{"id":8906,"date":"2010-11-10T00:18:41","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T07:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8906"},"modified":"2011-01-10T08:17:22","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T15:17:22","slug":"gardeners-bed-and-breakfast-trips-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/books\/gardeners-bed-and-breakfast-trips-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardeners Bed and Breakfast Trips Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1906136106\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1906136106.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The king of books about Bed &amp; Breakfast has to be <a href=\" http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/richardpettin-21\/1906136106\">Alastair Sawday<\/a>. His paperback &#8216;Garden Lovers Bed &amp; Breakfast Special Places to Stay  British Bed &amp; Breakfast for Garden Lovers&#8217; is a treasure trove of information for garden vistors.<\/p>\n<p>The editorial team have tracked down hundreds of beautiful, eccentric, unique places to stay with gardens. &#8216;Several of the properties in this book are quite wonderful  little corners of the UK that until now have been extremely well-kept secrets. A fantastic guide&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Others are Saying<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> &#8216;The ideal all-round publication for a gardener&#8217;s weekend away&#8217; The Times<\/li>\n<li> &#8216;Garden Fanatics will love this book.&#8217; BBC Gardeners World<\/li>\n<li> &#8216;In these places you will meet owners with hugely different gardens..&#8217; Telegraph<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>A new edition will be published in April 2011<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8216;As ever, a hand-picked collection of Special Places to Stay \u00e2\u20ac\u201c all with gorgeous gardens to discover. Stay on the remote Isle of Gigha where the owner grows rare tropical orchids; take a course with a Chelsea Gold Medal winner in a secluded valley garden in Wales; discover a pretty plot planted to excite the wildlife \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and the senses \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in Somerset. Owners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 gardening tips are listed too, and their ideas for visits to special woodlands, gardens and arboretums close by. This beautifully illustrated book contains over 90 B&amp;Bs, self-catering cottages and hotels \u00e2\u20ac\u201c an unusual and diverse spread of places to stay. All are visited by us, and chosen because we like them; the owners are valued for their hospitality as much as their green-fingers, and the gardens for their character and setting. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s good value too: a third have double rooms at \u00c2\u00a370 or under a night.&#8217; The current edition is available from <a href=\" http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1906136106\/richardpettin-21\">Amazon <\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This gives a whole new meaning to &#8216;bedding out&#8217;.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Gardeners Tips Links <\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhs.org.uk\/\">The Royal Horticultural Society <\/a> (RHS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alpinegardensociety.net\/\">Alpine Garden Society<\/a> (AGS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/gardening\/\">BBC Gardening<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See our sister site <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/products\/\">Gardening Products<\/a> for tips and ideas on Garden products new and old.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=pansy=&amp;lbc=thompson-morgan&amp;uid=557154991&amp;ts=custom&amp;w=Pansy&amp;af=&amp;isort=score&amp;method=and&amp;view=plaintext&amp;cnt=300\">Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/a> search for seeds and plants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The king of books about Bed &amp; Breakfast has to be Alastair Sawday. His paperback &#8216;Garden Lovers Bed &amp; Breakfast Special Places to Stay British Bed &amp; Breakfast for Garden Lovers&#8217; is a treasure trove of information for garden vistors. The editorial team have tracked down hundreds of beautiful, eccentric, unique places to stay with gardens. &#8216;Several of the properties in this book are quite wonderful little corners of the UK that until now have been extremely well-kept secrets. A&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/books\/gardeners-bed-and-breakfast-trips-tips\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8906\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}