About us

Chief Executive

Alison Partridge, founder and owner of Going Gardens, has spent her career in the tourism and travel industry with a strong philosophy that exploring the world is part of any education and that learning is as important to an 80 year old as it is to an 8 year old. She combines this with many years in the world of gardens throughout the world.

Alison’s strengths are:

• In depth knowledge of the travel industry;
• International expertise of gardens and the horticultural world;
• A vast international network in her own right, complemented by involvement with SKÅL* International

Advisory Board of Directors

• Michel Gauthier (Canada’s Garden Route)
• Roger Charles (Horticulture Centre of the Pacific, Vancouver Island)

*President of SKÅL International (UK) 2014-2015.