THERE’S STILL TIME TO BOOK HOSPICES OF HOPE’S FINAL TALKING GARDENS TOUR ON 18th JUNE!
Hospices of Hope Founder, Graham Perolls, invited garden lovers to accompany him on a rare series of exclusive tours and talks at three unique gardens in West Kent…..
The first visit took place at the St Clere Estate, Kemsing, on 26th April. The party of 50 people joined Graham and St Clere Estate Foreman, Martin Platt, to learn about his 32 years working in the 17th century country estate gardens – which also included the kitchen and herb gardens. As Martin’s “behind the scenes” account unfolded, the party were enthralled to have the rare opportunity to learn how the St Clere gardens were made famous as a location for many TV shows and films, including Agatha Christie’s ‘Mirror Crack’d’ starring Elizabeth Taylor! Martin also revealed juicy facts about the history of St Clere over the last 250 years as well as lots of practical detail about the maintenance of the estate! Delicious refreshments (kindly provided by Clare’s Cuisine) followed. An absolutely perfect afternoon!
The second visit was to Reuthe’s – The Lost Garden of Sevenoaks on Thursday 16th May. Despite rain in the morning, the sun came out! Keen supporters of Hospices of Hope joined Graham and Reuthe’s owner, Claire Price, in exploring the magical 11-acre rare species woodland, which hosts one of the country’s best selection of specialist rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias. It was a great opportunity to explore this little-known paradise as well as enjoy delicious refreshments. An absolute must for garden lovers and botanists alike!
A FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE LAST GARDEN IN THE TALKING GARDENS SERIES WITH HOSPICES OF HOPE’S FOUNDER GRAHAM PEROLLS!
The third and final visit for 2024 will be to the World Garden, Lullingstone, on Tuesday, 18th June 2024.
Join Graham and ‘modern day plant hunter’ Tom Hart Dyke, (the creator of the World Garden and the 20th generation of the Hart Dyke family to live at Lullingstone), for a private and exclusive talk and tour. Made famous when Tom Hart Dyke was kidnapped in the Panamanian jungle on a plant hunting expedition that went dangerously wrong, this tour and talk will take you all around the world and back again – in time for much needed refreshments!
There are a limited number of tickets available for the final visit to the Talking Garden Tours. To book visit the website at www.hospicesofhope.co.uk/events/the-talking-gardens-of-kent/. (We recommend that you book ASAP before the final tour is sold out! Tickets are £25 per person per garden visit, Fantastic value for such a unique visit!
Sponsor: The Talking Garden events have been very kindly sponsored by Vitality Home Health Services.
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR GARDEN LOVERS – AND YOU WILL BE HELPING TO SUPPORT HOSPICES OF HOPE’S VITAL HOSPICE WORK IN SOUTH AND EAST EUROPE!