Take a Tour with Deryn Thorpe
Deryn first worked as a tour guide in the mid 1980s for Top Deck Travel, taking young people around Europe while sleeping, cooking and travelling on a double decker bus. In the late 1990s Deryn started tour leading around Australia and overseas.
She has maintained her enthusiasm for new adventures and passion for sharing the travel experience, but these days prefers to explore the world of gardens, art and history in a little more comfort.
Join Deryn on a Travelrite International Garden Tour in 2022 or 2023
France & England Garden Tour with Deryn Thorpe
19th June – 9th July
Visiting romantic Paris, the glorious gardens of the Loire Valley and the Dordogne: France, Kent and London for the Hampton Court Flower Show.
Tour Highlights:
Chateau de Bagatelle
Château de Versailles
Le Hameau gardens
Roseraie De L’Hay–Les-Roses
Claude Monet’s famous house and beautiful garden at Giverny
Musee de l’Orangerie
Orleans in the scenic Loire Valley
Festival des Jardin de Chaumont sur Loire
4 Nights in Sarlat la Caneda – considered France’s best preserved 14C town, for four nights
Guided walking tour of Sarlat la Caneda
Les Jardins de Cadiot – an English garden with Mediterranean plants
Canterbury a medieval city encircled by ancient walls
Great Dixter gardens – surrounding a charming thatched 15th century manor house
Sissinghurst Castle, created by writer Vita Sackville West and her husband Harold Nicholson
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
The famous Hampton Court Flower Show
Capel Manor Gardens
Farewell Dinner
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““I had the pleasure of being part of an Italian Garden tour with Deryn as the horticultural guide in May 2014. The trip also included a memorable visit to the Chelsea Flower Show. Deryn’s plant knowledge with historical context complimented the beautiful gardens and places that we visited. Her relaxed style, gentle good humour and sense of fun ensured that we all had a wonderful experience.””
““Thanks for the superb Travelrite French tour. It was very interesting both historically and horticulturally and you made everyone in the group feel very welcome and relaxed. The choice of hotels was fantastic and the schedule suited me perfectly, it was neither too rushed nor too slow. You managed everything in such a relaxed and friendly way that it felt like we were a group of friends travelling together rather than an ‘organised tour’. I have already recommended your tours to my friends who had no idea a tour that took in gardens would include so many other interesting sites.” “A bientot””
““I booked on to the Melbourne and Ballarat tour rather on a whim, as I knew it went to Paul Bangay’s garden and I have long wanted to see that. However our tour took us to so many wonderful gardens and I know that they were your choice, so it is you I need to thank.
Since I moved to live in Melbourne permanently I have been to see as many great Victorian gardens as I could whilst my knees still allow the walking around, so I have recently seen some magnificent ones. However I think you had chosen the best.
My sincere thanks for the planning, knowledge and commitment you put into our tour. You are an excellent tour guide, good with a group and not intrusive, and it was a very happy week indeed.” ”
“Hi Deryn, a belated thank you for the Ballarat and Melbourne Garden Tour - it didn’t only live up to expectations, it exceeded them! It was a wonderful week, made even better by your expert guidance and relaxed manner. A highlight for me was meeting Phillip Johnson, he is such an inspiration and I am enjoying reading his book.”