Helen Yemm

Helen Yemm is probably best-known for her weekly THORNY PROBLEMS page that has been a fixture for nearly twenty years in the Saturday’s Daily Telegraph. In ‘real life’ she is a hands-on, self-taught, keen-as-mustard gardener and lecturer with a garden in East Sussex that she occasionally opens for small groups.

Helen is a sometime television presenter (GARDENING FROM SCRATCH and GARDENING WEEK for BBC-2) and is the author of several gardening books (the latest being GARDENING IN PYJAMAS). She is also a regular feature writer for THE ENGLISH GARDEN magazine. However, hosting garden tours is, she says, the icing on the cake – she gets enormous pleasure from discovering gardens in the company of others who share her passion.

Travel with Helen Yemm

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THE TELEGRAPH: Belgian Gardens

6 - 10 September 20225 days from £2,680 per person

Garden Holidays

Belgian gardens, like Belgian chocolates, are intricateand exclusive. In recent years, garden culture in Belgium has evolved greatly, largely due to a wave of first-class designers such as Jacques Wirtz, Daniel Ost and Chris Ghyselen.

THE TELEGRAPH: Gardens of Sussex

27 June 20225 days from £2,950 per person

Garden Holidays

Visit the finest gardens and nurseries in the historic county of Sussex, as chosen by Helen Yemm, including a unique visit to Helens own garden. Our base for this tour is the fine Elizabethan Ockenden Manor set in eight acres of beautiful grounds overlooking Cuckfield Park.

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THE TELEGRAPH: Gardens of Corfu

02 May 20225 days from £3,480 per person

Garden Holidays

Since antiquity, from Homer’s Odyssey across the centuries to the Durrell family’s stay on the island in the 1930s, writers, poets, artists, gardeners, travellers, statesmen and royalty have all been bewitched by the magical beauty of Corfu. With its lush vegetation, wildflowers and silver olive groves, punctuated by cypresses and stunning views of the Ionian Sea, it is sometimes known as ‘the Garden Isle’.

THE TELEGRAPH: Tuscan Gardens

9 May 20225 days from £3,480 per person

Garden Holidays

This late spring tour has been carefully designed to include some of the most beautiful gardens of Tuscany, where the Renaissance took root in the 15th century. On this tour in partnership with The Telegraph will visit many gardens that display designs from the remarkable Renaissance era and the early 20th century.

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Floriade & the Delightful Dutch Waterways with Helen Yemm

25 May 20225 days from £695 per person

River Cruises

This unique, five-day river cruise will see you witness the Dutch waterways from a whole new perspective. Join famed gardener, Helen Yemm on board for exclusive gardening talks, tips and Q&A sessions as we sail from Amsterdam to Lelystad, exploring traditional Dutch towns and a included visit to the once-a-decade Floriade Expo.