For the fifth year, return tour to Cornwall including The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Glendurgan, Trebah, St Ives Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden, St Michael's Mount and Tresco Abbey Garden on the Isles of Scilly.
RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW & THE LATE SPRING GARDENS OF ENGLAND'S NORTH WEST
& NORTH WALES (EGT2)
Saturday 16 to Saturday 23 May 2009
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the jewel in the crown of England's gardening calendar, the topiary at Levens Hall, the laburnum arch at Bodnant, the rhododendrons at Tatton Park are just four of the unforgettable highlights of this week-long programme of garden visiting enhanced by English conversation classes.
Price: £875 (UK pounds sterling)
The package includes:
- English conversation classes
- Seven nights home stay in the pleasant suburb of Didsbury, South Manchester
(bed, breakfast, sandwich lunches and evening meals)
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Transport and garden admission
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Return day return rail ticket Manchester to London
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Entry to the RHS Flower Show 2009
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Expert guide accompanying every visit
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Manchester Airport transfers
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Optional theatre / symphony concert performances
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Personal & baggage insurance
OPEN GARDENS
NEW AND SPECIAL EXPERIENCES IN NORTH WEST ENGLAND (EGT3)
Saturday 13 to Saturday 20 June 2009
In this week the pleasure of seeing historic gardens is balanced with the delight in finding smaller, private gardens full of inspiration and personal touches. Gardens include Adlington Hall, Lyme Park, Gresgarth, Graythwaite Hall, Ness Botanic Gardens, York Gate, Harewood House, Dorothy Clive Garden, Wollerton Old Hall and private gardens
Price: £845 (UK pounds sterling)
The package includes:
- English conversation classes
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Seven nights home stay in the pleasant suburb of Didsbury, South Manchester
(bed, breakfast and evening meals)
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Transport and garden admission
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Expert guide accompanying every visit
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Manchester Airport transfers
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Optional theatre / symphony concert performances
- Personal & baggage insurance
NORFOLK: FINE GARDENS IN THE EAST OF ENGLAND SHOWING MANY MODERN INTERVENTIONS (EGT4)
Saturday 27 June to Saturday 4 July 2009 **Course Full**
Each year we choose a new area of Britain to explore and EGT4 in 2009 is to the gardens of East Anglia. This promises to be another exceptional week.
Accommodation and dinners will be provided by our hosts David Adlard and Diana Lowe. Gardens include The Plantation, Hoveton Hall, The Fairhaven Garden, East Ruston Vicarage, Somerleyton Hall, Bressingam Gardens and nursery, Helmingham Hall, Sandringham, Houghton Hall, Blickling Hall and Sheringham Park.
Price: £1,150 (UK pounds sterling); single room supplement £108
The package includes:
- Seven nights bed and breakfast accommodation in West Somerton
- Evening meal prepared by David Adlard White House Farm (five nights) and Farewell Dinner (restaurant tba)
- Garden briefings; small-group discussion on garden-related themes
- Watercolour painting class
- Transport and garden admission
- Expert guide accompanying every excursion
- Stansted Airport transfers
- Personal & baggage insurance
SPLENDID SUMMER GARDENS (EGT5)
Saturday 1 to Saturday 8 August 2009
Spectacular summer gardens visited in August include Levens Hall and Hill Top (Lake District), Arley Hall and Dunham Massey (Cheshire), Chatsworth (Peak District) Powis Castle (Wales), Wollerton Old Hall (Shropshire) and private gardens.
Price: £845 (UK pounds sterling)
The package includes:
- English conversation classes
- Seven nights home stay in the pleasant suburb of Didsbury, South Manchester (bed, breakfast, sandwich lunches and evening meals)
- Transport and garden admission
- Expert guide accompanying every visit
- Manchester Airport transfers
- Optional theatre / symphony concert performances
- Personal & baggage insurance
THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT. THE LANDSCAPE, WORK AND GARDENS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, JOHN RUSKIN AND BEATRIX POTTER (EGT6)
Saturday 10 to Saturday 17 October 2009
The final Garden Tour in 2009 explores the gardens, literary shrines and romantic landscapes of the English Lake District. The autumn is the most beautiful time to visit the Lake District. The weather is usually warm; the colours breathtaking.
The week includes an introduction to the literature and poetry associated with the Lake District, Dove Cottage Grasmere and Rydal Mount, homes of the poet William Wordsworth; Brantwood, home of the philosopher, artist and social reformer John Ruskin; Blackwell, the Arts and Crafts horse; Borrowdale and the hanging valley of Watendlath; Levens Hall and Holehird garden of the Lakeland Horticultural Society; Hill Top home of Beatrix Potter and the pretty village of Hawkshead. Friday is a free day for self or guided exploration of the Lakeland fells.
Bring your walking boots!
£1,150 (GBP) Single bedroom supplement £108.
The package includes:
- English lessons preparing for each day’s excursion
- Half board accommodation in Grasmere
- Dinner six nights
- Transport and entrance charges on excursions
- Theatre ticket
- Baggage and personal insuranceTransfer from Manchester airport
Visit: http://www.lakelandcam.co.uk/
For further information contact:
Bill Godfrey
Manchester Language School Ltd
Email: info@manlangschool.co.uk
Tel: 0044 161 448 8372
English
Garden Tours