The Garden’s Fairy Rings on BBC Radio 4
Listen to Professor Lynne Boddy talk about fairy rings on BBC Radio 4′s Living World. Lynne, and presenter Chris Spurring, spent a whole day recording the programme here at the Garden on a very wet day...
View ArticleGarden and College helping shape future farming generations
A new deal between the National Botanic Garden and Coleg Sir Gar will play a big part in shaping the next generation in agriculture to make a difference to the environment. A five-year farm management...
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 ArticleWelcome to the Next Generation of Grazers
I’ve just been over to look at the lambing sheds on our Waun Las NNR. It’s a real treat to see the new lambs here every spring. My heart finds them wonderfully cute whilst my head understands how...
View ArticleNaming Our Fields
Although our organic farmland has been open to visitors for 15 years, we’ve only occasionally referred to the names of the fields. “Meet me up in the whorled caraway meadow”, “There’s some yellow...
View ArticleExciting discovery on UK Fungus Day
This Garden is lucky to have many knowledgeable and enthusiastic supporters. One of these is David Mitchel, a mycologist from Powys. Every year, on UK Fungus Day, David leads a really well attended...
View ArticleBad Day for Field Voles
The good news is that our barn owl has just been spotted again on our Waun Las National Nature Reserve. The bad news, from the perspective of a vole, is that the barn owl is alive, well and hungry....
View ArticleGarden Newsletter – March 3
Welcome to the Garden’s latest newsletter, if you’d like to receive it directly to your inbox, register here. See the full newsletter here. – Legendary landscape brought back to the future The National...
View ArticleSeedy Business
Could collecting Welsh wildflower seeds be profitable? We’re looking at ways to generate more income from our beautiful Waun Las NNR and the key to its beauty may help. Wildflower seed is becoming an...
View ArticleDigging into the past
Archaeology volunteers We had a great response to our call for volunteer archaeologists to assist with the investigations into our parkland history during October and November. As well as some old...
View ArticleFarming for Biodiversity at the Botanic Garden – what local and national...
It’s surprising how quick you can make a difference. I’ve been working at the National Botanic Garden of Wales since 2003 and have keenly observed some dramatic changes to meadows that we’ve been...
View ArticleWildflower Highlights – Eyebright
Waun Las National Nature Reserve is an organic working farm which is physically part of the National Botanic Garden of Wales – it’s less than 5 minutes’ walk away from the Great Glasshouse. It has...
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Parkland Views – A Two Mile Round Walk Around Waun Las NNR
Length: 2 miles (3.2km) Time: One hour Steps: 4600 Calories: 210 Not suitable for wheelchairs or pushchairs. Sensible outdoor footwear is recommended. The most challenging of our four Garden Walks is...
View ArticleOur Garden Educators – Rebecca Thomas
If your child and grandchild have taken part in a weekend or school holiday organised child-focussed activity in the Botanic Garden, there’s a fair chance that Rebecca would either have run that...
View ArticleWildflower Highlights – Great Burnet
I’ve been leading guided walks around Waun Las NNR for many years. I love doing them – I can share my enthusiasm and knowledge of the site with people who are interested. But I also learn from people...
View ArticleRegency Restoration Project – Finishing Touches
The parklands were an early example of Picturesque ideals being utilised in landscape design, characterised by the contrasts that nature can show – at one moment, beautiful tranquillity, and at the...
View ArticleWildflower Seeds Bring Hope for Biodiversity
Autumn has seen a barrage of news stories about how our biodiversity is in a state of crisis. From David Attenborough’s moving Extinction to the latest intergovernmental reports on how none of the...
View ArticleA year in the life of the Balwen sheep at the National Botanic Garden of Wales
The National Botanic Garden of Wales consists of 568 acres of recently restored heritage landscape, formal garden areas, meadows, woodland and pasture. Part of this land is designated as Waun Las...
View ArticleTen Species Threatened with World Extinction – On One Field on Waun Las NNR
Imagine a nature reserve with rare species equivalent to the European bison, Sumatran orangutang, snow leopard, polar bear, manatee, black colobus monkey, green sea turtle, giant armadillo, Masai...
View ArticleNational Hedgerow Week at the National Botanic Garden of Wales
At the start of 2021 the Garden began an exciting project to rejuvenate and re-establish our network of hedgerows throughout the wider estate which is designated as our Waun Las National Nature...
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