Arrive in Perth on suggested Qantas flights and make your way to the hotel. Renaissance Tours or your travel agent can assist you with your flights and other travel arrangements, including a private transfer to the hotel and pre-tour accommodation.

At 13:00 join Julie and fellow travellers at the Duxton Hotel and transfer to Kings Park and Botanic Garden for a guided tour. Perched above the city on Mount Eliza, Kings Park boasts breathtaking views of Perth CBD and the Swan River and features over 3,000 species of the state’s unique flora.

Then, explore a stylish Mediterranean private garden located in Peppermint Grove before returning to Perth for dinner.

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Today, explore some of the finest private gardens in the picturesque Perth Hills. Wander through a stunning cottage garden in Sawyers Valley with an arboretum of some 300 different ornamental trees, roses, camellias, an olive grove and several acacias.

Continue to an impressive rambling country garden for lunch. Nestled amongst native jarrah and marri trees, the property also includes a large variety of deciduous trees, an orchard and vegetable garden.

Then, drive through the scenic Swan Valley, Perth’s picturesque wine region. Learn about the history of the region and visit the historic All Saints Church, the oldest church in WA, before returning to Perth.

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Depart Perth and travel south to Ruby’s Garden, a property that is planted with native wildlife in mind, gardened organically and filled with oversized, whimsical sculptures.

After lunch, continue to River Gums Garden in Balingup, featuring a permanent creek with four ponds, beautiful deciduous trees, and native and exotic plants.

In the late afternoon, arrive in Manjimup, the truffle centre of Western Australia, and enjoy dinner in the hotel’s restaurant.

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In the morning, explore the expansive gardens surrounding Dingup House (1870), a heritage homestead set on 18 hectares of beautiful countryside. The rambling garden boasts 100-year-old trees, cypress, elms, fruits trees and flowering plants.

Enjoy lunch at Lakeside Garden and wander through the property bordered by the Gloucester National Park, with several stands of majestic ancient grass trees, marri, jarrah and karri trees, hundreds of exotic and deciduous plants as well as Australian Natives.

Continue to a private garden in Manjimup. Enjoy an afternoon tea in the garden, featuring deciduous trees, sweeping lawns, perennials and an interesting range of exotic shrubs.

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Depart Manjimup and travel to Bridgetown, in the picturesque Blackwood River Valley region. Visit Moyola Garden, surrounding an historical country manor house. The 2-hectare property features rural gardens, beautiful garden rooms and landscaped lawns.

Explore another private garden in Bridgetown before visiting Ford House Gardens, where traditional English gardening style and a formal rose parterre are inventively combined with Australian native plants.

Arrive in Margaret River in the late afternoon.

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This morning, enjoy a visit of a private garden in a bushland setting around a billabong, featuring poppies, meadow flowers, kangaroo paws and foxgloves.

Transfer to Voyager Estate for a visit to the winery and gardens. Explore the estate’s expansive grounds, including its ‘werf’ garden – a South African Cape Dutch-styled walled garden named for the Afrikaans word for ‘yard’, which originally formed an integral part of working farmsteads.

Continue to another exquisite private garden before enjoying a wildflower walk in the area led by a local garden expert.

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Begin the day with a morning at leisure to further explore the region at your own pace.

Visit Fire & Beauty garden, voted the best large garden by Gardening Australia in 2016, a stylish, cutting-edge succulent garden located at Smiths Beach with stunning views over the Indian Ocean.

Continue to Margaret River’s Secret Garden, just in time to see the glorious spring-time bloom of roses, wisteria and irises.

Wander through the immaculate Fraser Gallop Estate garden with its superb lake vista and formal parterre garden, colourful circular rose garden and avenues of magnificent trees.

Tonight, explore the garden of your tour leader Julie Kinney, followed by drinks and dinner in her home.

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Depart Margaret River and embark on a leisurely drive north to Perth. Visit Orondo Farm and Gardens en route, a grand country garden framed by rugged bushland.

Tonight, enjoy a special farewell dinner with Julie and fellow travellers at a local restaurant.

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Tour arrangements conclude after breakfast. Renaissance Tours or your travel agent can assist you with your flights and other travel arrangements, including additional nights’ accommodation either before or after the tour, private airport transfers and travel insurance (highly recommended).

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Note: At time of publication (July 2021), private owners of gardens had committed to opening their homes and gardens, however they prefer not to be named. While we undertake to operate the tour as published, there may be some changes to the itinerary.