In Spain, religious tradition provides many reasons to celebrate.
In springtime — after Easter is over — the Andalusian city of Córdoba celebrates the Crosses of May. This year, the celebration is April 29 through May …

Camellias were brought to the Iberian Peninsula from the East by Portuguese sailors. They’ve been brightening the gardens of the Spanish region of Galicia from the early 19th century.
Road Trips Gardeners will enjoy following …

Festa dos Maios in Orense, Galicia, Spain, is a flower festival dating back to Celtic times.
Set for May 4, 2014, this year, it celebrates the arrival of good weather in the region of Galicia, when …

May Day — May 1 — is celebrated in many different ways.
Each year in Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain, they stage a “Battle of the Flowers” — May 1, 2014, this year.
The key element is a parade …

An image of Mary, in her role as the Virgen de los Desamparados, is bedecked with hundreds of thousands of flowers during the Ofrenda de Flores, part of Las Fallas, a religious celebration held each …

A flower vendor in Granada, Spain, had a small selection of bedding plants for sale during the first week of April last year.
Yes, Road Trips Gardeners, spring will arrive…later rather than sooner this year!
(Photo ©2013 …

Red Salvia is a popular ornamental plant that originated in Brazil.
This group, however, was snapped in the Jardí Botànic Marimurtra in Blanes, along the Costa Brava, Spain.
Do you have Salvia splendens in your plantings …

By Instituto de Turismo de España
Special to Road Trips for Gardeners
Spain’s unique blend of the modern and the historic is detailed in public parks and gardens, some being among the oldest in Europe. …

If you need inspiration for bedecking your patio with flowers this summer, Road Trips Gardeners, consider stopping in Córdoba, Spain during the Festival de los Patios Cordobeses, held from May 4 through 15, 2011.
Due to …