Dutch Wave Gardens Tour 2027

The Netherlands has shaped modern garden design far beyond its borders. While spring is associated with tulips and bulbs, summer reveals another Dutch horticultural story: the rise of naturalistic planting, perennials, grasses, seedheads, rhythm, texture and long-season structure.

This future GardenTours.com departure is being prepared around the Dutch Wave — the influential movement associated with designers and plantspeople such as Mien Ruys, Piet Oudolf and Henk Gerritsen, and with the nurseries, private gardens and public landscapes that helped change how gardeners think about planting.

The tour is expected to focus on gardens where perennial planting, ornamental grasses, structure and seasonal change are central to the design. It will be designed for travellers who want to understand the ideas behind the style: not simply what looks beautiful in summer, but how plants are selected for form, rhythm, ecological value, winter structure and long-term performance.

Drawing on GardenTours.com’s earlier Dutch Wave tours, expected visits include JP Thijssepark, Vlinderhof, Palace Het Loo, the Kröller-Müller sculpture garden, Kasteel Twickel and De Wiersse — a route that sets naturalistic public planting alongside historic estates and a great sculpture landscape.

GardenTours.com will shape this as a garden-focused journey, not a generic sightseeing tour. Those on the priority list will receive first notice when the departure is released.