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The Festival of Gardens North Wales How to Find Us 47875 Gardens 2017_Layout 1 18/01/2017 10:05 Page 1 www.gardensnorthwales.co.uk Welcome to the Festival wales north in it find you’ll of Gardens North Wales How to find us adventure your Whatever 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 PLAS TAN Y BWLCH 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 in Britain. Swansea excellent tea room serving a variety of Blaenau Ffestiniog rare plants; beautiful herbaceous borders; Dates Open 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 regions of the British Isles. By road By RAIL Snowdonia National Park Centre, Maentwrog, Blaenau Ffestiniog LL41 3YU Cadnant Road, Menai Bridge, Isle of Anglesey, 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 Birmingham Fast rail services link London 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 Holyhead, the gateway to Ireland. 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 Liverpool 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 Chester Crewe to Holyhead - 123 min please check individual garden details as they will vary from garden to Distance: 38 miles Manchester to garden and some are open by appointment only. Time: 45 min Llandudno 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 PORTMEIRION 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 Irish Ferries: 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. Penrhyndeudraeth-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 Stena Line: 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, Gwynedd LL48 6ER Llanfrothen, 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 Rhyl (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 Porthmadog 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 & Welsh Highland Railway, Harbour Station, Porthmadog LL49 9NF Nanhoron, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, LL53 8DL Bodrhyddan Hall, Dyserth Road, Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, 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. NANTCLWYD-Y-DRE 22 DIBLEYS NURSERIES 23 THE DINGLE 24 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 Wrexham 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.
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