Bodnant Garden

Bodnant Garden is one of the most beautiful gardens in the UK, spanning some 80 acres and is 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 garden around Bodnant Hall consists of the terraced gardens and informal lawns shaded by trees.The lower portion, known as the "Dell" is formed by the valley of the River Hiraethlyn and contains the Wild garden.

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Photographs by Dave Newbould website: www.davenewbould.co.uk

An endeavour has been made at Bodnant Garden to 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, 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.
We are open every day from 12th March to 6th November.
Members of the National Trust and fellows of the Royal Horticultural Society are admitted free on presentation of a valid membership card.Bodnant is a fabulous garden in a beautiful setting looking across the Conwy Valley towards the Snowdon range. Formal Italianate terraced gardens greet you near the entrance, while a stream and wild garden await you in the wooded valley below, known as the Dell.

Daffodils and other bulbs can be seen at Bodnant Garden in Springtime. To see the Bodnant Garden at possibly its most colourful, time your visit to coincide with the flowering of the rhododendrons, magnolias, azaleas and camellias, (if you're keen on rhododendrons also check out the Dorothy Clive Garden)and laburnum arch (May). During the Summer, waterlilies flower in the long Canal water feature, on the terrace at Bodnant Garden. The Laburnum Arch at Bodnant is over 100 feet long and quite spectacular. Rhododendrons, camellias and magnolias cling to the sides of the valley for a vivid display of colour.

Bodnant Garden was presented to the National Trust in 1949 by Henry Duncan, the 2nd Baron of Aberconway. The landscape of Bodnant makes it unsuitable for pushchairs or wheelchairs due to steep paths and many steps in the Dell.Car park is about 150 feet from the entrance to Bodnant Garden.

The Garden is managed for the National Trust by the Hon. Michael McLaren, Q.C.