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Wildlife Watch: December 2021

Tree bark with various carvings, including the prominent number 1862 etched into the surface, surrounded by other less distinct letters, numbers, and markings.

Louise, Ffiona and ? on 20/12/21 It was a cold, dull day at the end of December.  We noticed bulbs beginning to break through the soil in the Jenkinson Garden – a welcome sign of the Spring to come. Today a climbing rose had just been planted against pergola – the planting of the Jenkinson …

The Woodland

Looking up at tall trees covered in green moss, with branches and leaves extending towards a blue sky. Sunlight filters through the foliage, creating a natural canopy overhead.

Wind your way through the woods to the newly created woodland garden, set in a natural bowl with a mature felled beech tree at its heart – perfect for practising your balancing skills! Relax and enjoy the dappled shade and the calls of birds; taking in the views across the ha-ha to the Tywi Valley. …

Jenkinson Garden

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, …

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, …

Bishop’s Park wins Local Places for Nature Grant

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, …