Welsh Country - Issue93 - Mar-Apr 20

GARDENING
Gardens Open
March & April
If stated please contact the owners to arrange your visit:
Bryngwyn Hall
This year we welcome Bryngwyn Hall, Powys to
the NGS, a stunning grade 2 listed 9 acre garden with
60 acres of parkland, design inspired by William Emes.
Spring highlights include Prunus subhirtella ‘Autumnalis’,
varieties of hamamelis, early flowering daphnes, corylopsis
and chimonanthus. The garden is also now carpeted with
thousands of daffodils, camassias and fritillaries leading
down to a serpentine lake. There are many unusual trees and
uniquely, a poison garden containing over 100 poisonous
plants.
Mon 13th April 1:30pm-6pm
Also Sun 7th June & Sun 23rd Aug & by arrangement
Llwyngarreg, Whitland Carmarthenshire SA34 0XH
Adm. £5, child free
Paul & Liz O’Neill: 01994 240717
Sat 18th April 11am-4pm
Also Sun 21st June
Plas Llwynonn, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll,
Anglesey LL61 6DQ
Adm. £4, child free
Tues 21st Apr 10am-4pm
Bryngwyn Hall, Llanfyllin, Powys SY22 5LJ
Adm. £5, child free
Sun 26th April 12:30-5:30pm
Llanmaes Gardens, Llantwit Major, Vale of
Glamorgan CF61 2XR
Old Froglands, Brown Lion House, Church Cottage
& Westwinds
Adm. £5, child free
Old Froglands
Llanmaes is a pretty village in the Vale of Glamorgan
with an attractive village green and a C13 church. Old
Froglands is an historic farmhouse with streams and
woodland areas linked by bridges where ducks swim and
chickens run free. Plantings are varied with interesting
foliage. Westwinds is a much loved and continuously
developing cottage garden. Church Cottage with a
pretty rear garden is newly acquired and the owner is still
discovering its unknown delights. Brown Lion House is a
freshly renovated garden with mature trees and shrubs and a
well established fish pond.
Sun 26th April 2-5pm
Pilstone House, Llandogo, Monmouth NP25 4TH
Adm. £5, child free
By Arrangement
Llanllyr, Talsarn, Ceredigion SA48 8QB
April-Oct by Arrangement
Also Sun June 21st 2-5pm
Adm. £4.50, child free
Mr & Mrs Robert Gee: 01570 470900
Another garden opening for the first time is Pilstone
House in Monmouthshire, a 19th century garden covering
several acres in a spectacular south facing position
overlooking the River Wye. Surrounding the house are lawns,
terraces with mixed herbaceous planting and established
trees and shrubs. There is a large pond with a cascade of
water spilling over millstones and the remains of an original
cider mill.
We await the arrival of swallows and swifts, which will
herald the advent of summer and the floral treats to come!
Pilstone House
Words: Rob Dyer
Pictures: National Garden Scheme, Rob Dyer
& Jan Pearson (Old Froglands/Llanmaes Gardens)
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