What better way to enjoy the long bank holiday weekend than to get out into the sunshine and immerse yourself in the luscious spring growth in our spectacular gardens?
There are no less than five open in Powys over the Jubilee weekend; from Bryncelyn at Llanfyllin in the north to The Neuadd at Crickhowell in the south.
On Thursday, June2 the gardens at Llysdinam, Newbridge-on-Wye are open from 2-5pm.
These gardens have been described as being among the loveliest in mid-Wales.
They have been developed over the last 150 years by successive family members and include woodland, a water garden, walled kitchen garden and herbaceous and shrub borders which provide varied and colourful planting throughout the year.
Admission is £5 for adults, children free.
Llysdinam.
The Rock House at Llanbister has an informal hillside garden at 1000 feet with spectacular views over the Radnorshire Hills.
Owners Jude Boutle and Sue Cox say it’s a bit of a battle with nature and invite us to come and see who is winning on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 June when the garden is open between 12pm and 5pm. Admission is £5, children free.
Rock House.
Bryncelyn is a three acre country garden and paddocks which provide a home to donkeys and peacocks as well as wildlife attracted by carefully chosen trees and shrubs.
You can lose yourself in the tranquillity of this special place with a backdrop of near hills and spectacular views to Cefn Coch and the Berwyns. The garden in Lluest Lane.
June is a busy month for the national garden scheme in Powys.
Cwmnantymeichaid, Llanfyllin is open on both Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th June from 1 to 5pm and admission is £5 for adults, children free.
Visitors are invited to bring a picnic to Llanstephan House, Llyswen on Saturday, June 4.
The 20-acre garden is open from 1 to 5pm and admission is £5 for adults, children free.
The garden was originally laid our almost 200 years ago and was described in the 1830s as a 'sweet place, from whence one of the finest views in the Principality was to be had.'
Former president of the Royal Horticultural Society, Robin Herbert and his wife Phillipa moved to the Neudd, Llanbedr, Crickhowell in 1999 when the garden and house had been empty for some years and were derelict; building on the barely discernible layout of the original garden they have now developed a garden that is steep, stony, wet, Welsh and quirky!
The garden is open from 2-6.30 pm on Sunday, June 5 admission £5 for adults, children free.
Llanstephan.
The money raised from these garden openings will go to fund nursing and caring charities supported by the National Garden Scheme including Macmillan, Marie Curie, Queen’s Nursing Institute, Hospice UK and Carers Trust.
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