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Dingle Nurseries & Garden - Open Garden for NGS
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4½ acre internationally acclaimed RHS partner garden on S-facing site, sloping down to lakes. Huge variety of rare and unusual trees, ornamental shrubs & herbaceous plants give yr-round interest.
Dingle Nurseries & Garden, Welshpool SY21 9JD
Sat 8 May and Sun 9 May
Pontsioni House - Open Garden for NGS
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With a background of old ruins and steep rocky woodland, this Wye Valley garden with herbaceous, shrub borders, terraces and natural rockery merge with lawns.
Pontsioni House, Builth Wells LD2 3SQ
Sun 9 May
Rock Mill - Open Garden for NGS
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2 acre riverside garden on different levels in wooded valley. Colourful borders & shrubberies, specimen trees, terraces, woodland walks, bridges, extensive lawns, fishponds, orchard, herb & vegetable...
Rock Mill, Montgomery SY15 6NN
Sat 15 May and Sun 16 May
Gregynog Hall & Garden - Open Garden for NGS
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Gardens are Listed Grade I and some features of William Emes, 18th Century landscape architect, still remain. Set within 750 acres of Gregynog Estate a designated National Nature Reserve in 2013.
Gregynog Hall & Garden, Newtown SY16 3PL
Sun 16 May
Penmyarth House - Glanusk Estate - Open Garden for NGS
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The garden is adorned with many established plant species such as rhododendrons, azaleas, acers, camelia, magnolia, prunus and dogwood giving a vast array of colour in the spring and summer months
Penmyarth House - Glanusk Estate, Crickhowell NP8 1SH
Sun 16 May
Gorsty House - Open Garden for NGS
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Quintessential country garden, abundantly planted with cottage garden perennials that follow the seasons, magnet for bees and butterflies, & haven for wildlife.
Gorsty House, Montgomery SY15 6AT
Sun 23 May, Sun 20 Jun
Llysdinam - Open Garden for NGS
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Llysdinam Gardens are among the loveliest in mid Wales, especially noted for a magnificent display of rhododendrons and azaleas in May.
Llysdinam, Newbridge-on-Wye LD1 6NB
Sun 23 May
Grandma’s Garden - Open Garden for NGS
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Inspiration for the senses, unique, fascinating, educational and fun. Strategic seating, wildlife abundant, 9 acres of peace. Sculptures, poetry arboretum.
Grandma’s Garden, Machynlleth SY20 8UJ
Wed 26 May
Llwyn Madoc - Open Garden for NGS
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Terraced garden in attractive wooded valley overlooking lake; yew hedges; rose garden with pergola; kitchen garden and small orchard; azaleas and rhododendrons.
Llwyn Madoc, Llanwrtyd Wells LD5 4TT
Mon 31 May
Llanstephan House - Open Garden for NGS
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20 acre garden, first laid out almost 200 years ago and in the present owner’s family for more than a century, featuring a Victorian walled kitchen garden and greenhouses, 100 year old
Llanstephan House, Llyswen LD3 0YR
Mon 31 May
Tranquility Haven - Open Garden for NGS
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Amazing Japanese Stroll Garden with borrowed views to Offa’s Dyke. Winding paths pass small pools and lead to Japanese bridges over natural stream with dippers and kingfishers.
Tranquility Haven, Knighton LD7 1NJ
Sat 5 Jun, Sun 6 Jun, Sat 12 Jun, Sun 13 Jun
The Neuadd - Open Garden for NGS
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Robin and Philippa Herbert have worked on the restoration of the garden at The Neuadd since 1999 and have planted many unusual trees and shrubs in the dramatic setting of the Brecon Beacons National
The Neuadd, Crickhowell NP8 1SP
Sun 6 Jun
The Rock House - Open Garden for NGS
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About an acre of informal hillside garden, 1000ft up with views over the Radnorshire Hills. Wildlife ponds, bluebell meadow and a laburnum arch.
The Rock House, Llanbister LD1 6TN
Sun 6 Jun
The Rock House - Open Garden for NGS
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About an acre of informal hillside garden, 1000ft up with views over the Radnorshire Hills. Wildlife ponds, bluebell meadow and a laburnum arch.
The Rock House, Llanbister LD1 6TN
Fri 11 Jun
No 2 The Old Coach House - Open Garden for NGS
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The garden at the Old Coach House is a green haven of rooms as you move along a winding path edged by the top borders of shrubs, colourful perennials & circular lawns.
No 2 The Old Coach House, Knighton LD7 1ED
Sat 12 Jun, Sun 13 Jun, Sat 31 Jul, Sun 1 Aug
1 Ystrad House - Open Garden for NGS
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A town garden behind a Regency Villa of earlier origins. A narrow entrance door opens revealing unexpected calm & timelessness.
1 Ystrad House, Knighton LD7 1EB
Sat 12 Jun, Sun 13 Jun, Sat 31 Jul, Sun 1 Aug
Hurdley Hall - Open Garden for NGS
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Regional Finalist in The English Garden’s Favourite Garden Competition 2019. 2 acre garden incl herbaceous & mixed borders leading to 18 acres of Coronation Meadows, woodland & orchard.
Hurdley Hall, Churchstoke SY15 6DY
Sun 13 Jun, Sun 4 Jul, Sun 1 Aug
The Kitchen Garden - Open Garden for NGS
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Admission to include talk and tour. Regenerative vegetable garden. Uses no-dig practices. Growing edibles sustainably & regeneratively. Preserving & enhancing the soil is key to all we do.
The Kitchen Garden, Brecon LD3 7PJ
Wed 16 Jun
Tremynfa - Open Garden for NGS
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S-facing 1 acre garden developed over 15yrs. Old railway cottage set in herbaceous and raised borders, patio with many pots of colourful and unusual plants.
Tremynfa, Llanymynech SY22 6LA
Sat 19 Jun and Sun 20 Jun
White Hopton Farm - Open Garden for NGS
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Horticulturist and author Claire Austin’s private 1½ acre plant collector’s garden designed along the lines of a cottage garden with hundreds of different perennials.
White Hopton Farm, Newtown SY16 4EN
Fri 25 Jun