National Botanic Garden of Wales

[smallhobbit]

On the second day of our break, we visited the National Botanic Garden of Wales.  The weather wasn't condusive to many visitors, so when we arrived we had a tour round the main site by mini tractor and trailer, which was great for getting the layout.

We then began by visiting the British Birds of Prey Centre, although we didn't stay for the flying display.

 

 

From there we visited the very lovely Japanese Garden

 

  

We then walked up through the Double Walled Garden and into the Tropical House.  (No photos)

After an early lunch we visited the Great Glasshouse, which is the largest single span glasshouse in the world.  It is filled with plants from the five Mediterranean climate regions of the world.

 

 



After which we went for a look at the view and into the rest of the garden areas - the weather was not of the sort where strolling around would be pleasant.  We hope to return next year though.

 

In the afternoon there was a screening of David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet.  So we watched that - a beautifully shot film, Attenborough looking back at his life and finishing with a plea that life will continue.

 

Comments

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I really love the photos. So cool you got a nice tour. I especially like the Japanese garden. And owls! Fun!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much. Yes, getting a tour was great - it wasn't the weather for simply wandering around so it made it easier to decide what we wanted to see and the best way to get there. It was a lovely day.

[badly_knitted]

Hawks and owls, wheee!

It looks like a wonderful place to visit, too bad you didn't have better weather, but at least some of it was under glass. That's a massive glasshouse!

[smallhobbit]

Indeed! It was a great place to visit - it wasn't pouring, but just not the weather for pottering around. Definitely appreciated the areas under glass, both for their plants and the escape from the wet.

[badly_knitted]

It's always nice if you can get out of the wet.

[corvidology]

I can't believe I've never been. *makes note*

I'm sorry the weather was bad but it looks like there were still nice things to do.

[smallhobbit]

Yes - definitely worth visiting - allow several hours.

It was Wales in November, so couldn't really expect too much!

[corvidology]

My older brother said they were forecasting snow at home next week.

[smallhobbit]

I have put my fingers in my ears and am singing loudly!

[margaret_r]

It looks lovely there despite the weather. And very nice you can get away for a few days break. The greenhouse is spectacular.

[smallhobbit]

It was lovely. Yes, we were very grateful for the break. The dome is incredible.

[squidgiepdx]

Beautiful! I definitely want to get to Wales one of these days, especially since doing my family's genealogy, we're mostly Welsh.

[smallhobbit]

I can thoroughly recommend Wales to you - take a waterproof!

[adafrog]

Lovely.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you.

[rusty_armour]

It looks like you made really good use of your time at the National Botanic Garden of Wales! Once again, you've taken some wonderful photos. I especially like the ones of the Japanese Garden and those last two pictures with the misty backgrounds.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you so much :) The Japanese Garden was very pretty - I really liked it.

[debriswoman]

Lovely. Pleased you had a good time:-)

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. It's somewhere we definitely want to return to.