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Yes, it’s that time again. The new list of Nant-y-Bedd Garden workshops for 2026. If you’ve missed any of these in previous years, then now is the time to sign up. Two new external course leaders this year. Jo McKerr will be leading two workshops about wild gardening and meadows, bringing her experience of making a meadow on a former brown-field site. And we welcome Emma Drabble who will be getting us… Read More
Wishing all of our readers a very Happy New Year, may it be less wet and windy that the last one! Time to remind you that we will be opening from 4th June to the 29th August on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays only this year. Sue is continuing with her popular Friday Guided Tour and we have a whole raft of workshops, including a couple of new ones. Alys Fowler will be… Read More
This bumper issue of the the Newsletter went out to subscribers earlier in the month, so if you want to get it straight to your Inbox every other month just drop us a line at garden@nantybedd.com. I can’t believe that we have been doing the Newsletter for 6 years now and we are still finding new things to tell you about. We opened up this issue to some of our friends to… Read More
Let’s break the habits of a lifetime and get the Newsletter up here on the blog in the same month as publication. Don’t worry it probably won’t happen again!
We told you earlier (17th June) about the visit from the team from ITV Wales Coast and Country. The programme went out on June 30th and can still be seen on catch-up here. Our piece starts at 8 m 25 s and last about seven and a half minutes, but the rest of the programme is pretty interesting as well. We were really pleased with it and were amazed when our web… Read More
This little fella decided to sunbathe next to us while we were having lunch on the patio today.
On a glorious sunny Friday recently, we were really happy to entertain a crew from ITV Wales Coast and Country. It was a bit of a juggling act as we also had our regular visitors and a foraging workshop with Liz. So my car parking question wasn’t the usual “are you coming to the garden?” but “are you film crew / foraging or just visiting?” Fortunately we were able to fit them… Read More
Here’s the Newsletter we published recently. Remember to get it straight to your Inbox all you have to do is get in touch at garden@nantybedd.com. By the way, regarding the article on Page 2 there are still some places left on Sue’s next Compost day on Monday 7th August The picture at the top of the article is of the beautiful table and benches that our good friend and tree-carver Mick Petts… Read More
Yesterday Sue spent an interesting 3/4 hour recording content for an RHS Gardening podcast. It will be available online from March 23rd and has a working title of Wild Lawns, although this will probably have changed by the time it goes out. Sue was asked about how we allow wild flowers to grown in and around our grassy areas, including the wild-flower meadow. I was sitting silently in the other room in… Read More
Details of the 2024 workshops will be posted here in December. For an earlier view subscribe to our Newsletter by e-mailing us at garden@nantybedd.com Another season of wonderful workshops; get your hands dirty making compost and garden structures; be creative at blueprints, leaf printing, plant sketching and creative writing; learn about foraging and wild gardening. And all in the delightful surroundings of award-winning Nant-y-Bedd Garden. For Blueprints, Artfulness of Weeds and Foraging;… Read More
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