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June 2024 Events:
Details of any additional trips will added when confirmed.
19th June (Wednesday)
Visit to Abbotsbury Gardens and Swannery
Depart Hursley 9:00 am
We will first visit the 30-acre subtropical tropical gardens.
They were started in 1808 by Henry Fox-Strangeways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester and progressively expanded.
Today the gardens are a mixture of formal and informal flowers, world famous for its Camelia groves and Magnolias, noted for its Rhododendron and Hydrangea collections and charming Victorian Garden.
A café is available for lunch, after which we will board the coach to visit the Swannery.
The Swannery was originally created by Benedictine monks as a source of meat and today is a reserve for about 600 Mute Swans nesting on the Fleet lagoon.
Our visit will coincide with the hatching of the cygnets and the mass feeding of the swans at 4.00pm.
We expect to leave the Swannery at 5pm.
Book on Eventbrite, using the link you should have recently received from Merv.
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