Gardens in Dyfed
Aberglasney is a garden "lost in time", in the process of restoration. The house and garden lay abandoned for over 50 years, falling slowly into ruin. One of the interesting features is a yew tunnel planted in the 18th century. A cloister garden parapet allows you to walk along the top of the walls for views over the garden below.
Llangathen, Dyfed, Wales, SA32 8QH
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Bosherston Lakes (often called the Lily Ponds) are a series of three man-made lakes on the Pembrokeshire coast. The Lakes are famous for their display of water lilies from late spring through summer. The Lakes were formed by the Campbell family of Stackpole Court who dammed a small river to create a picturesque landscape garden on a huge scale.
Bosherston, Dyfed, Wales, SA71 5DW
Attraction Type: Garden - Countryside
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Heritage Highlight: Part of a fascinating 18th-century designed landscape
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Cae Hir is one of the most popular gardens in Wales, combining a taste of Dutch with a traditional Welsh flavour. Cae Hir boasts separate red, yellow, and blue gardens, bonsai, and a water garden, with wonderful valley views. Best in: summer for the full effect of the colour schemes.
Cribyn, Lampeter, Dyfed, Wales, SA48 7NG
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Colby Woodland Garden is a delightful landscape garden surrounding a 19th century country house on the outskirts of Amroth, Pembrokeshire. A formal walled garden leads to woodland walks through massed rhododendrons and a variety of unexpected tree species. he garden is at its best for rhododendrons and azaleas, and at its most colourful in April and May.
Colby Lodge, Amroth, Dyfed, Wales, SA67 8PP
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Heritage Highlight: 18th century mining heritage
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Beautiful parkland, perhaps landscaped by Capability Brown, surrounds 17th-century Newtown House in the heart of Dinefwr Park. There are formal gardens near the house and woodland walks to historic Dinefwr Castle.
Llandeilo, Dyfed, Wales, SA19 6RT
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Dyffryn Fernant Garden is a beautiful modern garden in the Preseli Mountains of north-west Pembrokeshire. The six-acre garden is a blend of distinct garden areas ranging from a bog garden to topiary, ornamental grasses to herbaceous borders, set in a magnificent rural landscape.
Dyffryn Fernant, Llanychaer, Dyfed, Wales, SA65 9SP
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A 60-acre country park surrounding an historic mansion at Gelli Aur, 2 miles from Llandeilo. Highlights include a 17th century deer park and 18th century parkland with trees, with a 10-acre Victorian arboretum.
Llandeilo, Dyfed, Wales, SA32 8LR
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The Hafod Estate features one of the best examples in the world of a historic 'picturesque' landscape, dating to the late 18th century. Signposted trails lead through almost 500 acres of a river valley and wooded hills, with carefully arranged vistas and viewpoints.
B4574, Pont-rhyd-y-groes, Ystrad-Meurig, Dyfed, Wales, SY25 6DX
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Heritage Highlight: An influential 18th century Picturesque landscape
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One of the great gardens of Britain, based around a historic 18th-century water garden. The centrepiece of the garden is the Great Glasshouse, the largest single span glasshouse in the world. Another highlight is the 200-year-old double walled garden, where 17,000 herbaceous plants run along the wall.
Middleton Hall, Llanarthne, Dyfed, Wales, SA32 8HN
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Heritage Highlight: Based on an 18th-century water garden
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An attractive woodland garden forms part of a working farm. Pant-yr-Holiad is notable for its unusual trees and shrubs, and especially for its colourful displays of rhododendrons.
Rhydlewis, Llandysul, Dyfed, Wales, SA44 5ST
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