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Walled Garden

The half-acre Walled Garden, dating from at least the 1790s, is Parc Yr Esgob-Bishop’s Park’s best kept secret. In fact, it is still known to many as the ‘secret’ garden, tucked away at the western side of the Park. Although it’s currently closed to public, we have a great vision to restore it so that it …

Jenkinson Garden

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

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, …