Victorian Fork to Fork Discovery Tour

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$2655 Land Only

BOOK NOW & RECEIVE $100 OFF*

How to order:

To book your holiday call 1300 672 534. Monday - Friday, 9am-5pm

Victorian ‘Fork to Fork' Discovery

Departs November 22, 2010
$2655 per person twin share
5-days
LAND ONLY
BOOK NOW AND RECEIVE $100 OFF*

Small group boutique experience exploring unique gardens, enjoying gourmet food including Cooking Class and ‘Potager to Plate' lunch at Mt. Macedon and a ‘Fork to Fork' lunch at Heronswood. Visit a Sheep Dairy, garden of ABC Gardening presenter Stephen Ryan, Hamilton Art Gallery and Australia's newest Botanic gardens. Stay at Campaspe House with its Edna Walling garden, award winning Royal Mail Hotel at foot of Grampians and Sheraton on Geelong's waterfront.

Highlights & Inclusions:

Cooking Class and ‘Potager to Plate' lunch
Campaspe House and Edna Walling Garden
ABC Gardening presenter, Stephen Ryan's garden
Heronswood ‘Fork to Fork' lunch
Cranbourne and Geelong Botanic Gardens
Cruise across Port Philip Bay
Grampians
Hamilton Art Gallery
Mornington Peninsula
Four nights boutique hotels
Transfers on arrival and departure at Melbourne airport
Luxury coach travel in small groups with spare seats

Call 1300 672 534 for more information

Terms and Conditions apply. *Must book by July 31, 2010 to qualify for $100 early booking discount. Cancellations and conditions, as per Botanica's current brochure. Prices are land content from Melbourne. Ask about special airfares to and from Melbourne. Tour organised by Botanica World Discoveries (part of the APT Group) ABN 44004684619 Lic. No. 30112

SAMPLE ITINERARY

Day 1. Mt Macedon

Depart Melbourne, 180 St Kilda Road, outside the NGV International Art Gallery at 9.15 a.m. and travel via the airport. Interstate travellers must be at Melbourne Airport by 9.30 a.m. to be picked up at 10.00 a.m. Visit the Mt Macedon region to see author Stephen Ryan's Tugurium garden, with its emphasis on foliage and structural plants. Take a fabulous fresh ‘Potager to Plate' cooking class and lunch at Woodend, sampling award-winning Victorian wines at Gisborne Creek Winery. Tonight enjoy a gourmet dinner at Campaspe House, set on Edna Walling-designed gardens and bushland in Woodend.
Stay: Macedon Ranges, Campaspe House, featuring its own historic Edna Walling country estate garden or similar

Day 2. Garden of St Erth, Ballarat, Grampians

Visit the Garden of St Erth this morning. The two hectare garden is home to many of rare and unusual plants. Stroll the gardens then continue via Ballarat for lunch at historic Craigs Royal Hotel. After lunch continue via Halls Creek to the Grampians to Dunkeld.
Two Night Stay: Dunkeld, at the award-winning Royal Mail Hotel, with magnificent views of Mt Sturgeon

Day 3. Hamilton, Grampians Sheep Dairy

Taste cheese, yoghurt and other dairy products at the Grampians Sheep Dairy. Visit the garden of Botanica founder Judy Vanrenen at Wiltshire where you will enjoy morning tea and tree planting. Later in the morning enjoy a visit Hamilton Art Gallery and in the afternoon explore the kitchen garden of the Royal Mail Hotel.

Day 4. Western District Gardens, Geelong

Visit Green Hills Garden with its impressive collection of roses and intricate borders surrounding the historic house. Continue to Noorat for lunch at Timboon then on to the ‘dry and unusual' garden of Wigandia, named by Gardening Australia as one of their favourite gardens. Stroll around the beautiful Geelong Botanic Gardens with its original English garden and the new ‘dry' $2 million, 21st Century Garden.
Stay: Geelong, Sheraton Four Points Geelong Hotel, overlooking Corio Bay

Day 5. Mornington Peninsula, Heronswood

Cruise across Port Phillip Bay to Sorrento and Heronswood, home of the Digger's Club, for a delicious ‘Fork to Fork' lunch and a personalised tour of the garden. Learn about edible plants and becoming more water-wise in plant use and design. Visit Australian Garden at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Cranbourne on your return to Melbourne. Continue to Melbourne Airport at 6.00 p.m. for flights departing after 6.30 p.m.