Tours & Talks

Leading your tour is one of my greatest pleasures. My aim is to make your days as enjoyable, inspiring and interesting as possible.

I have a wealth of experience leading garden tours in the UK, Italy, Spain, Portugal, America and Morocco.

I delight in creating bespoke tours for you and your friends, for particular interest groups or for those who wish to include gardens as part of their travels. This could include historically themed garden tours, gardens not normally open to the public or a short, lively pre-dinner introductory talk related to a visit.

Whether it’s a single visit or a whole package including accommodation and transport, let’s talk.

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Diary of Events 2025 and beyond …

Come join me on my schedule of garden design events and festivals this year – from private garden tours to design history talks (with a little cake, or possibly a glass of wine en-route), I’d love to see you there!

Stay tuned on this page as I add more events throughout the year, and please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions or suggestions.

Stancombe Park Private Garden Tours

I am delighted to be partnering with Stancombe Park in Gloucestershire to offer five day garden tours experiencing some of the finest gardens and food that the Cotswolds and surrounds have to offer. Staying in luxury accommodation on the private estate you will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the historic, intriguing and hidden landscape, or walk the local hills, before setting off on days out to visit many private gardens. Travelling in small groups and often lunching with the owners in their gardens, we shall visit at least two gardens every day. For more information and to book

https://www.stancombepark.com/gardens

Broadway Arts Festival

Tours of 4 very different private gardens – This year marks the 100th anniversary of the death of artist John Singer Sargent R.A. who’s painting ‘Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose’ was conceived and painted around the village. Come and see these and hear the stories of the artists who created these beautiful gardens, their friendships, influences and passions, as well as more modern and exemplary gardens, all set within the Worcester orchards and hills.

Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th June 2025 

To see more of the programme and to book tickets https://broadwayartsfestival.com/events/

Miserden Gardens

Leading private groups around this vast garden, with 11th century origins, alterations by Edwin Lutyens and now with spectacular and vast, ever-changing herbaceous borders

various dates throughout the year

For further information and group enquiries https://www.miserden.org/garden/

Boxwood Garden Tours in association with Fine and Cultural Tours

A series of one day garden tours, only a short train ride away from London. Perfect to add in to a UK tour or around a visit to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

For further information and to book

https://www.fineandcultural.com/day-trips

2026

Spain, Madeira, Italy, the Azores ……. where next? 

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“Your knowledge of plants, gardens and family history as well as being familiar with the area all coupled with your own infectious enthusiasm and caring made this year’s trip one of the best ever and we will remember it for a very long time.”

“I cannot praise our tour guide Marion Mako highly enough. She was professional, caring and very informative – I especially enjoyed her quotations.”