Work has been progressing at Plas Newydd (pictured), now that the main visitor season is over, to recreate a birch
avenue in the historic garden.
When the Ladies of Llangollen lived in Plas Newydd
they had an avenue of birch trees which has long since gone.
As part of the
National Lottery Heritage Funded Our Picturesque Landscape project, a
previously heavily shadowed entranceway into the Dell has been opened up and
planted with 24 birch trees comprising of six different birch varieties including
the beautiful Betula Jacquemontii and Betula Albosinensis.
Volunteers and staff from the wider Denbighshire
Countryside Service and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty team helped to plant
the trees.
Thousands of native wildflower bulbs such as English bluebells and
snowdrops are being planted this autumn under the birch trees ready to put on a
spectacular display in the spring.
The Our Picturesque Landscape project is leading on
a five-year restoration of the Dell which has started with repairing many of the
crumbling stone walls and will be replacing the existing handrail with
something more in keeping with the garden as it would have been two hundred
years ago.
* If you would like to get involved by volunteering
with the restoration projects please get in touch with the team on 01824 706163
or contact: our.picturesque.landscape@denbighshire.gov.uk
Mike Fawcett a regular dog walker at Plas Newydd
said: “It seems a small thing now as we head into winter but it will grow
and establish and look wonderful when the trees are in leaf next spring with
all the bulbs in flower too, I look forward to seeing it then and seeing the
project progress.”
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