Press Release

February 27, 2007

Let your eyes and nose delight in the beautiful and fragrant gardens at these fine bed and breakfast inns and enjoy a Garden Getaway. Whether you are an avid garden or a beginner looking for inspiration for your own garden or just love to take in the sights and smells, a Garden Getaway is perfect for relaxing and discovering nature’s beauty. Bed and breakfasts boast many different kinds of gardens. From full working farms to small backyard English gardens, B&Bs will offer a true garden escape. To find an inn with a garden for your next getaway, visit www.BnBFinder.com/Gardens or select from our favorites:

Desert Dove Bed & Breakfast Desert Dove Bed & Breakfast Tucson, Arizona www.BnBFinder.com/DesertDove Nestled on four acres in the foothills of the Rincon Mountains, Desert Dove Bed and Breakfast is a true desert garden. Wildflowers and cacti grow wild over the entire property. A "living fence" of Ocotillo cactus surrounds the inn's beautifully maintained sitting gardens. Radiant during the winter months, the Bird Garden boasts several kinds of flowers and cacti and is ideal for welcoming birds of many types.

Mill Rose Inn Half Moon Bay, California www.BnBFinder.com/MillRoseInn Raved about as an ideal English garden, Mill Rose Inn is the perfect garden setting by the sea. Set in almost an acre of spectacular gardens bursting with color all year, this fragrant oasis features hundreds of perennials, annuals and more than two hundred rose bushes. A tropical flower filled gazebo shelters an intimate spa, ideal for relaxing any time of the year. Mill Rose Inn

Blue Lake Ranch Blue Lake Ranch Hesperus, Colorado www.BnBFinder.com/BlueLake This Colorado retreat sits on 100 acres and is surrounded by 10,000 irises, 25,000 peonies, a sea of daffodils and tulips and a private spring-fed lake. Heirloom flowers bloom in every direction the eye can see. Take home a packet of lavender, wildflower or petunia heirloom seeds that the innkeepers harvest themselves. With thousands of flowers in full bloom at all times, there’s always something to see and smell.

Glen-Ella Springs Inn Clarkesville, Georgia www.BnBFinder.com/Glen-Ella Fabulous peonies that pop up each spring and a row of hosta along the inn’s front porch are a magnificent sight to see. The brilliant old holly tree that graces the garden’s entrance and a creation of perennial and herb gardens accompany the formal garden area at the back of the inn. A pavilion for outdoor gatherings and the formal garden area are popular spots for weddings and gatherings. Glen-Ella Springs Inn

Oliver Inn Bed & Breakfast Oliver Inn Bed & Breakfast South Bend, Indiana www.BnBFinder.com/OliverInn Escape to this B&B’s “secret garden.” Walk through the garden gate and you’ll be surrounded by brilliant plants and flowers. The expansive yard is full of lawn chairs and a hammock for watching the bubbling bird bath or listening to the garden’s stone fountain. Relax on the swinging chair in the vine covered gazebo and feel a world away from it all.

The Inn at Bowman’s Hill New Hope, Pennsylvania www.BnBFinder.com/BowmansHill Visit this luxurious Bucks County bed & breakfast inn and totally unwind. The inn is situated on a beautifully landscaped estate adjacent to Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve. Enjoy a peaceful oasis of shade under the vine terrace or spend an afternoon in the Orchid Room conservatory. Five acres of rolling English gardens tempt guests to stroll through the grounds for hours or sit and take in the magnificent sights and smells. Inn at Bowman's Hill

Stone Hill Inn Stone Hill Inn Stowe, Vermont www.BnBFinder.com/StoneHillInn   Enjoy elegant floral views from hammocks, Adirondack chairs or benches that dot the inn's garden filled landscape. Perennial flower gardens wrap around the entire inn. Wind your way through the wooded walking trail of the inn's nine and a half acres and stop for lunch at the picnic table secluded among the trees. Guest will feel a sense of serene relaxation from the trickling sounds of the garden waterfall, which is the centerpiece of the grounds.

Lazy Cloud Lodge B&B Lake Geneva, Wisconsin www.BnBFinder.com/LazyCloud Situated on 3 picturesque acres, this is a true English cottage garden. In the spring more than two thousand tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and crocus bulbs flower and beckon hummingbirds and other beautiful songbirds. Set in the middle of the garden is a gazebo, where guests can sit and enjoy the perennial garden. Lay back in several double hammocks placed throughout the grounds and watch the world go by. Lazy Cloud Lodge B&B

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