Fungi to the 4 . . .

Fungi to the 4 . . .

The BBC Radio 4 series Saving Species came to the Garden in October to record a programme entitled “What has fungi ever done for us?”. Featuring the Garden’s Director Dr Rosie Plummer, this is being broadcast on Tuesday Nov 1st at 11am and on Thursday Nov 3rd at 9pm. It’s also on IPlayer for a week [...]

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Crested Coral

This amazing fungus. Clavulina coralloides, was found growing amongst the leaf litter in Trawscoed Wood, the small wood near Principality House. There are over 2000 recordings of this across the UK but the only Carmarthenshire records are here and in Pont Felin Gat. Photo by Bruce Langridge

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Would you believe it!

Would you believe it!

We hadn’t been to the National Botanic Garden of Wales for a couple of weeks and when we went for our volunteering stint this week, there was a brisk cold wind blowing but it was sunny.   It really feels like autumn now so it was not really surprising to be asked to go and collect [...]

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The BBC came on one of our fungi walks….

Have a look at what they discovered.

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Carmarthenshire Farm Group Plant the roots of success

Carmarthenshire Farm Group Plant the roots of success

Members of Carmarthenshire Farm and Country Holiday Group combined their October meeting with a tree planting ceremony at The National Botanic Gardens on Monday. The planting celebrated the success of the group’s “Carmarthenshire Farmhouse Fayre” recipe book launched last October. Chairman Freddie Burns said “It seems symbolic that we are here at The National Botanic [...]

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OMG – it’s a classic!

Saturday October 15 will be a vintage day for the National Botanic Garden with a visit by MG owners from all over South  and West Wales. The rally has been organised by the Pembrokeshire MG Car Club and secretary Roy Thomas is looking forward to a grand day out: “We’ve not been to the Garden [...]

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A Classical Garden

In 2011 award-winning singer/songwriter Cheryl Beer ran a creative writing, recording & publishing project across Carmarthesnhire. One of the results is a 4 minite long reflection on the National Botanic Garden of Wales, the venue for the project book and CD launch on Wednesday 12th October 1-4pm. Have a watch and listen to ‘Classical Garden’ by [...]

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DE|CODE by Emma Tuck

DE|CODE by Emma Tuck

De|Code, opening at the National Botanic Garden of Wales Courtyard Gallery on Thursday October 6 features work by artist Emma Tuck which has been inspired by research at the Garden to barcode all 1,143 of the native flowering plants of Wales. The exhibition focuses on four rare species – spreading bellflower, meadow thistle, whorled caraway, [...]

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