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NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME
NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME: POWYS GARDENS OPEN FOR CHARITY
Late spring is turning into early summer and we have gardens open for you visit every weekend in May. New
for this year are two gardens at Llanfair Waterdine and a revamped garden at Oak Cottage in Welshpool with
its collection of alpines as well as old favourites like 1 Church Bank also in Welshpool. And, there are gardens
open by arrangement where you can enjoy a special visit with family and friends or for your club or society at a
time to suit you. We can offer intimate spaces of town gardens, gardens with sweeping views of the
countryside, cottage gardens and grand gardens filled with rhododendron, so there is something for everyone.
The Powys 2019 booklet is now available in tourist information centres, libraries and businesses across the
county and the 2019 Garden Visitors Handbook with over 3,500 gardens across England and Wales is
available in bookshops or from the NGS website www.ngs.org.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 MAY (Free admission for children at all gardens)
Saturday/Sunday, 5/6 May, Monday 27 May: 2-5pm
OAK COTTAGE, 23 High Street, Welshpool, SY21 7JP
Revamped during the last 3yrs this plantsman's small, hidden
garden provides an oasis of green in the town centre. Gravel
paths and stepping stones meander through a wide variety of
plants. Alpines are still a favourite with more varieties. Modern
representation of a Wardian cabinet, alpine house and
collection of insectivorous plants. Admission £3.50
Saturday/Sunday, 11/12 May: 12 – 5pm
1 CHURCH BANK, Welshpool, SY21 7DR
With something new added every year this jewel in the town if OAK COTTAGE
full of interesting plants and features; a Gothic arch and zig zag
path lead to a shell grotto and bonsai garden, fernery. Sounds
of water fill the air in this intimate space. Featured on S4C (Pobl a’u Gerddi) where Mel promised us a new
waterfall! Admission £3.50
Saturday/Sunday, 11/12 May: 9am – 5pm
DINGLE NURSERY AND GARDENS, Welshpool, SY21 9JD
May is the time for rhododendrons and azaleas and the freshness of the young foliage in this RHS
recommended 4½ acre garden set in hills of mid Wales. Themed beds with subtle shade of browns and
creams; other contrasting areas of brilliant reds, oranges and lime greens, or silver foliage with pink, white and
pale lilac. Admission £3.50
Saturday/Sunday, 11/12 May and Saturday/Sunday, 22/23 LLANERCH LODGE
June : 1.30 – 5.30pm
HYSSINGTON GARDENS, Hyssington, Montgomery,
SY15 6AT
Two gardens: GORSTY HOUSE is an ongoing renovation of
a neglected garden with 2+ acres planted to attract wildlife,
incl an acre of beautiful flowering hay meadow, abundant
cottage garden planting, hundreds of bulbs in season,
orchard with wildflowers, and pond. Beautiful views.
LLANERCH LODGE is a smallholding in the lee of
Roundton Hill, which offers a productive vegetable plot with
raised beds, a lovely cottage garden, wildflower meadow,
pond, cutting garden and newly planted nuttery and fruit
trees, as well as sheep and poultry. Something to interest
everyone. Combined Admission £6
NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME
NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME: POWYS GARDENS OPEN FOR CHARITY
Late spring is turning into early summer and we have gardens open for you visit every weekend in May. New
for this year are two gardens at Llanfair Waterdine and a revamped garden at Oak Cottage in Welshpool with
its collection of alpines as well as old favourites like 1 Church Bank also in Welshpool. And, there are gardens
open by arrangement where you can enjoy a special visit with family and friends or for your club or society at a
time to suit you. We can offer intimate spaces of town gardens, gardens with sweeping views of the
countryside, cottage gardens and grand gardens filled with rhododendron, so there is something for everyone.
The Powys 2019 booklet is now available in tourist information centres, libraries and businesses across the
county and the 2019 Garden Visitors Handbook with over 3,500 gardens across England and Wales is
available in bookshops or from the NGS website www.ngs.org.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 MAY (Free admission for children at all gardens)
Saturday/Sunday, 5/6 May, Monday 27 May: 2-5pm
OAK COTTAGE, 23 High Street, Welshpool, SY21 7JP
Revamped during the last 3yrs this plantsman's small, hidden
garden provides an oasis of green in the town centre. Gravel
paths and stepping stones meander through a wide variety of
plants. Alpines are still a favourite with more varieties. Modern
representation of a Wardian cabinet, alpine house and
collection of insectivorous plants. Admission £3.50
Saturday/Sunday, 11/12 May: 12 – 5pm
1 CHURCH BANK, Welshpool, SY21 7DR
With something new added every year this jewel in the town if OAK COTTAGE
full of interesting plants and features; a Gothic arch and zig zag
path lead to a shell grotto and bonsai garden, fernery. Sounds
of water fill the air in this intimate space. Featured on S4C (Pobl a’u Gerddi) where Mel promised us a new
waterfall! Admission £3.50
Saturday/Sunday, 11/12 May: 9am – 5pm
DINGLE NURSERY AND GARDENS, Welshpool, SY21 9JD
May is the time for rhododendrons and azaleas and the freshness of the young foliage in this RHS
recommended 4½ acre garden set in hills of mid Wales. Themed beds with subtle shade of browns and
creams; other contrasting areas of brilliant reds, oranges and lime greens, or silver foliage with pink, white and
pale lilac. Admission £3.50
Saturday/Sunday, 11/12 May and Saturday/Sunday, 22/23 LLANERCH LODGE
June : 1.30 – 5.30pm
HYSSINGTON GARDENS, Hyssington, Montgomery,
SY15 6AT
Two gardens: GORSTY HOUSE is an ongoing renovation of
a neglected garden with 2+ acres planted to attract wildlife,
incl an acre of beautiful flowering hay meadow, abundant
cottage garden planting, hundreds of bulbs in season,
orchard with wildflowers, and pond. Beautiful views.
LLANERCH LODGE is a smallholding in the lee of
Roundton Hill, which offers a productive vegetable plot with
raised beds, a lovely cottage garden, wildflower meadow,
pond, cutting garden and newly planted nuttery and fruit
trees, as well as sheep and poultry. Something to interest
everyone. Combined Admission £6
