Winter frees

Winter frees

Whatever the weather this January, you can rely on a Mediterranean experience in the Great Glasshouse at the National Botanic Garden of Wales – where admission is FREE for the whole month. A series of weekend-long events has been arranged throughout the month to help encourage more people to visit the Garden – which The [...]

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Get your 2012 Garden calendar – now!

Get your 2012 Garden calendar – now!

  The 2012 National Botanic Garden of Wales calendar is available now. The perfect present for garden-loving friends, family and relations, this colourful, large-format calendar costs just £3.99 and shows a stunning and suitably-seasonal scene for every month of the year. From the awesome sculpture of Tarw the Bull in the January snow, through February snowdrops, [...]

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Carols in the Garden

The popular ‘Christmas Carols in the Garden’ event takes place on Thursday December 15 at the National Botanic Garden of Wales. Crwbin Silver Band and Côr Meibion Dyffryn Tywi will be providing the musical accompaniment with dancing by Dawnswyr Tipyn o Bopeth. There will be mulled wine, hot turkey and cranberry baguettes, soup and mince [...]

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BERRY CHRISTMAS.

BERRY CHRISTMAS.

Winter is here again, although it has been unseasonably mild, the bananas in the Double Walled Garden are snugly wrapped against the cold and the gunneras have their giant leaves cut off, turned upside-down like pixie hats, to protect their crowns from frost. Holly berries are traditional for the Christmas season, such as the variegated [...]

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Daffs in December

Visitors to our Gatehouse have been taken aback to see daffodils out in December. “Is it the mild autumn?” or “Is this global warming?” they ask. The answer is simpler. These are Narcissus ‘Rijnveld’s Early Sensation’ also known as ‘January Gold’. Their name gives the clue – they have been bred to come out now. [...]

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Come and see Santa

Come and see Santa

  Santa has arrived at the National Botanic Garden of Wales. He has taken up residence in his Garden grotto for the three weekends before Christmas and the Santa Spectacular show runs from 11am each day – with a present for every child who comes to see him. Santa is in his grotto each weekend [...]

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Christmas cracker

Christmas cracker

If you can’t find that perfect present at the National Botanic Garden’s popular Christmas Craft and Food Fair, you are simply not trying hard enough. There is certainly something for everyone among the festive offerings in the Great Glasshouse, from hampers and honey, beef and beer; to leatherwork, lovespoons; painting, pottery and paula shells. As [...]

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The Lure of the East

After getting his knees dirty on an archaeological dig on Waun Las, our Rob Thomas has been China to promote the Garden. Find out how our ‘history man’ links the 17th century Middleton Hall and modern day China by following his blog.

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The wonder of herbs

The wonder of herbs

Create plant potions and lotions for Christmas presents on a one-day course with medical herbalist Lara Bernays. The course is on Saturday December 10, 10am-4pm at the National Botanic Garden of Wales and, says Lara will involve “making bespoke gifts out of herbs and seasonal spices for your nearest and dearest – from floral bath [...]

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