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New Spring Plant Fair at Bishops Park!

PRESS RELEASE 15/03/22 Spring has sprung at Bishops Park! Popular Carmarthenshire visitor attraction to host new Plant Fair this Easter  Bishops Park and Gardens at Abergwili goes from strength to strength this Easter launching its 2022 activities with a new Spring Plant Fair on Sunday 10th April, 10am-2pm. Organised by the Tywi Gateway Trust, the …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …