Coach trip to Llwyngarreg and Pentresite, Camarthenshire

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Llwyngaregg is a 4 acre garden beautifully planted with rare and interesting plants, shrubs and trees, some grown by the owners from seed. Pentresite is approximately 2 acres with lots of herbaceous planting under trees and shrubs and magnificent views of the surrounding countryside.

Coach trip to Aulden Farm and Stockton Bury near Leominster

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Aulden Farm an approximately 3 acre informal country garden planted with wildlife in mind and with the emphasis on structure and form, with a hint of quirkiness. Stockton Bury is the heart of a working farm, originally one of the Bury Farms of the Benedictine priory in Leominster, with a dovecote and medieval barns, an original Victorian kitchen garden, water …

Day Trip

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A coach trip to RHS Tatton Hall Flower Show

Day Trip

In by Clare Powell

A day trip by coach to the Darlington area, visiting two gardens – Thornton Hall and Tudor Croft Gardens.

Self drive Visit to Caisson House, nr. Combe Hay, and Rose Cottage, East Harptree

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Location: £30 per person Caisson House is so named due to its proximity to the site of the 1790s caisson lock on the Somerset Coal Canal. The canal is now disused but it still runs through the property. The garden wonderfully eclectic and romantic, set in beautiful North Somerset countryside around a Georgian house, dating from 1815. Recent extensive bulb …

Coach trip to Lower Bowden Manor and Edulis Nursery, Pangbourne, Berks

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Location: £40 per person Lower Bowden Manor is a 3-acre garden with a strong structure and an excellent collection of mature trees, which offset the plantings of a knowledgeable and skilful plantswoman. Early summer remains one of the owners’ favourite seasons, after the more colourful spring bulb displays, so we can expect more subtle colours in early June. In the …

Coach trip to High Glanau Manor and Wyndcliffe Court, South Wales

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Location: £45 per person High Glanau Manor is an important Arts and Crafts house set in 12 acres of garden designed by H Avray Tipping. Tipping worked alongside Gertrude Jekyll, by whom he was much influenced in his own gardens. The house and gardens have been expertly restored by the current owners over the last 20 years and we will …

Self drive visit to Gasper Cottage, Forest Lodge, and the Blooming Wild Nursery nr. Wincanton

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Location: £22 per person We have a different format for the day for our autumn self-drive visits. We start at The Blooming Wild nursery, just south of Wincanton. This has been under new management since 2022 and is now owned by Steven and Lindsay Lister, who are enthusiastic about wild plants and naturalistic planting. They have a originally supplied wildflowers …

Coach Excursion

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Location: Felley Priory Bookings Open

Two Gardens

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Location: Berwick on Tweed 2 Gardens

Coach trip to Ashwood Nurseries, Kingswinford

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Location: We start the season with a visit to the West Midlands, and an exciting opportunity to spend an enjoyable and informative day at Ashwood Nurseries for a combined garden and hellebore tour. Ashwood is John Massey’s nursery, famous for its hellebores, cyclamen, hepaticas and other alpine plants. It is truly a treasure trove of winter delights. This is the …

Self-drive trip to Honeyhurst Farm, Rodney Stoke, BS27 3UJ and The Bishop’s Palace Garden, Wells, BA5 2PB

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Thursday 14th September £21 per person Honeyhurst Farm is a part-walled, rural garden with a babbling brook and 4-acre traditional cider orchard, with views over the Mendip Hills.  Trees include specimen hollies, copper beech, paulownia, yew and poplar.  There are plenty of places to sit to admire the mixed informal shrub and perennial beds, which contain many unusual plants.  Containers …