Join horticulturalist and landscape designer, Sandra McMahon, on this tour of England that combines a day at the renowned Chelsea Flower Show with some of England’s finest gardens such as Rousham, Hidcote, Kiftsgate, Bourton, Sezincote, Great Dixter, Sissinghurst & Highgrove Gardens.

• Immerse yourself in the lovely medieval city of Oxford and visit Magdalen College gardens.
• Study the development of the English country house from 17th-century Rousham House to 20th-century Great Dixter.
• Be treated to the contemporary gardens of Pettifers and Tom Stuart-Smith’s Broughton Grange, partly influenced by the Dutch Wave movement.
• Visit private gardens including those at Througham Court and Highgrove, the private residence of Their Majesties The King Charles III and The Queen Camilla.
• Make a special visit to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, with Richard Barley MBE, Director of Horticulture.
• Explore Australian Marylyn Abbott’s award-winning West Green House Gardens; and visit Ightham Mote, a wonderful example of a small medieval moated manor house, perfectly located within a peaceful garden surrounded by woodland.
• Wander through picturesque Cotswold villages including Stow-on-the-Wold.

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Belgium: Art, Architecture & Garden Design
27 May - 11 June 2026

Join horticulturalist and landscape designer Sandra McMahon, and native French and Flemish speaker, Diane Perelsztejn, this tour is a feast of splendid classic and contemporary private gardens, great museums and natural landscapes of Belgium.

• In Antwerp, Brussels and Bruges visit world-class art collections; we view works by Peter Paul Rubens, Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Hans Memling, Frans Hals, Peter Bruegel, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Anthony van Dyck and René Magritte.
• Explore the Art Deco home of David and Alice van Buuren; the house and studio of Art Nouveau Architect, Victor Horta and the UNESCO-Heritage listed Hôtel Van Eetvelde and Hôtel Solvay.
• Visit Gothic churches, town halls and merchant palaces in Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp.
• View the work of leading Flemish landscape architects including Erik Dhont and Piet Blanckaert; and meet Chris Ghyselen, known for his use of fine grasses and perennials, who will show us a number of his projects including his own garden.
• Explore the private garden of Jacques Wirtz featured in Monty Don’s Around the World in 80 Gardens.
• Visit the Arboretum Kalmthout, the former private garden of Robert and Jelena de Belder designed with the support of their close friend, Russell Page.
• Visit the gardens of the 14th-century Kasteel van Oostkerke, restored with the aid of Mien Ruys; and Morishof, the private garden of landscape designer Marc Moris.
• View the famed rose collections at Lens Roses nursery and the traditional ‘kasteel’ gardens of Hex.
• Dine at the 2-star Michelin Le Chalet de la Forêt and enjoy an aperitif in their vegetable garden designed by Erik Dhont.

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