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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 Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park in Wales. The ethos of the garden is working with nature and the landscape.
For many years the garden opened for the National Garden Scheme before becoming an RHS Partner Garden for a while. Now, in 2026, the garden will open for two local charities: Herefordshire Growing Point and St Michael’s Hospice.
An opportunity for a weekend visit this summer is Sunday the 19th of July. The proceeds for this day will go to St Michael’s Hospice. Again, all visits must be pre-booked. Two slots are available 10-12.30 and 1.30-4pm. Tea and cake is included. To book follow this link to the St Michael’s Open Gardens 2026 website:
https://www.st-michaels-hospice.org.uk/open-gardens/
In addition to the charitable events, the garden will be open to the general public on Thursdays and Fridays from 11 am to 5 pm, throughout June and July 2026.
Numbers are limited so booking for all visits is essential before visiting : Click here to book your visit to Nant-y-bedd.
Sue has been gardening at Nant-y-bedd for 45 years, assisted over the past 30 years by Ian. Over this time the garden has evolved embracing no-dig, polyculture and permaculture principles. The garden has a natural swimming pond (for wildlife, not the visiting public), a shepherd’s hut, tree house, riverside walk and meadow managed as woodland pasture, Potager, Cottage Garden and Edible Forest Garden. Tree sculptures and a Silent Space installation are by local landscape sculptor, Mick Petts.
https://silentspace.org.uk/garden/nant-y-bedd/
Over the years a number of film crews have visited the garden, starting with BBC2’s Carole Klein in 2007. 2019 brought Alan Titchmarsh and his Love Your Garden programme. In 2021, the garden hosted BBC Gardeners World and Monty Don who did the links form here during their end of season special on Trees. In 2022 the Welsh-language S4C programme Garddio a Mwy visited. In 2023 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 brought a feature article in The Garden magazine, the flagship publication of the RHS. Recent books featuring Nant-y-bedd are Avant Gardens in 2023, The New Beautiful, The Contemporary Garden, and Britain’s Best Gardens in 2025.
Nant-y-bedd is a Garden Organic Growing Partner:
https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/get-involved/growing-partners/nant-y-bedd
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
4th June 2026 - 31st July 2026
Nant-Y-Bedd Garden Openings 2026Nant y Bedd is a 10 acre organic garden, river and woodland located at 1200 feet up in the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales.- more info
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Nant-Y-Bedd, AbergavennyNant y Bedd is a 10 acre organic garden, river and woodland located at 1200 feet up in the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales.
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- Advance booking essential
- Credit cards accepted (with charge)
Children
- Children welcome
Property Facilities
- Dogs not accepted (except guidedogs)
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- 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.
