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Is there a special floral event that's long been on your bucket list or a garden you've always wanted to visit? Is there a royal estate you wish you could privately tour? Have you become overwhelmed trying to plan your dream garden tour? You've come to the right place!

For over 35 years, Huron Tours & Travel has dedicated ourselves to personalized service and unique itineraries that create fond memories and lifelong friendships.


Upcoming Huron Tours & Travel Excursions

Upcoming Huron Tours & Travel Excursions

Philadelphia Flower Show

March 1 - 5, 2025

American’s Premier Garden Show!

Longwood, Winterthur & Barnes Collection
Now accepting reservations!

Spring Blooms in New Orleans

March 20 - 25, 2025

A much loved favorite returns.

Gardens, history and the best local dining

Coastal Gardens of Cornwall & Devon

March 30 - April 10, 2025

12 days in coastal England

Magnificent Estates
and Private Garden Gems
Now accepting reservations!

Exclusive Garden Treasures of The French Riviera & Provence

April 26 - May 6, 2025

with Paris & the Palace of Versailles

Impeccable itinerary
Now accepting reservations!

Chelsea Flower Show & English Garden Collection

May 2025

3 Garden Tours featuring

the very best of English Gardens
Now accepting reservations!

Cambridge & the Gardens of Norfolk

May 30 - June 7, 2025

featuring Sandringham and Peter Beals Roses

Now accepting reservations!

Summer Gardens in Scotland

June 16 - 27, 2025

From Edinburgh to the Highlands.

Royal Gardens, Grand Castles & Private Estates
Now accepting reservations!

Glorious Gardens of the Pacific Northwest

July 31 - August 7, 2025

The best of Victoria & Vancouver.

Includes a very special visit to The Butchart Gardens
Now accepting reservations!

Autumn Gardens in the Italian Lakes

September 5 - 13, 2025

Famed island gardens, exceptional scenery, world renowned gastronomy, 5-star hotels, and more!
Now accepting reservations!

Please call or email to receive brochures on any of these tours, For any questions: (800) 734.1192, or [email protected]


About Huron Tours & Travel

Huron offers high quality exclusive travel packages with specialized itineraries to gardens and world-renowned floral events like The Chelsea Flower Show in London and The Philadelphia Flower Show. Our tailor made tours of the greatest gardens in the world offer unrivaled access and intimate experiences you won't find anywhere else.

Our tours offer excellent value for travelers who enjoy our expert trip planning, the pleasure of traveling with like-minded individuals who share a common interest plus the benefit of having some free time to explore on your own. Huron prides itself on the pleasant surprise of always getting more than you expect, and we have had the pleasure of giving great vacations to thousands of discerning travelers, many of whom have traveled with us on 10, 15, and even 20 different trips!

Huron Tours’ history of providing premier bespoke garden tours and our company’s continued longevity (and A+ rating from BBB) are more important than ever. We look forward to keeping the tradition of exceptional tours and first class service alive for many years to come.

Join Huron Tours & Travel on an exciting adventure and you'll see firsthand why people travel with us year after year.

Please explore our site for more information.

Previous Huron owner at Chelsea Flower Show

John Sr. at the Chelsea Flower Show in 1996

Katie and Valery in Sissinghurst's white garden

Katie and Valery having a laugh in the White Garden at Sissinghurst 2009

New Orleans Iris

Katie's favorite Iris from our New Orleans garden

Dinner on the terrace in Vancouver

A beautiful night for dinner on the terrace in Vancouver

The beautiful Longwood Gardens

The beauty of Longwood

Highgrove Garden Cotswolds Group Picture

His Royal Highness Prince Charles's official photographer may ask you to strike a pose at Highgrove

Longue Vue House and Gardens Wildflower Meadow in New Orleans

Beautiful summer wildflower garden at Longue Vue House and Gardens in New Orleans

New Orleans Botanical garden water lilies

Look at the amazing color of these water lilies at the Botanical Garden in New Orleans

Wisteria in Oxford

Wisteria at Baliol College in Oxford

The Best Travel Companions: John Sr. & Jan Kosta in Malta

Drummond Castle's superlative terraced gardens

Drummond Castle's superlative terraced gardens in Scotland

Early summer roses in John and Katie's garden

Early summer roses in Katie and John's garden

John joins the Cornwall red had society when he accidentally has on the same exact outfit

Making friends with the local red hat society in Cornwall

Fergus Garrett at Great Dixter with Huron

Fergus Garrett of Great Dixter with Huron's English Garden Tour Group

Fun and smiles at Eastwell Manor

Bedazzling fascinators and all smiles at Eastwell Manor

Cheering on the home team

Cheering on the home team!

