Once again, Stephen Harmer, Garden History lecturer and author, formerly of RHS Wisley and Hadlow College, will join us to help explore this important garden.
Very much like Rousham, Painshill is one of the foremost examples of the English Landscape Movement.
Architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner describes Painshill as “Britains greatest contribution to the visual arts”. Being full of follies, views and still waters, who would we be to argue?
We should return between 5.00 & 6.30pm.
West Kent – between 8.00 and 9.30am tbc
Coolings Garden Centre Rushmore Hill
Millbrook Garden Centre Gravesend
Notcutts Garden Centre Pembury
Central Kent – between 8.00 and 9.30am tbc
Longacres Garden Centre Bybrook Barn (Ashford, Kent)
Merriments Gardens Hurst Green
Millbrook Garden Centre Staplehurst
Mote Park Cricket Club (for Coolings at Bearsted)
Tenterden Station Road Car Park
Surrey and Hampshire – between 8.00 and 9.30am tbc
East Grinstead (for Coolings Wych Cross) exact location tbc
Longacres Garden Centre Bagshot
Longacres Garden Centre Shepperton
Rosebourne Garden Centre Aldermaston
Rosebourne Garden Centre Weyhill
Wednesday 18th October
Our aim at Pennywood Tours is to give you a relaxing and carefree time where we do all the work so you can sit back and enjoy the trip.
To this end, all tours are escorted by a group leader who will check you on board and make sure you can find your allocated seat. We’ll seat you with the person/people you are booked with but if you know of anyone else on the trip who has booked separately please let us know in advance and we’ll try to seat you all together. The coach will be a super deluxe vehicle with a toilet and is incredibly comfortable.
Our Group Leader will advise you of all the details of travel times, stops, when to return to the coach etc. so you will be in no doubt about what and when. He or she will be available for any additional questions you may have.
We will do our best to stick to our itinerary but you will understand that when there are traffic jams or adverse weather conditions, we may struggle to do everything as planned but we will let you know what information we have in these situations when we have it.
We look forward to seeing you and welcome any questions you may have by contacting us at info@pennywoodtours.com or on 01622 434 981.