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Cae Hir tel: 01570 470839 Area: Wales |
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| Visitor Information | www.caehirgardens.ws | ||||||||||||
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| Cae Hir Wales All details updated* as of: 18/01/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
April - November; every day, Open Bank Holidays; 1pm - 6pm |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes Viewing outside opening hours can be arranged. Groups welcome. |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: From mid May to mid July |
To
see: All areas. Colour themed gardens, Bonsai garden, Semi-wild areas with ponds |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| Adult £4.50; Child 50p; Over 60s £4 | |||||||||||||
| Onsite Facilities | |||||||||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: No Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities: Disabled access to part of the garden. Charity openings. RHS Partner Garden. |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||||
| Stone work. Red garden, blue garden, white garden, yellow garden and Bonsai Corner. | English Heritage Garden Grade: | ||||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
W. Akkermans |
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| This six acre garden was created, and is solely maintained by, the owner. The owner's objective has been to find the right balance between wild and cultivated to achieve the natural look and, in the setting of this garden, this is essential. Although the gardens have been extensively aired on television, radio and in print, they are perhaps not seen as typically British, possibly because the owner stems from a long line of Dutch nurserymen whose nurseries have held sway there for over 200 years. Apart from the extensive, though informal, herbaceous beds there are many semi-hardy shrubs, such as Chilean fire bush and cordylines and a good selection of ornamental trees including prunus, sorbus and eucalyptus. Glorious rhododendrons set the garden ablaze in Spring. Hedging, from a variety of species such as yew, rose, beech, lonicera and privet abounds. There are formal ponds and small natural lakes. Set in the beautiful Welsh countryside, the natural look, which includes many wild plants in the design, is particulary appealing and appropriate, without ever seeming unkempt. |
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| History of Garden | |||||||||||||
| Started in 1985 and first opened in 1989 on the centenary of the owner's father's birth. The owner was previously a French teacher but it is apparent that gardening was in his blood and he triumphantly succeeded in turning four, partially marshy, fields that were previously used for rough grazing, into this extraordinary garden - entirely by himself. | |||||||||||||
| Nearby Wales Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Falcondale, Lampeter Granell, Llanwnen |
Restaurants: Same, plus several more, eg Vale of Aeron, Felinfach |
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| Inns & Pubs: Black Lion, Lampeter Crown, Llwyndafydd |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Glorious countryside |
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