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It’s a blooming marvel!
"That’s the great thing about nature – you just couldn’t make it up!"
It was with these words that National Botanic Garden of Wales senior horticulturist Jess Gould greeted the stunning sight of the first-ever flowering of the Puya plant in the Great Glasshouse.
Planted seven years ago near the ...
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Plants and love and sex
Carl Linnaeus’ ideas about the sexuality of plants caused some to be alarmed and others to be titillated. It was 1729, after all.
His aim in drawing parallels between the sex life of plants and humans was to explain more clearly how nature worked by means of imagery.
When the Swedish
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Festival fun for all the family
THE Garden of Wales Festival is going to be a great weekend of family fun and entertainment.
It takes place at two award-winning Carmarthenshire venues: the National Botanic Garden of Wales and Aberglasney.
In addition to two fabulous Gardens, attractions for the Festival - taking place on May 19 and 20 – include a plant fair, craft fair and food fair along with cookery demonstrations, trade ....
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Big Budder
The biggest bud in Carmarthenshire is keeping staff at the National Botanic Garden of Wales on tenterhooks.
The puya plant in the Great Glasshouse has never...
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Merry month of May
Traditional music and maypole dancing is the star of the show at the National Botanic Garden of Wales for the May Day bank holiday weekend.
There is something for everyone at Carmarthenshire’s No 1 visitor attraction this weekend with helicopter flights, classic cars and the Quack Pack all....
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