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Nant-y-Bedd is a 10 acre organic garden and woodland located at 1200 feet up in the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales.
Booking is essential before visiting : Click here to book your visit to Nantybedd.
Sue has been gardening here for 40 years, assisted over the past 20 or so years by Ian. Slowly but surely the garden has grown and evolved with various projects being added over the years, including the natural swimming pond, the shepherd’s hut, tree-sculpture Cedric a treehouse and most recently another tree sculpture by the amazing Mick Petts
A wonderful development in 2019 was our selection as only one of ten Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Partner Gardens in Wales. To be classed alongside the likes of the National Botanic Gardens of Wales, Aberglasney and Dyffryn Gardens is a great privilege – and more than a bit scary! Well, it was to start with, but after we won the Partner Garden of the Year 2022, maybe it isn’t.
We’ve been lucky to have a number of film crews here, starting with BBC2’s Carole Klein in 2007. 2019 brought Alan Titchmarsh and his Love Your Garden programme. In 2021, we hosted BBC Gardeners World and Monty Don who did the links form here during their end of season special on Trees. In 2022 we welcomed the Welsh-language S4C programme Garddio a Mwy. Last year both ITV Coast and Country and Channel 4’s Caroline Quentin’s National Parks came to enjoy the peace and tranquillity of Nant-y-Bedd
In the press, most recently we’ve been featured in Gardens Illustrated and The Times and 2024 will bring a feature article in The Garden magazine, the flagship publication of the RHS.
You can find out so much more about us on our website at www.nantybedd.com or on Instagram @nantybeddgarden.
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Events
12th July 2025 - 12th July 2025
16th Aug 2025 - 16th Aug 2025
20th Sept 2025 - 20th Sept 2025
Half Day Foraging Course at NantybeddJoin Liz Knight of Forage Fine Foods for a foraging tour of Nant-y-Bedd Gardens in the Black Mountains near Abergavenny.- more info
18th July 2025 - 18th July 2025
25th July 2025 - 25th July 2025
1st Aug 2025 - 1st Aug 2025
8th Aug 2025 - 8th Aug 2025
15th Aug 2025 - 15th Aug 2025
22nd Aug 2025 - 22nd Aug 2025
29th Aug 2025 - 29th Aug 2025
Tour of Nant-Y-Bedd Garden with SueEnjoy a tour of the award winning Nant-y-Bedd Garden with the creator Sue. Hear all about how the garden came into being and how it has evolved over the 40+ years of Sue’s stewardship.- more info
20th July 2025 - 20th July 2025
Managing the Wild GardenA series of four workshops examining the different seasons.- more info
Facilities
Booking & Payment Details
- Advance booking essential
- Credit cards accepted (with charge)
Children
- Children welcome
Property Facilities
- Dogs not accepted (except guidedogs)
Target Markets
- Accepts groups
Map & Directions
Road Directions
Nant y Bedd is to be found 4.5 miles up the road towards the Grwyne Fawr Reservoir, in the area known as Fforest Coal Pit, Abergavenny. It is a Dead End road, a 5 mile long Dead End!
From ABERGAVENNY or HEREFORD areas take the A465 Abergavenny to Hereford road and turn off into LLANFIHANGEL CRUCORNEY.
By the Skirrid Inn (in Llanfihangel Crucorney) turn down the hill (following signs for Llanthony), bear left at the bottom of the hill and continue for about a mile, passing under a railway bridge (13’6″ height limit). Turn left at the signpost for Fforest Coal Pit, Partrishow and Llanbedr.
After a mile and a half you will arrive at Five Ways junction. Take the road to the Grwyne Fawr Reservoir, passing the (Grade II listed) grey telephone box and continue over the river for 4.5 miles.
From CRICKHOWELL, turn up by the Fire Station and initially follow signs to Llanbedr. Do not turn into Llanbedr, but follow signs to Fforest Coal Pit (sometimes just Fforest). There is also a red edged sign to Grwyne Fawr at one junction, follow this one not the Grwyne Fawr on the bigger fingerpost. You will come to ‘the house in the middle of the road’. Bear left and left again down the hill and you will come to Five Ways Junction. Take the road to the Grwyne Fawr Reservoir, passing the (Grade II listed) grey telephone box and continue over the river for 4.5 miles.
Travelling from HAY on WYE it is probably easiest to approach from the Crickhowell direction via Talgarth. The Llanthony valley is very narrow and can be extremely congested in Summer.
