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    Dec 31, 2020 4 minutes
    WORDS VIVIENNE HAMBLY

    For green-fingered souls, there is little more inspiring than a holiday that takes in a couple of great gardens. There are so many of these beautiful spaces and their pleasures are there to be savoured.

    Small-group tours can be immensely satisfying, and are able to offer more flexibility than larger parties. Guides are commonly specialists in their field and will usually be on hand to offer unique insight into particular aspects of the trip, providing engaging conversation instead of material learned by rote. Even smaller operations will offer tours constructed by the guides themselves, providing an unrivalled depth of experience.

    Bespoke tours and existing tours with some tailoring are an increasingly common feature among smaller companies, and do

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