OXFORD BATH LONDON

CORNWALL HIGHLIGHTS CHELSEA + Your special ticket to the Chelsea Flower Show Let us take you to the most on Members Day & miss the crowds beautiful places in the world. + Wander through the world’s most influential FLOWER SHOW gardens – Sissinghurst, Hidcote Manor and the AND THE GARDENS OF Lost Gardens of Heligan + See the prettiest village in England’s Cotwolds & wander through its private gardens + Go behind the garden gates to discover what Join Sandra as she takes you on a makes Highgrove, HRH Prince Charles’ garden, magic carpet ride through a dreamy so special English spring. She has designed + Settle into hotels in Bath, , Oxford and this itinerary to show you some of the finest gardens in the world; London a showcase of true horticultural + Travel in a small group & make new friends merit. It’s not rushed, there’s time for Evensong at Christ Church + Relax – we’ll take care of everything! Cathedral Oxford, time out at the For a detailed itinerary, please visit : Ashmolean Oxford, time for high tea www.rosstours.com/england at Kensington Palace next to your hotel and time to sit in the shade 12 - 26 MAY 2017 TOUR LEADER with a Pimms at Chelsea. Come with us to an England up to its knees in blossom, SANDRA ROSS carpets of bluebells and meadows of wildflowers. Sandra is an enthusiastic Graham Ross, founder of Ross Garden Tours Includes the Cornish Coast, Oxford, the Cotswolds, communicator and gardener. Hampshire and London. It’s a mix of royal, private and She has been travelling the TO BOOK PLEASE CONTACT ROYCE OR ROSLYN public gardens with a grand finale at Chelsea world for 36 years and loves 1300 233 200 [email protected] sharing her experience. She is excited to show the treasures Visit our website www.rosstours.com of English gardening to her travellers. ITINERARY TOUR DETAILS

DAY 1 FRI 12 MAY with a huge area under glass, houses design throughout the last hundred Abbott is an exuberant expat and a + OUR TOUR INCLUDES HOME TO LONDON the plants of each climatic zone in years. After lunch we’ll travel into wonderful gardener. She will show an environmentally controlled space. Oxford and check into our hotel. us her remarkable series of gardens. Qantas return economy group airfare and taxes: Meet Sandra Ross, your Ross Tour °  The great house at Lanhydrock We’ll have lunch in her conservatory. leader for the flight to London. DAY 8 FRI 19 MAY Sydney / London / Sydney stands in its extensive estate above It’s not far into the centre of London DAY 2 SAT 13 MAY the River with a formal HIGHGROVE to check into The Royal Garden. ° Air-conditioned motorcoach throughout tour garden, herbaceous borders and A Royal visit today to Highgrove Deluxe accommodation for 11 nights LONDON - BATH DAY 11 MON 22 MAY ° woodland plantings of magnolia, House, the home of Prince Charles Arrive into London and head to Bath ° Breakfast daily, 3 lunches and 5 dinners camellia and rhododendron. and Camilla and bursting with SISSINGHURST for the next three nights. A gentle We’ll spend time this afternoon in HRH flair, personality and sense of The best of English garden design ° Entrance fees to all gardens and sightseeing including RHS stroll this afternoon in this beautiful the beautiful seaside town of Fowey. humour. Lunch included. Next stop today. If there is a hierarchy of the Rosemoor, Heligan, Hestercombe, Caerhays Castle Gardens, city. Welcome dinner this evening. is the prettiest village in England, Best British gardens, Sissinghurst DAY 6 WED 17 MAY Lanhydrock, Sissinghurst, Stourhead, Chelsea Flower Show DAY 3 SUN 14 MAY Bibury in the Cotswolds, where our is at the top. It’s the result of the LOST GARDEN OF HELIGAN for RHS Members Day, Hidcote Manor, HRH Highgrove, West STOURHEAD hosts will be members of the local partnership between Vita Sackville- A treat today as we discover The garden club. Chat with them over a West and Sir Harold Nicolson. Green Garden Stourhead is the finest example of Lost Gardens of Heligan, asleep ‘cream tea’. the picturesque English Landscape DAY 12 TUE 23 MAY Morning and afternoon teas as detailed in the itinerary for 70 years under a blanket of ivy, °  Style. It’s a majestic walk around the DAY 9 SAT 20 MAY bramble and rampant laurel. It’s the CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW ° Fully escorted by Sandra Ross lake discovering plants and follies largest garden restoration project in HIDCOTE ‘Opening Day’ at the Chelsea Flower Gratuities for porters and drivers and enjoying the reflections. After ° Europe. Hidcote Manor is our destination Show is reserved for members of the lunch we’ll travel back to Bath to Caerhays Castle sits on the Cornish this morning, as we travel back Royal Horticultural Society and VIPs. + OUR TOUR COSTS relax or soak in the hotel spa. Coast with stunning views, designed through the romantic rolling Meet our favourite exhibitors, enjoy Twin Share per person, land only $9,995 DAY 4 MON 15 MAY by Regency architect John Nash. landscapes of the Cotswolds. We’ll multimillion dollar show gardens, Twin Share per person, including air $11,995 BATH - CORNWALL Some fine plant breeding has discover why this arts and crafts and gasp at the beauty of the flower come out of this garden hence its garden has been so influential. A displays in the Great Pavilion. Single Supplement $2,450 Today we travel through Somerset to international reputation. walking tour this afternoon around Tonight we’ll share stories during Cornwall stopping in North Devon Oxford to see the famous Oxford our farewell dinner in the hotel. + DISCOUNTS to visit RHS Rosemoor. Travel on to DAY 7 THU 18 MAY Colleges and Bodleian Library. We’ll Cornwall and check in to our hotel DAY 13 WED 24 MAY Early Bird $300 (pay in full before 2 December 2016) CORNWALL - OXFORD finish at Christ Church Cathedral in on the Cornish Coast, overlooking St Previous Traveller $100 An influential garden in Somerset time for Evensong. LONDON - HOME Austell Bay. Dinner included tonight. Garden Clinic Member $50 this morning at Hestercombe. A free day to explore London. DAY 10 SUN 21 MAY DAY 5 TUE 16 MAY It’s a remarkable example of the Afternoon departure to airport. collaboration between Sir Edwin OXFORD - LONDON All prices in Australian Dollars. All air taxes as at 1st July 2016. Price based on minimum 15 passengers. EDEN PROJECT DAY 14 THU 25 MAY Departure from Sydney. Price from other Australian ports and New Zealand available on application. Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll. Jekyll’s To London today, with a lunch Two grand estates today couldn’t INFLIGHT Group meals do not include beverages. Please refer to Ross Garden Tours standard terms & conditions. use of graduated colour and planting stop in Hampshire to visit West be more different. The Eden Project Ask us about other sightseeing and travel arrangements including pre and post tour accommodation, has dominated garden Green House and Garden. Marylyn DAY 15 FRI 26 MAY transfers, stopovers and other tours. 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