Gourmet Garden Trails

Highlights

• Visit Kent, the 'Wine Garden of England', and immerse yourself in a wide range of vineyards, often family-run establishments, for tutored wine tastings, tours and experiences including the world's first winery helter skelter slide! 
• Discover foods fresh from the Kent coastline including oysters.
• Lunch in the traditional pub and smokehouse, Freemasons, in Knutsford
• Visit Leeds Castle, set in 500 acres of beautiful parkland and gardens with a maze and grotto, falconry displays and punting along the moat
• Experiment with flavour profiling at a Kent gin distillery 
• Follow the Edible Woodland Trail at Dorothy Clive Gardens, in Cheshire - consisting of more than 120 edible plants
• Breakfast, lunch and dinner in a Waffle House in the cathedral city of St Albans, serving unique dishes such as chilli con carne waffle followed by a banana flapjack!
• Guided tour at Britain's oldest brewer, Shepherd Neame - walk among the oak barrels, large operating machinery and breathe in the aromas of hops and brewing!
• Foraging on the beach for silky seaweed and wild edible plants which you will use later to prepare something delightful to eat
• Wander through rose gardens, woodland trails and walled gardens in stunning places such as Penshurst Place and the Riverhill Himalayan Gardens
• Lunch in a gastropub - typical English roast dinner with all the trimmings
• Visit Knebworth House, a stately home, used for filming 'The King's Speech' and 'Midsomer Murders', with a parkland that hosts red and silka deer
• Traditional afternoon tea including scones with cream and homemade jam in an English Tearoom
• Dinner in a Michelin starred restaurant 
• Visit former monasteries Combermere Abbey and Norton Priory Museum and Gardens, both dating back to the 12th century, where you can enjoy time exploring walled gardens,  wildflower meadows and a fruit maze
• The Beth Chatto Gardens - five gardens to enjoy including the well-known Water Garden. Beth Chatto OBE is renowned for transforming a once overgrown wasteland into what we see today
• Quaint villages with antiques and old-style book shops such as the village of Dedham in Essex
• Visit the first Champagne house to produce premium English sparkling wine
• Fruit picking experience on a traditional fruit farm, or try some local produce straight from the farm shop