18TH WORLD ROSE CONVENTION TOUR EX NZ WITH LYNDA HALLINAN 21 JUNE – 14 JULY 2018

helloworld Te Rapa - Jacqui Currall [email protected] 027 548 2090 or 07 849 0449 ROSE TOUR WITH LYNDA HALLINAN ITINERARY THURSDAY 21ST JUNE – SATURDAY 14TH JULY 2018 THURSDAY 21ST JUNE The harbour, old streets, historic mansions and town houses all make Faaborg a pleasant city for visitors. Its many restaurants serve a wide variety DAY 1: DEPART AUCKLAND 12:10PM ON of Danish and foreign dishes. Plougs Gård on Vestergade, built around 1790, SQ286 - ARRIVE SINGAPORE 7:00PM is one of the finest buildings in the town with its Neoclassical façade On arrival at Changi Airport make your way through customs Re-join the coach for the transfer to Egeskov Castle where a visit and immigration to the arrivals hall and meet your coach driver has been arranged for the transfer to the Novotel Clarke Quay (or similar) where The house as we see it today, was built by Frands Brockenhuus and was accommodation has been arranged for the next two nights on a bed completed in 1554. A few years prior to this, he had married Anne Tinhuus and breakfast basis who had taken over the original estate from her parents. In those days, political unrest, the Reformation and the Counts’ Feud caused many Overnight Singapore landowners to build their houses as well-protected castles, and Frands Brockenhuus was no exception. He built his castle in the middle of a lake on FRIDAY 22ND JUNE a foundation of oak pilings, according to legend, in such quantities that “it DAY 2: SINGAPORE took an oak forest to do it” Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant At the end of your visit, re-join the coach for the transfer back to the After breakfast, meet your coach, driver and guide for a full day tour Grand Hotel of sightseeing and visits. You will start with a guided tour of the city Overnight Odense and then visits have been arranged to the Gardens by the Bay and to the Botanic Garden TUESDAY 26TH JUNE The Gardens by the Bay are led by a multidisciplinary team of professionals DAY 6: ODENSE TO who have been involved in the greening of Singapore and had worked Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant alongside international and local experts to develop the Gardens. They have an in-house team of skilled landscape designers, horticulturists, arborists, After breakfast, check out of the hotel and join the coach and engineers, plant health, garden and turf management experts, as well as driver. You will also meet your guide for your guided tour of Hans plant research and orchid breeding professionals, who leverage on the Christian Andersen’s . As part of the tour, visits have extensive global network of plant sources cultivated during the development been arranged to the Hans Christian Andersen Museum and his days, to continuously curate and grow the Gardens childhood home The idea of a national garden in Singapore started in 1822 when Sir At the end of the tour, say goodbye to the guide and start the journey Stamford Raffles developed the first “Botanical and Experimental Garden” to Aarhus which will take approx. 2 hours at Fort Canning. It was only in 1859 that the Garden at its present site was founded and laid out in the English Landscape Movement’s style. The On arrival in Aarhus you will be taken to the First Atlantic Hotel (or Garden was soon handed over to the British colonial Government and a similar) where accommodation has been arranged for the next two series of Kew trained botanists saw the Garden blossom into an important nights on a bed and breakfast basis botanical institute over the following decades Overnight Aarhus Overnight Singapore WEDNESDAY 27TH JUNE SATURDAY 23RD JUNE DAY 7: VISITS FROM AARHUS DAY 3: TRAVEL TO Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant After breakfast, meet your coach and driver for the start of today’s Free day to discover Singapore. Late check out included until 7pm visits. Your first visit will be to the grounds of Castle Transfer to Singapore Airport to meet the flight (subject to the Royal Family NOT being in residence) Depart Singapore 11:50pm on SQ352 is located in Aarhus and is the royal couple’s summer residence. The castle is surrounded by an English-style park with ponds, a SUNDAY 24TH JUNE rose garden and a number of works of art DAY 4: ARRIVE COPENHAGEN 06:25AM Re-join the coach and you will transfer to Aalestrup which is approx. 