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EGT2
ENGLISH GARDEN TOURS (EGT2)
RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW & THE LATE SPRING GARDENS OF ENGLAND'S NORTH WEST
Sunday 16 May- Sunday 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 English conversation classes and garden visiting.
| Saturday 16/5 |
ARRIVALS |
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Arrivals Manchester or Liverpool Airports.
Introduction and welcome by host families. |
| Sunday 17/5 |
TATTON PARK GARDEN |
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Morning |
Discover Manchester, tour of the city centre with its impressive Victorian and modern buildings and new landscaping. |
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Afternoon |
Tatton Park, an idyllic place to observe the theories and practice of Humphrey Repton's garden design made famous by his Red Books. |
| Monday 18/5 |
LEVENS HALL TOPIARY GARDEN |
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Morning |
Levens Hall, a tower house dating from 1250 with an exceptional 300 year old garden - probably the most famous topiary garden in the world. |
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Afternoon |
Seven lake tour of the Lake District including a visit to Hill Top, Sawrey (home of the author of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter) and Grasmere home to the English Romantic poet, William Wordsworth. |
| Tuesday 19/5 |
DUNGE VALLEY HIDDEN GARDENS & NURSERY |
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Morning |
English conversation class. |
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Afternoon |
Visit to David Ketley, plant hunter extraordinaire at Dunge Valley Nursery, high in the Pennine hills. |
| Wednesday 20/5 |
BIDDULPH GRANGE & LITTLE MORETON HALL |
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Morning |
English conversation class and garden briefings. Little Moreton Hall, Britain’s famous timber-framed manor house with Elizabethan knot garden. |
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Afternoon |
Biddulph Grange - a Victorian re-creation of the whole world inside the compass of a garden. |
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Evening |
Royal Exchange Theatre Company performance (To be announced) |
| Thursday 21/5 |
RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW |
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All day |
Depart by train to London Euston (2hrs 10 mins)RHS Chelsea Flower Show followed by free time in London. |
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Evening |
Return to Manchester |
| Friday 22/5 |
BODNANT |
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Morning |
Depart for the medieval walled-town of Conwy on the North Wales coast. |
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Afternoon |
Visit the world-renowned garden of Bodnant created over a period of 100 years by three presidents of the Royal Horticultural Society. |
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Evening |
Farewell party |
| Saturday 23/5 |
FAREWELLS & DEPARTURES |
Manchester Language School reserves the right to alter this itinerary subject to the availability of the venues / gardens etc. listed.
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