Garden Tours ....always a popular choice and where better to see superb gardens than in Britain where so many of us count gardening as our favourite past-time - even an all-consuming passion! Our garden itineraries reflect the changes in the seasons.

CHELSEA & HAMPTON COURT FLOWER SHOWS

Famous the world through, the Royal Horticultural Society's major annual show is the Chelsea Flower Show (late May). Now becoming almost as popular is the Hampton Court Flower Festival (early July)

These 6-night tour itineraries will interest not only clients with an interest in gardens and horticulture but also those wishing to see the countryside around London since they include trips into the Cotswolds and the Garden of England as well as visits in and around London.

Overnights:

London (6)

Features:

Chelsea Physic Garden, privately owned gardens in London,

Hidcote Manor Gardens, or the Gardens of the Rose, Leeds Castle's Culpepper Garden, Sissinghurst

Entry to either flower festival and one-year membership of the Royal Horticultural Society.

Two pub lunches in countryside taverns

AUTUMNAL GARDENS

This 10-night tour is for the garden-lover looking for inspiration for late summer and early autumn gardens. They will not be disappointed by the variety and diversity of the gardens included in this itinerary. The first two nights are spent in London before travelling by train to Cornwall, then taking a meandering journey back through the southern counties to Windsor, stopping along the way at some wonderful gardens.

Overnights:

Two nights each in London, St Ives, Plymouth, Shaftesbury, Windsor

Features:

Kew Gardens, Hampton Court Palace, Lost Gardens of Heligan, Lanhydrock House, Castle Drogo, Stourhead Gardens, Compton Acres, the Savill Garden, Privately owned country Garden