PREVIEW: Early Season Tours, 2020

Just a taste of the new 2020 early season tour programme, full details to be finalised & published early October:

HORTUS goes to Cornwall with David Wheeler, 17th March;

Gardens Illustrated: Marrakech & Taroudant with Kirsty Fergusson, 28th March;

The Telegraph: Gardens of Tuscany with Helen Yemm, 26th April;

Country Life: Gardens of Corfu with Kirsty Fergusson, 5th May;

Boxwood Tours: 'Sicilian Spring' with Kirsty Fergusson & Rachel Lamb, 15th May;

Gardens Illustrated: 'The French Rose'  with Maite Delmas & Michael Marriott, 24th May;

The Telegraph: Dorset Garden Collection with Helen Yemm, 9 June;

Boxwood Tours: Norfolk Collection with Stephen Anderton & Sophie Piebenga, 23 June. 

Sue & Brian & the Boxwood Team look forward to welcoming you on a Boxwood Quality Garden Holiday in 2020......

 

LAST CHANCE TO BOOK ON THIS TOUR

 

Read Designer Gerald Luckhurst on Palácio dos Marqueses da Fronteira:

'A blue-chip investment' by Gerald Luckhurst

Full details of this tour hosted by Gerald: COUNTRY LIFE, 'Glorious Eden'1

FOR FULL DETAILS OF ALL TOURS, GO TO THE NEW

 

BOXWOOD TOURS WEB SITE1

Sue & Brian and the Boxwood Team look forward to welcoming you on a
Boxwood Quality Garden Holiday in 2019....

Gardens Illustrated goes to Varengeville

Don't miss out! This tour is selling fast!

Gardens Illustrated goes to Varengeville

Sue & Brian Macdonald and the Boxwood Team look forward to welcoming you on this  Unique Quality Garden Holiday in 2019....

STOP PRESS: Helena Attlee to host 'Hortus goes to the Azores' garden tour

It's not too late to join Helena exploring the gardens of São Miguel:

Hortus goes to The Azores

Sue & Brian Macdonald and the Boxwood Team look forward to welcoming you on this  Unique Quality Garden Holiday in 2019....

STOP PRESS: Read Sissinghurst Head Gardener Troy Smith on Vita Sackville-West's Roses: Article

Rosarian Michael Marriott introduces English Roses in Sussex & Kent
 on the 2nd Gardens Illustrated Celebration of The Rose tour in June:

The Gardens Illustrated 2nd English Rose Tour

Including an introduction to the Roses of Sissinghurst Castle Garden by Head Gardener, Troy Smith

Sue & Brian Macdonald and the Boxwood Team look forward to welcoming you on this  Unique Quality Garden Holiday in 2019....

STOP PRESS: Read Rosarian, Michael Marriott
on Top Roses for Garden Designers; Article

 
Following the great success of last year's holiday, Michael Marriott is leading a 2nd tour:
A Celebration of The Rose in Sussex & Kent:

 The GARDENS ILLUSTRATED: English Rose II 

FOR FULL DETAILS OF ALL TOURS, GO TO THE NEW BOXWOOD TOURS WEB SITE

Sue & Brian and the Boxwood Team look forward to welcoming you on a
Boxwood Quality Garden Holiday in 2019....

 

 

 

 

STOP PRESS: Read Charles Fox of Glendurgan
on the artistic approach to gardening; Article

Charles Fox introduces the Fox family gardens of Glendurgan, Penjerrick & Trebah in April on:

The GARDENS ILLUSTRATED Cornwall Early Spring Collection

FOR FULL DETAILS OF ALL TOURS, GO TO THE NEW BOXWOOD TOURS WEB SITE

Sue & Brian and the Boxwood Team look forward to welcoming you on a
Boxwood Quality Garden Holiday in 2019....

Monty Don's Italian Gardens

'Roses & Nightingales'; The Gardens of Rome & Lazio

Enjoy many of  the gardens visited by Monty Don in his iconic 'Italian Gardens' TV series

See again the introduction to: 'Monty Don's Italian Gardens'

Read George Plumptre's 'The Flower of the Italian Renaissance'

Full details of: Country Life, Gardens of Rome & Lazio with George Plumptre, 5th May; 

FOR FULL DETAILS OF ALL TOURS, GO TO THE NEW BOXWOOD TOURS WEB SITE

Sue & Brian & the Boxwood Team look forward to welcoming you on a 

Boxwood Quality Garden Holiday in 2019......

