Snowdrop Gardens of the Cotswolds

Departing: February 2027 - February 2027

Discover the Cotswolds at their most enchanting as winter gardens come alive with carpets of snowdrops, from rare galanthus to romantic woodland displays. This February escape is a treat for dedicated galanthophiles and anyone who loves the first signs of spring. Visit Colesbourne Park, renowned for its exceptional snowdrops, alongside Newark Park, Cerney House and Painswick Rococo Garden, home to one of Britain's largest naturalistic snowdrop plantings. Discover the Museum in the Park in Stroud and finish at Arts & Crafts masterpiece Rodmarton Manor, where around 150 snowdrop varieties create a spectacular finale.

Included

Explore Colesbourne & Rodmarton Manor, with entrance fees included
All other visits as outlined in the itinerary
Professional Tour Manager
3 nights at the Mercure Gloucester, Bowden Hall Hotel (or similar)
3 breakfasts & 3 dinners
Private air-conditioned coach travel

Highlights

Colesbourne House, considered to be England’s greatest snowdrop garden
Stunning Victorian walled garden at Cerney House
Arts and Crafts style at Rodmarton Manor
Snowdrops, snowdrops and more snowdrops

Linda Robinson

Linda has over 20 years’ experience as an international Tour Manager. With a BSc (Hons) in Horticulture and an MA in Garden and Landscape History, she specialises in historic gardens and is passionate about their research and preservation.

Tour Itinerary

We depart from our designated pick-up points and head to Newark Park, a secluded country estate upon the Cotswolds escarpment. The 'New Worke' was built in 1550 by Nicholas Poyntz, previously an influential English courtier to Henry VIII. The house, garden and estate would grow and develop over 350 years, followed by a short but grave period of decline, to then be lovingly restored by a Texan architect in the 1970s and 80s. Carpets of snowdrops cover the gardens and estate at this time of year.

Meals: Dinner

Accommodation: Holiday Inn, Gloucester-Cheltenham

After breakfast, we visit Colesbourne Gardens, considered to be England’s greatest snowdrop garden. The collection is probably the most varied of any garden on display, with over three hundred varieties of this spectacular harbinger of spring on show during the short season. There are over ten acres of private gardens and woodland walks with a mix of snowdrops, hellebores, cyclamen and a wide variety of early flowering shrubs.

Later, we head to the gardens at Cerney House. Set around a Victorian walled garden, they are described by Country Living as 'what most people aspire to in their gardens – and few achieve'. The late Lady Angus and her daughter Barbara developed the garden over the years with a lot of help from nature itself. Barbara had little garden experience when they first arrived but luckily Lady Angus had. While the herbaceous borders lie dormant, there are swathes of snowdrops to be discovered in all corners of this romantic garden.

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Accommodation: Holiday Inn, Gloucester-Cheltenham

Today we head to the town of Stroud and visit the Museum in the Park, in whose gorgeous walled garden there is an impressive display of snowdrops. There is also an opportunity to visit the museum itself, which has an extensive collection of items, from historical paintings to dinosaur bones and one of the world’s first lawnmowers!

Later we head for Painswick Rococo Garden, which dates back some 200 years and has been resorted to its former glory by Lord and Lady Dickinson, after the garden fell into disrepair. It is home to one of the country’s largest naturalistic plantings of snowdrops, with 15 different species. It is said to be the spiritual home of the tall, honey-scented ‘Atkinsii’ variety of galanthus.

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Accommodation: Holiday Inn, Gloucester-Cheltenham

This morning, we travel to Rodmarton Manor, an ‘Arts and Crafts’ house with a fine eight-acre garden comprising a series of ‘outdoor rooms’ each with its own distinctive character. There are over 150 different species and varieties of snowdrops here, providing a spectacular conclusion to our celebration of this most charming and uplifting of flowers.

We then return to our original departure points.

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2027

5th February from $1,185

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