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NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME
LOCAL GARDENS OPEN FOR CHARITY
Spring is here and the National Gardens Scheme open gardens are underway. This year we are celebrating our
90th birthday. With your help last year The National Gardens Scheme donated over £2.7 million pounds to
Marie Curie, Macmillan, Help the Hospices and other caring charities of which over £22,000 was raised
here in North Powys. Do come and visit one of our beautiful gardens, you will have a wonderful
afternoon with delicious tea and cakes and your admission ticket will have helped the cancer and caring
charities. We also have a number of gardens that open for private visits for groups of friends or
societies so why not arrange a private visit. Discover more at www.ngs.org.uk or pick up our new 2017
Powys leaflets at your local library and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @powysngs. Thank you.
Susan Paynton’ County Organiser 01686 650531
Sunday 9 April 2-5pm
Maesfron Hall,Trewern,Welshpool SY21 8EA. Adm £5 chd
free 4m east Welshpool on A458
Georgian house (partly open) built in Italian villa style set in Daffodils at Maesfron Hall
4 acres of S facing gardens on lower slopes of Moel-y-Golfa
with panoramic views of The Long Mountain. Terraces,
walled kitchen garden, tropical garden, restored Victorian
conservatories, tower and shell grotto. Newly restored
hanging gardens down rock face below tower. Hundreds of
daffodils, woodland and parkland walks with a wide variety
of trees. Some gravel, steps and slopes Dogs on short leads
welcome. Wheelchair access Home made tea served in
dining room or on terrace. Featured in Welsh Country
Magazine
Sunday 16, Monday 17, Sunday 30 April and Monday 1 May 2-5pm
Oak Cottage, 23 High Street, Welshpool SY21 7JP. Adm £3.50 chd free Entered from Bowling Green Lane
which runs parallel to the High St in centre of Welshpool. Revamped during the last 3yrs this is a plantsman's
small and hidden garden providing an oasis of green in the town centre. Gravel paths and stepping stones
meander through a wide variety of plants, incl unusual species. Alpines are a favourite with more varieties for
2017. Period Wardian Case, alpine house and collection of insectivorous plants Gravel paths and steep slope at
entrance. Refreshments and plants for sale.Wheelchair access. Featured in Welsh Country Magazine
Saturday 29 and Sunday 29 April 1 – 4.30pm
Cartref, Sarnau, Ardleen, SY22 6QL Adm £3 chd free
1 acre modern cottage garden in open countryside with an emphasis on attracting wildlife. Spring bulbs make
the garden particularly pretty in spring. Woodland, ponds, perennial borders and a kitchen garden give yr-round
interest. Meandering paths join areas and give unexpected views within the garden. Children will love our
ponds which are dragonfly, frog, toad and newt nurseries bordered by yellow, white and blue irises in June and
full of pink, white and yellow water lilies.
Sunday 30 April 2-5pm Adm £3.50 chd free
Fraithwen, Tregynon SY16 3EW. 6m N of Newtown. On B4389 midway between villages of Bettws Cedewain &
Tregynon. Visits also by arrangement Feb to Oct. Ring Sydney Thomas 01686 650307
1½ acre established garden with herbaceous borders, rockeries and ponds. Planted with rare plants for yr-round
interest. Plants in flower every day of the year: collection of unusual snowdrops, spring bulbs and alpines,
alstroemeria collection, lilies in garden not pots, vegetable plot and pool.
NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME
LOCAL GARDENS OPEN FOR CHARITY
Spring is here and the National Gardens Scheme open gardens are underway. This year we are celebrating our
90th birthday. With your help last year The National Gardens Scheme donated over £2.7 million pounds to
Marie Curie, Macmillan, Help the Hospices and other caring charities of which over £22,000 was raised
here in North Powys. Do come and visit one of our beautiful gardens, you will have a wonderful
afternoon with delicious tea and cakes and your admission ticket will have helped the cancer and caring
charities. We also have a number of gardens that open for private visits for groups of friends or
societies so why not arrange a private visit. Discover more at www.ngs.org.uk or pick up our new 2017
Powys leaflets at your local library and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @powysngs. Thank you.
Susan Paynton’ County Organiser 01686 650531
Sunday 9 April 2-5pm
Maesfron Hall,Trewern,Welshpool SY21 8EA. Adm £5 chd
free 4m east Welshpool on A458
Georgian house (partly open) built in Italian villa style set in Daffodils at Maesfron Hall
4 acres of S facing gardens on lower slopes of Moel-y-Golfa
with panoramic views of The Long Mountain. Terraces,
walled kitchen garden, tropical garden, restored Victorian
conservatories, tower and shell grotto. Newly restored
hanging gardens down rock face below tower. Hundreds of
daffodils, woodland and parkland walks with a wide variety
of trees. Some gravel, steps and slopes Dogs on short leads
welcome. Wheelchair access Home made tea served in
dining room or on terrace. Featured in Welsh Country
Magazine
Sunday 16, Monday 17, Sunday 30 April and Monday 1 May 2-5pm
Oak Cottage, 23 High Street, Welshpool SY21 7JP. Adm £3.50 chd free Entered from Bowling Green Lane
which runs parallel to the High St in centre of Welshpool. Revamped during the last 3yrs this is a plantsman's
small and hidden garden providing an oasis of green in the town centre. Gravel paths and stepping stones
meander through a wide variety of plants, incl unusual species. Alpines are a favourite with more varieties for
2017. Period Wardian Case, alpine house and collection of insectivorous plants Gravel paths and steep slope at
entrance. Refreshments and plants for sale.Wheelchair access. Featured in Welsh Country Magazine
Saturday 29 and Sunday 29 April 1 – 4.30pm
Cartref, Sarnau, Ardleen, SY22 6QL Adm £3 chd free
1 acre modern cottage garden in open countryside with an emphasis on attracting wildlife. Spring bulbs make
the garden particularly pretty in spring. Woodland, ponds, perennial borders and a kitchen garden give yr-round
interest. Meandering paths join areas and give unexpected views within the garden. Children will love our
ponds which are dragonfly, frog, toad and newt nurseries bordered by yellow, white and blue irises in June and
full of pink, white and yellow water lilies.
Sunday 30 April 2-5pm Adm £3.50 chd free
Fraithwen, Tregynon SY16 3EW. 6m N of Newtown. On B4389 midway between villages of Bettws Cedewain &
Tregynon. Visits also by arrangement Feb to Oct. Ring Sydney Thomas 01686 650307
1½ acre established garden with herbaceous borders, rockeries and ponds. Planted with rare plants for yr-round
interest. Plants in flower every day of the year: collection of unusual snowdrops, spring bulbs and alpines,
alstroemeria collection, lilies in garden not pots, vegetable plot and pool.
