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North Wales is opening its gates to a stunning collection of world-class gardens which includes a selection of ‘newly discovered gardens’ as well as You might be 15 PLAS CADNANT HIDDEN GARDENS 16 those which have become firm favourites. surprised, but we’re The historic Victorian gardens contain Rates Beautifully restored historic garden. Two Rates many rare and exotic shrubs and trees Adults/Seniors £4.00 acre formal Walled Garden with pool. Adults: £7.50; Seniors: £7; Children: £2 really easy to get from around the world and are a garden Children £2.00 Contact for all seasons. Contact Picturesque Valley Gardens; dramatic rock Patrick Davies to From anywhere Andrew Oughton formations; river, waterfalls and woodland Nearest Railway The gardens are complimented by an Nearest Railway with red squirrels. Many interesting and Bangor 3 miles excellent tea room serving a variety of Blaenau rare plants; beautiful herbaceous borders; Dates Open in Britain. home-made cakes and snacks. Dates Open colourful displays through the seasons. April to end October January - December Traditional Tea Room and Visitor Centre. (see website for full details) Guided or self-led visits can be arranged Opening Times Selection of garden plants for sale. all year round. 10am until dusk

2017 is the second year of the North Wales Festival of Gardens, a unique event which brings together the finest gardens within one of the most beautiful of the . By road By RAIL National Park Centre, , LL41 3YU Cadnant Road, Menai Bridge, Isle of , LL59 5NH You can visit gardens that thrive because of their location benefiting 01766 772600 [email protected] www.plastanybwlch.com 01248 717174 [email protected] www.plascadnant.co.uk from the warmth and moisture of the Gulf Stream. Frosts are rarely hard Fast rail services link here and droughts seldom long, making this an ideal place to grow Distance: 131 miles (Euston) with the coast and serve plants collected from every corner of the world. Time: 2 hour and 12 min the University City of Bangor and Leeds , the gateway to . You will find gardens representing more than 500 years of history Distance: 119 miles Rail services from London Euston bearing influences from countries as far away as Japan, New Zealand Time: 2 hour and local train enquiries.

and Chile and gardens containing plants rarely seen elsewhere in the Tel: 08712 002233 British Isles. Distance: 50 miles INSIDE MAP FREE Time: 1 hour North Wales by Rail The majority of gardens are open to visitors for most of the year but Crewe to Holyhead - 123 min please check individual garden details as they will vary from garden to Distance: 38 miles to garden and some are open by appointment only. Time: 45 min Junction - 120 min London London to Flint - 163 min As part of this initiative a unique ‘Festival of Gardens’ is taking place Distance: 254 miles over a sixteen-day period from Saturday 27th May until Sunday 11th Time: 4 hours and 15 min 17 PLAS BRONDANW 18 June. There will be various events taking place during the festival period Manchester By SEA Distance: 77 miles Portmeirion is an Italianate Village Rates Laid out by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, Rates which will include: meet the owners/head gardener; take part in ‘behind nestling on the edge of Snowdonia, Check online for prices or see website the gardens at Plas Brondanw are on Please see website for details the scenes’ guided walks; workshops; lectures; concerts; photographic Time: 1 hour and 30 min : which was designed and built by for details. designed axial views, which terminate Nearest Railway Nottingham Tel: 0818 300400 Sir Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 Nearest Railway with the surrounding mountain peaks. -3 miles competitions; treasure hunts for children and so much more. Distance: 145 miles and 1976. Minffordd - 1 mile Dates Open Contact Mature Yew hedging forms the vistas to Daily A timetable for these events and activities and more Time: 2 hours and 28 min : It comprises of a formal garden within the Meurig Jones draw the eye. The cafe serves delicious Opening Times village as well as a 70 acre headland Dates Open homemade food from local ingredients. 10am - 5pm information can be found on www.gardensnorthwales.co.uk Stoke-on-Trent Tel: 08447 707070 Distance: 90 miles known as the Gwyllt ‘Wild’ garden. All year except Christmas day Cafe Easter - End September 10am - 5pm Opening Times Time: 1 hour and 30 min 9.30am - 7.30pm For more information please call

08705 168 767 These times are based on a car journey with an average speed of 30 miles per hour on national and country roads, and 60 miles per hour on motorways. visit www.gardensnorthwales.co.uk Minffordd, Penrhyndeudraeth, LL48 6ER , Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd LL48 6SW 01766 770000 [email protected] www.portmeirion-village.com 01766 772772 [email protected] www.plasbrondanw.com

