First it was Jules Verne, through the eyes of Phineas Fogg. Then Monty Don ventured out into the unknown world exploring 80 gardens in a trip that was certain to amuse and entertain us all. Now, it's my turn - all from the comfort of my laptop, comfy chair and solitude of my own home.

My adventure was to visit 80 garden blogs in a round the world trip. Unfortunately, it looked a little more like a dog's hind leg than a complete circumnavigation of the globe, but nonetheless, the outcome was the same. Visiting 80 gardeners and their regular journals was a feat unknown to the garden blogging world...until now.

Australian & New Zealand Garden Blogs

I headed off from my local haunt stopping in on some of the local capital cities - where possible - and paused to enjoy and reflect. The first stage was Australia and New Zealand.

1. Exterior Visions (Claire) Perth, WA
2. Totally Inept Balcony Gardener (Prue) Melbourne, VICTORIA
3. Our Cosmic Garden (Cosmic) Wynyard, TASMANIA
4. A Growing Delight (Alice) Canberra, ACT
5. Chookie's Back Yard (Chookie) Sydney, NSW
6. Gustoso (Littlem) Brisbane, QUEENSLAND
7. Love Plant Life (loveplantlife) Raumati, NEW ZEALAND

South & Central American Garden Blogs

Then it was off to the Americas. Starting with South and Central America the sun felt hotter and the plants grew quicker and far more vivid.

8. Colorindo a paisagem (Elena) Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
9. A Caribbean Garden (Nicole) Port of Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
10. My Rustic Bajan Garden (islandgal246) St. Lucy, BARBADOS
11. A Neotropical Savanna (Mary) Chiriqui, PANAMA
12. Las Frutas de Paraíso (Liz) Diriamba, NICARAGUA

United States Garden Blogs

Before heading off to the US mainland it was almost obligatory to call in on Hawaii. Certainly there were no disappointments from whoa-to-go traversing North America from bottom to top, and back again as I tried to drop in on a few bloggers that we may not have been familiar with.

13. Lava to Lilikoi (Lucy) Hawaii, USA
14. Geranium Blog (Dawn) Las Vegas - Nevada, USA
15. The Germinatrix (Ivette) Los Angeles - California, USA
16. Weed Whackin' Wenches (Curmudgeon & Wingnut) Seattle - Washington, USA
17. Kaseys Korner (Kasey) Denver - Colorado, USA
18. Digging (Pam) Austin - Texas, USA
19. DragonFly Garden (Rusty) Miami - Florida, USA
20. Creating Our Eden (Randy) Prattville - Alabama, USA
21. Seedlings (Lynn) Atlanta - Georgia, USA
22. Clay and Limestone (Gail) Nashville - Tennessee, USA
23. In the Weeds (KayGee) Indianapolis - Indiana, USA
24. Garden Girl (Linda) Chicago - Illinois, USA
25. Greensparrow Gardens (Joseph) Lansing - Michigan, USA
26. Veggie Gardening Tips (Kenny) Harrisburg - Pennsylvania, USA
27. Gradually Greener (Amelia) Washington - DC, USA
28. Dominick Mondi - The Garden Guy (Dominick) Mount Laurel - New Jersey, USA
29. Flatbush Gardener (Xris) Brooklyn - New York, USA
30. Digital Flower Pictures (Chris) Danbury - Connecticut, USA
31. Earth Friendly Gardening (Caroline) Providence - Rhode Island, USA
32. Old House, Old Garden (Michael) Boston - Massachussetts, USA
33. Liza and John's Garden (Liza and John) Atkinson - New Hampshire, USA
34. The Vermont Gardener (George) Marshfield - Vermont, USA
35. Four Green Acres (June) Portland - Maine, USA

Canadian Garden Blogs

I know that if I included Canada with the US I'd be court-martialled and shot ...by the Canadians, I presume. So, leaving Maine it was a quick hop, step and a jump into the land known for it's Mounties, Moose and Maple Syrup.

