FLORA

Cotswold Gardens - a four day tour
Wednesday 14th – Saturday 17th May

Buscot Park, Oxfordshire
Buscot Park Gardens, Oxfordshire
F L O R A Garden Tours visits Hidcote Manor, Kiftsgate Court, Blenheim Palace and Sudeley Castle.

The Cotswold Hills, lying between Birmingham to the North and Oxford to the South, are renowned for their picturesque honey coloured sand-stone villages. Here are some world-class gardens commemorated in the names of famous flower and fruit cultivars such as Blenheim Palace, Hidcote Manor and Kiftsgate Court. There are also the homes of famous gardeners like Rosemary Verey at Barnsley House and Beatrix Havergal's Waterperry, one of the first horticultural colleges for women.

There are many lesser known but lovely gardens such as Sudeley Castle, Sezincote, Charlecote Park, Buscot Park and Greys Court. A selection of these are visited together with some memorable small gardens such as Brook Cottage.