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Hillcrest

Waunborfa Road,  Cefn Fforest,  Blackwood,  Gwent,  NP12 3LB

Opening dates and times:Sat 25, Sun 26, Mon 27 May, Sat 3, Sun 4 Aug (12-6)

Visitors also welcome by appt Apr to Sept

Admission:Adm £4, chd free

Facilities:

Refreshments:Cream teas

Contact:Mr M O'Leary & Mr B Price   Telephone: 01443 837029
Email: bev.price@mclweb.net

Postcode:NP12 3LB

Location:3m W of Newbridge. 
On open days follow A4048 to Blackwood town centre or A469 to Pengam T-lights, then NGS signs
click here for a map

Description:A cascade of secluded gardens, each having established a distinct character over the years, all within 1½ acres. With choices at every turn, visitors exploring the gardens are well-rewarded as hidden delights and surprises are revealed. Numerous, well-placed seats encourage the unhurried pace at which the gardens are best appreciated. Delicious cream teas to be enjoyed.

In the press:Featured on TV

Disability information:Woodland area not accessible to wheelchairs

Further details:Experience the warmest welcome for which this garden's owners are well known. Enjoy the transition from the more formal parterre to the woodland character of the garden further on. Interesting trees such as Liriodendron, Embothrium, Cercidiphyllum, Quercus Rubra, Davidia and Cornus abound. There is a new, enclosed rose garden with an established Tulip tree as a centre-piece. The elevated viewing point and the cosy summerhouse are within easy reach of wheel chairs and buggies.
A new, long perennial border has been created where twenty old conifers
once formed a hedge. Clematis and other climbers have also been planted as a back-drop to the perennials. A new, raised-bed vegetable plot has been created on adjacent land and a new hornbeam hedge established.

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