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  • Wednesday, May 8 – Monday, May 20 – Wales: Gardens and the RHS Spring Show at Malvern

    Join Pacific Horticulture Society as we explore the glorious gardens, castles, and historic sites of Wales. Our tour begins with the RHS Malvern Spring Festival, featuring creative display gardens, horticultural exhibits, and vendors with the latest inventive gardening solutions. Moving on we’ll tour famous public gardens including Bodnant, with its stunning gold laburnum arch, the National Botanic Garden, Powis Castle, Aberglasney, with a private behind the scenes tour, and small cottage gardens such as Plas yn Rhiw. On the Isle of Anglesy we’ll board a small narrow-gauge train through the Snowdonia Mountains. Other visits include Crûg Farm Nursery, offering rare plants collected on worldwide expeditions, Plas Cadnant, a lovely wooded garden, and Plas Brondanw, a private Italianate garden where tender, exotic plants thrive due to the moderating influence of the mild Gulf Stream. Accommodations on our tour will be in atmospheric country inns.

    Our tour includes an optional extension to London with Chelsea Flower Show tickets.

    For complete itinerary details and information about booking this trip click https://www.sterlinggardentours.com/wales2019

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  • Tuesday, May 28 – Wednesday, June 12, 2019 – Travel to Armenia and Georgia with New England Wild Flower Society

    Explore the rich natural heritage of the Caucasus – May 28-June 12, 2019. Travel to Armenia and Georgia. The New England Wild Flower Society will travel to Armenia and Georgia with Betchart Expeditions, Inc. We begin in Armenia, exploring Lake Sevan (elevation 6,234 feet), the largest body of water in the Caucasus region; and Khor Virap Monastery, which sits at the foot of Mount Ararat (elevation 16,854 ft.), the sacred volcanic mountain. Then we go on to Georgia, where we visit the National Botanic Garden, Mtskheta, the country’s ancient capital, and Jvari Monastery. Our trip takes in many more-local attractions along the way, including museums, a convent, villages, a national park, and the subtropical Batumi Botanical Garden on the Black Sea, the richest in plant biodiversity in Russia (pictured). Complete itinerary and details will be found at http://www.newenglandwild.org/learn/travel-to-armenia-and-georgia.html/?searchterm=Georgia

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