A four-day garden tour, hosted by innovative gardener Keith Wiley, to explore some of Dorset\u2019s most inspiring gardens of renown. <\/p>
From fossil-stacked cliffs to rolling chalk hills and rich pastures, the rural county of Dorset has inspired countless creatives, both historic and contemporary.<\/p>\n
With expert plantsman Keith Wiley<\/a> as your host, the tour highlights some lesser-known gardens, including the garden at The Old Rectory at Litton Cheney, designed in part by Arne Maynard<\/a>, and the richly planted garden at Upper Sydling House<\/a>, originally laid out by the Bannermans<\/a>.<\/p>\n Other gardens are more historic, including the walled kitchen garden at Pugin Hall,<\/strong> which was designed by Victorian architect Augustus Pugin, and Chideock Manor<\/a>, a Regency manor surrounded by varied gardens including a parterre and rose arches.<\/p>\n We visit River Cottage HQ<\/a>, the creation of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and his knowledgeable team, for a tour of the productive \u2018no-dig\u2019 walled garden before sitting down to a delicious home-grown lunch.<\/p>\n There\u2019s the chance to peruse the plants at Charles Chesshire\u2019s Rare & Special Plant Nursery<\/a>, which includes a range of clematis, hydrangeas and intersectional peonies. Your hotel for the tour is 5-star Georgian Summer Lodge Country House Hotel<\/a> in the heart of Thomas Hardy\u2019s Wessex.<\/p>\n Tour dates<\/strong> 3-6 July 2023.<\/p>\n The tour will be hosted<\/strong> by Keith Wiley who was head gardener for 14 years at The Garden House<\/a>, a ten-acre garden on the edge of Dartmoor, before moving to his garden Wildside<\/a>, where he has created one of Britain\u2019s most innovative gardens.<\/p>\n Booking details<\/strong> Price per person, based on two people sharing, is \u00a33,500 (a single supplement of \u00a3400 is levied by the hotel). The price includes transportation from Yeovil Junction railway station, three nights\u2019 bed and breakfast in the four-star Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, Dorchester, and three evening meals with wine at the hotel, plus four lunches. Please note that Boxwood Tours uses hotels of character featuring a variety of rooms and styles. The price does not include extras at the hotel, or travel insurance. For more details and for an in-depth itinerary with details of day-to-day visits, meals, etc, please contact Boxwood Tours.<\/p>\n To express an interest or to book<\/strong> please contact Boxwood Tours, 1 West Street, Buckingham HK18 1HL, UK. Tel<\/strong> +44 (0)1341 241717. Email<\/strong> mail@boxwoodtours.co.uk<\/a> Website<\/strong> boxwoodtours.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n The tour has been arranged exclusively for readers of Gardens Illustrated by Boxwood Tours Quality Garden Holidays, a specialist garden tour company set up in 1990. Please note that itineraries may be subject to change for reasons beyond Gardens Illustrated\u2019s control. The tour is financially protected by the ATOL scheme. Please see booking conditions for further information or for more information about financial protection and the ATOL Certificate go to: arenatravel.com\/why-arena\/financial-protection<\/a><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n A four-day garden tour, hosted by innovative gardener Keith Wiley, to explore some of Dorset\u2019s most inspiring gardens of renown. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"3"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"A four-day garden tour, hosted by innovative gardener Keith Wiley, to explore some of Dorset\u2019s most inspiring gardens of renown.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/18921"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Booking details<\/h2>\n
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