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Gardd y Coleg

Approx ½ acre featuring raised beds planted with ornamental and native plants mulched with local slate. Benches and picnic area, wide pathways suitable for wheelchairs. Spectacular views. Garden created and maintained by volunteers. Development of the garden is ongoing.

Owner Info

  • Pwyllgor Pentref Carmel Village Committee
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About Gardd y Coleg

This garden is managed by the Village Committee and has been designed and created by volunteers. Various successful grant applications enabled the Committee to purchase the land and to pay contractors to carry out specialised work such as constructing an environmentally friendly parking area (recycled plastic filled with soil and sown with grass seeds). The necessary match funding for the grants was met by volunteer labour, each hour of which was recorded and given a monetary value.

The volunteers, including children and young people from the community, transformed a flat, ½-acre field into a beautifully landscaped garden. The wide footpaths, suitable for wheelchairs and prams, lead visitors around raised beds which have been planted to give interest throughout the year and include a variety of evergreen plants.

The spring mass of bright yellow daffodils give way to the colourful cottage garden plants that bloom throughout the summer months, followed by autumn foliage and berries and then on to the striking red stems of the dogwood and rich ruby fruit of the skimmia in winter. The plants have been carefully chosen to suit the elevated position of the site. The garden is located approximately 800 feet above sea level, enabling visitors to enjoy spectacular views of Caernarfon Bay, from the mountains at the gateway to the Lleyn Peninsula known as the Rivals, along the cost to Caernarfon and its castle and across to Anglesey. On certain clear days the Irish Wicklow mountains can also be seen.

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Location details

Gardd y Coleg,
Carmel,
Gwynedd,
LL54 7RL

Directions to Gardd y Coleg
Garden at Carmel village centre. Parking on site.

Gardd y Coleg openings

This garden has now completed its National Garden Scheme openings for this year.

Accessibility

  • Ramped access for wheelchair users.
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FAQs

Payment is by cash only. Please get in touch with the owners for more details.

Sorry, there is no available parking for coaches at Gardd y Coleg at this time.

Sorry, no dogs are allowed in the garden at this time.

Yes, there are various plants offerred for sale at Gardd y Coleg, please enquire with the owners for more details.

Yes, one or more routes at Gardd y Coleg are accessible to wheelchair users.

Yes. Gardd y Coleg seeks to offer a sustainable refuge for nearby fauna and wildlife. These sanctuaries host diverse habitats supporting indigenous flora and fauna and nurturing local biodiversity.