2010 September | The National Botanic Garden of Wales

Korea opportunity

Conservation work carried out in Carmarthenshire takes to the world stage this week at a special symposium in Korea. Head of conservation and research at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Dr Natasha de Vere has been invited to represent Wales at a Biodiversity Conference and Workshop. The event is being hosted (and paid for) [...]

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Work Begins on New Performance Stage

An ambitious new performance stage is being built in our Outer Double Walled Garden by the Prince of Wales Building Craft Apprentices Scheme. It was designed by the Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment Summer School. Twenty seven young students from Britain, Europe, Africa, South Asia & North America spent 2 weeks together this summer [...]

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The Mail – Six Things You Must Do In West Wales

The Mail – Six Things You Must do in West Wales

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Garden Blog 6 – What I Did on My Holidays

During the summer holidays the Garden has tried to have some form of activity each weekday. This has included walks, den building, worms, and pond dipping. My involvement was to be inside the Physicians Barn and cover 4000 years of plant medicine in 20 minutes! As a bonus for the younger visitors I had borrowed [...]

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Great Nut Hunt produces the goods

The discovery of just one nibbled hazel nut had Garden visitors jumping for joy last weekend. The National Botanic Garden of Wales was hosting a special event run by the Carmarthenshire Biodiversity Partnership to raise awareness of one of Wales’s shyest and cutest small mammals, the dormouse. One of the volunteer helpers for the day, [...]

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Garden Talk: The life and times of Christopher Lloyd

Stephen Anderton, author of the new and controversial biography of Christopher Lloyd, talks about the extraordinary life and career of the grand old man of English gardening, at the National Botanic Garden of Wales on Sunday October 3. Stephen’s talk – part of the Royal Horticultural Society series entitled ‘Growing Success’ – will cover the [...]

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Chrysanthemums Galore

The National Chrysanthemum Society held its annual show here last weekend

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See how the media reported Prince Charles’s visit to the Garden

The Garden featured prominently on regional and national TV and radio coverage of the Prince’s visit. Here’s a selection. ITV Wales – Prince Backs Size of Wales Environmental Push Wales Online – South west low-carbon region launched at Start festival BBC – Prince Charles launches Africa project on Wales visit Walesonline – Making the size of [...]