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Garden scoops silver on Chelsea debut
The National Botanic Garden of Wales’ ‘Get Well Soon’ artisan garden has won a Silver medal at the 100th RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Director, Dr Rosie Plummer said: “We are absolutely thrilled at getting a medal with our first ever Chelsea garden. We are a young garden, and a small team on a tight budget, […]
Read moreMagic is out there . . .
The fabulous Taking Flight theatre company are back at the National Botanic Garden of Wales on Sunday May 19 at 2pm. They will be presenting A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Shakespeare’s best-loved comedy – which will star Cara Readle, from TV’s Tracy Beaker. Taking Flight’s Elise Davison said: “Using the Garden as our inspiration, we […]
Read moreMeasuring the age of Oak trees
A beautiful sunny day after a fabulous May Day bank holiday. So a debate as to what clothes to discard, then off up towards the biomass centre with lots of botanical interest on the way. Of course, not only in the Garden but everywhere you looked there were Dandelions, with their splendid golden-yellow heads. But […]
Read moreMateria Medica Blogs
Materia Medica is an exhibition created for Medicines in May in the Apothecary’s Hall. It has been created by drawing, painting and embroidery students from Coleg Sir Gar and their show has been overseen by tutor Cath Fairgreave. Four of the students have written about their work and involvement. Please have a look at their […]
Read moreThe more you look the more you see
A few years ago a student gathered together the Garden species data that had been collected over the years and put them into a spread sheet. This data represented both ‘proper’ surveys and observations made by individuals on an essentially ad hoc basis. Some areas are more complete than others but it is obvious from […]
Read moreOpening times 1 April - 31 October 10:00AM - 6:00PM 1 November - 31 March 10:00AM - 4:00PM Admission prices inc Gift Aid exc Gift Aid Last entry is one hour before closing Adult £15.15 £13.75 Children (5-17) £7.45 £6.75 Under 5s FREE FREE Family Two Adults (2 adults and up to 4 children) £43.75 £39.75 Family One Adult (1 adult and up to 4 children) £29.15 £26.50 Carers FREE FREE British Bird of Prey Centre (Centre Only) £1 £1 British Bird of Prey Centre (Centre and Flying Display) £3 £3 Contact Us
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