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 Escorted Garden Tours in EnglandShorter garden tours in England, Scotland and Wales. Enjoy full days exploring the stunning gardens, expansive parkland and some of the best public and private gardens to be found in Great Britain. Our beautiful, garden-filled tours are still hugely popular with gardeners and those who just like to look at gardens, alike. What better way to see the lovely British gardens than in the comfort of a motorcoach with garden enthusiasts at your side? 7 Day British & Irish Gardens 8 Day Chelsea Garden Tour May 5 Day Cotswolds Garden Tour May-August Irish Gardens & Cotswolds Tour Size/Guides Tour sizes vary, but operate with a minimum of 8 guests - virtually guaranteeing that all tours will operate. Numbers will normally be limited to ensure that the group remains small and personal.  Alnwick Garden Northumberland AlnmouthCome and see history in the making; at completion, the Duchess of Northumberland's ambitious grand design of the Alnwick Garden will rival the greatest gardens in the world, and is already unique in England and Europe. On other days we take in some of the area's best public and private gardens.  These may include Cragside House, near
Morpeth, a garden built on the grand scale with a precipitous rockery, Belsay
Hall, and Wallington, with its superb walled garden created in 1760. Staying at
Nether Grange on a Full Board basis. You'll be based in our fine Country House
hotel, Nether Grange, in the quiet harbour village of Alnmouth, in the
Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Map 4 Night & 7 Night Cotswold Garden Tours
The Cotswolds, with its enchanting villages and
traditions, provides many gardening highlights. Green rolling hills. Ancient
tracks. Stately homes. Golden-stone villages and market towns. Meadows and
woodland. Famous cottage scenes. The heart of England. Cotswold Garden Tours holiday, Cotswold Garden Tours
Bourton House, built on monastic lands, its Brew house stables and coach house
have created a courtyard since the late 16th century. Today the house is
surrounded by its immediate three acre garden and a seven acre walled pasture,
now given over to specimen trees and sculpture Hidcote Manor Garden,
Chipping Campden. Nestled in the Cotswolds with sweeping views across the Vale
of Evesham, Hidcote is one of England's great gardens designed and created by
the horticulturist Major Lawrence Johnston in the Arts & Crafts style
Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe, which has 14 acres of garden to explore.
Sudeley Castle has an interesting historical past which is evidenced in the
creation of the gardens. Autumn Tour Westonbirt
Arboretum – with its fiery Japanese maples, a truly great collection
of trees and shrubs Oxford Botanic Gardens – the oldest botanic
gardens in Britain Blenheim Palace – with grounds landscaped by
Capability Brown MapDerbyshire Garden Tours Derbyshire Garden Tours holiday, Derbyshire Garden Tours The fascinating private Derbyshire garden of Cascades, in Bonsall. This garden surrounds the ruins of an old corn mill, with water courses reconstructed to become an integral part of the garden Renishaw Hall, a beautiful 300-acre park, with eight acres of formal gardens including one of the most important Victorian Italianate gardens in England Visit to Chatsworth House, where the 105 acres of gardens have been in existence for more than 450 years, and different features from that evolution through time can still be seen todayYou'll be based in our fine Country House hotel, Newton House, set in two acres of land in the Peak District National Park above Dovedale in the Derbyshire Dales. Map Somerset & North Devon Garden Tours The milder climate of the West Country supports an abundance of plant growth, including subtropical species. As well as splendid coastal scenery there are some fabulous gardens to be visited. Devon and Somerset together is classic "Village England" with both rustic cottages and grand estates, both old and new. We plan to explore something of both, indeed the best of both, in the company of former nurseryman John Price. West Country gardens in June can only be beautiful. Holiday highlights: Rosemoor; The RHS " Wisley of the west", Medieval Cothay Manor with its white, scarlet and purple themed gardens and Marwood Hill & Heddon Hall gardens. The former 50 years of inspired planting in an idyllic setting. The latter a redesigned traditional garden of "the big house" in the village of Parracombe Hestercombe boasts two distinctly different gardens; one a classic Georgian park-like garden of Grecian temples, follies and vistas. The other the masterpiece resulting from the association of Gertrude Jekyll and Sir Edwin Lutyens. Map  Lake District Garden Tours Lake District Garden Tours holiday, Lake District Garden
Tours A chance to meet the experts of the gardens we visit. Where
possible the head gardener will give us an introductory talk about the garden
and a garden tour, giving us a chance to talk to the experts involved in all
the gardens we are in The formal and woodland gardens of Holker Hall, The
Topiary garden at Levens Hall, The Lakeland Horticultural
Societygarden at Holehird, voted one of the UK’s favourite gardens and
Sizergh Castle with its rock garden and grassland. You'll be based in
our fine Country House hotel, Monk Coniston, a romantic Gothic-style house
overlooking Conistonwater in the Southern Lake District.
