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MUSEUM 

 TDURS^ 



ENGLISH HOMES 



and 



GARDENS 



July 4- 15 



Tuesday, July 4: Tour members will be met by 

 the local tour director at London Heattirow, 

 Terminal 4 {British Airways). Board a luxury 

 coach for the short journey to Canterbury 

 where we will be met by our hostesses and 

 driven to their homes. Lunch with the host- 

 esses, followed by a restful afternoon and 

 dinner with hostesses this evening. 



Wednesday, July 5: Sandwich Nature Reserve 

 & Canterbury. First to Sandwich Bay Nature 

 Reserve for a conducted coastline walk to see 



tFie wildflowers there. Stop at a pub for lunch, 

 before continuing on to Canterbury for a private 

 tour of this great cathedral, for those who wish. 

 Followed by free time to wander or explore be- 

 fore returning to hostesses in the late afternoon. 

 Dinner this evening in a private home. 



Thursday, July 6: Ladham and Great Dixter 

 First a short drive to the West, towards the 

 county of Sussex to visit Ladham, the home of 

 Betty Lady Jessel, who will personally conduct 

 a tour of her gardens. A pub lunch in Goud- 

 hurst, followed by another short journey to 

 Great Dixter, a small gem of a house, built in ab- 

 out 1450, which now has a most interesting gar- 

 den, created and maintained by the author and 

 broadcaster, Christopher Lloyd. The grounds 

 include areas of native wildflowers and gras- 

 ses. Return to hostesses and later on 

 dine in a private home. 



Friday July 7: Leeds Castle and Sissinghurst. 

 First a private visit to Leeds Castle, including 

 its gardens and aviary which was described 

 by Lord Conway as "the loveliest Castle in the 

 world." Drive on through the Kent countryside to 

 Sissinghurst Castle, for lunch in its restaurant. 

 In the afternoon, visit its well-known, and very 

 beautiful gardens, created by Vila Sackville- 

 West and her husband, Harold Nicholson. Dine 

 this night with hostesses. 



Saturday. July 8: Heaselands. Goodbye to 

 Canterbury hostesses and first drive to Hease- 

 lands, the home of Mrs. J. N. Kleinwort, for a pri- 

 vate tour of her seventeen-acre garden, con- 

 ducted by her head gardener. This outstanding 

 garden was created by Mrs. Kleinwort and her 

 late husband over a period of thirty years. 

 A pub lunch close to Sheffield Park, before 

 travelling on North and West to the Cotswolds 

 to meet, and later dine, with hostesses there. 



Sunday, July 9: The Cotswolds. In the morning, 

 an opportunity for those who wish, to worship 

 before luncheoning with hostesses. In the after- 

 noon, visit Hidcote, a lovely garden created by 

 the American horticulturalist. Major Lawrence 

 Johnston. Hidcote is a series of small gardens, 

 surrounded by walls and hedges, contained 

 within the whole. Dine this evening in a private 

 home. 



Monday, July 10: Oxford and Blenheim. In the 

 morning we visit Oxford for a tour, first of its 

 Botanic Gardens, followed by a general tour of 

 Oxford colleges, for those who wish. Lunch in 

 a private home. In the afternoon visit Blenheim 

 Palace, home of the 11th Duke of Malborough, 

 and birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. Dinner 

 this evening will be with hostesses. 



Tuesday, July 1 1: Travel to Bath. Farewell to 

 Cotswold hostesses, and board the coach for 

 a short drive South to Barnesley. Here, the well- 

 known gardening author Rosemary Verey will 

 personally conduct a tour of her outstanding 

 gardens, which surround her delightful South 

 Cotswold house. Lunch in the local pub, and in 

 the afternoon, continue to Bowood, the family 

 home of the Earl of Shelburne, to see both the 

 house and its gardens. The Robert Adam Diole- 

 tian houses magnificent rooms and a 5,000- 

 volume library. In the gardens the collections of 

 trees and shrubs include 153 species and over 

 900 varieties, all of which are labelled. Later in 

 the afternoon, continue to the Bath area to 

 meet, and later dine, with Bath hostesses. 



Wednesday, July t2: Bath. In Bath we tour 

 this elegant Georgian city with its outstanding 

 crescents, not the least of which is the Royal 

 Crescent, claimed to be the finest in Europe. 

 Lunch in a restaurant in town. In the afternoon, 

 a choice either to stay in Bath to shop and ex- 

 plore, or to visit Wells for a private tour of its 



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