May 19th to May 28th, 2026

DEPARTURE DAY from USA: Tuesday May 19th, 2026

Day 1: Wednesday May 20th, 2026 – Arrival Day

Morning arrival to London Heathrow airport. After clearing customs and getting your bags, meet Charlie Nardozzi and transfer to RHS Wisley Gardens for tea, breakfast and a tour of the gardens. Wisley is the historic home of the RHS and houses one of the largest plant collections in the world. The gardens delight through every season. At the end of the visit, meet your local guide who will give a short city tour of London before checking in to your hotel.

After check in, take some time to freshen up or explore some of the park before a welcome dinner at the hotel’s Origin Restaurant.

Overnight London at Royal Garden Hotel Meals included: Breakfast and Dinner

Day 2: Thursday May 21st, 2026 – Chelsea Flower Show

After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to the Chelsea Flower Show. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a prestigious annual gardening show organized by the Royal Horticultural Society. It is one of the world’s most famous garden events in the world. It features innovative garden designs, spectacular floral displays, new plants, and exclusive shopping for gardening products, artisan crafts, and food. The event is a highlight of the horticultural calendar and draws global visitors, including members of the British royal family.

In the afternoon the bus is available to transfer you back to the hotel. OR you can take public transit or a taxi to the hotel or anywhere else in London you wish to explore. The rest of the day is free.

Options: Chelsea Physics Garden is nearby the flower show to tour on your own.

Other touring options include the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, the London Eye or the British Museum.

Overnight London at Royal Garden Hotel Meals Included: Breakfast

Day 3: Friday May 22nd, 2026 – Sissinghurst Castle and Great Dixter

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel before departing for Sissinghurst Castle located Southeast of London. Vita Sackville-West, the poet and writer, began transforming Sissinghurst Castle in the 1930s with her diplomat and author husband, Harold Nicolson. Harold’s architectural planning of the garden rooms, and the colorful, abundant planting in the gardens by Vita, reflect the romance and intimacy of her poems and writings. We will have lunch as a group at Sissinghurst before moving on to nearby Great Dixter in the afternoon.

Great Dixter is a vibrant and immersive garden with a 15th century house restored by Sir Edwin Lutyens and gardens created by gardener and garden writer Christopher Lloyd. The gardens are on the cutting edge of innovation in the gardening world, placing emphasis on ecological gardening, biodiversity, and horticultural education.

We will return to London in the late afternoon so you can enjoy dinner on your own at a restaurant of your choice.

Overnight London at Royal Garden Hotel Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 4: Saturday May 23rd, 2026 – Private Gardens

This morning we will visit two private gardens, within walking distance of each other, in London, 152a Victoria Rise and 51 The Chase. Both gardens are part of England’s Garden Scheme where private gardens are opened to the public. These urban gardens are great examples of using creative, small space gardening techniques to pack in the plants, yet still preserve an attractive design. After the garden tours, we will walk to have a group
lunch nearby. The rest of the afternoon is free to explore London on your own. You may want to take a river boat ride down Thames or see a show at the West End Theater or Shakespeare play in the evening.

Overnight London at Royal Garden Hotel Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 5: Sunday May 24th, 2026 – Travel to Exeter

After breakfast, check out of your hotel and board the coach to Exeter. We will stop for lunch on the way at Malverleys Farm and Dining. Set on a small farm on the edge of the picturesque Wessex Downs, Malverley’s food is inspired by the changing seasons and ingredients from their market garden. Emily Von Opel’s vision for Malverleys was born out of a lifelong love of the countryside and gardens, and a wish to offer the wider community an opportunity to enjoy the benefits a small farm and local business can provide. Through Emily’s enthusiasm, and with the help of a dedicated team, Malverleys Farm and Dining is a celebration of wholesome produce and seasonal cooking. The menus are shaped by the seasons and the traditional cooking of France and Italy.

After lunch we will continue on to Exeter with an early evening arrival. Once you have checked in to your room you are free to explore the area on your own and find dinner at one of the many choices nearby.

Overnight Exeter at Hotel Indigo Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 6: Monday May 25th, 2026 – Private Gardens in the Moors

Today we will travel to two private gardens in the Moors. In the morning we’ll visit Heathercombe gardens. It lies on the edge of the Moors and the garden reflects the natural landscape. This garden features cottage gardens, water gardens and a vast collection of spring flowering bulbs and shrubs such as rhododendrons and azaleas.

Next, we’ll travel to Tavistock for lunch. After lunch we’ll travel to the nearby garden of Keith Wiley. Keith was the head gardener for years at Garden House, a famous garden in the area. He now has his own unique garden close by, Wiley at Wildside Garden. Afterward, we’ll return to Exeter for the evening where you are free to get dinner on your own.

