and Martha’s Vineyard Gardens and Tour

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June 23-30, 2011 Air, Hotel & Tour Package From $2,590.00 per person

Price is per person based on double occupancy. Single supplement from $660.00 is available. Airfare from Min- neapolis/St. Paul International Airport is included. Approxi- mate taxes and fuel charges of $78.00 are not included and are subject to change.

Included Features: Roundtrip airfare from Minneapolis/St. Paul to Providence, Rhode Island Join the University of Minnesota Landscape Four nights hotel accommodation in Arboretum for a fun-filled journey to historic and inspiring Newport Harbor and Martha’s Rhode Island Vineyard. A highlight of the tour will be Two nights hotel accommodation in attending the Newport Mansions Flower Show. Martha’s Vineyard At this historic event participate in Seven Breakfasts demonstrations, attend lectures and tour historic Three lunches mansions. One group seaside dinner While in the Newport area, you will experience Sightseeing and transfers as included the sights and smells of lush, botanical gardens, enjoy insightful tours through historic estates, in the itinerary including hanging out in the family’s Spectacular sights of Newport famous haunts. Ferry to Martha’s Vineyard After visiting Newport, you will advance to the Hotel taxes and service charges breathtaking island of Martha’s Vineyard. This A $200 per person contribution to the island, the biggest of the Northeast, houses Minnesota Landscape Arboretum wonderful, historic cottages and gorgeous Expert hosts throughout tour: Peter Olin gardens and sites of interest. of MNLA. Take a break from the hustle and bustle and join us on this relaxing coastal tour.

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Travel Itinerary Saturday, June 25—Newport Mansions and Flower Show: Thursday, June 23—Departure to Providence: Arrive in This morning we will meet after breakfast and transfer to the Providence and transfer to your hotel in Newport. Enjoy a Rose Cliff , which is hosting New England’s welcome lunch at the hotel. premier summertime flower and horticulture show – The Later we will make our way to Newport Mansions Flower Show. This show includes the Newport Harbor to board judged flower arrangements, a horticultural tent brimming the premier luxury yacht, the with plants and flowers, demonstrations, lectures and a Majestic, to enjoy the beautiful spectacular garden marketplace in the elegant reception sights of Newport Harbor and rooms and on the expansive oceanfront lawn of Rose Cliff. Narragansett Bay. The After spending the morning professional tour guide will point out the spectacular sights here, we will proceed to the during this one hour tour. Enjoy your leisurely evening and Elms mansion where we will dinner on your own. eat lunch on the terrace L overlooking the sunken garden. Upon finishing lunch Friday, June 24—Botanical Garden Visits: After breakfast we will we will have an audio tour of visit two of New England’s most fascinating botanical the house and time to explore gardens and arboretums. Our first visit will be to the the gardens. The rest of the Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum. Overlooking afternoon and evening will be Narragansett Bay and historic Bristol Harbor, Blithewold is on your own to explore Newport. Dinner is on your own one of the finest garden estates in New England. Our tonight. B exploration of Blithewold will include diverse gardens, specimen trees, and a 45-room English style manor house, Sunday, June 26—Newport Mansions: Today we will continue all chronicling the rich social history of the lives of one family our tours of the mansions and gardens. First up will be a over a span of more than 80 years. Arguably New short drive to Portsmouth to visit the Green Animal Topiary England’s finest garden estate, Blithewold Mansion, Gardens Garden. Here, the emphasis is not and Arboretum provides visitors a stunning ensemble of on a larger-than-life dwelling nearly 2,000 plants spread throughout a greenhouse and five overflowing with elaborate gardens on a 70-acre property. furnishings and art, but on the living creations that dwell in the Highlights include a ‘Rose Garden’ containing 30 species, a historic and expansive gardens. ‘North Garden’ with flourishing daffodils, tulips and lilies, Alice Brayton named her father's display gardens with more estate "Green Animals," a fitting than 50 perennials, tender name considering that 21 of the 80 perennials and annuals, a topiary trees in the gardens are sculpted in the likeness of 100-foot Giant Sequoia, a animals as diverse as an elephant, a unicorn, a teddy bear bamboo grove, and even and a Rhode Island Red rooster. We will then travel to the rock and water gardens. Bricks Market area where you will have time to shop and This mansion is the former eat before we go to the famous Breakers mansion. The s u m m e r h o m e o f Breakers is the grandest of Newport's summer "cottages" Pennsylvania coal magnate, Augustus Van Wickle. In and a symbol of the 's social and financial addition to our guided tour of the gardens we will also tour preeminence in turn of the century America. Here we will this charming forty-five room, turn-of-the-century mansion, take a self-guided audio tour. After enjoying the home and which still contains many of the original furnishings. We will the gardens at , we will then go to the Marble finish with a buffet lunch on the breakfast porch of the House. mansion. was built between 1888 and 1892 for Mr. We will then continue our tour to popular historic sites including and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt. It was a summer house, or a stroll along the College Hill and Benefit Street historic "cottage", as Newporters called them in remembrance of districts. This landmark area is the historic home to the Rhode the modest houses of the early 19th century. But Marble Island Supreme Court and the Providence Athenaeum, the House was much more; it was a social and architectural fourth-oldest library in America. The Rhode Island School of landmark that set the pace for Newport's subsequent Design and Brown University are also optional stops along this transformation from a quiet summer colony of wooden stroll. Upon our return to Newport, you will have the evening at houses to the legendary resort of opulent stone palaces. leisure and dinner on your own. B L

