from beyond my garden gate

Love Visiting Gardens? Become a Garden Correspondent.

Help us discover remarkable gardens through the people who visit them.

what is a garden correspondent?

A Beyond My Garden Gate Correspondent is a garden lover who shares a firsthand visit to a garden they know and enjoyed.

You don’t need to be a professional travel writer, photographer, horticulturist, or blogger. I’m looking for thoughtful garden visitors who can tell readers what a garden is really like: what caught your attention, what you wouldn’t miss, and what another garden traveler should know before visiting.

beyond my garden gate

Share the Gardens You Love

It’s simple: visit a garden, share your experience, and inspire someone else to discover it.

Visit

Explore a garden you love.

Visit a botanical garden, conservatory, historic estate, or another remarkable garden space.

Tell us what made it special.

Share what caught your attention, what you wouldn’t miss, and practical tips that could help another visitor.

inspire

Help someone discover a garden.

Your firsthand experience can introduce another garden lover to a place they may never have found otherwise.

The Process

How It Works

Step

Share Your Garden Idea

Tell me which garden you’ve visited and why you think BMGG readers would enjoy it.

Step

I’ll Send You the Correspondent Guide

If it’s a good fit, you’ll receive simple prompts to help you share your experience and photographs.

Step

We Create Your Garden Story

If your story is selected, I’ll edit and format it for BMGG while keeping your experience and voice at its heart.

could this be you?

Who Can Become a Correspondent?

You don’t need to be a professional writer, photographer, or horticulturist to become a Garden Correspondent. You simply need to love visiting gardens and be willing to share what you discovered.

You’ve personally visited the garden you want to share
You have your own photographs from the visit
You enjoy noticing the details that make a garden special
You’re willing to share practical tips that could help another visitor
You’d like to introduce other garden lovers to a place worth discovering

That’s it. I’ll help with the rest.

Gardens Near and Far

What Kinds of Gardens Can You Share?

From world-famous botanical gardens to smaller hidden gems, I’m interested in gardens that are worth experiencing and sharing with other garden lovers.

Botanical Gardens & Arboretums
Public gardens, university gardens and plant collections.
Historic & Estate Gardens
Gardens where history, architecture and horticulture come together.
Conservatories & Specialty Gardens
Glasshouses, rose gardens, Japanese gardens, sculpture gardens and other distinctive collections.
Hidden Gems
Smaller public gardens and lesser-known places that deserve to be discovered.
Gardens Around the World
Garden experiences aren’t limited to the United States—we want to travel beyond the gate.

Already featured on BMGG? That’s okay. A different season or a different visitor can reveal an entirely new side of a garden.

ready to share?

Tell Me About a Garden You Love

Have you visited a garden you think other garden lovers should know about? Tell me a little about it below. You don’t need to have a finished story—just start with the garden and what made it memorable.