36. Gardening in my Jammies (Alison) Halifax - Nova Scotia, CANADA
37. Hypertufa Gardening Projects (Jamie) Moncton - New Brunswick, CANADA
38. Recreating Eden (Mary) Montreal - Quebec, CANADA
39. Toronto Gardens (Helen) Toronto - Ontario, CANADA
40. In Marilyn's Garden (Marilyn) Winnipeg - Manitoba, CANADA
41. A Prairie Journal In Saskatchewan (Clayton) Saskatoon - Saskatchewan, CANADA
42. Calgary Garden Coach (Janice) Calgary - Alberta, CANADA
43. Flowers and Weeds (Garden Lily) Vancouver - BC, CANADA

Asian Garden Blogs

Figuring it was getting a little cold again, I headed south into warmer waters and more tropical and temperate gardens. The Asians know how to grow some amazingly beautiful plants so the detour south was certainly worth the effort.

44. Japanese Garden (Gururajr) Kisarazu City - Chiba Prefecture, JAPAN
45. My Garden Home (Velly) Jakarta, INDONESIA
46. Singapore Plants Lover (Paula) Singapore, MALAYSIA
47. Geekgardener's Weblog (Geek Gardener) Bangalore - Karnataka, INDIA
48. I Earth I Echo (Mania) Multan - Punjab, PAKISTAN
49. Bahçe Hastasý (Sazji) Istanbul - Marmara, TURKEY

European Garden Blogs

Europe was the next stop. Heading slowly up north through Austria, Poland and Estonia before pulling a u-turn via Sweden and Finland seemed the logical way to go. Then I meandered through France, Italy and Spain before hitting the "Mother" country to check our Ireland, Wales and the remainder of the UK.

50. City Garden (CityGarden)Thessaloniki - Macedonia, GREECE
51. Moj Vrt (Vrtlarica) Zagreb, CROATIA
52. V's Gardening Blog (V) Heteny - SLOVAKIA
53. Meine grüne Leidenschaft (Elfriede) Buchbach - Bavaria, AUSTRIA
54. Růžová zahrada - A Rose Garden (Jana) Kroměříž - Morava - CZECH REPUBLIC
55. Ewa in the Garden (Ewa) Komorow - Warszawa, POLAND
56. MyGarden (Geidra) Kaunas - Kauno, LITHUANIA
57. Aastaring lillepeenras (isehakanud ) Roosna-Alliku - Järvamaa, ESTONIA
58. Crow Cottage (Kaija) Vanda, FINLAND
59. Jaska's Garden (Jaska) Falun - Dalarna, SWEDEN
60. Roses in Gardens (Niels) Aarhus - Jylland, DENMARK
61. Aus einem Garten im Fließtal (Sisah) Muehlenbeck - Brandenburg, GERMANY
62. AnneTannes Kruidenklets (Anne) Mol - Flanders, BELGIUM
63. Cote Jardin (MPO) Paris - IDF, FRANCE
64. Garden Design (Dana) Como - Lombardia, ITALY
65. Photography/Nature (Lino) Sassari - Sardinia, ITALY
66. Jans Espace On Blogger (Jan) Terra Alta - Catalunya, SPAIN
67. Our French Garden (Rob) Les Eyzies - Dordogne, FRANCE
68. The Ark Cottage (Ria) Swansea - Powys, WALES
69. Life in the English Cotswolds (Johnson) Cotswolds, ENGLAND
70. The Garden-Less Gardener (Flora) Edinburgh, SCOTLAND
71. Grow Our Own (Carrie) Carrickfergus - Co. Antrim, NORTHERN IRELAND
72. Living with twisted willow (Twisted Willow) Caher - Co Clare, SOUTHERN IRELAND
73. Radix (Rhizowen) Liskeard - Cornwall, ENGLAND
74. jardinmiranda (Miranda) Dinan - Brittany, FRANCE
75. Costa de la Luz Gardening (LadyLuz) Chiclana de la Frontera - Cadiz Province, SPAIN
76. Tenerife Journal (CanaryBird) Tenerife - Canary Islands, SPAIN

African Garden Blogs

Homeward bound, there were still a few places in Africa worth a visit. From the top to the bottom this last leg concluded an awesome journey through some incredible garden blogs.

77. عالم الصبار - Cactus Libya (Ashraf) Tripoli, LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
78. Egypt Farm (Ashraf) Nasr City - Cairo, EGYPT
79. Elephant's Eye (Diane) Porterville, SOUTH AFRICA
80. Learn Gardening (Rikesh) MAURITIUS

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