Volunteer Stories – John Hancock
22/07/2026
By Anne
Role in the park: Receptionist Background: John has been here “since it opened” and was one of the first receptionists here. He is 81 years old and lives locally. Previous to volunteering at the park he worked for five years as a hospital receptionist up until the Covid period. John has been volunteering for about …
Posted: 27/01/2022 by Caroline Welch
Poetry Inspiration: Waiting for the Garden
We are blessed with some wonderful volunteers at Bishop’s Park. Lockdown last year was challenging for so many of us, and we were particularly sad to have to close the Park to our regular team of committed volunteers. We weren’t alone, and one of our garden volunteers felt so inspired at the closure, he put …
Posted: 11/01/2022 by Caroline Welch
Kickstart Opportunity – Assistant Gardener!
Unemployed aged 16-24? Come and join our friendly supportive team! Amazing Kickstart opportunity at Bishops Park working with head gardener Piers Lunt, 25 hours a week as our brand new ‘Assistant Gardener’. Learn all about horticulture, gardening, woodland and meadow management in a beautiful setting, with mature trees, walled garden and historic parkland. 6 month …
Posted: 04/01/2022 by Caroline Welch
15 Minute Heritage Grant!
We are thrilled to announce we’ve been awarded #15MinuteHeritage funding to train and support young people to create bilingual films and digital gaming apps of Bishops Park and Carmarthenshire Museums! The project, called – ‘Parc yr Esgob Hanes a Chof: Capturing, Digitising and Sharing our Stories’, will deliver much-needed young people-centred interpretation on site and …
Posted: 01/01/2022 by Caroline Welch
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to all our supporters! And what a transformational year it’s been for Bishop’s Park… We’ve now planted more than 4,000 new flowers, shrubs, trees and bulbs, installed 5 picnic benches, 20 bird boxes, 10 bat boxes as well as restoring 700 metres of the park’s historic paths and 12 new park benches. We …
Posted: 22/12/2021 by Caroline Welch
Wildlife Watch: December 2021
Louise, Ffiona and ? on 20/12/21 It was a cold, dull day at the end of December. We noticed bulbs beginning to break through the soil in the Jenkinson Garden – a welcome sign of the Spring to come. Today a climbing rose had just been planted against pergola – the planting of the Jenkinson …
Posted: 23/11/2021 by Caroline Welch
Nov 2021: Our 1st Wildlife Watch
Today we began our first ever Monthly Wildlife Watch – observing the flora and fauna and noticing the seasonal changes in the Park.
Posted: 09/11/2021 by Caroline Welch
Exciting Discoveries in the Walled Garden!
Some weeks ago, while fencing off the foundations of the old greenhouses in the walled garden, our landscape contractors ‘lost’ a fence post in the surrounding ground. As they knocked it in, it disappeared in a void underneath.
Posted: 17/08/2021 by Caroline Welch
Bishop’s Park Show
Have you got remarkable runner beans? Do you make scrumptious scones? Are your photos fantastic? If so, bring them along to our Horticultural Show on the 4th of September at the Bishop’s Park, Abergwili.
Posted: 29/06/2021 by Caroline Welch
Celebrating our unique heritage this Summer
PRESS RELEASE 29-06-2021 Carmarthenshire’s unique heritage celebrated this Summer at the Bishop’s Park & Gardens, Abergwili The rich history and diverse wildlife of rural Carmarthenshire are celebrated in a series of activities this Summer at the Bishop’s Park & Gardens, Abergwili. The programme is being organised by the Parc yr Esgob Trust, a tiny charity restoring, …
Posted: 10/06/2021 by Caroline Welch
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