Presidents and Patriots Tour
October 18-25, 2000
For More Information, Contact:
Sagers Garden Travelers
883 East Erda Way
Erda, UT 84074
(888) 353-4769 (Toll Free)
Ph. and Fax (435-882-6797)
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Join us to see the gardens of the presidents and patriots. Many of
America's historic leaders loved the land and cultivated wonderful gardens.
We at Sagers Garden Travelers have conducted
garden tours in 35 states and four countries. We want to share the gardens
of the presidents and patriots with you. Get the answers to your garden
questions while enjoying splendid gardens.
In addition to gardens, we will visit colonial and
Civil War sites, explore the harbor front, enjoy the brilliant colors of
autumn in the Appalachians and relish an evening of lively music. |
Your Tour Includes:
- Airfare
- Luxury coach transportation
- Tips, fees, taxes and transfers
- Excellent lodging
- Admissions to tour sites
- Most meals.
- We happily accommodate special needs for meals, rooms, and other necessities. Please let us know your needs.
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Join our convenient, mid-morning, nonstop Delta flight to Dulles Airport.
Our luxury coach will carry us to the Hampton Inn, Charlottesville.
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Bask in rich, fall colors of the hardwood forest atop the Appalachain
Mountains in the comfort of our coach. Lunch at the five diamond Old Mill
Room at the Boars Head Inn. Explore Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's beloved
home. It epitomizes his brilliance, inventiveness and diversity.
Stroll through lovely flowers, borders, vegetable gardens and pleasant
terraces like he created. Visit his home--known as an architectural wonder.
Stay two nights in the spacious three diamond Amerisuites Hotel and choose
from the 21 item breakfast buffet
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Ramble among waterfalls, koi ponds, and meditation areas in the award-winning
Japanese gardens gracing the 105 acre Maymont estate. Roam Italian and
herb gardens and delight in 200 species of exotic trees and the carriage
collection. Dine in luxury at the 4 diamond Lemaire Restaurant in the opulent
Jefferson Hotel. Step into England at 15th-Century Agecroft Hall,
moved to America with its Tudor and Stuart furnishings. Relish Elizabethan
sunken, knot, and gardens reminiscent of old England. Discover Lewis Ginter
Botanical Gardens, the East's largest perennial garden, lovely Victorian
and children areas. Got a burning garden question? Bring it to your Personal
Greenhouse Show to get your answers this evening.
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Discover the White House of the Confederacy, lavish presidential mansion.
Browse the vast collection of Civil War artifacts, paintings, and documents
of Civil War heros who shaped the South at the Museum of the Confederacy.
Dine colonial style at the 3 diamond Mr. Patrick Henry in the heart of
old Richmond. Roam through Shirley Plantation, America's oldest. See original
silver, portraits, furniture and an amazing carved walnut staircase
rising three stories with no visible support. Walk through picturesque
outbuildings in the Queen Anne courtyard. Shop for nearly anything at a
shoppers' paradise -- Williamsburg Pottery Factory. Hit Parade USA at the
Music Theater of Williamsburg is rollicking fun, family fare. Enjoy 40's
big band music, 50's swing , and early 60's good time music. Stay two nights
in Williamsburg's Gold Key winning Historic Ramada Inn.
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Feel like you visited the year 1775 at Colonial Williamsburg, America's
premier historic town. Spend your day with costumed officials, soldiers,
tradespeople, and housewives filling 1700's duties. See the splendor of
the Governor's Palace and Gardens, authentic homes, taverns, shops and
gardens and a fife and drum parade or military drill.
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The Norfolk Botanical Gardens is a "don't miss" attraction. Stroll through
20 magnificent theme gardens. Explore tropical plants in the climate-controlled
Tropical Pavilion. Enjoy the boat tour through the lovely landscapes. After
a waterside lunch at the three star Ship's Cabin Restaurant, the sea beckons
us to Mariners' Museum on Chesapeake Bay. See how seamen braved, explored
and defended themselves for centuries. Discover rare books, maps, and navigation
artifacts. Return that night to the Amerisuites Hotel in Richmond.
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Visit Kenmore Plantation and Gardens, home to Betty Washington Lewis, George
Washington's sister. Stroll tree-lined paths, boxwood hedges, flower and
herb and domed pavilions filled with plants she grew. Imagine Mary Washington
giving her son, George, her blessing before he left the Mary Washington
House for his inauguration. See old English Gardens and boxwoods Lafayette
saw when he visited George Washington, gentleman farmer, savored life at
Mount Vernon. Delight in the premier 18th century landscaping he designed.
Roam serpentine paths amid graceful colonial trees to his garden, orangery,
innovative horse powered threshing house and the family tomb. Our Farewell
Evening will cap off our last night of the tour.
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Our motor coach will take us through the 444-acre National Arboretum. to
get ideas for your garden. See the superb Bonsai Collection featuring 360-year-old
trees and the country's largest herb garden. Dumbarton Oaks estate garden
reflects quiet elegance in 16 planted acres. Inspect the "garden rooms,"
set like extensions of the house, with many Italian features. We will return
that evening via a nonstop flight to Salt Lake City.
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