Bodnant Garden
Beautiful National Trust Garden in North Wales
Bodnant Garden is one of the most beautiful gardens in the UK, covering some 80 acres and situated above the River Conwy on ground sloping towards the west and looking across the valley towards the Snowdonia range.
The Garden has two parts. The upper area, around the Hall, consists of formal lawns and herbaceous borders, magnificent Italiante Terraces featuring buttressed walls and brick paths, curved steps and pergolas, the Pin Mill and Lily Ponds.
The lower area, known as The Dell is formed by the valley of the River Hiraethlyn and contains the Pinetum and Wild Garden, where 200-year old trees tower above azaleas, hydrangeas and hosters.
The season commences in March with wonderful displays of Magnolias and Camellias, and carpets with carpets of golden Daffodils. Gorgeous Rhododendrons and Azaleas flower profusely from mid April to late May, whilst the stunning 55 metre Laburnum Arch is a spectacular sight from around the third week of May until early June. Throughout the summer months the Garden looks delightful with colourful displays of roses, water lilies, clematis, eucryphia, hydrangeas and glorious herbaceous borders. This is followed by amazing autumn colours and berries in October.
At Bodnant Garden we grow a wide range of interesting and beautiful plants from all over the world, particularly China, North America, Europe and Japan that are suited to the Welsh climate and soil. As well as this, great care has been taken to place the plants in such a way that they enhance each other and contribute to the general beauty of the Garden throughout the seasons.
The Garden will interest amateur and professional gardeners, artists, photographers and families alike.
Take a tour around our site and enjoy the delights Bodnant Garden has to offer.
National Trust and NT for Scotland members, and individual Royal Horticultural Society are admitted free on presentation of their valid membership card.
The Garden is managed for the National Trust by the Hon. Michael McLaren, Q.C.
Magnolias, Camellias, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, summer colour, events
Bodnant Garden Statistics: 1638 click throughs, 10487 views since start of 2010
Attraction in Tal-y-Cafn Conwy
Entrance Charge
- £7.90 per adult
- £3.95 child
- £6.85 groups of 15+
Opening Times
2010 20th February to 31st October daily 10-5pm, 1st to 21st November daily 10-4pm (last entry 30 minutes prior to closing)
News and Special Offers
Bodnant Garden is one of the most beautiful gardens in the UK with interest and colour throughout the seasons.
We have an exciting and varied events programme during 2010, with Snowdrop Planting Day, family fun outdoor theatre afternoons, Opera and Shakespeare evenings, Lecture Evenings, guided Walks, Archery, Falconry Displays and much more. See our website website link for full details.
If you are planning your wedding, consider saying 'I do' in the beautiful Pin Mill surrounded by the beauty of the Garden. Civil ceremonies can take place on weekdays only between 11am and 1pm during the season (excluding May and early June). Contact us for details.-
Contact Details
phone: 01492 650460 fax:Bodnant Garden
Tal-y-Cafn Conwy LL28 5RE UK
