Blenheim Palace Flower Show

Join us on a coach trip to Blenheim Palace, Park & Gardens including entrance to the annual Flower Show.

 

This is the perfect place to discover your favourite plants, flowers and an array of gardening goodies from unique garden gazebos, greenhouses and arbours to beautiful flowers, gardening sundries and hundreds of other products.  At the centre of the show is the Grand Floral Pavilion, where you’ll discover stunning displays from nurseries from up and down the country as they compete for the prestigious Best in Show Award. The Pavilion will be a riot of colour, fragrance and amazing plants with a whole range of specialists including Bonsai, fly trap plants, cactus and many more, all with unique and special varieties you may not be able to find in your local garden centre.

 

Plant Village

Bursting with colourful blooms and hardy perennials some of the UK's best nurseries and plant companies exhibit in the Plant Village, this is the best place to pick up your Summer plants, find everything from flowers, plants and shrubs, to trees, bulbs and seeds

 

Main Shopping Arcade

No keen gardener can visit the Blenheim Palace Flower Show without a stroll along the Main Shopping Arcade; filled with a range of horticultural essentials including tools, sundries and pots as well as beautiful garden ornaments, lights and more.

 

Fine Food & Drinks Pavilion

Taste your way around the world in the Festival of Fine Food where top billed food & drink companies will sell an array of delicious sausages, oils, cheese and confectionery many offering irresistible free tasters.

 

 

Blenheim Palace was built in the early 18th-century, as a gift from Queen Anne to the 1st Duke of Marlborough. Blenheim Palace is a masterpiece of Baroque architecture. Collections of portraits, tapestries, and furniture grace the individual rooms.

 

Designed by Sir John Vanbrugh in the English Baroque style, Blenheim Palace was built between 1705 and 1722. It’s the only non-royal, non-episcopal country house in the country to hold the title of palace. And was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.Over its 300 years of history, Blenheim Palace has been a family home, mausoleum, and national monument, but it’s arguably most famous as the birthplace and home of Sir Winston Churchill. Churchill even proposed to his wife, Clementine Hozier, in the grounds of the Palace, in the Temple of Diana summerhouse on 11 August 1908.

 

The park and gardens were transformed by famed English landscape architect, Capability Brown. From his appointment in 1764, he worked to enhance the landscape with newly planted trees and man-man undulations. During World War I, the Palace was used as a convalescence hospital for wounded soldiers. Then, during World War II, more than 400 pupils were evacuated there from Malvern College for one academic year. Blenheim Palace opened its doors to the general public in 1950. Today, it’s the home of the 12th Duke and Duchess of Marlborough.

 

Formal Gardens

Learn about the unique history of Blenheim Palace's Formal Gardens, reflecting a journey through the styles of the ages. These include the Secret Garden, Rose Garden, Water Terraces, South Lawn and Cascades

 

Sir Winston Churchill

Discover the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill with monuments to his memory in the grounds of Blenheim Palace

 

Access the Miniature Train

Ride the Miniature Train from the Palace to the Walled Gardens (additional charges apply)

 

The Walled Gardens

Take a trip to the beautiful Walled Gardens, perfect for all the family

 

The Butterfly House

Visit the Butterfly House in the Walled Garden, home to butterfly species from all around the world

 

The Marlborough Maze

Find your way out of the Walled Gardens’ beautiful Marlborough Maze; two miles of yew trees inspired by the history of the Palace.

 

 

What is included in this coach trip?

• Return coach travel from your chosen pick-up point

• Entrance to Blenheim Palace, Park & Gardens

• Entrance to the Flower Show

 

Trip Itinerary

• Depart last pick-up point at 08:00am for our journey to Blenheim Palace & Gardens to include a comfort stop en-route

• Arrive at Blenheim Palace at approximately 12:15pm

• Depart for our return journey at approximately 16:30pm

 

 

 

Pricing

Adult £59.00

Senior £57.00

Child £48.00

 

 

Group Bookings

Group Bookings of 10+ receive: 50% off 1 place

Group Bookings of 20+ receive: 1 FREE place