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Walled Garden

Posted: 09/11/2021 by Caroline Welch

A garden with green grass, vegetable beds, and leafless trees stands in front of a brick wall under a cloudy sky. A church spire rises in the distant background. © Caryl Thomas is written at the bottom right.

Find out more about our new Walled Garden Restoration Project which started in July 2025. Please note that the Walled Garden is not open to the public at the moment due to the restoration work. We will announce future public open days here. The half-acre Walled Garden, dating from at least the 1790s, is Parc …

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Jenkinson Garden

Posted: 19/08/2021 by Caroline Welch

A garden with a large cluster of yellow coneflowers (Black-eyed Susans) in the foreground, next to a gravel path with green leafy plants and shrubs in the background.

Greeting visitors to Bishop’s Park is one of the site’s major highlights – the Jenkinson Garden.  This very special place has been designed to pay homage to the formal garden created here during Bishop John Jenkinson’s tenure between 1825 and 1840.  This was the last time in its history the site underwent major landscaping works, …

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Bishop Jenkinson’s Garden Takes Shape!

Posted: 04/03/2021 by Caroline Welch

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, …

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Bishop’s Park wins Local Places for Nature Grant

Posted: 18/12/2020 by Admin

A leafless, curved tree stands in a walled garden with vegetable beds and green plants. The sky is overcast, and a church spire is visible in the background beyond the trees.

PRESS RELEASE 18-12-2020 New wildlife-friendly gardens at the Bishop’s Park, Abergwili made possible by Welsh Government and National Lottery support   The Tywi Gateway Trust has received a grant of £22,900 from Welsh Government and the National Lottery Heritage Fund ‘Local Places for Nature’ to create two new garden areas at the Bishop’s Park, Abergwili, …

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Introducing Connie – Work Placement Student at Bishop’s Park.

01/04/2026

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Engaging young people with heritage can be difficult. Working with students from Swansea University helps us understand how to do that better. This is Connie’s story. “Hi! My name is Connie.  I’m a 21-year-old Public History and Heritage Master’s student at Swansea University, and I’m doing my work placement at Parc Yr Esgob. I am …

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Introducing Ben – Work Placement Student at Parc yr Esgob 2026

01/04/2026

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Engaging young people with heritage can be difficult. Working with students from Swansea University helps us understand how to do that better. This is Ben’s story. “Hi, my name is Ben and I am a 23-year-old History Master’s student at Swansea University.  I have selected Parc Yr Esgob for my work placement. I am from …

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