LAUNCH: Late Season Tours, 2019

LAUNCH: Late Season Tours, 2019
Click the links below for full details of these tours.....
HORTUS goes to Alsace & the Rhineland with David Wheeler, 9 Sept.
THE TELEGRAPH Devon Gardens Collection with Helen Yemm, 16 Sept.
COUNTRY LIFE: Gardens of Lisbon & Sintra with Gerald Luckhurst, 24 Sept.
GARDENS ILLUSTRATED: Gardens of Varengeville with Maïté Delmas, 27 Sept.
Sue & Brian & the Boxwood Team look forward to welcoming you on a
Boxwood Quality Garden Holiday in 2019...…

PREVIEW: Late Season Tours, 2019

Full Season Tour Programme, 2019

Places selling fast on these tours.....

Gardens Illustrated: The Cornwall Early Spring Collection with Annie Guilfoyle, 9th April;

Telegraph: Gardens of Marrakech with Helen Yemm, 27th April;

Country Life: Gardens of Rome & Lazio with George Plumptre, 5th May;

Telegraph: Gardens of Provence with Helen Yemm, 20th May;

Gardens Illustrated: 'The English Rose II' with Michael Marriott, 11th June;

Boxwood Tours: Gardens of Deepest Dorset with Stephen Anderton, 17th June;

HORTUS goes to the Azores with David Wheeler, 24th June;

Cheshire Life: A Country Garden Collection with Stephen Anderton, 2nd July. 

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PREVIEW: Autumn Tours, 2019

Full details to be released end December.....

HORTUS goes to Alsace & the Rhineland with David Wheeler, 9 Sept.

THE TELEGRAPH Devon Gardens Collection with Helen Yemm, 16 Sept.

COUNTRY LIFE: Gardens of Lisbon & Sintra with Gerald Luckhurst, 24 Sept.

GARDENS ILLUSTRATED: Gardens of Varengeville with Maïté Delmas, 27 Sept.

Sue & Brian & the Boxwood Team look forward to welcoming you on aBoxwood Quality Garden Holiday in 2019...

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George Plumptre's article on Villa Lante in Country Life:

Read George Plumptre's 'The Flower of the Italian Renaissance'

Full details of: Country Life, Gardens of Rome & Lazio with George Plumptre, 5th May;

FOR FULL DETAILS OF THESE TOURS, GO TO THE NEW BOXWOOD TOURS WEB SITE

Sue & Brian & the Boxwood Team look forward to welcoming you on a

Boxwood Quality Garden Holiday in 2019......

LAUNCH: Early Season Tours, 2019

The new Boxwood Tours 2019 early season tour programme:
Gardens Illustrated: The Cornwall Early Spring Collection with Annie Guilfoyle, 9th April;
Telegraph: Gardens of Marrakech with Helen Yemm, 27th April;
Country Life: Garden of Rome & Lazio with George Plumptre, 5th May;
Telegraph: Gardens of Provence with Helen Yemm, 20th May;
Gardens Illustrated: 'The English Rose II' with Michael Marriott, 11th June;
Boxwood Tours: 'Wessex Garden Tales' with Stephen Anderton, 17th June;
HORTUS goes to the Azores with David Wheeler, 24 June;
Cheshire Life: A Country Garden Collection with Stephen Anderton, 2 July.
FOR FULL DETAILS OF THESE TOURS, GO TO THE NEW BOXWOOD TOURS WEB SITE
Sue & Brian & the Boxwood Team look forward to welcoming you on a
Boxwood Quality Garden Holiday in 2019......

PREVIEW: Early Season Tours, 2019

Just a taste of some of the new 2019 early season tour programme,
full details to be finalised & published mid-October:

Gardens Illustrated: The Cornwall Early Spring Collection with Annie Guilfoyle, 9th April;

Telegraph: Gardens of Marrakech with Helen Yemm, 27th April;

Country Life: Garden of Rome & Lazio with George Plumptre, 5th May;

Telegraph: Gardens of Provence with Helen Yemm, 20th May;

Gardens Illustrated: 'The English Rose II' with Michael Marriott, 11th June;

Boxwood Tours: 'Wessex Garden Tales' with Stephen Anderton, 17th June;

HORTUS goes to the Azores with David Wheeler, 24 June;

Cheshire Life: A Country Garden Collection with Stephen Anderton, 2 July.  

Sue & Brian & the Boxwood Team look forward to welcoming you on a Boxwood Quality Garden Tour in 2019......

Thinnings....

