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    Introducing… a surprising library

    by David Hardy

    Most visitors to the National Botanic Garden of Wales probably don’t even know we have a library. We may be one of the Garden’s best kept secrets… but we don’t want to stay hidden!  We welcome visitors whether researchers, students, the Garden’s members, or indeed anyone interested. Because the library is run entirely by volunteers, […]

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    Naming Our Fields

    by Bruce Langridge

    Over the past year, we’ve put a name to every field on Waun Las NNR.

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    Dancing to the Rhythm of Wales

    by Bruce Langridge

    I see some wonderful things from my office window

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    Soil protection to protein, beans have it covered

    by David Hardy

    Broad beans ‘The Sutton’ and ‘Super Aguadulce’ are doing battle with the rain in the Growing the Future Garden . 2015 was declared International Year of Soil by the UN General Assembly.  Now, with 2 months of what feels like constant rainfall protecting the soil has never been as relevant. The impact of heavy rain on bare soil surface can […]

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    Plant Pharmacy Patchwork

    by Bruce Langridge

    Inside the Apothecary’s Hall you can find an exhibition of medicinal plants that has been made by the Stitching Botanicals group

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    Hornor Paintings

    by David Hardy

    This week we decided to try to match up the Hornor paintings with the current landscape.  There were two which were of particular interest to us, that from the side of the mansion overlooking Cae Blaen on to what was Llyn Mawr and the birdseye view of the whole of the estate.  Of course, Llyn […]

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