TOUR LEADER SANDRA ROSS

Sandra is an enthusiastic communicator and gardner, she has been travelling the world for 37 years and loves sharing her experience. She is excited to show the treasures of English gardening to her travellers.

+ Prepare your senses for overload in the

Walled Garden at Mottisfont, one of the most

famous rose gardens in England and a former

Augustinian Priory

+ Lunch with Marylyn Abbott in the conservatory

at West Green House

+ Admire the planting scheme of Piet Oudolf at

Scampston Hall

+ Ride your broomstick around Alnwick Castle

with 14th century castle and new suite of

gardens

+ Travel in a small group and make new friends

+ Relax – we’ll take care of everything!

For a detailed itinerary, please visit :www.rosstours.com/england-roses

HIGHLIGHTS

BIRMINGHAM

LONDON

NEWCASTLE

YORK

SALISBURY

Let us take you to the most beautiful places in the world.

It’s always been a dream of mine to show you the finest roses in England; a country with a special affinity with the rose. It’s been a symbol of medieval monarchs and modern political parties. The rose has inspired poets and artists and even refers to a special type of English beauty. Now Sandra has come up with this splendid road-trip through England. Why don’t you tag along; it’s a rich layered experience and fragrant too.

Graham Ross, Founder

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See an England in early summer, up to its knees in wildflowers with roses smothering walls and hedgerows. Gardens on this new tour have been selected for their display of roses by tour

leader Sandra Ross with the finale at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show. You’ll be well rested in deluxe accommodation.

21 JUNE - 6 JULY 2018

THE ROSE GARDENS OF

ENGLANDWITH SANDRA ROSS

DAY 1 THU 21 JUNSYDNEY TO NEWCASTLE, UK

Meet your tour leader Sandra Ross at Sydney Airport for the flight to Newcastle UK via London. Or meet up in Newcastle.

DAY 2 FRI 22 JUNNEWCASTLE

Arrive in Newcastle and transfer to our hotel just north of Newcastle city centre. Welcome Dinner tonight in the hotel.

DAY 3 SAT 23 JUNALNWICK CASTLE

Alnwick Castle has one of the most exciting new gardens to be undertaken over the past 100 years. A tour of this splendid medieval castle, the playground of Harry Potter then the series of gardens, including the Rose Garden swathed in honeysuckle, clematis, 3000 roses and the Poison Garden.

DAY 4 SUN 24 JUNSCAMPSTON HALL

To York today with two fabulous gardens on the way. Wynyard Hall with its new Walled Garden home to 3,000 David Austin, floribunda and climbing roses. Then Scampston Hall, now the modern perennial masterpiece of Piet Oudolf. Travel into York and check into the sophisticated Grand Hotel and Spa.

DAY 5 MON 25 JUNCASTLE HOWARD

We will revisit Brideshead today when we arrive at Castle Howard in its sublime location in the Howardian Hills. We’ll see it all: Walled Garden, rose garden, cutting garden, potager, Mausoleum, Temple of the Four Winds and the New River bridge. Free afternoon in York.

DAY 6 TUE 26 JUNTRENTHAM GARDENS

Stoke on Trent is the pottery capital, home to Wedgwood which we will see today along with Trentham Gardens with one of the largest gardens in Europe. Travel into Birmingham and settle into our hotel.

DAY 7 WED 27 JUNDAVID AUSTIN ROSES

We’re travelling to Albrighton, Shropshire today to David Austin Rose Nursery. It’s a showcase for the marvellous roses bred by David Austin.Back into Birmingham to Winterbourne Botanic Garden with its English Edwardian house and ‘Arts and Crafts’ garden. Optional cruise later this afternoon.

DAY 8 THU 28 JUNCOUGHTON COURT

It’s rose festival time at Coughton Court, with its walled rose garden

and Rose Labyrinth which has over 200 different varieties of shrub, climbing and rambling roses. All about Shakespeare this afternoon at Stratford Upon Avon and the Shakespeare Centre.

DAY 9 FRI 29 JUNMOTTISFONT ABBEY

The holy grail for lovers of the rose, Mottisfont Abbey is our destination this morning, as we travel south to Salisbury. The old Kitchen Garden is now The Rose Garden where Graham Thomas saved rare rose species from extinction. Settle into The Red Lion Hotel in mediaeval Salisbury.

DAY 10 SAT 30 JUNWEST DEAN GARDENS

To Chichester, this morning to see a collection of rescued rural buildings set within the South Downs National Park. Then to West Dean Gardens with glasshouses filled with exotic plants and a walled kitchen garden beautifully restored. A magnificent 100m pergola for roses, clematis and honeysuckle leads into the intimate Sunken Garden. Afternoon visit toSalisbury Cathedral to see the world’s best preserved Magna Carta from 1215.

DAY 11 SUN 1 JULSISSINGHURST

If there ever was a hierarchy of Best British gardens, Sissinghurst would

be at the top. Loved for its beautiful balance, garden rooms and inspired planting combinations. Roses here will be magnificent! Travel into Richmond and check into The Petersham Hotel overlooking the River Thames.

DAY 12 MON 2 JULWISLEY AND KEW GARDENS

To Wisley this morning, HQ of the RHS and their showpiece. It’s a grand suite of gardens, one of the finest in England. Next stop is West Green in Hampshire, the home and garden of famous Aussie expat Marylyn Abbott. Lunch in her flower-filled conservatory is as memorable as is her dynamic garden.

DAY 13 TUE 3 JULHAMPTON COURT FLOWER SHOW

The RHS Hampton Court Flower Show today, a treat with hundreds of flower displays and designer gardens. The prestigious Rose of the Year award will be announced. Return to Richmond by boat down the River Thames. Farewell dinner this evening.

DAY 14 WED 4 JULLONDON TO HOME

Late check out ready for our late afternoon transfer to Heathrow.

DAY 15 THU 5 JULINFLIGHT

DAY 16 FRI 6 JULARRIVE HOME

TOUR DETAILS

+ OUR TOUR INCLUDES

° Return group economy airfare with Qantas Sydney / London /

Newcastle and London / Sydney

° Deluxe accommodation for 12 nights

° Breakfast daily, 4 lunches and 4 dinners

° Air-conditioned motorcoach throughout

° Entrance fees to all gardens and sightseeing including Alnwick

Castle, Wynyard Hall, Scampston Hall, Castle Howard, Trentham

Estate, World of Wedgwood, David Austin Roses, Winterbourne

Botanic Garden, Coughton Court, Weald & Downland Museum,

West Dean Gardens, Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Coton Manor,

Mottisfont Abbey, Sissinghurst, RHS Wisley, West Green House,

Hampton Court Flower Show

° Gratuities for local guides, porters and drivers

° Fully escorted by Sandra Ross

+ OUR TOUR COSTS

° Twin Share per person, land only $9,195

° Twin Share per person, including airfare $11,595

° Single Supplement $2,095

+ FITNESS LEVEL

° This tour requires a moderate level of fitness

+ DISCOUNTS

° Early Bird $300 per person (Pay in full by 1st February 2018)

° Previous Traveller $100

° Garden Clinic Member $50All prices in Australian Dollars. All air taxes as at 1st July 2017. Price based on minimum 15 passengers. Departure from Sydney. Price from other Australian ports and New Zealand available on application. Group meals do not include beverages. Please refer to Ross Garden Tours standard terms & conditions. Ask us about other sightseeing and travel arrangements including pre and post tour accommodation, transfers, stopovers and other tours.

ITINERARY