TRAVEL WITH THE TBG


The Secret Treasures of Buffalo Tour
with Aldona Satterthwaite, New TBG Executive Director and
former editor-in-Chief of
Canadian Gardening,
includes full itinerary. (pdf)

SUMMER 2010

CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

EVENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAY

England’s Finest Gardens & Chelsea Flower Show
in partnership with Donna Dawson
May 25 to June 2, 2010
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JUNE

Annual Urban Paradises Tour
[PG10S01] Frank Kershaw
Thursday, June 10, 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Public $120 / Members $110

The 6th Annual Peony Festival & Parkwood
Sunday, June 13, 2010
in partnership with Garden Excursions
Journey with us to the Oshawa Valley Botanical Gardens for the 6th Annual Peony Festival, a celebration of Canada's largest contemporary peony collection with over 300 cultivars in full bloom. Also, featured at the festival is the Canadian Peony Society’s Annual Show where over 100 specimens will be on display and judged.
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JULY

Adrian Bloom's Celebration of
English Gardens Tour

in partnership with Donna Dawson
July 3 to 11, 2010
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Rural Paradises of the Cambridge Area
[PG10S03] Frank Kershaw
Thursday, July 15, 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Public $120 / Members $110

Royal Botanical Gardens for the
Lily Show & Dundurn Castle
in partnership with Garden Excursions
Visit the Royal Botanical Gardens, explore the grounds, enjoy lunch and take in the Lily Show. More than 500 stems of lilies on display, representing the latest and best from the gardens of hobby and commercial growers and floral arrangers show their creative designs using lilies. Afterwards, we tour Dundurn Castle and visit the Kitchen Garden. Rich, bountiful, and a pleasure to the senses, this kitchen garden showcases an abundance of fashionable fruit, flowers, vegetables, and herbs, essential to Victorian era kitchens and dining rooms.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
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The Secret Treasures of Buffalo
(including the Garden Walk) with Aldona Satterthwaite, TBG Executive Director

Enjoy a cross-border trip to Buffalo visiting Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, the Olmstead-designed Buffalo and Erie Botanical Gardens and the private gardens on the Buffalo Garden Walk.
Friday, July 23 through Sunday, July 25


Price:
TBG Members: $499 + tax (per person, double occupancy); $699+ tax (
single occupancy)
Non Members: $529 + tax (per person, double occupancy); $729 + tax (
single occupancy)

Registration: A $200 deposit is required for registration. All payment (cheque or credit card) is made to our travel agent, Heatherington & Associates. Her contact

information:
Margaret Dailey-Plouffe
Managing Director
HEATHERINGTON & ASSOCIATES
Tour and Event Planners
4 Welsh Court, Thornhill ON L3T 5R3
Office: Toronto 416-746-7199;
Markham 905-597-7199
Toll Free/Fax: 1-877-672-3030
Cell: 647-504-3030

The deposit is 80% refundable until May 7 ($160); the balance is due by June 1st

Travel and Health Insurance is strongly recommended and can be purchased through Heatherington & Associates

AUGUST

Barrie, Holland Marsh & Points North
[PG10S05] Marjorie Mason
Tuesday, August 10, 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Public $120 / Members $110

Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens and Wineries
in partnership with Garden Excursions
Visit the Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens with 40 hectares (99 acres) of beautifully maintained gardens. We’ll stop at the one of the most photographed spots in the world, the 40-foot wide Floral Clock, where over 20,000 plants are used to create the clock’s face in an intricate carpet of colour. Then, we’ll enjoy a delicious lunch at a local restaurant and finish our day with a wine- tasting tour of some of Niagara’s finest wineries.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
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