The North Wales Festival of Gardens 2017 Launch Friends of the will be held at Plas Tan y Bwlch, Maentwrog on Saturday May 27th. Festival Card We are delighted to announce that officially launching the Festival will be TV broadcaster Make the most of the festival by Peter Gibbs, who is Chairperson of BBC Radio 4’s purchasing our special discount voucher. Gardeners’ Question Time, former BBC At just £5.00 per person, this is a great way of accessing some weatherman and an Antarctic scientist. special offers available in many of the participating gardens. Tickets for this unique and exciting FFESTINIOG AND WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAYS 19 NANHORON 20 BODRHYDDAN HALL GARDENS 21 Get discounted entrance, grab a coffee or a gift... event, which will include a talk by At the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Dates Open Nanhoron is a delightful private estate on Rates The gardens of Bodrhyddan Hall offer a Rates simply check the list of offers on the website. Peter Gibbs, a ride on the Ffestiniog Railways we are very proud of our floral 25th March – 5th November the Llyn Peninsula. £5; (excl. 8th June) variety of different settings. Adults £7 (£4 gardens only); Children £4 Steam Railway, guided tour of the displays and gardens. Opening Times (£2 gardens only) beautiful gardens of Plas Tan y Bwlch Please see website for details It has beautiful gardens which are rarely For the opportunity to visit Nanhoron From flowing lawns, formal parterres, Nearest Railway They are testimony to the hard work done open to the public. The owners of please telephone 01758 730610 woodland walks and the extensive (approx. 3 miles) plus Buffet & drinks are available for by many volunteers and delight visitors Nanhoron have agreed to open the www.nanhoronestate.co.uk pleasance, the grounds and gardens cover Dates Open through every season. So we are gardens by appointment throughout the around twelve acres for guests and June-September only £30 per person by calling delighted to be a part of this festival when festival period. visitors to explore. The gardens were Tuesday & Thursday 01766 516024 or emailing we will be working closely with our almost completely overgrown until being Opening Times [email protected] friends at Plas Tan y Bwlch. restored in the 1970's. 2pm – 5pm Take a train from either or Please note that admission to this Blaenau Ffestiniog to pretty Tan y Bwlch DISCOUNT CARD event is by ticket only and tickets are station from where self-guided walks to Plas Tan y Bwlch gardens are available limited, so early purchase is throughout the year. recommended to save disappointment. Purchase your vouchers in advance by visiting Ffestiniog & , Harbour Station, Porthmadog LL49 9NF Nanhoron, , Gwynedd, LL53 8DL Bodrhyddan Hall, Dyserth Road, Rhuddlan, , LL18 5SB www.gardensnorthwales.co.uk 01766 516000 enquiries@ffwhr.com www.festrail.co.uk 01758 730610 www.nanhoronestate.co.uk 01745 590155 [email protected] www.bodrhyddan.co.uk

Festival events and activities

Over the duration of the festival there are numerous events and activities in the participating gardens.

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15th Century Timber Hall House and House & Garden Rates Adults £5.00; View our large production glasshouses Rates South facing four acre garden set Rates newly restored walled gardens dating Seniors/Under 16’s £4.00; Under 5’s free; filled with our award winning Adults/Seniors/NT Members: £5.00 amongst the beautiful Mid-Wales hills. Adults/Seniors: £3.50 from Medieval times. Family (4, min one child) £14.00 streptocarpus and houseplants; throughout Nearest Railway Children: Free Features such as the rose pergola, nuttery, Gardens only £2.00 per adult, under 16’s our season plants are constantly being 18 miles Winding paths lead down to a lake with R.H.S. members: Free and flowery meads demonstrate the £1.00, Under 5’s FREE prepared for sale or for displays at major Contact unusual trees, shrubs and herbaceous Nearest Railway These include treasure hunts for children, walks with the gardens’ historic uses – for medicine, Nearest Railway Station flower shows. Our on-site shop always has a Rex Dibley plants. Very sheltered and peaceful, a Welshpool 2 miles gardener and musical concerts. Some gardens are not normally cooking and sensory pleasure. The Wrexham 17 miles; Rhyl 18 miles range of colourful houseplants, all grown by Open great place to paint, take photographs Contact open to the public so this is your opportunity to see some orchard is host to traditional varieties of Dates Open us, with a range of associated sundries for Apr to Aug - Mon-Sat; and spot wildlife. A pair of otters and Jill Rock apple and pear and a Plum. General Visiting the avid houseplant enthusiast. Mar, Sep & Oct - Weekdays kingfishers have been seen recently. Dates Open private collections and chat with the owner. Along the paths are fruit bushes, medlar, 1st April – 30th September Our 8 acre garden is planted with a range All year except Christmas week quince and mulberry, a fantastic display of (no pre-booking required, see website for of trees and shrubs which give colour Opening Times wild poppies and an undisturbed ‘pet days and times) throughout the year. In the spring there 9am - 5pm To book your accommodation cemetery’. All year for PRE-BOOKED groups (subject are camellias, pieris and drifts of Unique views of the historic town, Castle to availability, fees apply) spectacular rhododendrons; in the and surrounding hills can be enjoyed from summer groups of escallonias and please call 08705 168 767 To help you plan your days out, full details for each the gardens’ hidden, elevated position. buddlejas fill the garden with interest. day will be found on www.gardensnorthwales.co.uk. Castle Street, Ruthin, Denbighshire LL15 1DP 01824 708922/708232 Rhyd-y-Meudwy, Llanelidan, Ruthin, Denbighshire LL15 2LG Frochas, Nr Welshpool, SY21 9JD 01938 555145 www.gonorthwales.co.uk [email protected] www.nantclwydydre.co.uk 01978 790677 [email protected] www.dibleys.com [email protected] www.dinglenurseryandgarden.co.uk ERDDIG 01 CASTLE 02 BODNANT GARDEN 03 POWIS CASTLE AND GARDENS 04 PLAS NEWYDD HOUSE AND GARDENS 05

