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IONAL GARDEN SCHEME
It’s April and gardens are opening this month for you to enjoy the spring bulbs. Gorsty House at Hyssington is
the first to open on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th April; Measfron Hall at Trewern in also open on Sunday
14th serving speciality sandwiches as well as cake. There are also even more gardens open by arrangement, so
you have even more options for organising that special outing for family and friends or for your club or society.
The Powys 2019 booklet is now available in tourist information centres, libraries and businesses across the
county and for those who visit gardens further afield the 2019 Garden Visitors Handbook with over 3,500
gardens across England and Wales is available in bookshops or can be ordered from the National Garden
Scheme website www.ngs.or.uk.
Thanks to the generosity of garden owners, volunteers and visitors the National Garden Scheme has donated over
£55m to nursing and health charities since it was founded in 1927. You can discover more about our gardens and
the charities we support at www.ngs.org.uk and by following us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @powysngs
GARDENS OPEN IN APRIL
Saturday/Sunday, 13/14 April: 1.30 – 5pm and by has plants in flower every day of the year. Partial
arrangement April - June wheelchair access. Some steps, gravel and slopes.
New designs and bog garden for 2019. Light
GORSTY HOUSE, Hyssington, SY15 6AT Gary refreshments available. Admission £4.00
and Annie Frost: 01588 620953,
frostiesuk@msn.com Sunday, 28 April: 2 – 5pm
A haven for wild LITTLE HOUSE, Llandinam, SY17 5BH
life, this garden
is a renovation, The garden surrounding Little House is a ? acre
started late in plantswoman's garden on a quiet lane surrounded by
2014, of a fields and woodland, bordered by a stream. The
neglected 2¼ auricula theatre and other primulas will be at their
acre garden and best in the spring. Slate and bark paths give access to
has an acre of the many interesting features. Propagated for sale.
beautiful Admission £3.50
perennial
flowering hay Also open by arrangement in April
meadow. The garden is planted to attract wildlife,
with wooded and shady areas, herbaceous borders contact the owner and arrange a time to suit you
with abundant cottage garden planting, hundreds both!
of bulbs in season, orchard with wildflowers,
wildlife pond, and a ‘secret garden’, planted to ABERNANT, Garthmyl, SY15 6RZ
encourage pollinators. Beautiful views. Admission
£4.00 Mrs BM Gleave: 01686 640494,
john.gleave@mac.com
Sunday, 14 April: 2 – 4pm
Approx 3 acres including an orchard with some 700-
MAESFRON HALL, Trewern, Welshpool SY21 1,000 daffodils in flower around the trees in
8EA February-March and a stunning display of cherry
blossom in April. Additional woodland of 9 acres with
Hosts of daffodils and spring flowers in this 4 acre borrowed views of the Severn Valley.
south-facing gardens on lower slopes of Moel-y-
Golfa with panoramic views of The Long HEBRON, Ludlow Road, Knighton, LD7 1HP
Mountain. Terraces, walled kitchen garden,
Victorian conservatories, tower, shell grotto. The Kevin Collins & Anita Lewis: 01547 529576,
2019 opening will be the owner Derek's 80th kd.collins@hotmail.co.uk
birthday and may well be their last open day!
Admission £5.00 Surprises await the
visitor to this ½ acre
Sunday, 28 April: 2 – 5pm and by arrangement Victorian town
February - October garden which is
divided into distinct
FRAITHWEN, Tregynon, Newtown, SY16 3EW rooms by yew &
beech hedges with
Sydney Thomas: 01686 650307 box topiary and
willow arches. A
This 1.5 acre established plantswoman’s garden variety of trees and shrubs provide colour throughout
the season. Heathers, herbs, vegetables and flower
beds. Plenty of seating. Beehives and garden art add
an interest.
It’s April and gardens are opening this month for you to enjoy the spring bulbs. Gorsty House at Hyssington is
the first to open on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th April; Measfron Hall at Trewern in also open on Sunday
14th serving speciality sandwiches as well as cake. There are also even more gardens open by arrangement, so
you have even more options for organising that special outing for family and friends or for your club or society.
The Powys 2019 booklet is now available in tourist information centres, libraries and businesses across the
county and for those who visit gardens further afield the 2019 Garden Visitors Handbook with over 3,500
gardens across England and Wales is available in bookshops or can be ordered from the National Garden
Scheme website www.ngs.or.uk.
Thanks to the generosity of garden owners, volunteers and visitors the National Garden Scheme has donated over
£55m to nursing and health charities since it was founded in 1927. You can discover more about our gardens and
the charities we support at www.ngs.org.uk and by following us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @powysngs
GARDENS OPEN IN APRIL
Saturday/Sunday, 13/14 April: 1.30 – 5pm and by has plants in flower every day of the year. Partial
arrangement April - June wheelchair access. Some steps, gravel and slopes.
New designs and bog garden for 2019. Light
GORSTY HOUSE, Hyssington, SY15 6AT Gary refreshments available. Admission £4.00
and Annie Frost: 01588 620953,
frostiesuk@msn.com Sunday, 28 April: 2 – 5pm
A haven for wild LITTLE HOUSE, Llandinam, SY17 5BH
life, this garden
is a renovation, The garden surrounding Little House is a ? acre
started late in plantswoman's garden on a quiet lane surrounded by
2014, of a fields and woodland, bordered by a stream. The
neglected 2¼ auricula theatre and other primulas will be at their
acre garden and best in the spring. Slate and bark paths give access to
has an acre of the many interesting features. Propagated for sale.
beautiful Admission £3.50
perennial
flowering hay Also open by arrangement in April
meadow. The garden is planted to attract wildlife,
with wooded and shady areas, herbaceous borders contact the owner and arrange a time to suit you
with abundant cottage garden planting, hundreds both!
of bulbs in season, orchard with wildflowers,
wildlife pond, and a ‘secret garden’, planted to ABERNANT, Garthmyl, SY15 6RZ
encourage pollinators. Beautiful views. Admission
£4.00 Mrs BM Gleave: 01686 640494,
john.gleave@mac.com
Sunday, 14 April: 2 – 4pm
Approx 3 acres including an orchard with some 700-
MAESFRON HALL, Trewern, Welshpool SY21 1,000 daffodils in flower around the trees in
8EA February-March and a stunning display of cherry
blossom in April. Additional woodland of 9 acres with
Hosts of daffodils and spring flowers in this 4 acre borrowed views of the Severn Valley.
south-facing gardens on lower slopes of Moel-y-
Golfa with panoramic views of The Long HEBRON, Ludlow Road, Knighton, LD7 1HP
Mountain. Terraces, walled kitchen garden,
Victorian conservatories, tower, shell grotto. The Kevin Collins & Anita Lewis: 01547 529576,
2019 opening will be the owner Derek's 80th kd.collins@hotmail.co.uk
birthday and may well be their last open day!
Admission £5.00 Surprises await the
visitor to this ½ acre
Sunday, 28 April: 2 – 5pm and by arrangement Victorian town
February - October garden which is
divided into distinct
FRAITHWEN, Tregynon, Newtown, SY16 3EW rooms by yew &
beech hedges with
Sydney Thomas: 01686 650307 box topiary and
willow arches. A
This 1.5 acre established plantswoman’s garden variety of trees and shrubs provide colour throughout
the season. Heathers, herbs, vegetables and flower
beds. Plenty of seating. Beehives and garden art add
an interest.