Overnight Exeter at Hotel Indigo Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 7: Tuesday May 26th, 2026 – Eden Project and Lost Gardens of Heligan

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel before departing for the day to the Eden Project and Lost Gardens of Heligan, two famous gardens in Cornwall. We will spend the morning exploring the Eden project which used to be a barren
landscape – a former clay mine with no soil or plants. They transformed this huge crater into a beautiful global garden with massive covered Biomes and outdoor gardens. We will take a tour through one of the world’s largest indoor rainforests here. Enjoy lunch independently at Eden Project before we head to the Lost Gardens of
Heligan in the afternoon. Lost to time, this 100 year old Victorian Garden was abandoned after World War I, then rediscovered 25 years ago. Now the grandeur of the ornamental plantings and production gardens have been restored. Return to Exeter in the evening.

Overnight Exeter at Hotel Indigo Meals included: Breakfast

Day 8: Wednesday May 27th, 2026 – Private Gardens

Our final day will be spent visiting a private garden in Newton Abbey Am Brook Meadow in the morning with refreshments. Am Brook Meadow is a country garden developed over the past 19 years to encourage wildlife with perennial native wildflower meadows, large ponds with ducks and swans, streams and wild areas covering 10 acres. The afternoon is free to explore Exeter on your own. Enjoy a farewell dinner at your hotel in the evening.

Overnight Exeter at Hotel Indigo Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 9: Thursday May 28th, 2026 – Return to USA

Depart in the morning for Heathrow airport for your afternoon flight from Heathrow. Note: There is a 3 hour drive from Exeter to London Heathrow airport.

AIRPORT TRANSFERS: There is only one airport transfer provided by the coach on the arrival day and the departure day. If you arrive a day earlier or depart later you are responsible for your own airport transport.

ACTIVITY LEVEL DESCRIPTION: KEEP THE PACE ~ I like to spend much of the day exploring. Whether walking through historic neighborhoods at an energetic pace or out and about on a coach, stairs, walking up hills, village cobblestones and uneven surfaces don’t bother me and I love to keep up with the group.

IMPORTANT: Goodspeed Tours reserves the right to alter the order of events or to make changes in the itinerary deemed necessary for the comfort, convenience and safety of the participants. Every effort will be made to adhere to the printed itinerary, but weather conditions and transportation difficulties may arise beyond the control of Goodspeed Tours and local suppliers could force the cancellation or substitution of events or specific services.

REGISTER by contacting Deb Flanders (travel@goodspeedtours.com)

Garden Tour Inclusions:

• ❖  8 nights accommodations centrally located 4 & 5-star hotels (4 nights London, 4 nights Exeter)
• ❖  Garden Host Charlie Nardozzi to accompany the group
• ❖  Goodspeed Tour manager Deb Flanders to accompany the group
• ❖  Local Tour Guides in London and Exeter
• ❖  All listed transports with a luxury air-conditioned bus
• ❖  Hotel breakfasts (8 total)
• ❖  1 arrival day breakfast at RHS Wisley Gardens
• ❖  4 group lunches including drinks (coffee, tea and choice of one beer, wine or soda)
• ❖  2 group dinners including drinks (coffee, tea and choice of one beer, wine or soda)
• ❖  Admissions to all gardens and the Chelsea Flower Show as listed in the above itinerary
• ❖  Private guides for garden visits plus gratuities
• ❖  Gratuities for tour guides and bus drivers
• Tour Cost per person in a double room share: $5,985 USD per person
  Single room add on supplement fee: $1,410 USD per person
  Space is limited to 18 participants. Price is subject to increase with fewer than 18 travelers.NOT INCLUDED:

• ●  Dinners (6) and Lunches (4)
• ●  Luggage service at the hotels
• ●  ETA Electronic Travel is required to enter the United Kingdom: £16 ($21 USD)
• ●  Passport services
• ●  Flights round trip to London, additional travel agency fees apply for booking
• ●  Travel coverage is highly recommended and available from Allianz Travel Insurance.
• ●  Any other items not mentioned above Tour Payment Policy & Schedule: Payments are per person

• ●  $1,000 USD per person deposit is due to confirm your space on the tour, minus a $200 non-refundable service fee.
• ●  $1500 USD per person payment is due: January 20, 2026
• ●  Balance payment due: March 16, 2026
• ●  NO REFUND for cancellations received after March 16, 2026

Travel insurance is highly recommended and can be purchased directly with Allianz Travel Insurance. Cancellation charges also apply to additional accommodations reserved prior to and after the tour. Goodspeed Tours cannot assume responsibility for any fees relating to the issuance and/or cancellation of air tickets. Full terms and conditions are also available at Goodspeed Tours.

Flights are NOT included in the package price:

Arrival and departure will be at London Heathrow airport. You have the option to make your own reservations online or Goodspeed Tours can book your flights with their travel agency for an additional service fee of $75 per person.