Gardens in Wales

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Chapters: Arboreta in Wales, Botanical gardens in Wales, List of gardens in Wales, Plas yn Rhiw, Dyffryn Gardens, Powis Castle, Llanerchaeron, Aberglasney, Erddig, Roath Park, Bodelwyddan Castle, National Botanic Garden of Wales, Ynysymaengwyn, Margam Country Park, Penrhyn Castle, Llandaff Fields, Bodnant Garden, Chirk Castle, Treborth Botanic Garden, Clyne Gardens, Picton Castle, Abbey Cwmhir Hall, Singleton Park, Plas Newydd, Glynllifon, Gelli Aur country park, Stanage Park, Plas Brondanw, Bedwellty House, Thompson's Park, Plantasia, Colby Woodland Garden, Fonmon Castle, Cestyll Garden. Excerpt: Plas yn Rhiw is an early 17th century manor house in Y Rhiw, Gwynedd in northwestern Wales. The estate consists of a small house of Tudor/Georgian style, a garden of just under one acre in size, and many wooded acres. Located at the base of Mynydd Rhiw Mountain, the estate overlooks the beach of Porth Neigwl (Hells Mouth), Cardigan Bay, and the Llyn Peninsula. The history of the manor's estate predates construction of the house to some 4000 years of the neolithic period. After the house's construction in the early 17th century (an inscription of I.L. on a window lintel is dated 1634), the manor house witnessed many historical family saga, which finally ended in the 1940s when the three sisters donated it to the National Trust in memory of their parents, Constance and William Keating. Before that, they had refurbished the garden and restored the manor house to its old glory. The three sisters, who lived in the house until each of their deaths, are buried in a church yard near Porth Ysgo, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from their Plas yn Rhiw. Plas yn Rhiw is the only organic National Trust garden in Wales. The original garden was expanded by the trust to include 150 acres (61 ha) of surrounding woodland. The family history of the owners of the Plas yn Rhiw is traced to tribes of some 4000 years old neolithic period who lived in its close vicinity. Celtic forts within 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of the manor house, of Middle Europe vintage, also testify to settlements to some 2000 years ago. Roman legionaries were stationed at Segontium (an outpost of the XXth Legion) near Caern and their defence structures are corroborated by evidences near the 6th century church of St Hywyn at Aberdaron. The location also witnessed intermarriage and family squabbles among the descendants of the Neolithic people, immigrants from Ireland and the Iberian Peninsula who had made their living here. The offsprings of this generation of people are stated to be the modern Welsh families living in thi