2024 English Gardens & The Chelsea Flower Show
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Tour Code:
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Start City:
London
End City:
London
Tour Style:
Tour Quality:
Luxury
Tour Length:
9 days
Tour Capacity:
18
Dates & Prices
| Start Date | End Date | Offers | Brochure Land Price | Quote |
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| Wednesday, May 15, 2024 | Thursday, May 23, 2024 | $14,295 | Get Our Price | Get Quote |
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Tour Itinerary
Savor the joys of spring with privileged access atevery turn on this quintessential English journeyspanning exclusive estates and gardens, culminatingin a Royal Horticultural Society Members’ Day atthe Chelsea Flower Show.
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Day 1
London, EnglandUpon arrival, you are met and transferred to your luxuryhotel set among gardens. Enjoy a private welcome dinner atthis historic manor house.Hotel: Ockenden Manor
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Day 2
West SussexJourney to Storrington for a private tour of the 16th-centuryParham House and its landscaped Pleasure Grounds. StrollVeronica'''s Maze and The Walled Garden, learning howthey are organically maintained. After lunch at ParhamHouse, visit nearby Borde Hill Garden, set on 200 acres oftraditional English landscape.Hotel: Ockenden Manor
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Day 3
Sissinghurst & Great DixterToday, enjoy a private tour of the late Christopher Lloyd'''sgarden at Great Dixter, conducted before opening hours.Built in the Arts and Crafts style, it mingles vegetables andflowers, a large orchard with pockets of wildflowers and a magnificent herbaceous border. Later, drive to SissinghurstCastle and stroll its garden. Learn how Harold Nicolson, adiplomat and author, laid down its main lines while his wife,Vita Sackville-West, a poet and gardening writer, handledthe planting. View the influential White Garden, whichexemplifies early 20th-century garden designer GertrudeJekyll'''s use of color themes.Hotel: Ockenden Manor
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Day 4
HampshireDrive north to the quaint and charming Cotswolds area, pausingin a wooded corner of North Hampshire for a visit to the gardensof West Green House. Learn how acclaimed designer MarylynAbbott fused neoclassical and contemporary influences as youtour the grounds with the senior gardener. Then, stay on sitefor lunch. Later, toast your day with a Scenic Sundowner beforedining at your hotel.Hotel: Dormy House
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Day 5
The CotswoldsEnjoy a private visit to Kiftsgate Court Gardens and strollthe harmonious, color-schemed upper gardens. Afterward,drive to the lovely town of Chipping Campden to visit itsHigh Street, Jacobean Market Hall and impressive Churchof St. James. Continue to nearby Hidcote Manor ''' oneof England'''s greatest gardens and a true Arts and Craftsmasterpiece ''' to explore its series of unique outdoor'''rooms.''' Nestled in the Cotswolds, a range of hills known fortheir beauty, the garden offers stunning panoramas acrossthe Vale of Evesham.Hotel: Dormy House
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Day 6
The CotswoldsVisit Jackdaws Castle, a renowned facility for British jumpracing. Follow horses from their indoor school outdoors towatch them work on their various gallops under the watchful eye of the owner-trainer and his team, all the while takingin the stunning scenery of this magical setting. Return tothe yard to watch a horse swim in an equine pool and thenjoin a guide who introduces you to some of the amazingthoroughbreds. Finish with a cordial visit to the ownerssuite. This afternoon, explore Sudeley Castle (resting placeof Katherine Parr) or stroll the scenic Cotswolds Way to anearby neolithic burial site.Hotel: Dormy House
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Day 7
Blenheim PalaceDrive to Blenheim Palace, a magnificent edifice set on2,100 acres of beautiful parkland landscaped by Lancelot'''Capability''' Brown. Enjoy a special talk and tour focused onthe life of Sir Winston Churchill, who was born here in 1874.Examine the breadth of his talent and achievement, frombricklayer to the '''Greatest Briton.''' After lunch at leisure,continue to London.Hotel: Brown's Hotel
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Day 8
The Chelsea Flower ShowAttend the world-renowned Chelsea Flower Show on anexclusive Royal Horticultural Society Members''' Day. Enjoya four-course luncheon and an open bar, as well as morningand afternoon tea, in an exclusive Royal HorticulturalSociety hospitality area. Walk countless exhibits showcasingthe finest examples of English gardening and some of themost avant-garde show-garden designs in the world. Returnto the hotel in the late afternoon, gathering in the evening fora farewell dinner.Hotel: Brown's Hotel
Meals: Breakfast Lunch Dinner -
Day 9
LondonAfter breakfast, transfer to the airport and depart.
Meals: Breakfast
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