14 Luglio 2016

400 anni di storia del giardino

Dal 7 al 14 agosto, un magnifico viaggio per i giardini del centro nord Inghilterra e Galles con visita alla zona dei laghi amata dai poeti romantici oltre ai giardini strepitosi.

PER INFORMAZIONE O PRENOTAZIONE CONTATTARE CLARE LITTLEWOOD: clare.littlewood@libero.it

oppure tel. 347 3216720

 

Di seguito il programma dettagliato

MANCHESTER LANGUAGE SCHOOL

HOW TO READ A GARDEN

400 YEARS OF GARDEN HISTORY (EGT4)

Sunday 7 to Sunday 14 August 2016

Sunday 7/8    ARRIVALS

  • Arrivals Manchester Airport or Railway Station.
  • Transfer to host families.
  • Evening - Dinner with host families

Monday 8/8    INTRODUCTION TO MANCHESTER

  • Morning - English conversation class and garden briefing Introduction to Manchester
  • Coffee break.
  • Afternoon - Discover Manchester featuring ‘Dig the City’, Manchester’s Summer Garden Festival. Lunch and orientation tour of the City centre with its impressive Victorian and modern buildings.
  • Evening - Dinner with host families

Tuesday 9/8     CHATSWORTH

  • Morning - Garden briefing Town and Country – an Introduction to Chatsworth and the Devonshire Family
  • Depart for the Peak District National Park via the village of Tideswell in the Peak District National Park. Chatsworth is a 17th century palace with a rich collection of art and antique furniture. The house, set in 400 hectares of ‘Capability’ Brown landscaped park, is home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. The gardens at Chatsworth are ‘Pleasure Grounds’ on a vast scale with fountains and avenues, arboreta, a maze, a baroque cascade and sculpture
  • Evening - Dinner with host families

Wednesday 10/8    ARLEY HALL

  • Morning - English conversation class In an English country garden. The Herbaceous Border – Introduction to Arley
  • Picnic lunch
  • Afternoon - Visit to Arley Hall via the pretty Cheshire village of Great Budworth and Fryer’s Rose Nursery and Garden Centre. In August Arley’s renowned double herbaceous border reaches its peak of perfection
  • Evening - Dinner with host families

Thursday 11/8    LEVENS HALL AND THE LAKE DISTRICT

  • Morning -  Depart for the English Lake District, Levens Hall, a tower house dating from 1250 with an exceptional 300 year old garden. Levens is probably the most famous topiary garden in the world - a synthesis of formality, illusion and horticultural magic
  • Afternoon - Seven lake tour of the Lake District including Hill Top, home of Beatrix Potter and Grasmere home of the English Romantic poet, William Wordsworth
  • Evening - Dinner with host families

Friday 12/8    TRENTHAM & WOLLERTON OLD HALL - COTTAGE GARDEN

  • Morning - English conversation class and garden briefing. A Gardener’s A to Z. Depart for Trentham Garden, a multi-award-winning contemporary restoration of the 19th century Italian Garden featuring work by Chelsea Gold Winners Tom Stuart-Smith and Piet Oudolf
  • Afternoon - Arrive Wollerton Old Hall. This is a great garden of 20th century choice influences recalling the Arts and Crafts Movement.
  • Evening-  Optional Curry night at Sangam restaurant, Didsbury or dinner with host family

Saturday    13/8 BODNANT GARDEN

  • Morning - Depart for the medieval walled-town of Conwy on the North Wales Coast.
  • Afternoon - Visit to the world renowned garden of Bodnant created over more than 100 years by three presidents of the Royal Horticultural Society.
  • Evening - Farewell Dinner at Moor Cottage

Sunday 14/8    DEPARTURES

(Manchester Language School reserves the right to change the programme according to the availability of gardens, venues and speakers listed.)

 

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