{"id":3776,"date":"2016-04-20T21:31:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T21:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siteandinsight.com\/?p=3776"},"modified":"2016-04-20T21:31:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T21:31:08","slug":"visiting-gardens-nine-dos-and-a-dont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenvillaartgarden.com\/fr\/visiting-gardens-nine-dos-and-a-dont\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Gardens: Nine Do’s and a Don’t"},"content":{"rendered":"

Visiting gardens is one the joys of my life. For the last four years, I’ve been hosting small group tours to gardens in Britain and Italy, working alongside an outstanding professional travel agent based in Vancouver. Julia Guest at Travel Concepts<\/a> does the detailed planning\u00a0that is essential to ensure a good garden tour. Without her work, the tours couldn’t happen. Without the cooperation of individual garden owners, the tours wouldn’t be as inspirational. And without the companionship of the men and women who have been part of the tours, they wouldn’t be nearly as enriching\u00a0or as much fun!<\/p>\n

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Group photos are few and far between on our tours but I did manage to lasso this group for a photo at Villa Lante, near Rome.<\/p><\/div>\n

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When you visit a public garden, you often see rules listed on a board near the entry. Don’t walk on the grass, don’t litter, stay on\u00a0the paths. But apart from common sense and courtesy, what are the do’s and don’ts\u00a0when you visit someone’s private garden?<\/p>\n

In some, the do’s and don’ts are very clear. One garden we’ll be visiting in May, for example, forbids photography and requires that the names of every member of the group be supplied in advance.<\/p>\n

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The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is open to a limited number of people on only one day a year. Julia arranged a private visit last year and our small group will be going again in September.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Most private gardens, though,\u00a0don’t post rules. They don’t even mention them. So\u00a0how do you behave when the do’s and don’t are stated? More than that, how do you get\u00a0the most out of\u00a0what may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?<\/p>\n

Over the years, Julia and I have developed some\u00a0do’s and don’ts that we think are helpful.<\/p>\n

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\"Bosco

Bosco della Ragnaia is a private space that is open to visitors. Posted rules include a request not to smoke and for children under the age of 12 to be accompanied by an adult.<\/p><\/div>\n

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