Nant-y-Bedd
Following the interesting talk by Sue Mabberley in May (see our Programme page) this year, we enjoyed an outing to her wild gardens.
Here we are pleased to publish a record of the visit written by Andrew Nicol, followed by some of the picture taken by the club members on the day:
On Tuesday 27th August nine club members made their way to Nant-y-Bedd garden located between Abergavenny and Crickhowell. Arriving at 11.00am we were treated to tea, coffee and delicious home-made cakes, followed by a talk by Sue, the owner. Nant-y-Bedd is a 10-acre organic garden and woodland lovingly created by Sue over a period of 40 years.
We spent an absorbing 4 hours exploring and this was barely enough as there was so much to see. We wandered at will through the many different levels, through the woods, along the edge of the stream, climbed up into the adult sized tree house, and enjoyed a picnic by the fresh water pool.
Sue was on hand to answer our many questions, before returning to the house for afternoon tea and the journey home. A very successful and entertaining day out. Looking forward to the next outing.
Sue says:
Nant-y-Bedd is a 10 acre organic garden and woodland located at 1200 feet up in the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales. Sue has been gardening here for 40 years, assisted over the past 20 or so years by Ian.
Slowly but surely the garden has grown and evolved with various projects being added over the years, including the natural swimming pond, the shepherd’s hut, tree-sculpture Cedric and most recently, the treehouse..
RHS recognition …
A wonderful new development in 2019 was our selection as only one of ten Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Partner Gardens in Wales. To be classed alongside the likes of the National Botanic Gardens of Wales, Aberglasney and Dyffryn Gardens is a great privilege – and more than a bit scary! Well it was to start with, but now we are the Partner Garden of the Year 2022, maybe it isn’t.
Photos by kind permission of Sue Mabberley
