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: 01/12/2018 by Caroline Welch
Getting Going
Start of the Project In 2017 the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded the Tywi Gateway Project £1.2 million and by September 2018 Louise Austin and Piers Lunt were appointed as Trust Manager and Head Gardener. The project was ready to get started. Through to Autumn 2021, with the support of a growing band of volunteers, the …
Posted: 01/11/2018 by Admin
Gateway to Gardening
Become a volunteer at Parc yr Esgob and join Piers in the Park on Wednesday 14th November from 10.00 til 3.00. The Tywi Gateway Trust is getting all gardening tooled up in the Bishop’s Park, Abergwili, home of Carmarthenshire’s County Museum. Piers Lunt, the Trust’s new head gardener is asking for volunteers to come and …
Posted: 14/10/2018 by Admin
Trustees Wanted
Do you love Carmarthenshire? Do you care about our heritage, landscape and the environment? Would you like to be involved at the start of something new and exciting? Ymddiriedolaeth Drws i’r Dyffryn – The Tywi Gateway Trust (now Parc yr Esgob Trust) was set up to support the community based redevelopment of the Bishop’s Park at Abergwili, and was fortunate to receive funding …
Posted: 07/09/2018 by Admin
Open Doors – the Walled Kitchen Garden
On 22nd and 23rd of September, in conjunction with Carmarthenshire County Museum, we will be opening the door to the Walled Kitchen Garden as part of the Cadw Open Doors scheme, encouraging free access to historic sites during September. Between 11am and 3pm you can enter the walled garden and view the surviving elements of …
Posted: 03/09/2018 by Admin
New Head Gardener
The Board of Trustees are delighted to announce that Piers Lunt has been appointed as Prif Arddwr-Head Gardener and will take up this new post on September 3rd 2018. Piers was the Botanical Horticulturist/Arborist at the National Botanic Garden of Wales (NBGW) and has a wide knowledge of, and deep enthusiasm for, plants and gardens. …
Posted: 08/08/2018 by Admin
New Trust Manager
The Board of Trustees are delighted to announce that Louise Austin has been appointed as the Ymddiriedolaeth Drws i’r Dyffryn – Tywi Gateway Trust Manager and will take up this new post on August 20th 2018. Her primary role is as project manager and budget holder for the exciting redevelopment of the Bishop’s Park. An …
Posted: 13/04/2018 by Admin
Have Your Say!
There will be monthly guided walks to explain and discuss our plans for the project, including in the walled garden. They will take place on the following Saturdays, starting from the car-park at 2.15 pm May 5th, June 2nd, July 7th, August 4th, September 1st, October 6th November 3rd and December 1st. Other guided walks …
Posted: 16/08/2015 by Caroline Welch
Restoring the Garden of Bishop Jenkinson
The gardens in autumn We are all very excited about what the future holds for the Bishop’s Park. In looking to return the park to its previous grandeur, one of the big decisions has been through examining all available evidence deciding on what time period the park is going to be restored to. After a …