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Our final stop will be the Chateau- Sur-Mer. Chateau-sur-Mer is the first of the grand Bellevue Avenue mansions of the mansions in Newport, Rhode Island. It is now open to the public as a museum. Chateau-sur-Mer's grand scale and lavish parties ushered in the Gilded Age of Newport, as it was the most palatial residence in Newport until the Vanderbilt houses in the 1890s. The evening and dinner is at leisure on your own. B

Monday, June 27—Day at Leisure: After breakfast you will have time on your own to explore the Newport area. You may want to visit more mansions, take time to Not an Arboretum Member? walk the Cliffs, or take a ferry to You can still come along! visit Jamestown on Conanicut Island. After a full day at leisure Non-members will need to add $100 per person to the the group will meet back at the hotel to enjoy a group dinner tour price. To qualify for the Arboretum member’s price, at a seaside restaurant. B D each traveler must be a member of the Minnesota Land-

scape Arboretum. Please contact the Arboretum at 952- Tuesday, June 28—Departure for Martha’s Vineyard: Today, after a group breakfast in your hotel, you will travel from Newport to 443-1440 for membership information. Martha’s Vineyard by ferry. Here you will see historic coastlines, private gardens and quaint cottages. The tour begins with a stop in the Oak Bluff’s community where we will visit the quaint gingerbread B = Breakfast L = Lunch D = Dinner cottages. Most of these homes feature incredible gardens with a Not included in the tour: Airline taxes and fuel sur- variety of themes and unique architecture. charges, any airline fees for checked pieces of luggage,

After a stop for your own shopping or lunch, you will move on to optional sightseeing activities, gratuities to drivers and Edgartown, an old whaling district. Here, you can experience breath guides, meals not indicated in the itinerary, excess baggage taking views of beaches, admire old lighthouses, charges, travel insurance, any other items not specifically and enjoy seeing sailboats on the horizon. Enjoy mentioned as included in the itinerary. the rest of the afternoon on your own to explore the sites and vineyards this wonderful island has to offer. B Deposits: $500 per person at the time of booking. Travelers will be provided with a deposit and Wednesday, June 29—Polly Hill: After payment schedule. breakfast in your hotel, you will set off for the Polly Hill Arboretum. Take pleasure seeing Polly’s playpen, a fenced in garden containing some of the Call the Experts at Macy’s Travel. arboretum’s most beautiful plants. After enjoying the wide variety of Several convenient locations to serve you. flowers, you will set off for a farewell group lunch. The remainder of the afternoon will be at your leisure to beach comb, relax or enjoy a MINNESOTA MICHIGAN Minneapolis 763-852-8164 Oakland 763-852-8165 quaint restaurant, shop or music venue. B L Ridgedale 763-852-8166 Southland 763-852-8170 Burnsville 763-852-8161 Somerset 763-852-8168 Thursday, June 30—Departures for home: Enjoy breakfast in your Southdale 763-852-8169 MI Toll Free 800-203-0359 hotel. After, you will head to the airport for departures to your home Maplewood 763-852-8163 cities. B Rosedale 763-852-8167 St. Cloud 763-852-8171 MN Toll Free 866-337-9183

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