Paris Gardens & London Gardens & Chelsea 2008

May 17-26th, 2008

UPDATE NOTICE FEBRUARY 19TH, 2008

Cut Off for Booking this tour is fast approaching! To ensure Chelsea Show Tickets and Hotel Rooms, please get your reservation form in now.

The exchange rates are looking great…there are some very good air fare deals out there…so what are you waiting for! Chelsea is the MUST SEE show for gardeners and this, our 14th Chelsea tour is packed to please. Paris and London – the two top cities to visit. 9 nights in 4 Star Hotels – just unpack and forget that suitcase because you have 4 nights in Paris and 5 nights in London! Click on the full day by day to see what we have and the reservation form is there for you as well.

In Paris we will enjoy a sightseeing tour as well as visits to the stunning Versailles Palace and its exquisite gardens of course and Monet’s beautiful garden - ‘For Monet, Giverny was a site for poor eyes’ and enjoy lunch at Hotel Baudy and enjoy their rose garden.

Once we get to London we visit the gardens of Cliveden - ‘Magnificent formal gardens overlooking the River Thames, once the exclusive haunt of the rich and famous’, Chenies – highlights are the sunken garden, the white garden, the south border the rose gardens, the inner court, the physic garden, the parterre with its yew maze and the kitchen garden with its orchards and penitential maze., Wisley – always a must on this tour, especially their incredible bookshop!, Old Thatch Cottage & Garden including Tea - famous as the former home of Enid Blyton, is a special place to visit. The beautiful two-acre gardens, provide a unique setting for the black and white 17th century cottage - one of the longest thatched houses in England, Sissinghurst - One of the world's most celebrated gardens, the creation of Vita Sackville-West and her husband Sir Harold Nicolson. and Great Dixter - the home of the late Christopher Lloyd plus spend a Full day at Chelsea.

One of the world’s most famous shoe designers has created an image for the world’s most famous flower show. Manolo Blahnik’s illustration of a daylily will be the image used to represent the 2008 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, sponsored by Marshalls. The fashion designer’s beautiful illustration of the daylily (Hemerocallis ‘Grace & Favour’) is the official 2008 RHS creative for the flower show that is renowned for setting the latest trends in the gardening world. The bold flower with deep burgundy petals was chosen for its striking beauty, as well as for being a flower that is representative of a traditional English garden, and for flowering in May when the RHS Chelsea Flower Show is held.

As always, I look forward to meeting past guests again and meeting new ones as we discover some of the delights that await us.

 

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