1½ hours’ drive away. On arrival, you will be taken to the Once the group is gathered please join the coach and driver for the Rose Park where you will have some free time to admire the roses transfer to Odense. This journey will take approx. 2½ hours and will take you across the Storebaelt Bridge During the afternoon, you will be taken back to Aarhus where a visit to the Aros Art Museum has been arranged On arrival in Odense you will be taken to the Grand Hotel Odense (or similar) where accommodation has been arranged for the next 3000 square metres of art distributed on two floors mark the beginning of the narrative about 400 years of human interaction with nature two nights on a bed and breakfast basis After your visit, transfer back to the hotel Overnight Odense Overnight Aarhus MONDAY 25TH JUNE DAY 5: VISITS FROM ODENSE THURSDAY 28TH JUNE DAY 8: AARHUS TO COPENHAGEN Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant After breakfast, meet the coach and driver for the start of today’s visits. Your first visit will be to the town of Faaborg where you will After breakfast, check out of the hotel and join the coach and driver. have free time to explore This morning you will visit – The Old Town Den Gamle By is an open-air town museum located in the Aarhus Botanical ROSE TOUR WITH LYNDA HALLINAN ITINERARY THURSDAY 21ST JUNE – SATURDAY 14TH JULY 2018 Gardens. In 1914 the museum opened as the world’s first open-air museum Roses, and North German Kordes Roses and Tantau Roses will of its kind, concentrating on town culture rather than village culture, and create a display with their most fragrant roses, just as at famous to this day it remains one of just a few top rated Danish museums outside flower shows. Participants are invited to vote for the most beautiful Copenhagen. The museum buildings are organized into a small town of rose and for the most fragrant rose. The winners will be announced chiefly half-timbered structures originally erected between 1550 and the late 19th century in various parts of the country and later moved to Aarhus during at the celebration the following day in Park. Make sure you the 20th century. In all there are some 27 rooms, chambers or kitchens, arrive in front of no later than 13.45 hours 34 workshops, 10 groceries or shops, 5 historical gardens, a post office, At 14.00, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary will baptise a customs office, a school and a theatre spread throughout the town with the convention rose, bred by Poulsen Roses. You will also have museum staff working in the roles of town figures i.e. merchant, blacksmith the opportunity to take a walk in the King’s Garden and visit the etc. adding to the illusion of a “living” town Renaissance Rose Garden as well as exploring the castle and the After the visit, re-join the coach and you will be taken to the port exhibition of the Crown Jewels where you will join the ferry which will take you from Aarhus to Cold and hot drinks and light snacks will be available throughout Odden. This crossing will take approx. 1½ hours. When you have landed in Odden you will be taken onto Copenhagen – 1½ hours the afternoon and to the Hotel (or similar) where accommodation has been The Queen’s Guard close the gates at 17.00 hours arranged for the next seven nights on a bed and breakfast basis Make your way at leisure back to the hotel On arrival, you will need to make yourself known at the Tivoli Overnight Copenhagen Congress Centre for registration for A Fairytale of Roses – the 18th World Rose Convention SATURDAY 30TH JUNE 18.00-20.00 hours DAY 10: WORLD ROSE CONVENTION Meet and greet at Copenhagen City Hall Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant The impressive 19th century Copenhagen City Hall in the very heart 8.30-12.00 hours of Copenhagen will house the informal meet and greet. The Danish Nordic lectures will take place in the Tivoli Congress Centre – all Rose Society has obtained exclusive use of the beautiful hall for lectures will be in English exhibitions during the Convention. The winning entries in the photo 08.30-09.30 hours Denmark contest will be displayed on the movable exhibition walls as well as 09.30-10.00 hours Sweden unique artwork in patch-work, all set in an ambience of roses and 10.00-10.30 hours BREAK fairy tales. The meet and greet is a great opportunity to enjoy the 10.30-11.00 hours Iceland exhibition. The very next afternoon, the Danish florists will fill the 11.00-11.30 hours Norway City Hall. 11.30-12.00 hours The Danish Floral Art Championship sponsored by INTERFLORA (A detailed lecture programme will be published