Magic is out there . . .

Magic is out there . . .

The fabulous Taking Flight theatre company are back at the National Botanic Garden of Wales on Sunday May 19 at 2pm. They will be presenting A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Shakespeare’s best-loved comedy – which will star Cara Readle, from TV’s Tracy Beaker.  Taking Flight’s Elise Davison said: “Using the Garden as our inspiration, we [...]

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Hobbies a hit at the Garden

Hobbies a hit at the Garden

There’ll be hobbies and handicrafts of all kinds at the National Botanic Garden of Wales on 25-27 May. With displays of dolls’ houses by West Glamorgan Dolls’ House Society, jewellery demonstrations by Maggie C Jones, Dinefwr Photographic Society, British Woodcarvers’ Association, patchwork, quilting, lacemaking and more, there’ll be something for all the family. Organiser Les [...]

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Measuring the age of Oak trees

A beautiful sunny day after a fabulous May Day bank holiday.  So a debate as to what clothes to discard, then off up towards the biomass centre with lots of botanical interest on the way.  Of course, not only in the Garden but everywhere you looked there were Dandelions, with their splendid golden-yellow heads.  But [...]

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Materia Medica Blogs

Materia Medica is an exhibition created for Medicines in May in the Apothecary’s Hall. It has been created by drawing, painting and embroidery students from Coleg Sir Gar  and their show has been overseen by tutor Cath Fairgreave. Four of the students have written about their work and involvement. Please have a look at their [...]

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Chelsea challenge

Chelsea challenge

The National Botanic Garden of Wales is making its debut at the world’s greatest flower show in 2013. This year’s 100th anniversary RHS Chelsea Flower Show (May 21-25) will feature an Artisan Garden entitled ‘Get Well Soon’ that focuses on plants for health. It is designed by Maggie Hughes and Kati Crome in conjunction with [...]

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