VisitBritain offers free gardens brochure and trip giveway to American travelers

NEW YORK-This year, the British celebrate their love of gardening as the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), the UK's leading gardening charity, marks its 200th anniversary with a year of special events and activities. To share its celebrations with gardening enthusiasts everywhere, the RHS has designated 2004 the "Year of Gardening."

Britain's world-famous gardens are a key draw for American visitors to Britain. To further encourage Americans to get their fingers green in 2004, VisitBritain has published a new "Britain's Gardens" brochure dedicated to the beautiful and historic gardens of the United Kingdom.

The brochure includes information on events and festivals, insider tips from head gardeners, garden tours and holidays, courses throughout Britain and seasonal information on which gardens to see and when. Visitors to the accompanying Web site, www.visitbritain.com/usagardens, have the chance to win a trip for two, courtesy of United Vacations, to experience the blossom of Britain first hand (or nose).

To celebrate the Year of Gardening, exhibitions, lectures, and shows will be held throughout the country including the RHS's famous 18 annual flower shows (incluing those at Chelsea, Hamptos Court Palace, and Tatton Park).

The new "Britain's Gardens" brochure is available free from VisitBritain's Travel Center in New York at Fifth Avenue and 45th Street, from Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 6 p.7m. Or contact:

VisitBritain
551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 701
New York, NY 10176-0799
e-mail: travelinfo@visitbritain.org
Web: www.visitbritain.com