later) with the theme “Roses and Fairytales” will take place Saturday and 12.00-17.00 hours Sunday. The flower decorations will subsequently be exhibited in An afternoon of celebration in the City Hall, and you can visit and see them also on the following Shuttle buses will take you to Valby Park, the biggest park in days Copenhagen, situated only 5 km from Tivoli Congress Centre. Overnight Copenhagen In Valby Park you will – starting with a lunch – celebrate 50 years FRIDAY 29TH JUNE of WFRS DAY 9: WORLD ROSE CONVENTION Our President will give his celebration speech, and the President and all former Presidents present will act as Godmothers and Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant -fathers to a rose, bred by Rosa Eskelund, commemorating the 10.00-12.30 hours event Opening ceremony at Copenhagen City Hall The afternoon will also give you time to enjoy the rose garden (12.000 The Opening Ceremony will take place in Copenhagen City Hall. roses), the newly laid-out Nordic rose bed, to join in guided tours of The Lord Mayor of Copenhagen will greet and welcome you and the themed gardens, to enjoy a catwalk of dresses with Roses and after the official Ceremony, the City of Copenhagen will host a light Fairytales in sustainable materials and the announcement of the buffet lunch of the renowned traditional City Hall Pancakes with winners of yesterday’s rose trial at Rosenborg Castle wine and refreshments On Saturday evening, you may wish to spend time in Tivoli Gardens. 12.00-17.00 hours If you do spend the evening there and wish to enjoy a dinner with An afternoon at Rosenborg Castle and Garden friends, it is necessary to book a table. There will be a shuttle bus if needed, but if you can walk, don’t miss this stroll with guides through the old city. This easy 1.1 km walk at Or enjoy the evening in lively and cozy Nyhavn, where the restaurants a relaxed pace on pedestrian streets through the lively centre of along the pier have indoor and outdoor serving of Danish seafood Copenhagen will take you to The King’s Garden, where you will find and traditional Danish cuisine - throughout the evening the 16th century Rosenborg Castle Overnight Copenhagen The Rosenborg Castle is built on the Castle Island surrounded by a SUNDAY 1ST JULY moat. A narrow bridge leads you over the moat to the Castle Island. On the lawns in front of Rosenborg Castle the North European DAY 11: WORLD ROSE CONVENTION world famous rose breeders, Danish Poulsen Roses, English Austin Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant ROSE TOUR WITH LYNDA HALLINAN ITINERARY THURSDAY 21ST JUNE – SATURDAY 14TH JULY 2018 09.00-18.30 hours Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant Full day tour 08.30-12.30 hours This lovely summer Sunday will take us to the royal palace of Lectures entitled The Future will take place at the Tivoli Congress Fredensborg – the Queen’s summer residence. Here we will visit Centre the beautiful park and the rose garden, and a rose chosen by His 08.30-09.15 hours Lecture Royal Highness Prince Henrik will be baptised in his honour 09.15-10.00 hours Lecture Next stop will be at the impressive baroque park at Frederiksborg 10.00-10.30 hours BREAK Castle 10.30-12.00 hours Breeders’ Club 12.00-12.30 hours Presentation of 19th WRC We will continue to Gerlev Parken – an arboretum – with two important rose collections: 13.00-17.00 hours Lunch and visit to Private Rose Gardens A+B 1. The renowned nurseryman and breeder (‘Aïcha’, ‘Fenja’ and ‘Menja’) Valdemar Petersen’s collection of heritage roses 19.00-23.00 hours The Farewell Dinner and Closing Ceremony will take place at the 2. The collection from four generations of the Poulsen family Pavillion This very special place in Danish rose history is being maintained 18.00-19.00 hours by Friends of the Garden. The Friends will meet us and be our Canal Boats will take you through Copenhagen Harbour along the guides all afternoon narrow canals passing houseboats and low bridges as they built Going back to Copenhagen we will visit one of the most modern them in the 16th century. You should board the Canal boat at the garden centres in Denmark - Plantorama Hillerød. Here we will pier by the Fish Market, 200 metres from Tivoli Hotel and disembark enjoy a light supper before returning to Copenhagen at Langelinie next to The Little Mermaid. From here it is only 50 This afternoon we will also name a rose bred by Poulsen Roses to metres to Langelinie Pavillion and the farewell Dinner commemorate The Danish Rose Society’s 25th anniversary Shuttle buses will take you back to Tivoli Hotel in 15 min. Overnight Copenhagen It’s a 5 km drive, but there is also a pedestrian walk along the MONDAY 2ND JULY harbour DAY 12: WORLD ROSE CONVENTION Overnight Copenhagen Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant THURSDAY 5TH JULY 08.30-12.30 hours DAY 15: DENMARK TO SWEDEN Lectures entitled The Past will take place in the Tivoli Congress Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant Centre After breakfast, check out of the hotel and meet the coach and driver. 