Do you grow orchids, Road Trips Gardeners? What about citrus trees?
Here’s a chance to indulge both passions on one trip. Concurrent with the 81st Fête du Citron, there’s an Orchid Festival — both take place …

Thinking of attending your first Chelsea Flower Show next spring? One easy way to deal with the logistics of the across-the-pond trip is to take an organized tour (then you don’t even have to worry …

There’s nothing like Carnaval on the French Riviera. The main winter event in the south of France is one of the largest carnivals in the world, running from February 15 through March 6, 2013.
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Although it was early fall, pink geraniums still were in bloom in the small greenhouse in the gardens of the priory at Rennes-le-Château, France (map).
The town’s at the top of a hill, providing a glorious …

Lilac season arrived a bit ahead of schedule in North America. In your Road Trips Gardener‘s back yard, the peak blooms are fading to green.
The Hulda Klager Lilac Festival takes place April 21 through May …

Field daisies bloom in profusion in Troyes, France.
This town ( about 90 miles southeast of Paris along the Seine River) was founded by the Romans, who named it Augustobona Tricassium. Many half-timbered houses (mainly of …

Known in France as the “winter sun”, the bright yellow blooms of the mimosa tree has been a symbol of the Mandelieu-La Napoule region since the mid-19th Century.
That’s when the flowering tree was introduced into …

A Flower Festival will be held August 19-22, 2010 in Bagnères-de-Luchon in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France.
If you’re nearby, Road Trips Gardeners, the best time to be there is 2 p.m. Sunday (August 22), when …