Gardens of Melbourne and The Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show
Melbourne return
Members from: $4,253 P.P Twin ShareNon-members from: $4,295 P.P Twin Share
Type
Escorted Touring
Destination
Australia
Supplier
Botanica
Booking Code
btm5
Departs
18 March 2024
Stay four nights at the five-star Marriott Hotel in Melbourne, including eight meals
Experience the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show, including a pre-visit lecture
See the private garden of famous designer Paul Bangay
Tour the nursery of Antique Perennials to learn more about this style of garden
Explore a range of gardens with your Botanical Guide
Visit the Diggers Club gardens – Heronswood, St Erth and Cloudehill
Explore the garden of the late Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, Cruden Farm
Learn more about edible gardens and enjoy hands-on workshops
DAY 1: Melbourne And Mornington Peninsula Gardens
Depart Melbourne Marriott Hotel at 8.30am. Travel to the Mornington Peninsula to visit a beautiful private garden and to see what can be achieved by home gardeners. Continue to Heronswood Garden in Dromana, the home of the Diggers Club. Learn about growing your own vegetables from heirloom seeds and enjoy a tasting plate lunch before we visit Cruden Farm, home of the late Dame Elisabeth Murdoch. Explore the expansive gardens which Dame Elisabeth was so fond of.
Stay: Four Nights: Melbourne, Marriott Hotel or similar
Daily: Lunch & Dinner
DAY 2: Macedon Ranges Garden
Visit the Garden of St Erth, one of Australia’s most exciting cool-climate gardens and home to a collection of rare and unusual plants. Enjoy a tour by one of the Digger’s Club gardeners before enjoying some free time in Trentham. This afternoon, visit the magnificent private garden of world-renowned garden designer Paul Bangay.
Daily: Breakfast
DAY 3: Yarra Valley Gardens
Travel to the Yarra Valley to visit the Edible Forest. With over 300 plants growing within a one-acre forest garden, everything is either edible or medicinal. Then travel to Alowyn Gardens, a beautiful garden designed along strong symmetrical lines. Continue to Kinglake to visit Antique Perennials nursery and display garden, where you’ll see hard-to-find perennials, bulbs, grasses and alpines. During dinner tonight, enjoy a special Melbourne Flower Show lecture by regular judge Teena Crawford.
Daily: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 4: Melbourne Flower Show
Visit the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show.
Enjoy a full day at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. Regarded as the largest and most successful horticultural event in the Southern Hemisphere, it is rated among the top five flower and garden shows in the world.
Daily: Breakfast
DAY 5: Gardens Of The Dandenong Ranges And Melbourne
Visit the acclaimed Cloudehill Garden, with its extensive herbaceous borders, roses and azalea walks. Enjoy a Farewell Lunch at the beautiful Fortnums Restaurant. Afterwards, visit the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden and admire the new Australian Garden, designed by Phillip Johnson—this is a replica of the award-winning garden Phillip exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2013. Return to Melbourne, where our tour concludes at the Marriott Hotel at 5.00pm.
Daily: Breakfast & Lunch
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Members from: $6,926 P.P Twin Share
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Members from: $4,216 P.P Twin Share
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