08.30-09.45 hours Lecture (WFRS) Once the coach is loaded you will start your journey to Sweden. 09.45-10.30 hours Lecture The journey time is just short of 3 hours to Ronneby during which 10.30-11.00 hours BREAK you will travel over the Oeresund Bridge which connects Denmark 11.00-11.45 hours Lecture and Sweden 11.45-12.30 hours Lecture 13.00-17.00 hours Lunch and Visit to Private Rose On arrival in Ronneby you will be taken to the Ronneby Brunn Hotel Gardens A+B (or similar) where accommodation has been arranged for tonight on a bed and breakfast basis Overnight Copenhagen This afternoon, a visit will be made to Ronneby Brunnspark and TUESDAY 3RD JULY Rose Garden DAY 13: WORLD ROSE CONVENTION In the Rosenträdgård about a thousand roses have been planted, a large proportion of them were very popular in the late 1800’s and the early 1900’s, Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant such as “Souvenir de la Malmaison” from 1843, “Magna Carta” from 1876 08.30-12.30 hours and “Boule”. There are also a considerable number of new plants, for Lectures entitled The Present will take place in the Tivoli Congress example Silvia, Ingrid Bergman, Lill Lindfors, Astrid Lindgren, La Paloma, Centre Adolf Horstman, Gravnö och Whisky 08.30-09.15 hours Lecture Overnight Ronneby 09.15-10.00 hours Lecture 10.00-10.30 hours BREAK FRIDAY 6TH JULY 10.30-11.15 hours Lecture DAY 16: RONNEBY TO HUSKVARNA 11.15-12.00 hours Lecture Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant 12.00-12.30 hours Presentation of regional conventions After breakfast, check out of the hotel and meet the coach and 13.00-17.00 hours driver. Once the coach is loaded you will start your journey to Lunch and visit to Private Rose Gardens A+B Huskvarna which is situated on Lake Vanern Overnight Copenhagen En-route a stop will be made in Jonkoping to visit the Rosarium WEDNESDAY 4TH JULY Beautiful and well maintained park with about 500 varieties of roses (signposted) in grade groupings, peony avenue, perennial plantings, ponds, DAY 14: WORLD ROSE CONVENTION clematis trellis, dahlia collection and clone archives of Småland cultural ROSE TOUR WITH LYNDA HALLINAN ITINERARY THURSDAY 21ST JUNE – SATURDAY 14TH JULY 2018 roses. Ambient trimmed hedges of winding, copper beech, hornbeam and Overnight Oslo boxwood Re-join the coach for the short transfer to the Huskvarna Stadtshotell TUESDAY 10TH JULY where accommodation has been arranged for tonight on a bed and DAY 20: OSLO breakfast basis Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant Overnight Huskvarna Meet your coach and driver as today will be a full day in Oslo. You will start with a guided tour of Oslo and visits have been arranged to SATURDAY 7TH JULY Vigeland Park, Frogner Park and the Viking Ship Museum DAY 17: HUSKVARNA TO STOCKHOLM Vigeland Park is situated in Frogner Park and is the world’s largest sculpture Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant park made by a single artist and is one of Norway’s most popular tourist After breakfast, check out of the hotel and meet the coach and attractions. The unique sculpture park is Gustav Vigeland’s lifework with more than 200 sculptures in bronze, granite and wrought iron driver. Once the coach is loaded you will start your journey to Stockholm, this journey will take approx 3½ hours Frogner Park has the largest rose collection in Norway divided into 150 different species and is the first Norwegian park protected under the Cultural On arrival in Stockholm you will be taken to the Clarion Sign Hotel Heritage Act (or similar) where accommodation has been arranged for the next The main attractions at the Viking Ship Museum are the Oseberg ship, two nights on a bed and breakfast basis Gokstad ship and Tune ship. Additionally, the Viking Age display includes To stretch your legs this afternoon you will take a guided walking sledges, beds, a horse cart, wood carving, tent components, buckets and tour of Gamla