We have opportunities for volunteers to help us provide guided tours of the Park over the summer months. If you have an interest in the history of the site and are able to give us an hour or two of your time either on weekdays, early evenings, or at the weekends, please contact FfionaJones@tywigateway.org.uk for further details.

Full training will be provided.

The Trust will be displaying the developing plans for the restoration of Parc yr Esgob’s Walled Garden over the coming weeks.

• From 3-21 April in the Foyer (next to Stacey’s Kitchen)
• From 3-10 April at Sero (next to Carmarthen indoor market)

Please comment on the designs on display and put your response in the ballot boxes there.

Members of the public are also invited to drop-in sessions with Architects Jenny Hall of Crafted Space and Geraint Roberts of Geraint Roberts Associates, together with the Walled Garden Project Team, on Tuesday 9th April from 5.30-7pm at Parc yr Esgob, or on Wednesday 10th April from 1-4pm at Sero or between 5.30-7pm at the Black Ox, Abergwili. Project Manager Louise Austin says: “We want to hear your views!”

Following a visit from Visit Wales’s Visitor Quality Standards team, we are delighted to announce that we have received an accreditation from them! This ensures that your visit to our site will be of a standard and will meet Visit Wales’s requirements.

Along with our Green Flag Award and our Green Heritage Award, this award endorses the value of our site, not only to the local community but to visitors from across Wales, the UK, and overseas!

We are now enrolling new volunteers on our free Agored Cymru training sessions. If you are between 16 and 55 and live in Carmarthenshire, please contact FfionaJones@tywigateway.org.uk Tel: 07395082719 for more details.

Stallholder enquires for this year’s Spring Plant Fair are now open. Please contact FfionaJones@tywigateway.org.uk Tel. 07395082179

Because your opinion about the future of Bishop’s Park’s Walled Garden is important to us.

Many years ago, the half-acre walled garden on the West side of the park was a place of great importance to the Bishop’s Palace.  Dating back to at least 1790, and once the heart of the estate, the garden produced vegetables and fruit, including pineapples for the Bishop’s table.

Today, exciting plans are underway to restore the walled garden to its former glory.  After receiving substantial funds from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, we hope to open the walled garden to the public in the future.

It is important for us to listen to the views of our visitors and local community to determine what will happen to the walled garden and to ensure that everyone feels welcome and able to take part.

We’d be glad to hear what you think.

Please complete our short survey by clicking on this link: https://forms.office.com/e/fvnEpE4DXi.  It’s a short survey and should only take five minutes to complete.

For more details please contact us:  Teresa Walters 07387 751571 teresawalters@tywigateway.org.uk or Anne May 07909 544017 annemay@tywigateway.org.uk

We are delighted to announce that our wonderful volunteers here at the Bishop’s Park are recipients of the prestigious King’s Award for Voluntary Services 2023! Equivalent to an MBE, the award recognises excellence in volunteering across the UK, and for our volunteers, is testament to their hard work and dedication over many years, and through some challenging times.

Congratulations to the whole team, and many thanks – we couldn’t do what we do without you!

#KAVS2023

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