Meet Chris Crowder, Head Gardener at Levens Hall

Head Gardener, Chris Crowder clipping one of the famous Levens Hall yews.......

For the past 25 years since leaving Kew, Chris has been in charge of trimming the ancient and distinctive yew at Levens, as well as the seasonal planting in the box edged beds. To read more about Chris's work at Levens, click the following link: Thinnings..

Travellers on the upcoming Telegraph 'Lakeland Collection'  tour will meet Chris, as well as Abi & Tom and many other gardeners and garden owners in this uniquely beautiful part of Britain.

To read full details of this tour, click the following link: The Telegraph Lakeland Collection, 21-24 September

Read Tom Attwood's article: Fail-safe Borders

MEET ABI & TOM AND MANY OTHER LAKELAND GARDENERS THIS SEPTEMBER

The Telegraph Lakeland Collection with Helen Yemm

JOIN DAVID IN SEPTEMBER ON 'THIS MOST INSPIRING OF GARDEN TOURS'

HORTUS goes to the Southern Netherlands

Italian Tours Update

Book Early!
We advise early booking as, of the early season tours, only the June English Garden History tour has any remaining space. The 4 late season tours are filling fast with only a few rooms now available on the 2 Italian garden tours: Gardens Illustrated, 'Gardens of the Italian Lakes' and the COUNTRY LIFE tour of the 'Gardens of Amalfi & the Bay of Naples'.

Italy Tours: Back-to-Back Offer
We are assisting travellers booking on both tours with flights from Milan to Naples to give 10 glorious days of Italian Garden visits staying in some of the best hotels in Italy.... Contact the Boxwood office for more details.

STOP PRESS: Only 1 single place now available for this offer.....

New Articles
There are now 2 articles written for COUNTRY LIFE by Steven Desmond available to read via the following links:

'Capri's Precious Masterpiece'; Villa San Michele, by Steven Desmond

'One of the great gardens of the world'; Steven Desmond on La Mortella

Hotel Santa Caterina: Just one of the superb hotels to be enjoyed on the 'Amalfi & Bay of Naples' tour in October.....

Another 'Secret History of British Gardens'

Taking Bookings

At the time of writing, we are still taking bookings for the Boxwood British Garden History tour: 'Down the Garden Path' tracing this unique story through the gardens & landscapes of Hampshire.

 

Sophie Piebenga

Popular garden tour leader, Sophie Piebenga has her own secret history: apprenticed with the National Trust; student gardener at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, followed by her doctorate in garden history at York University, Sophie is no 'ivory-tower' academic. Working with and advising garden owners in Gloucestershire as well as leading tours for Boxwood, Sophie is the ideal companion and host to introduce these gardens and their significance, needing only Monty Don's celebrity status to be a real 'star'...

 

A Real Winner

Bear in mind that the current leading veteran traveller of 22 Boxwood Tours, who should be able to spot a winner, has just booked on this tour..

View Monty Don's acclaimed TV documentary: 'The Secret History of British Gardens'

View full details of this unique garden tour: 'Down the Garden Path'

Highgrove Booked

Cotswolds Tour: Highgrove Visit

HRH Prince Charles's garden at Highgrove takes group bookings from February. Having had our booking confirmed this week, we are now able to include the visit in The Telegraph Gardens of the Cotswolds tour in June. To find out more about the garden and tour, click Highgrove and the tour title respectively.

 

Late Cancellation: Marrakech

The previously fully booked Country Life goes to Marrakech tour in March now has 2 rooms available due to an unavoidable late cancellation of a party of 3. Do telephone to check availability before booking as these rooms are likely to sell fast....

 

Prince Charles's Gardens at Highgrove

 

David Austin's English Roses

David Austin has made a huge contribution to rose breeding in developing his superb range of 'English Roses' selected to combine the evocative character of old rose varieties with qualities of fragrance, long-flowering, and disease resistance.

 

There are just 2 rooms left on The English Rose garden tour in June led by rosarian Michael Marriott who will introduce David Austin's nursery and private collection as well as many other superb gardens of Shropshire & Worcestershire.

 

To check availability and book on this tour, contact Boxwood Tours on 01341 241717.

 

Meanwhile, for those who enjoy a puzzle, try matching the David Austin roses above with the following names: Barbara Austin, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Mary Rose, Queen of Sweden, Renaissance, Royal Jubilee, and Wisley.....

 

To read an article written about one of the gardens featured on this tour, click the following link: 'Timeless Style', Tamsin Westhorpe on Coughton Court.....