Ty’r Maes Charity Plant Sale 28 September
John and Helen Brooks are holding their annual plant sale for charity on Sunday, 28 September from 1pm. The address is Ty-r Maes, Ffarmers, Carmarthenshire SA19 8JP (but please use SA19 8DP to locate the property with SatNav). Entry to the plant sale is free, there will be tea and biscuits, as well as loads of plants for sale. All proceeds from the plant sale go to NGS charities.
The wonderful garden at Ty-r Maes is still open for visitors – see below.
TY’R MAES, Ffarmers, Carmarthenshire, SA19 8JP
A four-acre garden with splendid views. Herbaceous and shrub beds –
formal design, exuberantly informal planting, full of cottage garden
favourites and many unusual plants. Arboretum with over 200 types of
trees; wildlife and lily ponds; pergola, gazebos, post and rope arcade
covered in climbers. Gloriously colourful from early spring till late
autumn.
Open by arrangement. John & Helen Brooks, 01558 650541, johnhelen140@gmail.com
Mar-Oct Adm £6. Please use SA19 8DP to locate with SatNav.
West Wales Country Gardeners
Llechryd & District Gardening Club
Llechryd & District Gardening Club welcomes visitors to its meetings and members from other clubs regularly attend. You can see the programme here. The entry charge for visitors to meetings is £3.00 per person, which includes the talk and refreshments. Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm in Boncath Hall, SA37 0JL.
The next talk – ‘Gardens and Wildlife – getting up close to the wildlife in your garden‘ with Kate MacRae – is on Wednesday, 8 October 2025.
Kate moved to Carmarthenshire in September 2023. It’s been a busy year of getting to know her new wild neighbours and installing the infrastructure that allows her to monitor and film the wildlife visiting her 3-acre garden. Already having featured on the BBC 6 o’clock News and ‘Coast & Country’ with the clips she has captured here, we get a ‘behind the scenes’ view of what she has set up and get to see some of the footage she has gathered from her garden. From bird feeders to nest boxes, ponds to waterholes, Kate is developing habitat and spaces for wildlife and has captured some captivating footage… but this is only the start.. She has grand plans for her new garden! Kate’s has featured on BBC Springwatch & Autumnwatch, The One Show, Countryfile and numerous other wildlife programmes. She is passionate about people connecting to the wildlife that is in their own garden. Plant Sale.
Gelli Uchaf Garden 15 February to 6 July 2025
Complementing a C17 Longhouse and 11-acre smallholding this 1 1⁄2 acre
garden is mainly organic. Trees & shrubs are underplanted with thousands of
snowdrops, crocus, cyclamen, daffodils, woodland shrubs, clematis, rambling
roses, hydrangeas & autumn flowering perennials. There are several
wildflower hay meadows. wildlife ponds, stream and shepherd’s hut to
explore beyond the main garden. Admission £6, parking limited.
The garden will only be opening on the following weekends, for either 10.30 am or 2.30 pm arrival times:
April 19th and 20th
May 24th and 25th
June 14th and 15th
July 5th and 6th
For any pre-booked group visit of between 10 and 25 visitors, a day to suit your group, during this same period, can be arranged between February 14th and July 4th.
If you’d like to visit the garden in 2025 on one of the opening dates given above, then you need to email thegardenimpressionists@gmail.com, or phone: 01558 685119, giving at least 24 hour’s notice, to book a visit.
Ceredigion & District Growers Plant Fairs in West Wales
The Ceredigion and District Growers Association organise an annual diary of Spring/Summer Plant Fairs, mainly in Ceredigion. The next event, and the last of this year, is the LLanllyr Open Garden and Plant Fair to be held at LLanllyr, Talsarn, Ceredigion, SA48 8QB on Sunday, 22 June 2-6pm. This large early C19 garden sits on the site of a medieval nunnery, and has been renovated and replanted since 1989. The large pool, bog garden, formal water garden, rose and shrub borders, gravel gardens, rose arbour, allegorical labyrinth and mount all exhibit fine plantsmanship, with year-round appeal using interesting and unusual plants. As this is a charity open day for the NGS there is a fee to visit the garden, but entry to the Plant Fair is free.
Winter Gardening Weekend 2025
Organised in conjunction with RHS Gold Medal Winner Farmyard Nurseries, this years event will take place on Thursday 13th to Sunday 16th February in the Neuadd Tysul Hall in Llandysul. This free event runs daily between 10am and 5pm, with a spectacular stage display, daily talks by prominent gardeners, a wide variety of plants and crafts for sale as well as a cafe.
Cothi Gardeners 