- Travel with a small group of 15-20 guests, escorted by an expert Botanical Guide
- Includes eight nights’ accommodation in centrally located four- to five-star hotels, return private transfers from door to door, tipping and porterage, plus 15 meals and select beverages
- Relax aboard a comfortable coach with an experienced and informative Tour Manager
- All sightseeing and entrance fees as per the itinerary
- Explore the Chelsea Flower Show with your Botanical Guide and enjoy a pre-show lecture
- Stay in Hever Castle of Anne Boleyn fame
- Visit Winston Churchill’s magnificent garden Chartwell, as well as RHS Wisley and Dyrham Park
- Explore iconic gardens, including Sissinghurst, Great Dixter, Bodnant, Powis Castle, and Plas Brondanw
Iconic Gardens of England & Wales in Spring, with Chelsea Flower Show
Trip Type: Flower Shows
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The ideal tour for those wishing to discover the famed gardens of England and Wales. Enter the grounds of the celebrated Chelsea Flower Show before...
Iconic Gardens of England & Wales in Spring, with Chelsea Flower Show
The ideal tour for those wishing to discover the famed gardens of England and Wales. Enter the grounds of the celebrated Chelsea Flower Show before the crowds and see the exhibits with your Botanical Guide. Learn what goes into an award-winning garden during a special presentation by a leading garden designer. Stay two nights in the historic Hever Castle of Anne Boleyn fame. Visit Bodnant Garden, Great Dixter, Sissinghurst, Hidcote, and Kew Gardens. These quintessential gardens will be in full bloom during our spring travels.
You will be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. At 6.30 pm, enjoy dinner and a lecture about the Chelsea Flower Show by a leading garden designer.
Accommodation
London, The May Fair Hotel or similar
Meals Included
Lunch
Location
London , United kingdom
Explore the Chelsea Flower Show’s gardens, marquee and stalls. The world’s greatest flower show will once again take place with the usual cutting-edge garden design, fabulous floral displays and garden retail exhibits. This afternoon, visit the world-famous Kew Gardens. Not only is it London’s largest UNESCO World Heritage site, Kew Gardens also houses the world’s most diverse collection of living plants. From here, we continue to Oxford.
Accommodation
Two Nights: Oxford, Randolph Hotel or similar
Meals Included
Breakfast
Location
London , United kingdom
Explore Waddesdon Manor, known for its colourful parterre, walks, fountains and statuary. Built by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild between 1874 and 1885, the manor also boasts a collection of artworks numbering in the thousands. From here, we travel to Hatfield House to enjoy its West Gardens. As you wander the grounds, notice the massive yew hedge, inside which are spring bulbs, geraniums, iris, shrubs, herbaceous plants, roses and annuals. Later, enjoy a short orientation tour of Oxford.
Meals Included
Breakfast,Lunch
Location
London , United kingdom
This morning, visit Hidcote Manor Garden, one of England’s great arts and crafts gardens, and explore its colourful and intricately designed outdoor ‘rooms’, before continuing to Betws-y-coed in Wales.
Accommodation
Two Nights: Betws-y-coed, Royal Oak Hotel or similar
Meals Included
Breakfast,Lunch
Location
London , United kingdom
Visit Sir Clough Williams-Ellis’s most famous creation, Plas Brondanw Garden, which was his home for more than 70 years. Then travel to Portmeirion, also designed by Williams-Ellis, which served as the setting for the TV series The Prisoner. Afterwards, visit the expansive Bodnant Garden, with views across Conwy Valley. With its intimate corners, sweeping lawns, grand terraces and verdant woodland, Bodnant lays claim to possessing many gardens within one across its expansive grounds. Marvel at the stunning Laburnum in full spring bloom.
Meals Included
Breakfast
Location
London , United kingdom
This morning, visit Powis Castle and admire its world-famous terraced garden that boasts stunning vistas from its series of terraces, embellished by clipped yews and herbaceous borders. Stop in at Sir Roy Strong’s garden, The Laskett, which has continued to evolve since works began there in 1974. Roy is the former director of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
Accommodation
Gloucester, Hatherley Manor or similar
Meals Included
Breakfast,Lunch
Location
London , United kingdom
Travel to RHS Wisley Garden. This world-renowned garden is home to a wide variety of plants, from stunning flowers to towering trees. Explore the various gardens, including the Rock Garden, the Mediterranean Garden, and the Glasshouse. Enjoy lunch in the Terrace restaurant before continuing to Hever Castle where we will spend the next two nights. This stunning castle and gardens were once the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife.
Accommodation
Two Nights: Hever Castle (Astor Wing) or similar
Meals Included
Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner
Location
London , United kingdom
Enjoy a visit to Great Dixter, the family home of gardener and gardening writer Christopher Lloyd. The garden, and his writings about it, were the focus of his energy and enthusiasm for the better part of his life. Admire the property’s wildflower meadow and long border with hot colours. Continue to Sissinghurst to see the 1930s White Garden created by Vita Sackville-West and her husband.
Meals Included
Breakfast,Lunch
Location
London , United kingdom
Today, visit Chartwell, the magnificent home and gardens of Sir Winston Churchill. The house is still much as it was when the Churchill family lived here, with pictures, books and personal mementoes evoking the career and wide-ranging interests of this influential family. Our tour ends at The May Fair Hotel in London at approximately 3.00 pm.
Meals Included
Breakfast
Location
London , United kingdom
- Prices are for land only, flights not included
- Group Size: Up to 25 Botanica travellers
- Fitness Rating: Medium
- Itinerary and inclusions are subject to change
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BTCW9
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Trip Starts:
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