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ALBERT HARTLEY says a visit to the famous Bodnant Gardens in North Wales is interesting at any time of year, but a real treat in May or June
WHEN visiting North Wales in May or June, do pay a visit to it’s “jewel in the crown,” Bodnant Gar dens.
Conway Valley from Llan dudno or Colwyn Bay, the estate has been in the ownership of the Lord Aberconway since 1874, and in 1949 the gardens, but not the house, were presented to the National Trust by the Second Baron Aberconway.
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You liked Ow^look so muich that we’re coming out every month.
Ldens annually. The gardens are on a
six terraced gardens with lawns and pools, in which there are no less than 30 kinds of Water Lilies and large numbers of the big
sloping site overlooking the Conway Valley and the Welsh mountains and almost every seat in the gardens is a viewpoint. Nearest to the house are
is, enthusiastic about gar dening and filled the gar dens with countless rare plants, trees and shrubs that are now giving a vast amount of pleasure to the thousands who visit the gar-
The family was, and still
grow in profusion on the retaining walls which are overlooked by several mag nificent Cedar of Lebanon trees.
ing walls are- some lovely species of Lewisia, a beauti ful climbing plant which dis likes our cold, wet winter. At Bodnant it is planted in a space in the wall with its foliage vertical so that no water can settle on the crown.
Growing from the retain
path leads downhill to the Camelia and Magnolia bor ders, probably the most comprehensive collection outside Kew. The site is
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which has a garden a little thought and willingness can make it a haven for wild creatures, but even those who have only a backyard in a row of houses to call their own can attract wild crea tures with the right degree of knowledge, though the scope is naturally limited. Even a window-box or a tub-planted bush will be visited by some birds — and food regularly placed out in winter time will attract a variety of birds. I know of a nest-box on the .wall of a
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ERIC HALSALL reveals how your garden can have an added ingredient: wild life, in part one of a new series
row of houses in town which is used annually by blue- tits, and the martins love the overhang of terraced roofs to shelter their nests.
have to go to the country side to see wild animals — I saw a fox waiting like a good pedestrian for the traf fic to ease before he crossed a road in Burnley.
And don’t think that you
The fox has become a real urban dweller, living from
the pickings of dustbins and breeding in the cellars of property.
scope is almost unlimited. Planted with the right things a good garden for a gardener can also be a good one for wildlife. I would make a lawn the centre of a wildlife garden, the size dependent on the size of the garden, for having a good worm population the grassy area will attract birds like
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pool is a curious-looking building, the Pin Mill, so called because in it’s origi nal home in Gloucestershire, it was used for the manufac ture of of pins! I t now houses some famous tapes tr ie s woven in France around 1550. From the Pin Mill, the
Adjoining the lower site
gest golden carp I haVe ever seen. Herons are plentiful in the valley, but the fish survive. White and blue Wisteria
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