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“In all honesty, I can tell you that though I have been involved in home and commercial horticulture for nearly 50 years . . this trip was the high spot of my gardening life." 

      - Jim Wilson PBS and HGTV




 
Our personal and professional connections Down Under enable us to arrange custom Garden Tours for individuals that include visits to a variety of outstanding private gardens normally not open to visitors, as well as the finest public gardens throughout the country. All tours include the cultural and scenic highlights of New Zealand and Australia. There are many opportunities to share gardening experiences with your hosts while they escort you through their properties, and groups are often welcomed to join their hosts for morning tea, afternoon tea, or lunch.

We also design custom itineraries for Horticultural Societies, Garden Clubs, Arboreta and Botanical Gardens. These specially designed itineraries may feature visits to gardens, nurseries and plant propagators or the study of native flora and ecology. All tours include scenic and cultural sites and activities.

 

New Zealand Dahlia Tour

Escorted by Les Connell

February 11 - 28, 2010

TOUR ESCORT LES CONNELL  has been growing dahlias for over forty years.  He is the founder of Connell's Dahlias, a dahlia business known across the United States and throughout the world.    He is a member of the American Dahlia Society, National Dahlia Society of England, the Dahlia Society of South Australia and the National Dahlia Society of New Zealand.

He has conducted numerous successful dahlia and sightseeing tours to New Zealand , England , and Australia

As a result of his long standing friendships and contacts with New Zealand dahlia growers and gardeners, tour groups conducted by Les are able to visit many private gardens otherwise not available to the public, as well the many public gardens throughout New Zealand .  Cultural and scenic highlights of New Zealand are included. 

Carlton Gardens - Howe Island