Copper Beech Garden Tours emphasizing design, history and horticulture
in England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Holland, Italy and Europe.

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2008 Hampton Court Flower Show and an In-depth Look at the Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll
Linda McHam, host
This tour is closed.

2009 Gardens of France with The Courson Flower Show & The Chaumont Flower Show
Linda McHam, host
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"His Gardens next your admiration call,
On ev'ry side you look, behold the Wall!
No pleasing Intricacies intervene,
No artful wildness to perplex the scene;
Grove nods at grove, each Alley has a brother,
And half the platform just reflects the other".
Alexander Pope, 1688-1744

General Information

Britannia Information on Great Britain for Americans.

British Tourist Authority  Tons of information if you are planning a trip to the UK.

gardenvisit.com  History of gardens in England; gardens to visit; garden hotels to stay in.

Information Britain  More information on Great Britain.

Information Gardens Information on Great Britain's gardens.

The National Trust of Great Britain  Historic properties and gardens of Great Britain.

The National Trust of Scotland Historic properties and gardens in Scotland.

The Royal Oak Society  Join this American Society and get free admittance to all National Trust properties in Great Britain. A must-do for any length of stay in Britain.

Zagat Guides  The best food guides available by Tim and Nina Zagat. USA and international.

Welcome-2-Europe  Listings from a British-based directory.

Societies and Botanical Gardens

British

English Gardening School  Founded in 1983 and based at the historic Chelsea Physic Garden in London, the School provides an unrivalled range of courses for garden lovers.

Garden History Society British society founded in 1966; publishes scholarly articles on the history and preservation of gardens.

The Museum of Garden History  The world's first museum of garden history at the restored church of St Mary-at-Lambeth, London.

The National Gardens Scheme of Great Britain  The "Yellow Book" is published by the National Garden Scheme.

The Royal Horticultural Society  is the "grand dame" of all garden societies: Chelsea and Hampton Court Flower Show information can be found here.

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh One of the outstanding gardens in the world.

American

American Boxwood Society
Contact the ABS by writing Mrs. Robert Frackelton, 1714 Greenway Drive, Fredericksburg, VA 22401-5209

American Horticultural Society  Promotes the art and science of horticulture.

American Rhododendron Society If you are interested in rhododendrons and azaleas, join this society.

The New York Botanical Garden  one of the best and oldest gardens in the USA; lot of information.

The Garden Conservancy  The American version of the (British) National Garden Scheme's "Yellow Book".

The Gardeners of America-Men's Garden Clubs of America  Want to start a garden club? This site will help you get up and growing!

Southern Garden History Society located in Winston-Salem, NC, publishes scholarly information on the history, preservation and restoration of southern gardens.

Literature from the Garden

Gardens Illustrated  Award-winning British magazine for the best in gardens of the world.

Hortus  a privately published quarterly journal for intelligent and lively-minded gardeners.

Garden Digest A good resource for those interested in the literary aspects of gardening.

Garden Design Magazine  American magazine for the latest trends in garden design.

John Tatter's pages on Stowe Landscape Garden  wonderful virtual tour of an outstanding landscape garden and the reasons it came to be. Read Tatter's "Borders" paper.

Timber Press  Better books for gardeners, horticulturists and botanists.

Garden Blethers from Scotland  Readings for armchair gardeners.

Nurseries & Mail Order and Gardens to visit (please make arrangements first)

Linda Cobb's English Roses. Cottage gardening at its best. She has a book you can purchase.

Country Lane  a beautiful site for roses and general information; great links, USA.

David Austin's English Roses Wolverhampton, Shropshire, England, UK.

Forest Farm  the web version of their outstanding catalogue of plants in Oregon, USA.

Greenhousekit.com Hobby greenhouse kit company offering greenhouses, photos, reviews, and gardening articles.

Greenhouses.com Gardening and greenhouse resource featuring greenhouse gurus, forum, articles, etc.

Niche Gardens  Chapel Hill, NC, USA; eclectic garden plants.

PlantCare.com, Inc. Large database of 2,900 indoor and greenhouse plants; listings referenced by GENUS, Species and common name with photos. For PCs.

Roycroft Daylily Nursery  Wide range of daylilies primarily grown in Zone 8, USA.

Shepherd's Garden Seeds  Lots of possibilities for growing your own plants from scratch, USA.

Tulip World New site specializing in flowerbulbs from the Netherlands.

Wayside Gardens  Hodges, SC, USA large catalogue of plants.

We-Du Nurseries  Marion, NC, USA wildflower nursery.

White Flower Farm  Litchfield, CT, USA large catalogue of plants.

Garden Antiques and Statuary

Barbara Israel Garden Antiques Garden antiques of high quality.

Kenneth Lynch and Sons Large catalogue of new statues, fountains, and more.

"How to..." for the WWW

Cookwood.com  Elizabeth Castro's site; author of HTML for the World Wide Web 4.

HTML Goodies.com  like it says: lots of goodies and easy-to-learn tutorials.

lynda.com  Lynda Weinman knows everything there is to know about designing web pages.

Search Engine Watch.com  lets you keep up with that moving target: high ranking.

SelfPromotion.com  registers and promotes your site with the search engines and indexes.

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