Map.jpg) Sussex Garden Tours
We’ll visit four very different gardens during this
short break – gardens of historical interest such as Munstead Wood, the
home of Gertrude Jekyll, and Polesden Lacey with its associations with the
dramatist Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Edwardian High Society. We will also
explore the extremes of a thin-soiled garden on the chalk downs at Highdown
followed by the classic Wealdon garden of Nymans, where ericaceous
plants thrive. The restored gardens at Arundel Castle, and Smaller
private gardens including the Sussex Prairies Garden. You'll be based in our
fine Country House hotel, Abingworth Hall beside its own lake in 8 acres of
parkland in Abingworth on the South Downs.
Map North WalesGuided Garden Tour at Dolgellau, North Wales SPrivate gardens of Ty Newydd, Tyn-Twll and Caerau Uchaf Whimsical garden of Sir Clough Williams Ellis, designer of Portmeirion, at Plas Brondanw. Internationally-known gardens of The Dingle, and Powis Castle Stunningly located Bodnant Gardens From our base in Dolgellau we can easily travel in several different directions across North Wales through stunning scenery to visit gardens both large and small, some famous and some privately owned where we might have the added advantage of meeting the garden owners. The variety of gardens we visit will show how owners and designers have coped with the challenges of a range of climate and soil types encountered, from seashore to mountainside locations, as well as changing historical styles. We will spend the greater part of the day at Powis Castle (National Trust) just the other side of Welshpool, where there may also be opportunity to view inside the castle (built from the 1200s as a medieval fortress) if you wish (at your own additional cost – or free if you are a member of the National Trust – don’t forget to bring your membership card). With the castle high on a rocky outcrop, 26 acres of garden have been laid out below on a series of impressive terraces in the style of Italian and French formal gardens, and is the finest example in Britain of a late 17th century terraced garden. Another internationally famous garden for the rest of our day today when we visit Bodnant (National Trust). With 80 acres, it has a beautiful setting, situated on southwest-facing sloping ground and commanding wonderful views towards Snowdonia. Begun in the late 19th century by Henry Pochin, a retired chemist and businessman, his grandson the 2nd Lord Aberconwy Henry McLaren was particularly energetic in developing the gardens, at a time when rhododendron collecting was at its height. The current collection is stunning in the spring.Map   Cornish Garden Tours
Gardens flourish here in the mild and humid atmosphere, many famous. There is
an abundance of rhododendrons, camellias and magnolias, plus some fine trees.
Cornish Garden Tours holiday, Cornish
Garden TourTrevarno gardens, where Randolphus de Trevarno gave the
estate its name in 1246. Nestling in a wooded valley just outside Helston the
present estate's garden was created in Victorian times and reflects the
burgeoning importation during that era and the fashions in gardening that
developed with it Lost Gardens of Heligan - Heligan perfectly reflects a
way of life a century or more ago when “The Estate” provided all the
necessities of life for both master and servant. This ambitious
 restoration has taken over ten years, with
new innovations still appearing on the scene St Michael's Mount - (weather
permitting) this is a garden like no other. Set on a rocky island in
Mount’s Bay, it has a stunning series of terrace levels, thickly clothed
with succulents. The Eden Project - it contains two giant multi-domed,
plastic-clad conservatories or ‘biomes’. One has a Mediterranean
climate “warm temperate” and the other a “humid tropic”
environment. Outside in the hollow of the pit itself is the “third
biome” – that of the Cornish climate itself – where the story
continues out-of-doors. The gardens of Chugurno, a new addition to our
tour.
MapDevon Gardens Tourgn Explore fabulously colourful gardens in this favoured county, with its rich soil and mild climate. At Castle Drogo, perched high above the Teign Gorge, we see the architecture of Edwin Lutyens extending out into the garden – stepped terraces, hedges and arbours softened by Gertrude Jekyll-inspired borders. Also included will be visits to Coleton Fishacre, the D’Oyly Carte family’s ‘Arts and Crafts’ garden near Dartmouth, and the historical garden at Killerton, where the 18th-century nurseryman John Veitch began his career. A highlight is bound to be The Garden House at Buckland Monachorum, 8 acres of luxurious colour including naturalistic South African meadow. Moorlands stands high up in the moor close to Haytor Rocks, one of the best known natural features in the Dartmoor National Park. Superb walks start from the front door. Occupying 12 acres of grounds, it has sweeping views over the rolling Devon countryside and towards the coast. Moorlands is set between Widecombe in the Moor and Bovey Tracey. The Country House's setting inspired Agatha Christie to write her first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, while staying at the house. Map Hampton Court Flower Show Hampton Court Palace makes a spectacular back drop for beautiful gardens, a huge floral marquee and the ever-popular Grow Your Own area. A full day at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, in the magnificent setting of Hampton Court Palace, a sumptuous backdrop for the world’s largest annual flower show. Visit the impressive Borde Hill Garden, which boats 200 acres of Grade II listed park and woodland . Stay at Abingworth. Nestled at the foot of the South Downs, Abingworth Hall is ideally located for a short break or a longer holiday. A peaceful ambiance and excellent facilities make it a relaxing place to stay. Map RHS Garden Show Tatton ParkTatton Park really is the place to see creative and innovative gardens. There's plenty of great shopping - for both your garden and home. A full-day at the Royal Horticultural Society Flower Show at Tatton Park Visit to Trentham Gardens with its impressive Italian Garden . Stay at Dovedale. Newton House lies at the heart of the Derbyshire Dales, surrounded by rolling green fields. This 18th century former coaching inn has excellent walks from the doorstep  Scottish Highlands Garden
Tours A wonderful collection of rhododendrons and other
Asiatic plants abound on the mild west coast of Scotland. Highlights will
include Crarae, likened to a Himalayan ravine with beautiful trees and shrubs;
An Cala on the romantic Isle of Seil with streams and paths winding their way
through slopes and terraces; Arduaine overlooking the Sound of Jura; and
Ardtornish House, with fabulous views down Loch Aline, to the Isle of Mull.
