The trust formerly known as….
07/04/2026
By Admin2
Trustees and staff at Parc yr Esgob (Bishop’s Park) will be using the name “Parc yr Esgob Trust” as the public working name for the charity from April 2026, although The Tywi Gateway Trust remains our legally constituted title. Betsan Caldwell, Trust chair explained “We wanted to improve name recognition of Parc yr Esgob and the …
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
Subscribe to our Newsletter
Support us by subscribing to our Newsletter mailing list! Packed with news from the Park and the Trust, with information on events and activities and how you can support our work and help keep the Park managed and maintained into the future. Read our latest Newsletter Complete the form in the blue box below to …
Posted: 27/05/2021 by Caroline Welch
Staying Safe in the Park
Information for Parents and Guardians The Park is a wonderful place to explore and play, but it does have some narrow and uneven paths, trip hazards like tree roots and steep drops – and a rather large, fenced off, pond. Our ha-ha (a long and deep ditch) runs the length of the Park, separating the …
Posted: 20/05/2021 by Caroline Welch
2021 Events in the Park
We’re really excited to announce some of our public events finalised for the year – we hope there’s something for everyone, but if you have any ideas, comments or feedback do let us know. These events will also be promoted on social media – so do share our posts and help us spread the word! Booking …
Posted: 27/04/2021 by Caroline Welch
Bishop’s Park Apple Juice for sale!
Bishop’s Park Apple Juice is for sale at our pop-up shop! For the very first time ever we have pressed the heritage apples from the Bishop’s own walled garden into delicious apple juice. Available on 20th May, from 4-6pm, on a first come first served basis – for cash payments only at the moment. About …
Posted: 08/04/2021 by Caroline Welch
We’re in Gardens Illustrated this month!
We are just thrilled to be featured in @Gardens Illustrated this month! Our project to breathe new life into the Bishops Park & Gardens at Abergwili, including two beautiful new garden areas, a new café and learning centre is well underway – and it’s featured on page 103 of ‘The Vogue’ of gardening magazines this …
Posted: 23/03/2021 by Caroline Welch
Work begins on the new Café and Learning Centre!
Our contractors TAD are now on site and have started redeveloping the 1830s Bishop’s Palace outbuildings to create a café, toilets and learning space in the places which originally housed a laundry, dairy and brew house where the servants of the Bishops’ households worked. The building work is now on tight schedule and due to be completed …
Posted: 18/03/2021 by Caroline Welch
What to See Now: March
In the first in a new series of blogs from our Head Gardener, Piers Lunt, we explore the changes that are taking place in the Park and Gardens this March. March is living up to the first half of the old saying ‘comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb’; let’s hope …
Posted: 09/03/2021 by Caroline Welch
New wildlife-friendly gardens take shape this month at the Bishop’s Park, Abergwili, Carmarthenshire
PRESS RELEASE 09-03-21 New wildlife-friendly gardens take shape this month at the Bishop’s Park, Abergwili, Carmarthenshire Two new gardens are being created at the Bishop’s Park, Abergwili this month, thanks to a grant of £22,900 from Welsh Government and the National Lottery Heritage Fund ‘Local Places for Nature’ fund. The Park surrounds the old palace …
Posted: 04/03/2021 by Caroline Welch
Bishop Jenkinson’s Garden Takes Shape!
In March 2021 the entrance area which currently greets visitors to the site is being transformed to provide a new garden for year-round interest. It takes its design inspiration from the time of Bishop John Jenkinson (1825 to 1840), and is circular in plan, with attractive planting including espalier Welsh heritage apple and pear trees, …