Armitage's World of Horticulture

Japan in late October, 2010

Garden Vistas will be leaving for Great Gardens and historic sites of Japan.  Hakone, Kyoto, Takayama, Kanazawa and Nikko, with shrines and gardens throughout.  Of course, the Japanese maples will be in full color.  The itinerary, with specific dates and more detailed locales, will be finalized by Christmas, and applications will be finalized by January 15th.   As always, Vinnie Simeone and I will be leading the tour.   If you are interested and can't wait to write, send me an email at amarmitage@earthlink.net. More details will be posted here in the near future.  

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What a Ball!! Our Horticulture Camp was a grand success.

Aug 2-7, 2009

- a Horticulture Camp for gardeners, educators and professionals -

      We took a break from overseas travel in 2009, but not from the joy of travel and learning.   This year we gathered at the wonderful Airlie Center in Warrenton VA.

  This beautiful setting was the base camp as we traveled to public (eg Monticello ) and private gardens in the area. 

      We returned to school each day and discussed plant-related topics such as new woody and new herbaceous Plants,  basic botanical topics as Morphology and Taxonomy and plant design. This year we were indeed fortunate to have Holly Shimizu, Executive Director of the US Botanic Garden,  join the team and share her ideas on Garden Design and herbs and spices.    

     We visited exceptional private gardens, public arboreta and historic areas as well as Wollam Gardens, a cut flower business in Jeffersonton. 

Keep looking here for announcements for our tour in 2010.  If you would like to be added to our mailing list, email me at amarmitage@earthlink.net  

Vinnie Simeone              Allan Armitage            Holly Shimizu           Linda Copeland

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 The Gardens of Eastern Australia, November, 2008

 The Home and gardens at Marlbrook, Victoria, Aust.

We journeyed to Australia in early November, 2008 - and what a trip it was.  From snokeling on the Great Barrier Reef, to walking the tall trees in the rain Forest at Daintree, to the Botanical gardens in Cairns, Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart.  We reveled in private gardens in the Southern Highlands and wandered all the way to Tasmania.  In this glorious trek, nary a garden stone was unturned.    To read more wonderful details of the trip, read Linda Copeland's well written account.

If you love plants and gardens, you are welcome to join us; if you simply want to shop or study cathedrals, Garden Vistas is probably not the right tour for you.

For information on Garden Vistas email amarmitage@earthlink.net

     Cairns Bot Garden                    Tahiatian Ginger                       Tulip Ginger

 Walking the tall trees               Banksia in Canberra                Goodenia in Canberra

in Daintree rain forest

       Leather Flower                    Wildflowers in Mt Annan                    Silky Oak

     Happy campers in Hobart                               Lake Crakenback, Snowy Mtns

The Great Gardens of The World

Dr. Armitage has been taking gardeners on tours of great gardens of the world for over 20 years.  Led by Dr. Armitage and Vincent Simeone , director of Planting Fields Arboretum on Long Island, and coordinated by Linda Copeland, Garden Vistas has taken extraordinary people to extraordinary vistas.  

We have traveled to remarkable gardens in the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, as well as Germany, France, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.  All tours are 10 days (northern hemisphere) or 14 days (southern hemisphere), and take no more than 25 people.

Spouses and partners are welcome and encouraged as we have found that the beauty of the country, the serenity of the gardens and wonderful camaraderie make believers even out of non-gardeners.

All tours fill rapidly; we are planning the tour for 2009 now, if you are interested in receiving more information, email amarmitage@earthlink.net