Where to Go: the 9 Best Kitchen Garden Visits

1.From Garden to Table: Indonesian Cooking Class in Yogyakarta

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 24 reviews · 5 hours · from $46Our pick

Join Endah and her family for a five-hour private cooking class in Yogyakarta. Pick herbs from the garden, learn traditional Javanese methods, prepare six local dishes, and eat what you make. Welcome drinks, ingredients, equipment, and recipes are included. The class is in English and wheelchair accessible.

“Goede, privé, kookcursus van Endah! Je wordt verwelkomt met een traditioneel drankje en snack. Lieve, warme cheffin die je vanuit haar eigen tuin ingrediënten laat plukken en uitleg geeft van alle planten. Na het plukken ga je aan de slag met het maken van de gekozen gerechten (je kunt kiezen uit 7 menu's). Uiteraard mag je alles zelf opeten, het was zo veel dat wij de helft nog niet op kregen. Wij vonden het een leuke, leerzame ervaring. Dankjel Endah!”

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2.St Hugo Garden to Table Experience & Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 19 reviews · from $197

At St Hugo Wines in Rowland Flat, Chef Simon Hicks leads you through the Kitchen Garden with Champagne before an eight-course meal at the open kitchen. Each course comes with a matched St Hugo wine. The three-hour experience starts at 11:00 am, costs $197.24 per person, and is limited to six adults.

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3.Authentic Garden to Table Cooking Class in Dubrovnik Countryside

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 17 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $208Top rated

Travel from Dubrovnik to Kameni Dvori in Konavle, where Ivo, Katarina, and the Mujo family guide you through bread making, garden picking, egg gathering, and a seasonal Croatian meal. You may milk a goat, hear 500 years of family stories, and share lunch with homemade wine in a small group of up to eight.

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4.TSS Earnslaw Cruise & Walter Peak Garden to Table in Queenstown

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews · from $96

Take a 45-minute cruise each way on Queenstown’s vintage TSS Earnslaw to Walter Peak High Country Farm. A rural host leads you through the restaurant garden, where you sample produce from the beds and orchard before enjoying a garden platter. You’ll also plant a native tree or shrub as part of the farm’s restoration work.

“The food and the guide were A+++ We love the boat, food and farm experience. Will recommend to everyone”

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5.Queenstown: Walter Peak Garden to Table Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 12 reviews · 3h 30m · from $92

Take a 45-minute cruise aboard the 1912 TSS Earnslaw to Walter Peak High Country Farm. A rural host and horticulturist guide you through the garden, native plants, and restoration work before you plant a shrub or tree and share a generous lunch made with garden produce. The return cruise completes this three-and-a-half-hour outing.

“The tour is amazing and our tour guide name ~ surjane (sorry i must spell wrong) is 100/100!!!”

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6.Farmers Market & Royal Vegetable Garden Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $108

Spend three hours tasting Versailles with a small English-speaking group of up to eight. Start with warm Cramique, shop the Notre-Dame market for fruit, meats, cheese, wine, and pastries, then eat among the flowers and vegetables of Louis XIV’s former royal garden. Guide Clement is praised for his food and local history knowledge.

“Extremely delicious and informative tour. Our guide, Clement was extremely knowledgeable about the area’s history and the food. The special part was eating in the secret garden surrounded by the beautiful flowers and vegetables.”

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7.Slowlife Family Farm- Cook with us From Garden to Table Syracuse

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $180

Spend about five hours with Carlo and Jessie at their off-grid riverside farm near Noto. Pick organic vegetables, make ricotta ravioli from freshly milled wheat, cook over an open fire, taste local cheese and wine, and share a long Sicilian lunch. A licensed historical guide adds stories about the farm and its ancient setting. Vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free diets are welcome.

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8.Garden to Table and Private Cooking Class in St. George

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 9 reviews · from $120

Spend about three and a half hours at Home Hospitality Grenada with Chef Kennedy and his wife. Pick herbs and vegetables from the garden, learn their food and health uses, then help prepare dishes such as fritters and oil down. Lunch, coconut water, local juice, rum punch, and herb tea are included.

“We had such an incredible afternoon, chef Kennedy and his wife were so accommodating. We did this on my birthday and it is a day I will never forget. We cooked fritters and Oildown and it was amazing. We sat on their balcony to eat with Read more”

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9.Slowlife Family Farm: From Garden to Table

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 6 reviews · from $164

Spend four hours with Jess and Carlo at a 16-year off-grid farm near Syracuse. Tour Greek and Roman remains, learn about rare Sicilian vegetables, mill wheat into pasta, gather garden ingredients, and share a meal with local wine and olive oil.

“Amazing! Highly recommend taking this tour. Jess and Carlo are excellent, welcoming hosts. You can really feel their compassion and love for their incredible project and land. They make you feel like you are a part of it. This is more than a tour. It is a beautiful life experience. The property is beautiful with a rich history. We really enjoyed learning about all of the past civilizations that inhabited their land. We loved how they are incorporating their personal stamp with honoring and respecting the vast amount of history on their property. Learning about the revival of their ancient garden and the milling wheat was a delight. We learned…”

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