Suggested Tours of English Gardens 2010

Foot maze, Hatfield House, Hertfordshire

Suitable dates for visits:- The South-West of England — Somerset, Devon and Cornwall — are good as early as April for spring flowering shrubs and bulbs. Rhododendrons, Clematis montana and bulbs are good in May particularly in the acid soils of the Lake District — Cumbria — and Yorkshire. The peak blooming time for the herbacious border is late May and June. Main season roses are at their best at the end of June and early July. Late July and August tend to be rather “green” months but the herbacious borders are full of late summer colour in September and the beginning of October. Autumnal colour continues through October.  

1. Spring in Somerset, Devon & Cornwall - six days

2. Spring in the Lake District and Yorkshire - six days
   
3. Cotswold Gardens - three or six day tour
   Tuesday 1^st to Sunday 6^th June
   for a three day tour, you may join us on either the first or the last three days of the tour.

   Chelsea Flower Show runs 25–29th May

4. Romantic Gardens of Kent, Sussex and Surrey - three or six days
   

5. Rose Tour in the Southern Counties
   

6. Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, Surrey and Sussex Gardens – three or six days
   

7. Gardens of Cambridge and East Anglia
   

Any of these tours may be run by request for groups of four 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,

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Prices 2009

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

The prices quoted only apply for a total group of at least 5 people. For smaller groups F L O R A may increase the price to cover costs.

Cambridge and Cotswold Tours

These tour prices include hotel B&B and evening meal:

Three days		UK £608
Six days		UK £1216

Other Scheduled Three, Five or Six Day Garden Tours

These tours do not include evening meals

Three Day Tour		UK £533
Five Day Tour		UK £888
Six Day Tour		UK £1066

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.

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Detailed Itineraries

Draft itineraries are available on request but otherwise final versions are sent after 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.