Packages: Gardens of Wales

Thursday, June 6 ^th

We've two gardens on the calendar today. We'll start the day at Stonyford Cottage Gardens with a tour and free time, wales2

followed by lunch in the café. We'll stop next at Abbeywood Gardens for an early afternoon tour that will allow time to return to Chester for a walking tour of the Roman and Medieval town. Overnight Chester (BL)

Friday, June 7 ^th

We cross the border to Wales today, on our way to our base for the next two nights, Welshpool. En-route, we'll stop to tour the National Trust site of Erddig Hall. Sitting on a dramatic escarpment above the winding Clywedog river, Erddig tells the 250-year story of a gentry family's relationship with its servants. In the afternoon, we visit the private garden Edge Villa in Shropshire before arriving in Welshpool in the late afternoon. Dinner will be close to the hotel at 7:00 this evening. Overnight Welshpool (BD)

Saturday, June 8 ^th

We'll visit the Castle and Garden at Powis Castle this morning. After our visit, we'll have a break for lunch before traveling to our afternoon visit, the gardens at Glansevern Hall. Overnight Welshpool (B)

Sunday, June 9 ^th

Portmeirion We're traveling to the Northwest part of Wales this morning. We'll stop for lunch in the Italianate village of Portmeirion. After lunch, we will have a tour at Plas Brondanw Gardens. From there, we'll enjoy a scenic ride through Snowdonia National Park by steam train from Porthmadog to our hotel in Conwy. Dinner near the hotel this evening. Overnight Conwy (BLD)

Monday, June 10 ^th

We'll leave just after breakfast with a short drive to Llanberis, the terminus for the narrow-gauge rack-in-pinion railway that takes you on a 2.5 hour round trip journey to the highest point in Wales (and the British Isles outside Scotland). We'll have time for photos on the summit before returning to Llanberis. We next visit the gardens at Overnight Conwy (B)

Tuesday, June 11 ^th

Visit to Anglesey Island today with two garden visits. The first visit is and NGS Garden called Llanidan Hall. (two choices for an afternoon visit. You decide. Our afternoon visit is the National Trust Garden of Plas Newydd. Overnight Conwy (B)

Wednesday, June 12 ^th

Traveling to Liverpool this morning. We make a morning stop at the garden and Arts and Crafts house at Pensychnant, with a later visit to the gardens at Trafford Hall just before arriving at our hotel in Liverpool. Overnight Liverpool (BD)

Thursday, June 13 ^th

We've dedicated today to Liverpool and the Fab Four. We'll have a guide join us for a complete Beatles Tour. In the afternoon, after we take the ferry cross the Mersey, you'll have time to see the waterfront with options for the Beatles or Titanic Museum. Overnight Liverpool (B)

Friday, June 14 ^th

We're visiting the Tudor House at the National Trust site of Rufford Old Hall. It makes sense to enjoy lunch at the Hall's Victoria Tea Room before we continue on to The Ridges, a private garden about an hour from the center of Liverpool. Overnight Liverpool (B)

Saturday, June 15 ^th

We're departing our Liverpool hotel early this morning for a short driver to Manchester Airport in time to make mid- morning flights home. (B)

Gardens of Wales and Merseyside With Marty Wingate