Goodbye, Edinburgh! This city offers so much, we are not done with it.  But the time has come to move on to the highlands. At least the Urichs will be coming back after the tour ends, so they will be able to continue exploring. Our tour guide Tom and driver John met us at 9:00 […]

A Day On Our Own – In order to allow a little extra time in Edinburgh, a free day was planned into our schedule, so the garden part of our tour doesn’t officially start until tomorrow. After a good night’s sleep, everyone headed out to explore the Edinburgh Castle, Holyroodhouse Palace, the Royal Mile, Princes […]

Arrival Day! Most members arrived at the Edinburgh airport around 7:30 AM local time and graciously waited for Jeff and Anna to arrive from Maine. Unfortunately, Flip, also from Maine, got stranded due to a delayed flight. We immediately left as a group for the Edinburgh Royal Botanical Gardens on our tour bus. By this […]

The big day has finally arrived, the day we head to the airport and prepare to arrive in Edinburgh (pronounced “edin-burra”) tomorrow morning. Our group consists of 23 garden enthusiasts, mostly from central Missouri with a few friends in Chicago, Chillicothe, Florida, and Maine. Thirteen of our group have been on one of our garden […]