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Springtime in Snowdonia
13-17 May 2019 | Price from: £434.00-£472.00
A fascinating springtime course on the gardens of Snowdonia and North Wales led by gardens expert Tony Russell.
Gardens visited will be chosen from the following, dependent on season, flowering and weather conditions.
Bodnant, Nanhoron, Plas Brondanw, Plas Cadnant, Plas Tan y Bwlch, Plas Yn Rhiw and Portmeirion'.
Waterperry Gardens - Part 1
Waterperry is one of those names which when heard for the first time, you just know you have heard it somewhere before. It has a warmth and familiarity about it, like Winterbourne and Merrieweather – surely Thomas Hardy must have used it for one of his Dorset rustics! It’s a pleasing word, just the act of pronouncing it makes the mouth curl up at the edges. It speaks to us across the centuries and sounds English to the core. For ‘Perry’ is the old English word for pear and if you ever get the chance to taste perry cider than do so because it is absolutely delicious. If we go further back in time the word becomes ‘Pyrie’ which means a collection of pear trees and before that ‘Pyrige’ which simply means ‘the place where the pear trees grow’. Put ‘Water’ in front of it and you have ‘the place by the water where the pear trees grow’.
Sir Clough Williams-Ellis
The architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, is probably best known for his creation of the 'Italianate' village of Portmeirion on the north-west coast of Wales. A fantasy landscape, visited by hundreds of thousands of people each year ...
Less well-known is Sir Clough's ancestral home and garden at Plas Brondanw. Here, long before he embarked on Portmeirion, Sir Clough created one of the finest 'Arts & Crafts' gardens in Britain.
Garden Themed Holidays
Tony Russell leads a number of garden-themed holidays, covering all parts of the world.
To find out more about a garden-themed holiday please click here
The Garden Holidays page features an article, originally published in the Telegraph.
This article gives an enjoyable account of a garden-themed holiday that Tony Russell led and is an excellent introduction to Garden Tours.
The Garden Holidays page also has a brief description and links to two companies that Tony Russell works with - Brightwater Holidays & Victoria Travel.