Explore a much-loved home, garden and Adult Giftaid £8.40 Gardens was completed in 1310 Rates Bodnant Garden is one of the finest Rates Laid out in the early 18th century the Castle & Garden The ancestral family home of the Adults 1,200-acre estate filled with the stories of Child Giftaid £4.20 Gardens during the reign of Edward I. Adults £13.60 Children £6.80 gardens in the country not only known Adults £13.20, Children £6.60 gardens feature the finest remaining Adults: £12.50 Marquess of Anglesey sits on the shores £12.10 House & Garden; the family and their servants. Family Giftaid £21.00 Gardens Nearest Railway for its magnificent collections of Nearest Railway examples of Italian terraces in Britain. Child £6.25 of the enjoying breath-taking £9.52 Garden only; Adult Giftaid £13.20 Whole Property The Myddelton family bought the castle in Chirk (1 mile) rhododendrons, camellias and magnolias Family (2 adults, 3 children) £31.25 views of Snowdonia. Contact Explore the 18th-century formal garden Child Giftaid £6.60 Whole Property 1595, and laid the first formal gardens Dates Open but also for its idyllic setting above the Dates Open Explore richly planted herbaceous For winter prices please see website. Barbara Stanley with grand lawns, avenues of pleached Family Giftaid £33.90 Whole Property which now cover 5.5 acres of manicured 28 January to 5 November River with extensive views of the January, February, November and borders, enormous yew hedges; lead Contact: The surrounding gardens are great for Children limes and a Victorian parterre. Fruit trees Contact Lorraine Elliott lawns, clipped yews, herbaceous borders, Opening Times Snowdonia range. December daily 10am-4pm; statuary; an orangery and peaceful Ruth Scutter exploring and include an Australasian £6.05 House & Garden; still grow here, as records show they did Nearest Railway Wrexham beautiful rose, shrub and rock gardens, 10am – 5pm March–October daily 10am-5pm woodland. Nearest Railway , Italianate terrace garden, £4.76 Garden only; in Joshua Edisbury’s garden in 1700. Dates Open Daily the wooded Pleasure Ground and the 18th Bodnant is truly a garden for all seasons. Open until 8pm on Wednesdays from Welshpool - 1.5 miles Frizbee™ golf course, adventure Dates open Accessible garden loose gravel path Opening Times During festival 10am to century ha-ha. With new areas opening up to visitors May-August Powis is undoubtedly a garden for all Dates Open playground and extensive woodland Garden: 18 Feb – 31 Dec 7 days and slopes. 5pm; House open 12:30pm to 3:30pm there’s more to see than ever. seasons. Also visit our World-Class All year walks. You may even spot one of the House: 18 Feb – 5 Nov 7 days collections in the castle itself. Opening Times resident Red Squirrels. Opening times Vary throughout the season 10.30am – 5pm please see website for details. (Please check website for changes)

National Trust Erddig, Wrexham, LL13 0YT Chirk, Wrexham LL14 5AF 01691 777701 Tal-y-Cafn, Nr , Conwy LL28 5RE 01492 650460 Welshpool, Powys, SY21 8RF 01938 551929 LLANFAIRPWLL, Anglesey LL61 6DQ 01248 714795 [email protected] 01978 355314 [email protected] www.nationaltrust.org.uk/erddig [email protected] www.nationaltrust.org.uk/chirk-castle [email protected] www.nationaltrust.org.uk/bodnant-garden [email protected] www.nationaltrust.org.uk/powis-castle www.nationaltrust.org.uk/plas-newydd-country-house-and-gardens

