Moths and Orchids
June 9th 2015: Last Saturday Richard Pryce led a group from the Carmarthenshire Wildlife Trust on a very enjoyable and informative Wild Flower walk in the Waun Las Hay Meadow. It was still a little...
View ArticleWaun Las Hay Meadow
June 16th 2015: There are several ways to get to the Hay Meadow in Waun Las; walk there, which is what Howard and Chris did; or take the car unload Jan at the gate and park in Allt Goch as Keith did;...
View ArticleOrchid ‘first’ for Garden
I’ve been working in the Garden for many years and I’ve been lucky to have the opportunity to notice the spread of wild orchids across the site. When I first arrived here in 2003, there was a small...
View ArticleThe Tale of a Horticultural Apprentice
So I’ve finally been released onto the Garden’s website, and here’s hoping I can get a few blog posts out before anyone notices! I’m the horticultural apprentice here at the National Botanic Garden of...
View ArticleConserving Welsh Plants: the Revamp
When you think of rare plants at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, where do you think you will find them? Maybe they’re steamy, exotic orchids blooming in Plas Pilipala. Perhaps they’ll be the...
View ArticleSeed collecting on Kenfig National Nature Reserve
Seed collecting season is upon us, and so far it’s been a fruitful year! The National Seed Bank of Wales was launched at the end of 2018, and since then we have been busy gathering valuable collections...
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