About Llwyn-Onn
Set in the shadow of Bannau Brycheiniog, the Brecon Beacons you will discover the garden of Llwyn-Onn.
As you enter the garden, you are at once overcome with feelings of serenity. Such emotive feelings of peacefulness intensify as you meander and take time to appreciate the many features of this cleverly and thoughtfully planned garden. The garden takes into consideration and successfully utilises its beautiful surroundings within the picturesque Dulais Valley. The garden has evolved through the years, developing its own style, working with the natural terrain. Recent times have seen a less formal approach, taking account the need to encourage wildlife and to garden sustainably. The influences of landscape gardeners, past and present can be witnessed. From the borrowed landscape principles of Capability Brown, the planting structures and ideas of Gertrude Jekyll to present landscape designers Beth Chatto, Adam Frost and Dan Pearson.
The garden of Llwyn-Onn is the result of a lifetime of work by its owners Lyn and Jean Jenkins, both of whom are excited to be able to share with you their magnificent six acre garden. The pair will be the first to admit that, in their opinion, the garden remains a “work in progress” as they continually strive to improve the landscape. This could be via refining an area or developing further the already expansive plants available to be seen.
As you stroll through the different areas of the garden, you will see a variety of plants and forms of planting. All this is combined with a feeling of being at one with nature. As you stroll through the gardens, you will likely be joined overhead by a Red Kite or Buzzard and apart from birdsong and the rustle of leaves, all will be quiet.
Great effort has been made to create a year-round garden with points of interest in each season. There is a winter garden, a rose walk, Japanese garden, mini arboretum and large pond area surrounded by a carefully selected variety of trees. Within the woodland area you will find yourself surrounded by aged oak trees interspersed with a blanket of hostas, bluebells or rhododendrons depending on the time of year, to name a few. The gentle sound of water flowing from the stream allows the woodland area to provide a secluded area for contemplation. The garden offers its guests the opportunity to take pleasure in witnessing displays of flowering shrubs and trees, varying throughout the season to include magnolias, azaleas, hydrangeas. The use of lythrum and persicaria are dispersed throughout the garden to support and sustain insect life.
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