We love spring time in London - walking through the neighborhoods yields many lovely surprises

Guided tour at Hately Castle in British Columbia

Guided through the Italian garden at Hatley Castle on our PNW garden tour

Jim and John in matching Kew Garden ball caps

I was very jealous of Jim's Kew garden hat and had to wait a year to get my own!

A lovely time in the Pacific Northwest (at Queen Elizabeth Park)

Our 2019 Glorious Gardens of the Pacific Northwest group

Fountain at Longue Vue in New Orleans

One of Our Favorite Garden Estates in New Orleans

John with a curious goat

This goat wanted a selfie at the Lost Gardens of Heligan

Rose exhibit at the Philadelphia Flower Show

The Philadelphia Flower Show is a fun way to start the garden year

Amazing dahlia flower

We love a dahlia!

John Jr, a lovely coach driver, and John Sr at Great Dixter in 1994

John Jr, a lovely coach driver, and John Sr at Great Dixter in 1994

All aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia (for champagne!)

All aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia (for champagne!)

New Orleans Cooking School

Our New Orleans 2024 cooking class was a total blast. And the food turned out great too!

Balmoral

Huron enjoying a tour of Balmoral in Scotland with Head of Gardens Kirsty Wilson

RHS

Enjoy your membership to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), sponsors of the Chelsea Flower Show, with your Chelsea tour participation.

Yew Tree

The 3,000 year old Yew Tree at Dundonnell House in Scotland

John Sr at the Chelsea Flower Show 1996

John Kosta Sr. started our group tour business. He is pictured here at the 1996 Chelsea Flower Show

White garden at Sissinghurst with Katie and Valery

Katie Kosta, current Huron owner, and Blue Badge London guide Valery having a laugh in the White Garden at Sissinghurst 2009

Iris from Katie's garden in New Orleans

Katie's favorite Iris from our New Orleans garden

Longwood Gardens

The beauty of Longwood on our Philly flower show tour

Highgrove Gardens

His Royal Highness King Charles's official photographer may ask you to strike a pose at Highgrove

New Orleans Lilly-pond

Look at the amazing color of these water lilies at the Botanical Garden in New Orleans

John Jr, a lovely coach driver, and John Sr at Great Dixter in 1994

John Kosta Jr, a lovely coach driver, and John Sr at Great Dixter in 1994

Balmoral

Huron enjoying a tour of Balmoral in Scotland with Head of Gardens Kirsty Wilson in 2024

Huron amongst the Dahlias at Villa Taranto on our Italian Lakes tour

Huron amongst the Dahlias at Villa Taranto on our Italian Lakes tour


Coastal Gardens of Cornwall & Devon

Join Huron as we experience the remarkable beauty of these coastal English garden paradises. These rather remote regions and Britain's sunniest and most southerly point is home to an unrivaled atmosphere both for people and plants. This deluxe tour package includes several National Trust stunners and many smaller private gardens, many opening just for Huron Tours. This perfectly paced itinerary offers both excellent value for your money and exclusive experiences you won’t find anywhere else!

Exclusive Garden Treasures of The French Riviera & Provence

A garden journey unlike any other in our long history! We’ll tour several wonderful gardens dotted along the Côte d’Azur between St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and dip into Italy before continuing our floral explorations to discover the light, the landscapes,the scents, and the magic of Provence. We end in Paris with private, prestige tours of the Gardens of Versailles designed just for Huron Tours.