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B 3 restored ornamental garden of Adults: £5.20, Children: £2.60 Llanfairpwll Bangor 5 countryside, Caerau Uchaf is surprisingly Adults £4.50, Children £3.00 1 5 4 1 1 Plas yn Rhiw. Seniors: n/a, NT members: free 5 1 Ewlo sheltered and able to grow quite a Contact 0 A470 Nearest Railway 6 B variety of plants. It comprises of a series Stephanie Bethesda 8 Nestled in the hillside above the sweeping Pwllheli 12 miles A54 Dinbych of different gardens and benefits from Nearest Railway bay of Porth Neigwl, this organic garden Dates Open A Chester stunning views. 5 29 miles is brimming with flowering plants, framed Days vary, check website 09 Denbigh 4 A55 Dates Open by box hedges and stunning views. for details A52 9 A41 There are woodland walks and 1 A4 0 Yr Wyddgrug Easter to end October Explore the adjacent woodlands and Opening Times 45 5 A4 distractions for children too (Fort and 0 B A483 Opening Times orchard or relax in the tea-room. 23 March – 25 Sept, 11am – 5pm 85 A408 43 Mold Zipwire). Great home cooked food. Dinas 5 0 (house opens at 12pm); 6 A 3 10am - 5pm Rhuthun 1 27 Sept – 5 Nov, 11am – 4pm 22 5 (closed Tue & Wed) Bae B (house opens at 12pm) Betws-y-coed Ruthin Caernarfon 10 B4418 Bay B5105 Wrecsam Pentrefoelas 23 Wrexham Rhyd-Ddu A498 Dolwyddelan Cover Image Plas yn Rhiw, Rhiw, Pwllheli, Gwynedd LL53 8AB 01758 780219 99 A 04 01 Sarnau, Bala, Gwynedd LL23 7LG ©Joe Wainwright 48 7 51 Blaenau 0 A [email protected] www.nationaltrust.org.uk/plas-yn-rhiw A4 4 Cerrigydrudion 01678 530493 [email protected] www.caerau-gardens.co.uk www.joewainwright.co.uk 7 Blaenau 4 Ffestiniog B Rhiwabon BeddgelertBeddgelert A Ffestiniog A5 5 1 25 l a 0 A5 u A4 5 s 21 4 13 2 B n B i Porthmadog 43 Glyndyfrdwy n 15 0 91 07 4 1 e B4354 19 18 17 A47 0 P A49 4 02 7 A497 4 Y Waun 1 B 4 n Y Bala 4 y Cricieth 0 B l Bala 0 Glyn Chirk 495 L 5 A Llanarmon B4 A5 4 Ceiriog 9 Dyffryn Ceiriog 12 A4 20 Pwllheli 3 B4 1 Bae 3 A52 4 91 Llanrhaeadr 4 B 06 Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri ym Mochnant 8 Bay 11 4580 B

SnowdoniaA4 National Park 6 70 39 4 A4 B B43 TREBORTH BOTANIC GARDEN 08 96 Llanfyllin 97 CRUG FARM PLANTS 09 A5 Treborth Botanic Garden, situated on the Rates A470 Crûg Farm Plants has an outstanding Nearest Railway shores of the Menai Straits is owned by Free (donations welcome) Abermaw and unrivalled selection of plants, Bangor 5 and exists to further Contact 9 2 located in one of the most beautiful Contact 4 9 Am A45 A A490 3 the conservation, sustainable use and Natalie Chivers 8 B4 areas of North Wales. Sue Wynn-Jones enjoyment of plants and the natural Nearest Railway A458 Dates Open A487 Sh world through education, research, Bangor Railway Station - 2 miles For those of you who visit the nursery you April 2nd-16th September 4386 training and engagement. Opening Times Tal-y-Llyn B will have the opportunity to stroll through Opening Times Monday – Friday 9am – 4pm our small woodland garden and walled Thursday - Saturday 9.30am - 4.30pm The garden is comprised of native Saturday – Sunday – closed except for A458 24 garden where you will see many of our Parking Coach Parking Y Trallwng A488 woodland, species rich unimproved events and private bookings. Please see 04 shade loving introductions growing. grassland, managed orchards and many website for details. 05 14 Llanfair Welshpool B44 mature trees and shrubs. There are six On-site Catering Play Area We are also open by prior appointment at Caereinion 86 glasshouses of varying temperatures, with 43 mutually convenient times. Please check Pets Welcome Picnic site/Area A470 B special collections including orchids, cacti, A493 website for dates and events. B succulents, and carnivorous plants. 4 All Weather 3 Toilet on site 8 Facilities 9 Trefaldwyn Wheelchair Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2RQ Griffiths Crossing, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 1TU Access A483 Montgomery 01248 353398 [email protected] http://treborth.bangor.ac.uk Aberdovey 01248 670232 [email protected] www.crug-farm.co.uk 69

