Volunteer Stories – Huw Peregrine
26/05/2026
By Anne
Gardening volunteer, nature recording and birdwatching. “I started volunteering at Bishop’s Park in April 2022. “I live in the village next to the Park which I have visited and walked around on many occasions over the decades. “I enjoy meeting my fellow colleagues/volunteers and working in the garden with them. The work is physical and …
Posted: 18/06/2022 by Louise Austin
National Meadows Day 2022
11.00am – 1.00pm Saturday, 2nd July 2022 Come and celebrate National Meadows Day with us at Parc Yr Esgob-Bishop’s Park. There will guided tours of Y Waun Fawr, our floodplain meadow, with ecologist, Laurence Brooks. Matthew Collison will be demonstrating his scything skills and how to look after your scythe and there will be a …
Posted: 17/06/2022 by Louise Austin
Monthly Wildlife Watch
Join us on our monthly wildlife watch walk at Bishop’s Park – next Tuesday, 21st 2022 2-3pm to help monitor what’s growing and living in the Park. Wildlife enthusiasts warmly welcomed but no prior knowledge needed. Meet in the Jenkinson Garden at 2pm.
Posted: 23/05/2022 by Louise Austin
Pollinator Logo Competition
We recently held a competition for local primary schools to create a logo for our new interpretation boards. The topic for the competition was ‘pollinators’ and we received 335 entries! The competition winner was Seren Atherton from Talley Primary School and in 2nd place was Oliver Hedd Horn from Nantgaredig Primary School. Our Community …
Posted: 13/05/2022 by Louise Austin
Bishop’s Park Horticultural Show 2022
Following the success of last year’s event, the Bishop’s Park Horticultural Show will be back this year on Saturday 3rd of September, with new classes for bee keepers, as well as classes for growers of vegetables and flowers, bakers, preserve makers, crafters and junior classes. The show schedule is available here: Show schedule 22 …
Posted: 15/03/2022 by Caroline Welch
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 …
Posted: 15/02/2022 by Caroline Welch
Wildlife Watch: February 2022
15th February 2022 2-3.30pm. With Caroline, Suzie, Huw, Max, Ruth, and Malcolm Another grey day for our February session – but what a joy to have so many expert naturalists on board for the 1.5 hours in the Park today! We were joined by local wildlife enthusiast Huw, also a garden volunteer – and Ruth …
Posted: 15/02/2022 by Caroline Welch
Wildlife Watch – Jan 2022
25th January 2-3.30pm – With Caroline, Suzie, Max and Penny Well its always a huge bonus when an ornithological expert turns up to your monthly wildlife watch! Local residents Max and Penny saw the publicity for January’s walk on Facebook and decided to come along – and how glad we were that they did! We spotted …
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 …