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Gardens of Ireland 2010
with Marty Wingate
June 24 (departing)-July 5, 2010
Optional England extension: July 5-8

Ilnacullin

Hello Ireland lovers, Here's an update for our tour next summer – including the news that the price, as you can well imagine if you follow the exchange rates, has increased slightly, as the euro has gained on the dollar. We didn't want this to be a surprise to you at a later date, so the tour has been repriced and remains a fabulous 10-day (or 14-day, if you stay for England) experience.

As I've been booking garden tours, the Irish gardeners have passed on some good advice. Helen Dillon recommended we see Jimi Blake's garden, Hunting Brooke, and so we will (Jimi suggested we stop at his sister's down the road, and why not?). At Ballymaloe Cookery School, I'm setting up the tour with Evelyn, the head gardener who took us around last time we were there. (Shopper alert: We'll also visit the shop at Ballymaloe Hotel, which is full of local crafts.)

What continues to be true for this trip as all our others: It is a personally led, small-group tour where we will visit public and private gardens without the hurry of big-bus itineraries. View our Itinerary.

For more information: marty@martywingate.com
To make a reservation, contact Brad Cilley at Northwest Travel: brad@nwtravel.com or 425-313-1691

 

Dates: June 24 - July 5, 2010

Cost: $4620 per person in a double room sharing
 * $148 discount when deposit and balance are paid by cash/check
$600 single supplement
 * $174 discount when deposit and balance are paid by cash/check
A deposit of $500 holds your place on the Ireland tour

For more information: marty@martywingate.com
To make a reservation, contact Brad Cilley at Northwest Travel: brad@nwtravel.com or call 425-313-1691.

What's Included:

  • Round-trip airfare from Seattle
  • 10 nights hotel, breakfast each morning
  • 5 dinners
  • 3 lunches
  • all garden fees
  • guided tours of gardens
  • transfer transportation
  • coach travel
  • train ticket, Killarney-Dublin
Optional England Extension:

Extend your visit by including four days in England. We'll stay just outside the center of London, with easy access to our day at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. A one-day bus tour will include a visit to Christopher Lloyd's garden, Great Dixter, stops at Sissinghurst Castle, and Rudyard Kipling's home, Bateman's. And you'll have your own public transport pass that's good for the Tube and bus.

Great Dixter

Optional England Extension:

Cost for England extension:
$1540 per person in a double room sharing
 * $46 discount when deposit and balance are paid by cash/check

$450 single supplement
 * $59 discount when deposit and balance are paid by cash/check
A deposit of $200 holds your place on the optional England extension

For more information: marty@martywingate.com
To make a reservation, contact Brad Cilley at Northwest Travel: brad@nwtravel.com or call 425-313-1691.

England Extension Details:

  • 3 nights hotel, breakfast each morning
  • 3 dinners
  • two lunches
  • one membership to the Royal Horticultural Society (per room)
  • members-only day ticket to the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show
  • garden fees for Great Dixter, Sissinghurst Castle, Bateman's
  • transportation to all events
  • 3-day travel pass for the London Underground

Tour prices are published in U.S. dollars, based on an exchange rate of Euro 1.50 = USD 1.00 and British Pound 1.63 = USD 1.00. Any change to the exchange, up or down, by 3% or more (based on exchange at final payment due date) will result in a supplemental charge or reduction in price. Final payment due date is March 25th, 2010.