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A Grade One listed garden and Rates Adults: £4; Seniors: £3; Children: £2; Arts & Crafts gardens, lovingly restored Garden entry Plas Glyn-y-Weddw is a Grade 2* listed Rates In the late 18th and early 19th Centuries Rates Garden Free With over seven acres of gardens and Rates designated Site of Special Scientific Day family entry (2+2): £10; and extended. Adults £6 Gothic mansion built in 1857 as a dower Free the famous ‘Ladies of Llangollen’ were Rates House Adults £6.00; Seniors/ displays, and with 40 years’ experience Adults: £8.50; Interest with miles of nature-rich rustic Annual Membership: Family £40, Accompanied children free. house and is now the home of a vibrant Nearest Railway devoted to these ten acres of gardens Under 16’s £5.00; Under 5’s free; in sustainability CAT inspires thousands Seniors: £7.50; woodland walks, charming historic Adult £25, Child £15 “Rooms” include Italian courtyard, rock Contact arts centre run by an independent Pwllheli 4 miles and woodland. Family (4 people, min one child) £17.50 of visitors every year. Children: 4-16yrs: £4; features and contemporary sculptures. Nearest Railway and pond, Japanese Zen, William Morris Paul Morgan charitable trust. Contact Nearest Railway Station Ruabon 6 miles Children 3 and under: free Criccieth 13.8 miles; Bangor 14.4 miles Rose and walled kitchen gardens. Nearest Railway Terraced gardens and woodland trails Gwyn Jones With views of Castell Dinas Bran above, Dates Open Learn more about organic growing, Nearest Railway Things to see and do: Tree Trail, family Dates Open 2 miles were established when the house was Dates Open this listed landscape has a stunning Gardens All year discover forest gardening, get started Machynlleth (3 miles) treasure hunt, orienteering course, Peak season (1 April – 30 September) Plus riverside walk, terraced perennial Dates Open built. Many of the exotic trees and shrubs Plas Glyn-y-Weddw is open between Spring display of primroses, crocus and House & Tearooms with composting, or simply stroll around Dates Open historical steam engine, play area, craft Monday to Saturday 10am – 5pm, and shrub borders and woodland Way 28 & 31 May; 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9 & 11 June. have survived including a giant sequoia 10am and 5pm daily, but closes on other bulbs. 1st April - 30th October the grounds on a relaxing day out. Monday 9th January to Friday 31st workshops, shop and café. Sunday 11am - 4pm Of The Cross. Opening Times and an interwoven rhododendron. Tuesdays outside school holidays (see website for days/times) March 10am to 4pm; Low season (1 October – 31 March) 2pm - 5pm The garden was extended in 2012-13 between October and May. Please visit The Ladies follies can still be visited, as can Saturday 1st April to Sunday 29th Thursday to Saturday 10am – 5pm, Tea, coffee and homemade cakes. following the purchase of a 12-acre the website www.oriel.org.uk for further the formal gardens and parterre, shrubbery, • Volunteering opportunities October 10am to 5pm Sunday 11am - 4pm Treehouse and eye-spy for children. woodland and the development of a new information. rose garden and exceptional topiary. • Trails/activities for all ages (Open every day during most school holidays) outdoor theatre, eco-car-park, and 3km of Peaceful woodland walks along the woodland trails. Cyflamen stream and tearooms with homemade treats.

Clynnog Road, Nr Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL54 5DY 01286 831353 Aber Artro Hall, Llanbedr, Gwynedd LL45 2PA , Pwllheli, Gwynedd LL53 7TT Hill Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire LL20 8AW 01978 862834 Llwyngwern Quarry, Machynlleth, Powys SY20 9AZ [email protected] www.gwynedd.gov.uk/parcglynllifon 01341 241777 [email protected] www.gardensaberartro.co.uk 01758 740763 [email protected] www.oriel.org.uk [email protected] www.plasnewyddllangollen.co.uk 01654 705950 www.visit.cat.org.uk