Stan – the old town of Stockholm other grave goods. The museum is most famous for the completely whole Oseberg ship, excavated from the largest known ship burial in the world The town dates back to the 13th century, and consists of medieval alleyways, cobbled streets, and archaic . North German architecture has Overnight Oslo had a strong influence in the Old Town’s construction. Stortorget is the name of the scenic large square in the centre of Gamla Stan, which is surrounded WEDNESDAY 11TH JULY by old merchants’ houses including the Stockholm Stock Exchange Building DAY 21: OSLO TO THE FJORDS Overnight Stockholm Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant SUNDAY 8TH JULY After breakfast, check out of the hotel and meet your coach and driver for the transfer to Flam – this will take approx 4½ hours DAY 18: STOCKHOLM On arrival in Flam you will be taken to the railway station where you Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant will board the train for “The world’s most beautiful train journey”. Meet your coach and driver as today will be a full day in Stockholm. You will travel from Flam to Myrdal and return Visits have been arranged to Rosendals’ Garden, the Vasa Museum The train journey shows some of Norway’s best landscape. In the course and Drottningholm Castle of the journey you’ll experience lush fjord landscapes, steep mountains, For more than thirty years Rosendals’ Garden Foundation has cultivated and spectacular waterfalls and snow covered mountains – a journey you’ll never spread biodynamic farming practices. Rosendals’ Garden is a driver of the forget! farm to fork concept and the harvest of vegetables, herbs, flowers and fruit On arrival back in Flam, re-join the coach and make the short and used in the garden café and woodfired bakery transfer to the Gudvangen Hotel (or similar) where accommodation The Vasa Museum is a maritime museum located on the island of has been arranged for tonight on a bed and breakfast basis Djurgården, the museum displays the only almost fully intact 17th century ship that has ever been salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa that sank on her Overnight Gudvangen maiden voyage in 1628. The Vasa Museum opened in 1990 and, according to the official web site, is the most visited museum in Scandinavia THURSDAY 12TH JULY The Drottningholm Palace is the private residence of the Swedish royal DAY 22: BACK TO OSLO family built on the island of Lovön. It was originally built in the late 16th Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant century. It served as a regular summer residence of the Swedish royal court for most of the 18th century. Apart from being the private residence of the After breakfast, check out of the hotel and load the coach with your Swedish royal family, the palace is a popular tourist attraction luggage. This morning you will take a Fjord Cruise from Gudvangen Overnight Stockholm to Flam The narrow and spectacular Nærøyfjord is surrounded by steep valley MONDAY 9TH JULY sides and snow-covered peaks that rise 1,800 metres above sea level, with thundering waterfalls and picturesque villages along the fjord. This area has DAY 19: STOCKHOLM TO OSLO been judged one of the most beautiful fjord landscapes in the world and is Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant on the UNESCO World Heritage List After breakfast, check out of the hotel and meet the coach and On arrival in Flam the coach will meet you for the transfer back to driver. Once the coach is loaded you will start your journey to Oslo. Oslo and to the Thon Terminus hotel where accommodation has This is a long day on the coach approx 8 hours so comfort stops will been arranged for tonight on a bed and breakfast basis be made en-route. A stop for lunch (at own expense) will be made Overnight Oslo in Karlstad On arrival in Oslo you will be taken to the Thon Terminus Hotel FRIDAY 13TH JULY where accommodation has been arranged for the next two nights DAY 23: TRAVEL HOME on a bed and breakfast basis Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant After breakfast, check out of the hotel and join the coach and driver for the transfer back to Oslo Airport Depart Oslo 07:10am on SK1463 PRICE Arrive Copenhagen 08:20am Depart Copenhagen 12:30pm on SQ351 Arrive Singapore 06:30am $12,960 SATURDAY 14TH JULY PER PERSON SHARE TWIN DAY 24: TRAVEL HOME SINGLE ROOM SUPPLEMENT Depart Singapore 08:50am $3,100 PER PERSON Arrive Auckland 10:25pm

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