Garden Tours 2002
Hosted by Dr. Leonard Perry, Professor
University of Vermont
I am pleased to once again this coming year be able to host garden tours
abroad, specifically the following two. These are once again with
Jeff Sainsbury Tours Ltd of England and Europe. Highlights of these
tours are below. For more details on these, other tours, and booking
information, visit the new website: http://www.jeffsainsburytours.com
Special note: There will be a $100 discount if booking by November 30, 2002!
Bulbs and Gardens of The Netherlands (Holland) including the ten-yearly
Floriade
April 17-27, 2002
Tour Highlights
* Bulb Fields * Keukenhof Gardens * Floriade * Het Loo Palace * Amsterdam
* Hortus Bulborum * Leiden and Hortus Botanicus * Evening canal trip *
Aalsmeer Flower Auctions * Lunch and free time in Enkhuizen, one of Holland's
prettiest towns * Franzs Roosen Nurseries * Piet Oudolf’s nursery * Delft
pottery factory * Kinderdijk windmills * Zaanse Schans recreated 18th century
Dutch village * Bloemencorso Floral Parade * Kroller-Muller's modern art
collection * Deluxe accommodation in Noordwijk and Amsterdam
9 Nights -- $3448 including round-trip airfare from New York (single
supplement $495)
Meals Included: All breakfasts, 2 lunches, 4 dinners, 1
cheese and wine supper
Charming Gardens and Landscapes of Ireland
June 5-15, 2002
Tour highlights:
* mystical Glendalough * view of Sugar Loaf Mountain from Powerscourt
garden * Helen Dillon's town garden * stone-age Newgrange * delightful
Butterstream * lunch at Ballinlough Castle * historic Rock of Cashel *
pretty harbor town of Kinsale * boat ride to Ilnacullin * Mount Usher's
river garden * flora of the Burren * Cliffs of Moher * scenic Ring of Kerry
* Killarney Lakes and Muckross House rock garden * private gardens of Knockree
* gardens and lunch at Ballymaloe Cookery School
9 Nights -- $3549 including round-trip airfare from New York (single
supplement $425)
Meals Included: All breakfasts, 4 lunches, 4 dinners
I hope you’ll visit the above website to check out more details, or
if you don’t have access or would like a printed copy, just let me know!
I hope to see some of you on one of these tours, which should be Excellent
in all respects as previous ones have been.
Dr. Leonard Perry, Hills Bldg—UVM, Burlington VT 05405, 802-656-0479,
FAX 656-4656
leonard.perry@uvm.edu