Holidays for the garden enthusiast

Garden holidays in Cornwall

Often described as the ‘garden capital of the world’, the warm air of the Gulf Stream makes Cornwall a haven for exotic blooms, subtropical plants and wonderful gardens.

Please note: This holiday was featured in our 2008 brochure and is currently not part of our current programme. Please contact us if you would like to see this itinerary included in the future.

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On our Classic Gardens of Cornwall tour, based in St Austell at the Cliff Head Hotel, we will be visiting some of the most popular and best loved gardens this area of Cornwall has to offer. On our doorstep are two of the most famous: The Lost Gardens of Heligan, one of the largest garden restoration projects in Europe, and The Eden Project, site of the world’s largest greenhouses, housing a vast range of plants from the Mediterranean and tropics.

Not far from Eden, and as a complete contrast, is the wonderful Pine Lodge, a private garden and nursery with a huge variety of plants set within many garden styles. Trewithen Gardens offer the ideal choice for a Spring garden visit as they are renowned for their magnificent collection of camellias, rhododendrons and magnolias. On a smaller scale, Trist House is a romantic, intimate garden, displaying masses of tulips and herbaceous plants.

Traveling further down the coast, we take a short helicopter trip to Tresco, on the Isles of Scilly, to visit Britain’s most exotic paradise garden – the wonderful Abbey Gardens. A unique sub-tropical garden with magnificent views, it truly lives up to its title ‘England’s Island of Flowers’. As an alternative to Tresco, we will be offering visits to Trengwainton, a National Trust garden with splendid views of Mount’s Bay, and Trevarno Estate, a tranquil Victorian garden combining both formal and informal elements and seen at its best in spring. En route to Cornwall we will visit Hestercombe, near Taunton, one of Gertrude Jekyll and Edwin Lutyens’ greatest masterpieces, and on our return home we will visit the variety and charm of RHS Garden Rosemoor. On both journeys we will also make a refreshment break at Webbs of Wychbold.

Cost: £435 per person (single room supplement £15 per night).

Note: Helicopter trip from Penzance to Tresco Gardens is not included in price.

Your Great Garden Getaway includes:

Transport from Lincoln and throughout the holiday by Hodson’s executive coach
Additional pickup points in Newark and Leicester or you may meet us at the hotel
Minimum 3* hotels with ensuite rooms, 3-course dinner and choice of cooked or continental breakfast
Admission to all gardens
Refreshments in some gardens
Services of tour directors
Garden visits on both outward and homeward journeys

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