L and L Garden Tours - PlanUrEscape

Do you savor beautiful surroundings, meeting local people, exploring their customs and a relaxing pace?

You don’t have to be a gardener to enjoy our tours. Relish the delight of an English garden.

Magnificent Garden Tours in the British Isles

We design and host one of a kind garden tours mainly to England and the British Isles. We specially select private homes and visit 3-4 a day. Imagine meeting the gardeners themselves and browsing their magnificent gardens. Follow the tour with scrumptious cakes (picture the British Baking Show) and tea or delightful Elderflower water.

We travel by region and also choose which public gardens in the area we feel will be most interesting. Our tours are completely private so we can stop when we wish to visit a historic site, a coastal beach or do some quick shopping in a lovely village.

Sometimes we add tours to other countries. Be sure to check out our Tours page.

2027 Tour – Peak District – “England’s Premier Garden Destination”

June 19-26, 2027

Whether a gardener or garden lover, artist, or lover of beauty, your interests and senses will be indulged by the wonderful gardens we will visit every day!

For 2027, we have selected the Peak District of England.

The Peak District is a paradise for garden lovers, offering an inspiring mix of magnificent historic estates, beautifully designed gardens, and breathtaking natural scenery. From Walled Gardens to sculpture and water features, expect abundant roses, herbaceous borders, all with fabulous garden design. We will visit, of course, the famous Chatsworth Gardens among others as well as private home gardens.

Our tours are pretty much all inclusive and worry free. International flights are included out of Boston (if you live in another area we can price without flights). We include both double and solo rates. Then from the time you land, you will be escorted in a private coach, (maximum 25 fellow travelers), stay at lovely well situated hotels, enjoy breakfast and dinner, with a glass of wine or beer, all entrance fees, tours and activities are included. Your job is to sit back, enjoy the gardens, the tea and cakes that often are provided by the gardeners, and indulge in the beauty of the area.

We hope you’ll join us!

Lorraine & Layanee

INCLUDES:

Flights round trip from Boston

All ground transportation

Hotel accommodations, double or twin share or solo

Breakfast and dinner daily

All entrance fees to gardens listed in itinerary

Tours and activities noted in itinerary

Garden expert and tour coordinator

PRICING:

To be announced

$500 deposit non refundable

CLICK to register (then click Groups, scroll to L&L Garden Tour Group)

2027 Peak District of England

Itinerary is in process as we select, contact and make arrangements to visit private homes.

Introducing Layanee & Lorraine (L&L)

Come travel with us and get a perfectly planned, professionally curated garden tour with our expertise.

Layanee DeMerchant is a garden blogger and horticultural expert. Her career was in the garden industry in Southern New England and Layanee co-hosted a Boston Area radio program, “The Garden Guys.” Layanee researches, contacts the local gardeners and selects the gardens we will visit each tour.

https://ledgeandgardens.typepad.com/ledge_and_gardens/

Lorraine Whittemore is a travel agent. With 6 years designing small group tours she knows how to select the best locations, hotels, arrange logistics and make sure each trip goes off without a hitch.