FLORA

Scheduled Tours of English Gardens 2008

Foot maze, Hatfield House, Hertfordshire
Foot maze
This year F L O R A has eight tours visiting gardens throughout England offering a complete range of the English garden scene and seasons.  
  1. Spring in Somerset, Devon & Cornwall - six days
    Wednesday 23rd – Monday 28th April

  2. Spring in the Lake District and Yorkshire - six days
    Sunday 4th – Friday 9th May
  3. Cotswold Gardens - a four day tour
    Wednesday 14th – Saturday 17th May

    Chelsea Flower Show runs 20–24th May

  4. Romantic Gardens of Kent, Sussex and Surrey - three or six days
    Saturday 14th – Thursday 19th June
    If you want a three day tour, you may join us for first or last three days of the tour

  5. Rose Tour in the Southern Counties
    Saturday 21st – Thursday 26th June
    If you want a three day tour, you may join us for first or last three days of the tour

  6. Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, Surrey and Sussex Gardens – three or six days
    Monday 7th – Friday 11th July
    a five day tour visiting the show on the 10th
    If you want a three day tour, you may join us for first or last three days of the tour

  7. Gardens of Cambridge and East Anglia
    Thursday 17th – Tuesday 22nd July
  8. Gardens of Cambridge and East Anglia
    Thursday 11th – Tuesday 16th September

These tours may be run on other dates, by request, for groups of six or more people. See also our list of suggested special tours.

It is usual to arrive in the hotel the evening before the first tour day

Barbara, your enthusiasm, your knowledge of plants and English history, and your kindness meant we could not have asked for a more perfect guide for all those beautiful gardens we visited.
- Kim Schauer from Virginia,




Prices 2008

For small groups. Personalised guiding with a briefing and historical slide talk in the evening. Price includes two, four or five nights en suite accommodation; breakfast; all transport on tour and garden entrance fees

Cotswold and Cambridge Tours

These tour prices include hotel B&B and evening dinner:
Three daysUS $1015UK £507
Four daysUS $1354UK £677
Six daysUS $2030UK £1015

Other Scheduled Three, Five or Six Day Garden Tours

These tours do not include evening meals

Three Day Tour US $888 UK £444
Five Day Tour US $1480 UK £740
Six Day Tour US $1776 UK £888

Price reductions: Members of the Royal Oak, English National Trust or a group of five to seven people qualify for a 5% reduction in tour price, and groups of eight to twelve for a 10% reduction.

Special Garden Tours

Prices quoted on request of tour.



Detailed Itineraries

Draft itineraries are available on request but otherwise final versions are sent aftre the receipt of a completed booking form and 10% deposit and will arrive two months before the tour starts. A receipt for the payment of deposit and final amount — due 2 months before the tour starts — will be sent immediately I receive them. The itineraries will include details of arrangements for collecting and leaving participants at the start and end of the tour. F L O R A Garden Tours can arrange accommodation for you for the night before and after the tour if you wish.

Other information sent with the itineraries concerns the sort of weather to expect as well as the clothing and equipment recommended for the tour.

For printed information click here.