Summer Glow 2025

Dorset, UK

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G&T Garden Tours
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Jun 20 - 26, 2025
Group size: 6 - 14
Summer Glow 2025
Dorset, UK

G&T Garden Tours
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Jun 20 - 26, 2025
Group size: 6 - 14

About this trip

A Journey Through Manor Houses And Rose Gardens, Set Against The Inspiring Landscapes Of West Dorset And Somerset.

Friday 20th June - Thursday 26th June 2025

The lush greens of Spring give way to the bold colours of peonies and roses on this late June tour of some of the West Country’s most magical gardens and estates. We are delighted to bring you several exclusive visits, including the 16th-century home and garden of Julian and Isabel Bannerman, and the intimate, secret garden at Chilcombe. 

It's all included!

The price of the tour includes your 6 night stay at Symondsbury Manor, an eclectic and comfortable private manor house with a distinguished history, as well as delicious teas and dinners prepared by Caroline and Clare, with help from Dorset’s best cake baker, Haley. As usual we will be lunching at a variety of our favourite restaurants in this beautiful corner of south-west England. It’s all included. 

What’s included

  • Accommodation
    Not a hotel, but a private house perfectly designed to host our ‘country house week’ tours, Symondsbury Manor is a rambling 17th century house with Georgian and Victorian additions.
  • Food
    Delicious breakfasts, restaurant lunches and dinners prepared by our chefs Caroline and Clare, with Hayley's cakes for tea
  • Drinks
    Your favourite tipple, plus wines selected for us by Johnnie Boden.
  • All tour transport
    You'll travel in the luxury minibus to the gardens and restaurants
  • Garden talks
    Enjoy talks from leading garden designers and photographers
  • Conviviality
    Simon and Jason welcome you to a week of good company, good food, and wonderful garden visits, meeting the great gardeners of the West Country

What’s not included

  • Your travel to Dorset
    You'll arrange your own flights and trains etc
  • Travel insurance
    We recommend you arrange your own insurance to cover delays and cancellations
  • Restaurant bottles
    Extra wine etc in restaurants

Available Packages

Standard Room
Deposit:£990
Only 3 left

Our so-called "standard" rooms are anything but ordinary. A twin room and a stunning four-poster double room share a bathroom, as do the two cosy connecting attic doubles, perfect for friends booking together. The lovely Garden Room, a ground-floor twin, enjoys a private bathroom just across the kitchen. Standard - but still unique! Add a supplement for single occupancy, below. 

£3,950
Deposit:£990
Deluxe Room
Deposit:£1,140
Only 3 left

Our two deluxe rooms feature private baths and basins; one has a superking bed, the other a gorgeous king-size four-poster. Shared toilet. Add a supplement for single occupancy, below. 

£4,550
Deposit:£1,140
En Suite
Deposit:£1,240
Sold Out

Some guests may prefer an en suite bathroom, and four of our delightful rooms (two twins, two doubles) at the Manor offer just that. Add a supplement for single occupancy, below. 

£4,950
Deposit:£1,240
Bloomsbury (shared)
Deposit:£0
Available until September 11, 2024Sold Out

This is a twin room for Patti and Adele

£3,550
Deposit:£0

Available options

Single supplement
£700
7 left
Deposit: £125

To book this room for a single guest only



Itinerary

Friday June 20th
Welcome to Dorset

Arrive at Symondsbury Manor for tea. We have time to unwind and enjoy the garden over drinks, before dinner is served.

Simon Tiffin and Jason Goodwin will set the scene with an introductory talk on the history and gardens of west Dorset.

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G&T Garden Tours
Jason Goodwin and Simon Tiffin set up G and T Garden Tours to share our enthusiasm for the gardens and stunning landscapes of Dorset. It's an historic and beautiful region of England, and we visit the parks and grounds of some of the region’s greatest grand houses, with access to gardens that are not usually open the public. Based for the week in a historic house on the Jurassic Coast, with groups limited to 14 people, guests enjoy splendid accommodation, excellent food, and an unforgettable horticultural experience.