The Gardens of England & the Chelsea Flower Show

May 18th to the 28th, 2009

Join Marty Wingate for a fabulous 10-day tour of spectacular private and public gardens in East Anglia, the Cotswolds and Somerset. This tour will be limited to 22 participants.

Marty Wingate (www.martywingate.com) is a Seattle-based writer and speaker about gardens and travel.

Her features appear every Thursday in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. She is the author of three books: The Bellevue Botanical Garden: Celebrating 15 Years, Big Ideas for Northwest Small Gardens, and The Big Book of Northwest Perennials. She writes for national magazines, including Fine Gardening, The American Gardener, and Country Gardens. 

Marty has a master’s degree in urban horticulture from the University of Washington, and is active in the Arboretum Foundation, the Northwest Perennial Alliance, the Northwest Horticultural Society, and the Royal Horticultural Society.  She leads garden tours to England, Scotland and Ireland, and North American destinations.

This 10 day tour covers the countryside of England with the first two nights in the Kensington area of London to enjoy the Chelsea Flower Show. We then travel to the Northeast of the capital to the counties of Suffolk and Cambridge. The second have of our time in England is spent in the picturesque Cotswold Region, followed by time in and around Bath and Somerset.

Features

Here’s what’s included:

• 10 nights accommodations
• 10 breakfasts, seven dinners
• Welcome drinks reception
• Teas at four gardens
• All ground transportation
• 2-day London transport pass
• All garden admissions
• Admission to Chelsea Flower Show and one RHS membership per room
• Tour of Cambridge
• Baggage handling at each hotel

Rates

Price per person for double, sharing: $3,750 (land only)

Price for single: $4,670 (land only)

*$165 double ($220 single) discount for tour payment by cash or check

Airfare at $1,150, round trip, nonstop Seattle-London, can be arranged through Northwest Travel

$500 (per person) deposit will secure your space ($700 if also reserving airfare)

Questions? Contact Marty at marty@martywingate.com

Updated: Tuesday, September 16th, 2008