DAFFODIL DAY 2019

There’ll be a special celebration of daffodils at the National Botanic Garden of Wales on Saturday, March 23^rd.

As Wales’ national flower, it makes perfect sense for the magnificent daffodil to be so well represented at the National Botanic Garden of Wales.  With a dazzling array of daffodil varieties, the Garden is a natural place to come and explore the varied colours, sizes, structures and scents of this iconic Welsh plant.

Since opening in 2000, the Garden has shown over 50 varieties of this showy, distinctive beauty.

The Growing the Future project’s Daffodil Day will help you to understand the subtle differences between daffodil varieties and show you where to look for them.  There will be an indoor talk at 11.30am in the Paxton Room of Principality House by co-author of the Garden’s new Daffodils booklet, Dr Kevin McGinn, Growing the Future’s Science Officer, followed by an outdoor tour of the Garden’s late spring collections at 1.30pm, plus daffodil craft stalls in the iconic Great Glasshouse.  Spaces are bookable via the Garden’s Eventbrite page.

To coincide with the Garden’s new Daffodils booklet and to draw attention to our fascinating variations, photographer and Garden volunteer, Mike Danford, was asked to search for and record a varied selection of the Garden’s living daffodil collection in 2018.  The result is an amazing Daffodils exhibition in the Garden’s Gallery which will run until Sunday, April 7^th.  Prints of a selection of images can be purchased in the Garden’s Gift Shop.

There’ll be a beeswax candle rolling and daffodil decoration demonstration on the Great Glasshouse’s stage at 11am, 1.30pm and 3pm by Growing the Future’s Ecosystems Trainer and Beekeeper, Lynda Christie.  Learn about the products of the hive produced by the honeybees, including beeswax and its use in candles.  If you’re inspired by Lynda’s demonstration, she’ll be holding a Beeswax Daffodil Making Course on Wednesday, April 3^rd.

A self-led trail around the Garden’s various daffodil highlights will be available to visitors in the run-up to the day, as well as on Saturday, March 23rd.

Daffodil Day is on from 10am until 4.30pm, with all daffodil-related activities included in the Garden admission price.

Admission to the Garden is £14.50 (including Gift Aid) for adults and this includes entry to the British Bird of Prey Centre.  Under 5s are free and parking is free for all.

For more information about this or other events, please call 01558 667149 or email gtf@gardenofwales.org.uk or visit the Garden’s website.

This event is part of the National Botanic Garden of Wales’ Growing the Future project.  This project has received funding through the Welsh Government Rural Communities – Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Welsh Government.

DIWRNOD CENNIN PEDR 2019

Bydd dathliad arbennig o gennin Pedr yng Ngardd Fotaneg Cenedlaethol Cymru ddydd Sadwrn 23 Mawrth.

Fel blodyn cenedlaethol Cymru, mae’n rheswm perffaith i’r cennin Pedr godidog gael eu cynrychioli mor eang yng Ngardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru.  Gyda’r amrywiaeth rhyfeddol o wahanol fathau o gennin Pedr, yr Ardd yw’r lle naturiol i ddod i archwilio amrywiol liwiau, meintiau, ffurfiau ac arogleuon y planhigyn eiconaidd hwn.

Ers ei hagor yn 2000, mae’r Ardd wedi arddangos dros 50 o wahanol fathau o’r blodyn llachar, arbennig hwn.

Bydd Diwrnod Cennin Pedr gan brosiect Tyfu’r Dyfodol yn eich helpu i ddeall y gwahaniaethau manwl rhwng mathau o gennin Pedr ac yn dangos ichi ble i chwilio amdanyn nhw.  Bydd sgwrs dan do am 11.30yb yn Ystafell Paxton Tŷ Principality gan gyd-awdur llyfryn newydd yr Ardd ar Gennin Pedr, Dr Kevin McGinn, swyddog Gwyddoniaeth Tyfu’r Dyfodol.  Yna bydd taith tywys yn yr awyr agored o gwmpas casgliadau gwanwyn hwyr yr Ardd am 1.30yp, a stondinau crefftau cennin Pedr yn y Tŷ Gwydr Mawr eiconaidd.  Gallwch drefnu lle drwy fynd i dudalen Eventbrite yr Ardd.

I gyd-fynd â llyfryn newydd yr Ardd ar Gennin Pedr ac i dynnu sylw at eu hamrywiaethau difyr, gofynnwyd i’r ffotograffydd Mike Danford, sydd hefyd yn wirfoddolwr, chwilio am ddetholiad amrywiol o gasgliad yr Ardd o gennin Pedr sy’n fyw, a chofnodi’r rheiny yn 2018.  Y canlyniad yw’r arddangosfa Cennin Pedr ryfeddol yn Oriel yr Ardd, a fydd ar agor tan ddydd Sul 7 Ebrill.  Gallwch brynu printiau o ddetholiad o luniau yn Siop Anrhegion yr Ardd.

Bydd arddangosfa ar lunio canhwyllau o gŵyr gwenyn ac addurno cennin Pedr ar lwyfan y Tŷ Gwydr Mawr am 11yb, 1.30yp a 3yp gan Lynda Christie, Hyfforddwraig Ecosystemau a Gwenynwraig Tyfu’r Dyfodol.  Dewch i ddysgu am gynhyrchion yr haid gwenyn mêl, sy’n cynnwys cŵyr gwenyn, a defnyddio’r canhwyllau.  Os bydd arddangosfa Lynda yn eich ysbrydoli, bydd yn cynnal Cwrs Creu Blodau Cŵyr Gwenyn ar ddydd Mercher 32 Ebrill.

Gall ymwelwyr cyn y diwrnod ei hun fynd o gwmpas yr Ardd heb arweinydd i weld uchafbwyntiau’r amrywiol fathau o gennin Pedr, yn ogystal ag ar ddydd Sadwrn 23 Mawrth.

Bydd y Diwrnod Cennin Pedr o 10yb tan 4.30yp a’r holl weithgareddau sy’n ymwneud â’r cennin Pedr wedi’u cynnwys ym mhris mynediad yr Ardd.

Mae mynediad i’r Ardd yn costio £14.50 (gan gynnwys Cymorth Rhodd) i oedolion ac mae hyn cynnwys mynediad i Ganolfan Adar Ysglyfaethus Prydain.  Mae plant dan 5 am ddim a pharcio am ddim i bawb.

Am ragor o wybodaeth am y digwyddiad hwn ac eraill, ffoniwch 01558 667149 neu anfonwch e-bost i gtf@gardenofwales.org.uk neu fynd i wefan yr Ardd.

Mae’r digwyddiad hwn gan brosiect Tyfu’r Dyfodol Gardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru.  Mae’r prosiect hwn wedi derbyn cyllid trwy Raglen Datblygu Wledig 2014-2020 – Cymunedau Gwledig Llywodraeth Cymru, a ariennir gan Gronfa Amaethyddol Ewrop ar gyfer Datblygu Ardaloedd Gwledig, a Llywodraeth Cymru.