Botanica World Discoveries
With almost 25 years’ experience, Botanica offers a vast range of unique itineraries. Travel in small groups, escorted by an expert Botanical Guide.
Contact us to find out more and book your place on either of these wonderful botanical tours...
Outings Across the Garden State & the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show
5 Days, Melbourne Return
24 March 2025
From $5,195* pp, twin share
From $6,795* solo traveller
Enjoy this short tour, which takes in some of the highlights of the ‘Garden State’. Stay four nights in Melbourne, taking day trips to various gardens around Victoria. Explore gardens of The Diggers Club – St Erth, Cloudehill and Heronswood, including a behind-the-scenes visit to the heirloom vegetable trial garden. At the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden, see Phillip Johnson’s award-winning ‘Australian Garden’. Attend the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show, including a previsit lecture. Visit Paul Bangay’s private garden, Stonefields, as well as Cruden Farm.
French Châteaux, with the Loire Valley, the Dordogne, and A Rhône River Cruise
14 Days, Paris to Marseille
30 May 2025
From $18,995* pp, twin share
From $24,095* solo traveller
Admire the grand gardens of France’s châteaux and iconic landscapes. Intricate and opulent, these gardens utilise symmetry and exacting geometry in their design. Our Botanical Guide explains the symbolism at work within the elaborate gardens at Villandry. Appreciate the borrowed landscape employed within the gardens at Eyrignac. At Jardins de Marqueyssac, contemplate the thousands of meticulously pruned boxwoods. Cruise the Rhône and Saône rivers and see an impressive collection of roses at a private garden in Lyon.
REF: BWD