Malvern Spring Festival & The Gardens of Worcester

Upon arrival in Birmingham we travel, with our expert guide Rosie Maye,  to Stockon Bury Gardens for our included lunch followed by a visit to the gardens. This four acre garden is home to a medieval pigeon house, kitchen garden, water gardens and well planted borders.

Later this afternoon we transfer to our hotel in Worcester where a welcome meal has been arranged this evening.

Enjoy a leisurely breakfast before our first visit of the day to the delightful Cotswold village of Broadway before we continue onwards to Hidcote Manor Garden. Created by Lawrence Johnson and now managed by the National Trust and is one of the best known Arts and Crafts gardens in Britain - it contains hedges, rare trees, shrubs and herbaceous borders.

In the afternoon, we will visit the renowned Cotswold garden of Kiftsgate Court Gardens; the creation of three generations of women gardeners and includes a Water Garden, a White Sunk Garden and is known for its famous Kiftsgate rose.

We will return to our hotel later this afternoon. This evening is free to experience one of the many restaurants in Worcester.

Depart after breakfast for our full day at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival. Based at the Three Counties Showground since it’s inauguration in 1986 the festival opens the door into the summer season and its setting provides the perfect backdrop to an array of plants & gardens.

This morning we will have some free time for last minute shopping and sightseeing before checking out of our hotel.

Join us on a visit to Coughton Court Gardens, now National Trust but still occupied by the Throckmorton family who have lived on the estate since the early fifteenth century. This Tudor house is surrounded by a garden largely made since 1992. Christina Williams as a gift to her mother, Clare McLaren-Throckmorton, created the Rose Labyrinth garden in the magnificent grounds of this historic house in 1996.
Recognised as one of the finest rose gardens in the world and situated within the Walled Garden, the Rose Labyrinth has over 200 different varieties of shrub, climbing and rambling roses which include Damasks, Albas, Teas & Noisettes, Floribundas and many old-fashioned English Roses. They grow in mixed borders with herbaceous under-planting including hardy geraniums, violets and achilleas.

Following our visit we will transfer to Birmingham airport for our return flight to Dublin.