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Holidays  English
Garden Tours
Programmes
EGT2
ENGLISH GARDEN TOURS (EGT2)
RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW & THE SPRING GARDENS OF ENGLAND'S NORTH WEST
Sunday 23 May- Sunday 30 May 2010
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, jewel in the crown of England's gardening calendar, the topiary at Levens Hall with a seven lake tour of the English Lake district, the laburnum arch at Bodnant and the rhododendrons at Tatton Park are just four of the unforgettable highlights of this week-long programme of English conversation classes and garden visiting.
The week includes the living history museum Quarry Bank Mill, one of the world’s first factories (1784) and the newly restored mill-owner’s garden.
| Sunday 23/5 |
ARRIVALS |
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Arrival Manchester Airport. Transfer to host families. |
| Monday 24/5 |
MANCHESTER & TATTON PARK |
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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 Hall, an idyllic place to observe the theories and practice of Humphrey Repton's garden design made famous by his Red Books. |
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Evening |
Dinner with host family |
| Tuesday 25/5 |
QUARRY BANK MILL AND GREGG’S GARDEN |
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Morning |
Preparation for Quarry Bank Mill and the Lake District |
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Afternoon |
Quarry Bank Mill, one of the world’s first factories powered by water and now a fascinating living museum of the Industrial Revolution. The afternoon includes the newly-restored garden of Samuel Gregg the mill owner. |
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Evening |
Dinner with host family |
| Wednesday 26/5 |
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. |
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Evening |
Dinner with host family. |
| Thursday 27/5 |
LITTLE MORETON HALL & BIDDULPH GRANGE |
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Morning |
English conversation class and garden briefings. Plant auction at Chelford Cattle Market before continuing to Little Moreton Hall, Britain’s famous timber-framed manor house with an 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: Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw visit. |
| Friday 28/5 |
RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW |
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All day |
Train to London Euston. RHS Chelsea Flower Show followed by free time in London. |
| Saturday 29/5 |
BODNANT |
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Morning |
The medieval walled-town and castle of Conwy on the North Wales coast. |
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Afternoon |
World-renowned Bodnant garden created over a period of 100 years by three presidents of the Royal Horticultural Society. |
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Evening |
Farewell party |
| Sunday 30/5 |
FAREWELLS |
Manchester Language School reserves the right to change the programme according to the availability of the gardens and venues listed.
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