CT Hort is excited to be co-hosting two day-long bus tours this summer with Friendship Tours! Won’t you join us? Your tour guide for both tours is Nancy DuBrule-Clemente, author and founder of Natureworks Horticulture Services.
Gardens of Woodbury
Friday, July 21
Bus leaves at 8:30 am from New Britain and 9:00 am from Middletown. Approximate return time is 5-5:30pm
Your day kicks off with a visit to Earth Tones, a native plant nursery that offers grasses, ferns, perennials, shrubs, and trees that are native to New England. After a tour of the nursery, you’ll enjoy a workshop on how to save seeds from native plants and how to sow and grow them.
Then we’ll have lunch at Marketplace Kitchen, in the heart of town, before a trip to the Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll. Ms. Jekyll had a profound influence on modern garden design and is widely considered the greatest gardener of the 20th century. Nancy will guide us through this spectacular space.
CT Hort Members: $150 / General Admission: $155
Price includes the workshop and tour at Earth Tones, the stop and tour at the Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll, lunch, deluxe motorcoach bus, and tour director.
Go to www.friendshiptours.net or call 860-243-1630 to reserve a space.
Massachusetts South Coast Visit
Thursday, August 17
Bus leaves at 8:30 am from New Britain and 9:00 am from Middletown. Approximate return time is 7-7:30pm
We’ll go to Avant Gardens in North Dartmouth and meet owner Katherine Tracy, and participate in a workshop where Ms. Tracy will demonstrate how to transform your container gardens for late summer and fall. Following the workshop, tour the gardens and greenhouse, which there’s an array of uncommon and rare trees, shrubs, perennials, garden annuals, succulents, and hard-to-find houseplants.
Then we’re on our way to the Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens, a storied former New Bedford nursery and homestead-turned vibrant public park. Mr. Haskell himself curated the six acres of beauty blooming in the heart of the town.
CT Hort Members: $145 / General Admission: $150
Price includes the workshop and tour at Avant Gardens, the stop at the Haskell Public Gardens, a buffet lunch, deluxe motorcoach bus, and tour director.
Go to www.friendshiptours.net or call 860-243-1630 to reserve a space.
Hurry! Space is limited on the buses for both tours.