Day 1: London
London
Meet your local guide in the hotel and private transfer to RHS Garden Wisley. Horticulture enthusiasts will find plenty to explore at Wisley, the historic home of the RHS, which houses one of the largest collections of plants in the world.
Before arriving at the hotel, panoramic tour of the centre for a first discovery of the British capital.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 2: London
London
After breakfast, meeting with the guide and, by private bus, departure for Holland Park, where we will visit Kyoto Garden, an oasis of calm in the heart of Kensington. Built in 1991, to celebrate the upcoming Japan Festival in London, the garden was a gift from the city of Kyoto, in honour of the friendship between the two countries. Not far from here, there is the Chelsea Physic Garden, the oldest botanical garden in London, founded in 1673. It houses a collection of over 4500 plants.
After a break for lunch, we'll head to North London to admire The Hill Garden and Pergola, a hidden gem of the capital. Its history dates back to 1904 when Lord Leverhulme, after buying this beautiful house, wanted to create a "perfect" garden. To make his dream come true, he hired Thomas Mawson, a renowned designer and architect of the time. Construction began in 1905, was interrupted by World War I, and was not completed until 1925. Now the park belongs to the City of London Corporation and is open to the public all year round. Return to the hotel. Overnight stay.
Day 3: London
Londa
After breakfast, departure for Kent where we will visit Penshurst Place and Gardens, a fortified manor belonging to the Sydney family, which has been a source of poetry and sumptuous royal hospitality for over 650 years.
The Penshurst House showcases a wonderful mix of paintings, tapestries and furniture from the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. But the highlight is the 11 acres of Elizabethan gardens.
After a break for lunch, we will continue to Sissinghurst Castle, whose famous gardens were created in the 1930s by Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson.
The garden is divided into a series of rooms, in which the various plants are arranged around a theme: the White Garden, the Purple Border, the Rose Garden, the Herb Garden, the Linden Promenade and the Cottage Garden.
Return to London in the late afternoon. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 4: London
London
Today, after breakfast, we will depart for Oxfordshire to visit one of the most important gardens in England, Rousham House & Garden.
Completely unspoilt and uncommercialised, no tea rooms and no shops, just beautiful gardens to explore, remained almost as its designer William Kent left it.
Break for lunch.
Depart for Hatfield House, a stone's throw from modern London, a house steeped in over 400 years of history, with gardens offering 40 acres of tranquillity. The Jacobean-style house houses centuries of historical treasures collected by the Cecils, one of England's most prominent political families.
It was on the grounds of Hatfield House that Elizabeth I received the news of her accession to the throne, while sitting under an oak tree in 1558. You will find here the iconic rainbow portrait of Queen Elizabeth overlooking the splendid Marble Room. Return to the hotel in the late afternoon. Overnight stay.
Day 5:
End of services and check-out of Hotel.
