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Glorious Garden Tours

Summer Gardens of Devon

May 24 - 31, 2008

With optional Chelsea Flower Show ticket

During the days of the great British Empire, plant hunters brought back countless exotic specimens from 
every corner of the globe, many of which thrived in the sub-tropical climate of Devon. As a result, the owners 
of grand country houses - now stately homes - engaged in elaborate planting schemes using these new discoveries. From formal to kitchen gardens and the more unusual.

Our Devon garden tour is based for a week at a country hotel where Agatha Christie wrote her first mystery novel. On the edge of Dartmoor with superb views of rolling countryside, gardens and the distant sea,
this lovely hotel offers a quiet and beautiful setting from which to explore the surrounding countryside of Devon. Each day we go out by private minibus to visit the magnificent gardens of Devon with its rich soil and mild climate. In the evenings we return to our hotel at Haytor for dinner and a little socialising. 

For anyone who would like to visit the Chelsea Flower Show in London before heading for peaceful Devon, full day tickets are available on Friday May 23.  

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