Chelsea magic
Garden festival planner: Chelsea Flower show
Chelsea is the prize bloom of the world’s garden shows, and the reputation is well-deserved. Here Robin Powell shares her observations on what has been another breath-taking Chelsea Flower Show. Once a year the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea,…
Japan’s Valley of Azalea
On Better Homes and Gardens TV Show this Friday night, Graham Ross dazzles us with an unusual Japanese garden in a valley made up of a staggering 20,000 clipped azaleas. Join him, in a garden only forty minutes from Tokyo…
Flower fields of Japan
Once the cherry blossoms fall, Japan bursts into colour with azaleas, peonies and wisteria creating a crescendo of colour unknown to most international travellers – and not to be missed! This floral exuberance coincides with Japan’s Golden Week – a…
Nikko Japan
This week we are thrilled that our recent travels through Nikko, Japan will be broadcast on Better Homes and Gardens TV Show starting this Friday 13th July. There is a saying in Japan, from old-timers mostly, “Never say kekko (I’ve…
Red Cow Farm
Roses are central to the dreamy delights of Red Cow Farm, a 2.5 hectare garden just outside the village of Sutton Forest in the Southern Highlands of NSW. Gardened by Ali Mentesh and Wayne Morrissey, Red Cow Farm is a…
Postcards from the road
The 2018 tour season is now well underway. Here’s a taste from the world of Ross Garden Tours. Colour mad Our celebrations for Holi, the Indian festival of colour, began with an extravagant dinner at the Rambagh Palace Hotel…
Montserrate
When Lord Byron visited Monserrate, an estate in the hill town of Sintra, an hour or so out of Lisbon, the neo-Gothic palace and gardens were tumbling back to nature. The poet was inspired by its sense of gentle decay…
Postcards from our recent travellers
Views, reports and travel tips from the world of Ross Tours, brought to you by our Tour Leaders. Purple best We enjoyed the best-ever jacaranda cruising and viewing season on Sydney Harbour last spring. More than 1200 people joined us…