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  • Friday, November 9 – Saturday, November 17 – From Shangri-La to Bali Hai: The Hawaiian Islands of Oahu & Kauai

    Join Pacific Horticulture on a tropical garden adventure to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Kauai, November 9 – 17. Oahu, known as the Gathering Place, is home to world-famous Waikiki and an extraordinary collection of public and private gardens. Kauai, is called the Garden Island for its lush rain forests, emerald valleys, spectacular beaches and Waimea – the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. We’ve arranged a special invitation to visit Doris Duke’s Shangri-la on Oahu, a sunset tour of the Allerton Estate on Kauai (below) and much, much more.

    This Pacific Horticulture Hawaii tour will be escorted by Josh Schechtel, MD, who is a pediatrician with a passion for plant propagation and garden design, PHS board member and treasurer.

    For more information or to register, contact Sterling Tours. Reach them by phone at 800-976-9497 or access the Oahu/Kauai itinerary at the Sterling Tours website, http://www.sterlingtoursltd.com/OahuKauai.html.

  • Saturday, July 9 – Thursday, July 14 – Gardens of Portland, Oregon

    Join Pacific Horticulture Society members and friends on a fabulous garden tour to Portland, Oregon July 9 – July 14. Visit nine private gardens featuring creative use of plant materials. The gardens range from a small, exquisite, designer’s city garden, to artist, landscape architect Jeffrey Bale’s mosaics and stonework in his own “heavenly paradise”, featured in many magazines and books, to an urban farm complete with chickens, ducks, bees, vineyard and aquaponic herb garden, to woodland gardens and a quirky garden shown on Canadian television, where “plants and art mingle”.  For more information please contact Sterling Tours – Portland, at 619-299-3010, or log on to www.sterlingtoursltd.com/Portland2011.html. Photo of Portland’s Japanese Gardens from Savvy Style at Bella Figura.

  • Saturday, May 14 – Saturday, May 21 – The “Moku Lani” Aloha Palm Tour

    With consultation and advice from Palmpedia and Floribunda Palms, Sterling Tours will be offering a week long adventure on the Big Island of Hawaii, May 14 – 21, 2011. The tour will be centered around some of the exceptional palm gardens on the island, but will also offer the opportunity to experience some of the other exciting things the island has to offer. Highlights include a trip to the Kona Cloud Forest Sanctuary, trips to private gardens, Pu’uhonua o Honaunau National Park, the Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden, Akaka Falls, the Lundkvist Palm Garden (below), an early evening Lava Walk, the Pana’ewa Rainforest Zoo, and the Noah’s Ark of palms: Floribunda Palms.  For complete itinerary details, call 619-299-3010, or log on to www.sterlingtours.com/MokuLani.html.

  • Tuesday, October 26 – Thursday, November 4 – Wabi Sabi 2010

    It is well understood that the nature of Japanese gardens differs greatly from those in the Western World. They are regarded as representing the universe and its elements, and expressing a specific philosophy. Some of the most highly acclaimed are those located in and around the ancient city of Kyoto. This fall, Tuesday, October 26 – Thursday, November 4,  a small group, limited to only 20 participants, will enjoy a unique opportunity to visit some of the most renowned gardens, temples and palaces in this region personally selected by Professor Lennox Tierney, current Curator of the Art of Japan for the Utah State Museum of Fine Arts, the Mingei Museum, San Diego, and Art Director of San Diego’s Japanese Friendship Garden.

    Professor Tierney is also the author of “The Nature of Japanese Garden Art”, in which he examines the Zen principles that relate to Japanese gardens, and the terms WABI SABI, which reflect the value of understatement and the richness of aging. On the tour he will provide a unique orientation and understanding of the many specific elements encountered in the places visited. In 2007 Professor Tierney received the Order of the Rising Sun from the Emperor of Japan for his services.

    For pricing information, contact Sterling Tours at 619-299-3010, or email sterling1@cox.net.  The web site for Sterling Tours is www.sterlingtours.info.

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