PRICES INCLUDE COACH FARES, ENTRY FEES, AND DRIVERS GRATUITY
ALL TRIPS LEAVE FROM THE VINEYARDS, GREAT BADDOW
£10 Deposit per seat with balance due two weeks before departure.
Mobility scooters can be arranged depending on the venue.
Please make cheques payable to Great Baddow Horticultural Society
To book please contact:
Eddie Cole
151 Wood Street,
Chelmsford
CM2 8BJ
Tel: 01245 259913
e-mail:outings@greatbaddow-horticultural.co.uk or ecpc151@virginmedia.com
THURSDAY 11 JUNE RHS GARDENS ,HYDE HALL
MEET THERE 2.30pm. Cost £10.00
Including cream or savoury tea
The glorious ever-changing gardens at Hyde Hall are a joy all year round, with newly restored Rose Garden, World Vegetable Garden and many other features. Take a leisurely stroll then go to the Hilltop or Barn restaurant and enjoy an inclusive high tea.
SUNDAY 21 JUNE HOLE HALL GARDENS, KENT
DEPART 9.30am COST £38.00
The 15-acre garden, with beautiful country wide views contains yew hedges, pool, a walled garden and mixed borders along with rhododendrons and azaleas. Refreshments and light meals are available .
SUNDAY 19 JULY BATEMANS, WEST SUSSEX
DEPART 9.30am COST £35.00 National Trust members £30
Built in 1634,the home of Rudyard Kipling author of the Jungle book, is still faithful to the furnishings that Kipling left. The gardens include a formal rose garden, windmill, wildflower meadow, lily pond, orchard mulberry garden and the “the quarterdeck”. Light lunches are available in the Mulberry tea rooms.
SUNDAY 16 AUGUST ROCHESTER and WORLD GARDENS, LULLINGSTONE, KENT
DEPART 9.30am COST £35.00
Spend the morning in the medieval town with the famous castle and one of England’s oldest cathedrals. Time for lunch and coffee before visiting the The World Garden at Lullingstone, extensively planted with flowers and plants from all over the world including an orchid house, Moroccan Blue Room and cloud garden. There will be time for afternoon tea and picnics are welcome.
SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER GRIMSTHORPE CASTLE and GARDENS, LINCOLNSHIRE
DEPART 8.45am COST £40
Owned by the same family since 1516 and current home to the 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, the house is filled with fine furniture, paintings and tapestries. Explore the beautiful kitchen garden, walled and rose gardens. A wide selection of sandwiches and other food is available from the March Hare tea trailer with indoor and outdoor seating . The Farm shop will be open.