You'll be based in our fine Country House hotel, Alltshellach, a fine Scottish
residence, formerly a bishop's house, enjoys a classic Highland location at the
edge of North Ballachulish village. Isle of Arran, Scotland Beautiful island setting Achamore Gardens on the community island of Gigha - Culzean Castle Gardens on the Ayrshire mainland - Arran Castle Gardens Often referred to as “Scotland in Miniature” the Isle of Arran presents, within its small area, every type of scenery found on the Scottish mainland. In addition there are castles, prehistoric burial cairns and standing stones; truly a wealth of history. Altachorvie with its views across Lamlash Bay to Holy Isle is an ideal base for exploring the whole of Arran. See a large collection of rhododendrons at the 54 acre Achamore Garden on the community-owned island of Gigha, off the west coast of Kintyre Enjoy the colourful terraced gardens and the Victorian pleasure gardens at Culzean Castle Gardens in Ayrshire Stroll through the walled garden and the Himalayan planthunter’s trail at Arran Castle Gardens, dating from 1710. Map Scotland Glen Coe, Scotland: Magnificent lochside location Highlands The glen garden of Crarae, created by the Campbell family but now owned by the National Trust for Scotland, has been likened to a Himalayan woodland ravine Crossing over the ‘Bridge over the Atlantic’ we visit the garden at An Cala on the Isle of Seil Ardmaddy Castle in its unique setting, with the fortified house built on a rise overlooking the sea shore of Seil Sound on one side, and in the other direction its formal walled garden. Map What's included in all of these programs:
IMPORTANT FACTS You need to be mobile to get around the gardens, where the terrain may vary from gravel to tarmac or grass. You can enjoy these tours on different levels – the gardens are all beautiful to look at so you don’t need prior knowledge. An expert tour leader will accompany the group. We try to include a mix of the most attractive public gardens and some equally interesting private ones. If you would like a full itinerary, please ask. Public gardens often neighbour our Country House Hotels, which you will often be able to visit as an alternative (admission not included). Days are full, leaving around 9.30am and returning around 5.30 to 6.00pm. Admissions to gardens and transport costs are included. Evenings include a briefing to help you get the most from your next visit, plus time to socialize. Do the hotels have laundry rooms? Our own Country House accommodation have dedicated laundry rooms
Discounts are available for children when sharing with one or more adults in a family room: Under 4's FREE 4-17 years 50% off adult rate (20 May to 1 September ) 4-17 years 60% off adult rate (All other dates) The tours listed are the only ones with remaining availablility. The best gardens. Expert leaders. Revel in the color, variety and sheer beauty of British gardens – public and private.
BOOK THIS TODAY! CALL LYNOTT TOURS AT (800) 221-2474 OR Please Email Us For Information  Garden Tours 5 day Irish Gardens Tour 7 Day British & Irish Gardens Irish Gardens & Cotswolds Irish Gardens & Chelsea Flower Show 8 Day Chelsea & Kent & Sussex Garden Tour May Chelsea and Cotswolds Garden Tour 5 Day Cotswolds Garden Tour May-August Alnwick Gardens - Duchess of Northumberland Cotswolds Gardens, Bourton House Garden, Hidcote Gardens, Sudeley Castle 7 nights in May Cornish Gardens Eden Project and the Lost Gardens of Heligan Derbyshire Gardens Chatsworth Devon Gardens Dartmoor Eden Project Cornwall Tour & Bosvigo - 3 departures North Wales Gardens Bodnant Lake District Garden Tour 2 departures Scottish Highlands Gardens Somerset Gardens Sussex Gardens Munstead Wood, the home of Gertrude Jekyll, and Polesden Lacey and Nymans Australia Garden Tour New Zealand Garden Tour Customized group travel Tour Conditions Travel Insurance Click here for a credit card form.
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