Sharing the Love for Gardens and Nature
I am Florence Micoud, 20 years a local.
I had the idea of a guided gardens tour business while visiting a friend’s garden after the first lockdown.
The joy of sharing, the delight of admiring!
For 6 years, tours ran twice daily from October to April and visited up to 12 different private gardens on different days of the week!
But I am now selling the business to focus on our garden, where I will do regenerational educational tours.
Our garden tours business comes from a deep desire to share the beauty and joy of gardens and nature at large.
Our goals is to guide our guests to perceive and love the bounty gardens and nature so generously offer.
Our values: We care
Care for the Planet
Gardening is in itself caring and enhancing the land and biodiversity. Our tour is sharing the story of our day-to-day regenerative practice.
We are always limiting our negative impact (eg. pollution, waste) and maximizing our contribution: tree planting, habitat creation, solar, and how to manage land without fossil fuels.
I also share the regenerative lifestyle knowledge on a blog.
Care for People
I enjoy meeting our guests and making sure they are happy and comfortable during the tour. We tailor our tours to fit individual needs. Answering questions is key.
We provide assistance with steps or uneven ground. Children are welcome but must be supervised. We can arrange tours for wheelchair access. Dogs are not allowed. We will inquire about any special requirements when you book.
We work and discuss with the community to foster biodiversity, meaningful tourism and low-carbon living. I facilitate Regenerative Wanaka facebook page.
Care for Self
Life and work are one. Gardening is my passion, so sharing it with you in garden tours is easy and enjoyable. Learning more about plants, taking photos of gardens and the gardening itself of course, all enrich my work as a tour guide and the lives that we lead.
Our land nurtures us greatly, from garden teas, fruit, veggies to contemplation, exercise and sharing, all for our wellbeing.
I love spending time in the garden, admiring plants and feeling grateful to nature. And I love sharing the amazement in the tours.
Sharing with my guests is my joy and purpose. Each tour leaves me elated and each meeting is enriching. Thank you.
Beautiful Garden of Wānaka 
Thank you florence, for the personal guided tour of 4 gardens today. Each garden is so different and your explanations added to the enjoyment of the experience. I hope to visit more gardens with you next year
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