Glorious gardens in Wales

As spring turns to summer, soak up the scents, colours, shapes and textures at our world renowned gardens at Bodnant Garden or Powis Castle, help us restore Dyffryn Gardens or have fun in nature's playground at Colby Woodland Garden.

Bodnant Garden

Created over 140 years with plants from around the world, this horticultural haven bursts into life in spring. The gardens fill with magnolias and rhododendrons, glades fill with daffodils, bluebells and flowering cherries, and it's all crowned by the dazzling Laburnum Arch at the end of May.

A sensory delight

Colourful shrub borders in flower at Chirk Castle

Chirk Castle, Wrexham

In spring the woodland fills with daffodils and bluebells while in the formal gardens shrub borders colour-up with a dazzling display of rhododendrons. A special feature of the long border are the many iris.

Colourful shrub collection

Colby Woodland Garden

With an industrial past, a secret walled garden, a meadow and woodland, Colby is the perfect place for heritage hunting and natural play. See the countryside coming to life with bluebells and wildlife in spring - and be wowed by the chorus of birdsong.

Find creatures great and small

Clipped topiary in front of the house at Dyrrfyn Gardens — Formal gardens in front of the house at Dyffryn

Dyffryn Gardens

The 55-acre Edwardian gardens feature intimate garden rooms including a rose garden, Pompeian garden and ponds. From spring 2016 you can watch the garden team starting work on some exciting new planting schemes too.

See new projects unfolding

Erddig

Relax in the impressive walled garden restored to its 18th-century formal design, with trained fruit trees, pleached lime trees and impressive water features. The blossom of apple trees and climbers is a sight to behold in May.

A bounty of blossom

Looking over the mid Wales coutryside from the terraces — Vista from Powis Castle terraces

Powis Castle

Wander the Italianate terraces blasted from the solid rock and marvel at our spectacular yew hedges, dancing statues and lavish herbaceous borders. From the fabulous hilltop setting you can see the Mid Wales countryside for miles around greening up in spring.

Explore a paradise garden