This exclusive itinerary includes several private tours featuring renowned French landscape designers, owners and head gardeners, as well as accommodation at the finest luxury hotels in Paris, Avignon and the French Riviera. Exclusive events include a private dinner served in the ancient kitchens of La Mirande in Avignon, private tour of the vineyards, artworks and architecture at Chateau Lacoste, an afternoon cruise on the Seine with gourmet lunch in oppulent surroundings, private, guided tours of Parfumerie Fragonard and Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild plus much more.

Spring Blooms in New Orleans

The late, great singer-songwriter Dr. John once wrote, “If you wanna do some livin’ before you die, do it down in New Orleans.” And, he might have added, try to do it in the springtime. Spring is the BEST season to visit New Orleans with trees blooming with candy-scented flowers, the best sightseeing weather and less crowds. This tour offers an intimate look at a New Orleans most never get to experience led by 2 local tour managers with years of garden travel expertise.

Chelsea Flower Show & English Garden Collection

Five Star garden tours for English garden lovers by garden lovers! Huron Tours has been exploring the beautiful English countryside and attending the Chelsea Flower Show with garden loving travelers for over 30 years.

Our Chelsea In Style Tour includes Chelsea Member's Day Tickets, Royal Horticultural Society Membership, Visits to English Gardens Kew and Wisley. We have fabulous London guides, a wonderful hotel, many included meals, and special included extras like a Theater performance, a private London city tour and much more.

The Oxford & Gardens of the Cotswolds tour is one of Huron’s most beloved itineraries. Visits to Hampton Court Palace, Hidcote, Kiftsgate, HRH’s Highgrove and Blenheim Palace. With the most historic hotel in Oxford as our home-base we’ll explore the magical villages of this most special part of England.

Huron Tour’s English Garden Extension was designed in order to experience the legendary gardens of Great Dixter and Sissinghurst in a more up close and personal way than most visitors. Our hotel accommodations include the historic Mermaid Inn in Rye. We’ll also privately tour Chapel Down Vineyards, plus see Anne Boleyn's celebrated childhood home of Hever Castle and Gardens.

Ask us about combining these tours for the ultimate way to experience the most spectacular gardens in England!

Visit our dedicated site at www.ChelseaFlowerShowTour.com for all the details!

Cambridge & the Gardens of Norfolk

Cambridge & the Gardens of Norfolk puts the late Queen's Estate of Sandringham at center stage, but includes smaller, private gardens, a private tour of Peter Beales Roses, punting on the River Cam, dinner at Queens' College and the most historic hotel in Cambridge.

Philadelphia Flower Show

Join our wonderful group of like-minded garden enthusiasts and Huron Tours on our visit to the "City of Brotherly Love" and the world’s oldest and largest indoor flower show. We’ll explore one of America’s most important horticultural showplaces, Longwood Gardens, as well as world renowned Winterthur Museum as part of our day trip exploring the Brandywine Valley. We include an escorted Philadelphia city tour, the opportunity to enjoy a docuent lead tour of the famed Barnes Collection and experience the main event, the Philadelphia Flower Show in VIP Style with an early morning tour before the show opens to the public.

Summer Gardens in Scotland

From the vibrant capital of Edinburgh to the beauty of the Highlands, we'll tour grand castles and Royal estates, tranquil city gardens and smaller country hideaways including many that are normally inaccessible to the general public. First class accommodations and exclusive experiences only available to Huron Tours.

Autumn Gardens in the Italian Lakes

The gardens of the Italian Lakes are a favorite destination for garden lovers and the villas and estates around Lake Como and Lake Maggiore are admired throughout the world for their beauty and variety in a magnificent natural location.

This setting is a landscape of exceptional scenery. Lake Como is a deep lake hemmed in like a fjord by towering mountains. Lake Maggiore has the character of an inland sea, with ferries crossing to the famous island gardens for an afternoon in another world. This region has been an inspiration for a string of illustrious writers and composers, and a long line of distinguished visitors.

No trip to Italy would be complete without experiencing the famed gastronomy and we have several food and wine events planned that will be the icing on the cake of this spectacular garden tour.

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