Striking clipped box in a private garden Arching cimicifuga in September
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Clare and Julian Whately
  
Clare Whately started Border Lines in 1987 and built it up to become the pre-eminent garden tour operation in the UK.

As a result, Clare well understands the high standards expected by you all.

Having sold Border Lines, Clare set her sights on northern France, and has explored more than a hundred of the hidden and often unknown French gardens being created today.

At the start of 2010, Clare joined forces with the long-established Cricketer Holidays. Their attention to detail and personal service will ensure that the planning of your Tour will be easy and enjoyable. With their ABTA and ATOL membership, they also offer you peace of mind.

Robin Lane Fox has travelled with Clare several times and wrote in the Financial Times:

'I travelled in the best possible way with Clare Whately, one of the queens of garden organisation, who has never let her clients down in many years of holidays on their behalf . . . If you like gardens you are certain to find kindred spirits in her group.'

Read in the Financial Times, Robin Lane Fox’s articles about some of the gardens on our Tours:

The Château de Vauville near Cherbourg
The Château de Brecy near Bayeux

  Potager at Château de Bosmelet   A private garden in Normandy
   
Borrowed landscape near Dieppe Anna Tognetti (interpreter) and Clare Whately
  Testimonials from guests:
La Baronne de Bosmelet in her potager at Château de Bosmelet with guests  


~ 'the best of gardens from the spectacular to the intimate; compatible companions and impeccable organisation'


~ 'The famous Whately formula of seemingly effortless efficiency presented with charm and fun'

~ 'You deserve gold medals for making it all so easy and happy'


~ 'Perfect time-keeping and not exhausting'


~ 'Being shown around by the owners . . . was like being introduced by an old friend to his/her old friends'

~ 'the suggestions for accommodation were entirely successful'


~ 'gastronomically and botanically we had a feast'


~ 'It was a tour de force on every level'.
Jardins de Valeriane - Marilyn Tissait (owner), Anna Tognetti (interpreter) and Clare Whately  
Le Jardin Plume  

 

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