
Below the house itself are several formal garden areas, including a cloister garden, with parapets offering a birds-eye view over the formally laid out avenues. There is an Upper Walled Garden decorated with trimmed box hedges, and a Lower Walled Garden dedicated to a variety of edible plants.
A large pool garden leads to a small woodland garden, and to a more modern sunken garden. On the slopes above the house are more informal garden areas, including rock garden, Oriental Garden, and Bishop Rudd's walk.
Visiting
There is a cafe, and a small garden centre, where visitors can purchase a variety of intriguing and unusual plants. Taken as a whole, Aberglasney will delight the keen gardener, and offer an enjoyable excursion for those with an interest in the historic gardens of Britain. Aberglasney is easily one of the most intriguing and enjoyable historic gardens we have visited in Wales. I loved the more formal Cloister Gardens, with carefully arranged avenues and potted orange trees, and the Ninfarium was unlike anything I've ever seen at an historic house. Do take the time to visit Aberglasney; it is well worth an extended visit.


