a once in a lifetime experience! ONLY 10 spaces.
• Floriade/Keukenhof – Floriade happens only ONCE EVERY TEN YEARS – Next one 2012. Holland is the place to be and if you want to join me, then send me an email so you can be the first to know! Please click on this video to take a peek at what Floriade 2012 will be like. http://www.floriade.nl/en-GB/Pressroom/Film/Promotiefilm-Floriade2012.aspx  (and remember, this is just one part of our tour) and here is what you can expect at Keukenhof http://www.keukenhof.nl/  Visitors to Floriade 2012 will have the opportunity to enjoy the world's most exquisite and exceptional flowers, plants, trees, fruits and vegetables. At Floriade 2012 you will experience nature. Using the senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell you will experience firsthand the influence horticulture has on the quality of our daily lives.

If you want to be notified when these tours are ready for booking, please send an email to me at donna@icangarden.com 

‘Both Dianne & I were very pleased with the experience & most happy we went. The hotels were superb, palatial indeed. The food was very good everywhere. In sum, we had a super time & would not have missed it.’ Brian and Dianne, India tour 2010

‘Donna, a sincere thank you for a wonderful tour of Ecuador. I have so many memories of the sites I saw, the people I met and the adventures we shared. The trip was better than I expected and the country of Ecuador blew me away…Susan, 2010 Ecuador Tour

"I want to sincerely thank you for making such a trip so easy for all us travelers with no rushing; excellent organization; always affording us ample time for viewing every garden, and for all your much appreciated personal touches!!! I'm very very grateful to you for this most enjoyable experience, never to be forgotten" Erdmute, Chelsea 2009 tour

"Wonderful tour, Donna. I had never taken a tour before.. I so much appreciated having all the details taken care of by someone else! I will very likely be a repeat customer."
Pat, Chelsea 2009 tour

The tours are listed on the left hand side of this page, just click on the ones that interest you. That will take you to a page on it, then at the bottom of that page, click on the SEE DETAILS and a pdf on the tour will come up. No one else makes an itinerary like we do!

The group sizes are small and we produce a full day by day itinerary on each of the tours and when that is printed out, the reservation form is printed out as well so that you can fill it in and send it off to the fax number that will be on the form.

For those of you who have not toured with us yet – Eventually is now! - make this the year you do! We know you will find our tour pricing very competitive and inclusive of many unique features. Our tours change each year and include visits to gardens large and small, private and public, famous and unknown.

If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch with me at donna@icangarden.com If you want to get a feel for some of our past tours, just click on the Pix area of our main site http://www.icangarden.com/picttour.cfm

Donna Dawson, Master Gardener

Member Region 7 Garden Writers Association
Affiliate Member Canadian Institute of Travel Counselors
Member North American Travel Journalists Association
Member Royal Horticultural Society
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