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Spring in the kitchen and walled gardens

Colby Woodland Garden, Pembrokeshire
Volunteers preparing garden beds for planting
Little Craig Y Borion, Pembrokeshire
The sitting room at Little Craig Y Borion
One of the bedrooms at Little Craig Y Borion
Volunteers preparing garden beds for planting Little Craig Y Borion, Pembrokeshire The sitting room at Little Craig Y Borion One of the bedrooms at Little Craig Y Borion

At-a-glance details

  • Dates27 April 2019 to 4 May 2019
  • Holiday typeHand picked
  • AvailabilityLimited places
  • Activity type Coast and countryside, Gardening
  • Cost£200
  • Physicality5
  • Holiday code19KTW137
  • AccommodationLittle Craig Y Borion Farm
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About Spring in the kitchen and walled gardens

Prepare the farmhouse kitchen garden for spring planting and help propagate some of our lovely ornamental plants.

You’ll be staying in a restored farmhouse at Little Craig-y-Borion Farm, preparing the farmhouse garden for the year to come, so that working holidays and other residential volunteers can enjoy fresh, home-grown fruit and vegetables. You will also be helping to dig up, split and propagate plants from the walled garden. There will be a wide range of other estate and garden tasks thrown in to keep things varied and interesting.

About the accommodation

Little Craig-y-Borion Farm sits at the heart of the 900-acre Colby Estate. The farmhouse dates back at least 200 years and is an old stone and lime-mortar building restored and refurbished in 2015. Accommodation is in two three-person dorms. Heated by wood burners and solar panels with a newly replanted orchard and kitchen garden in the making, it sits in a beautiful location far from the road and surrounded by woodland and meadows. There is a large network of woodland paths right on the doorstep and the beach at Amroth is a 30-minute walk away through lovely woodland. 

Notes for guests

Stout footwear and adequate work wear are essential. Gardening gloves advisable. 

Enquire and book

Call 0344 800 3099

Opening times

Monday to Friday: 9am to 9pm

Saturday: 9am to 7pm

Sunday: 9am to 1pm

We are also open 9am to 5pm on bank holidays

Email working.holidays@nationaltrust.org.uk

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Spring in the kitchen and walled gardens

Colby Woodland Garden, Pembrokeshire
Call 0344 800 3099
Email working.holidays@nationaltrust.org.uk

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