Donna Dawson of IcanGarden.com is set to take on the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show with the first Canadian tour of the Hampton Court Palace, the flower show and visits to the beautiful gardens and estates in the surrounding area.

     Held July 1 to 9, the tour will take garden-lovers to the world’s biggest annual gardening event, traveling to such horticultural hot spots as Chiswick Gardens, the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, RNRS Garden of the Rose, Hatfield House, Chenies Manor, Waddesdon, Kenwood, Highwood Ash, Beth Chatto’s Garden and Hyde Hall. Attendees will view nine public and three private gardens, as well as one museum with period furnishings and gardens.

     The cost of the tour is 1199 BP (British Pound) per person (sharing) and includes first class hotel accommodation at Hendon Hall Hotel, daily breakfast and full-course dinner meals, IcanGarden Hampton Court Tour 2001 trip mementos, entrances to all gardens and estates, entrance fee to the Hampton Court Flower Show, transportation, tour guide and a one-year membership in the Royal Horticultural Society. Airfare, transfers to and from the airport, gratuities and lunch are extra.

     For more information, contact Donna Dawson at IcanGarden, (780) 460-1578, e-mail donna@icangarden.com, www.icangarden.com/tours/hampton.htm.