Gardening breaks with Warner Leisure Hotels – they’re bloomin’ marvellous

20/05/2008

This week saw the start of the ultimate event in the gardening calendar: the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. And attending the show as part of a midweek break at Littlecote is just one of the many specialist gardening experience breaks on offer this year at Warner Leisure Hotels.
 
In fact there are gardening experience breaks available to suit everyone – however green their fingers! So don’t worry if you don’t know your Amaryllis from your elbow because Warner Leisure Hotels’ gardening breaks are hosted by professional gardeners in small, friendly groups - ideal for beginners and the more experienced alike.

Teresa Davies, a silver gilt medallist at RHS Chelsea in 2007 is running several breaks she has designed for Warner Leisure Hotel guests at Littlecote House in Berkshire this year. You can choose from another show favourite, the Hampton Court Flower Show, and let Teresa be your guide, or perhaps join her on a summer trip to Kew Gardens, or to see the glories of autumn at RHS Wisley. During each break Teresa will also be giving talks, demonstrations and, of course, her advice at our "Gardeners Question Time" sessions.

Discover what goes on behind the scenes at a Hillier Nursery with Hilliers’ designer Andy McIndoe and enjoy a wonderful tour exploring the early autumn colour of the famous and interesting Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in Hampshire.

Warner Leisure Hotels grounds and gardens are lovingly cared for by our head gardeners and their teams. They are extremely proud, and love to share their tips on success with our guests, so why not join them on one of our “home grown” experience breaks where over the course of your break they’ll give you a glimpse into a “gardener’s world”.

Or simply join us on an escorted day trip whilst on your break to the Hampton Court Flower Show, Tatton Park RHS Flower Show, see Yorkshire in Bloom at RHS Harlow Carr or enjoy a day at the Harrogate Flower Show.

All breaks include a sumptuous three course dinner, a comfortable en suite bedroom, a full and generous English breakfast, live nightly entertainment and numerous daytime activities and leisure facilities.

And if our gardening experience breaks haven’t grown on you, don’t worry as Warner Leisure Hotels have over 600 different experiences to choose from including Learn to….Become A Chocolate Artist, Look and Feel Ten Years Younger with Channel 4’s Nicky Hambleton- Jones’ team, discover your paranormal abilities on the Psychic School With the Psychic Sisters, join the experts at an Antiques Fair or a Ghost Hunt, take a trip on the Orient Express or even try a day at the races.

Warner Leisure Hotels has 13 properties across the UK each with its own character and personality, offering a wide choice and style of accommodation.

From the majestic Thoresby Hall Hotel and Spa in Nottinghamshire, and the historic Littlecote House in Berkshire where Henry VIII courted Jane Seymour, through to Victorian character hotel Alvaston Hall in Cheshire with its own golf course, and Lakeside seaside resort on Hayling Island in Hampshire offering relaxed accommodation in a pretty traditional seaside location, there is a hotel or resort to suit every taste and style.

Subscribers to the Mature Times enewsletter can take advantage of savings up to 15% off breaks taken in June and July by quoting 33MT8 when booking, we also have some great offers throughout the rest of the year - please call us for further details. You can book by calling free phone 0800 1 388 399, visit the link below or seeing your local travel agent.

Littlecote House Hotel – Hungerford, Berkshire

9th June – Gardening Experience Break
Join Teresa Davies for
16th June – RHS Garden Wisley  - Borders, Beds & Blooms.
7th July – Hampton Court Palace Flower Show
11th August – Summer at Kew Gardens
8th September – Glories of Autumn at RHS Garden Wisley

Cricket St Thomas – Chard, Somerset

11th July & 13th October – Gardening Experience Break
29th September – Autumn Gardens with Hillier Nurseries

For details of these and all of our great gardening experiences click below.