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Owner: Julie Akkermans Address: Cribyn Lampeter Ceredigion Postcode: SA48 7NG County: Wales tel: 01570 471116 fax: website: www.caehirgardens.com email: caehirgardens //at// googlemail.com English Heritage Grade: Opening Times: Easter - October; every day, Open Bank Holidays; 10am - 5pm Best Times of Year to Visit: From mid May to mid July and August/September To see: All areas. National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: No Comments: Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Groups and Tours are welcome. Please book in advance. Guided tours and lunches, afternoon tea etc can be booked. Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: Viewing outside opening hours can be arranged. Groups welcome. House Open for Viewing: No Comments: Admission Prices: Adults/OAPs £5 Children £2 Groups £4.50 per person Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: Yes Dogs allowed: Yes Only on Lead: Yes Events: Yes Other Facilities: Disabled access to part of the garden. Charity openings. Tea Room with both indoor seating and outside patio area, serving a delicious selection of home-made light lunches and afternoon teas. Events throughout the Season. Small gift shop selling local crafts and garden souveniers. The book "A One Man Job (if not I'm a Dutchman)" was written by Wil Akkermans detailing, in short anecdotes, the adventure of moving his family from his native Holland to West Wales in order to follow his dream of creating a garden. Available to buy in our gift shop. Features: Local slate stone work. Bonsai corner showing off Wil's native bonsai trees. Delightful Semi-Wild Water and Wildlife Garden complementing the natural meandering stream bordering the bottom of the garden. RHS Partner Garden. Designer: Wil Akkermans Description of Garden: This six acre garden was created and was, until 2009, solely maintained by the owner, Wil Akkermans. It now lies in the hands of Wil's son and daughter, Stuart and Julie. The objective and soul of the garden remains the same however, this being to find the right balance between wild and cultivated to achieve the natural look which, in the setting of this garden, is essential. Apart from the extensive, though informal, herbaceous beds there are many semi-hardy shrubs, such as Chilean fire bush and cordylines and a good selection of ornamental trees including prunus, sorbus and eucalyptus. Glorious rhododendrons set the garden ablaze in Spring. Hedging, from a variety of species such as yew, rose, beech, lonicera and privet abounds. There are formal ponds and small natural lakes. Set in the beautiful Welsh countryside, the natural look, which includes many wild plants in the design, is particularly appealing and appropriate, without ever seeming unkempt. History: Started in 1985 and first opened in 1989 on the centenary of the owner's father's birth. The owner was previously a French teacher but it is apparent that gardening was in his blood and he triumphantly succeeded in turning four, partially marshy, fields that were previously used for rough grazing, into this extraordinary garden - entirely by himself. Local Inns: Black Lion, Lampeter Grannell Hotel, Llanwnnen Vale of Aeron, Felinfach Accomodation: Falcondale, Lampeter Ty Mawr, Ciliau Aeron Granell, Llanwnen Restaurants: Ty Mawr, Ciliau Aeron The Falcondale, Lampeter The Harbourmaster, Aberaeron The Daffodil, Horeb Village/Town/Sightseeing: Glorious countryside, Market towns of Lampeter and Newcastle Emlyn, Coastal Towns of Aberaeron and Aberystwyth. Welsh Botanical Gardens and Aberglasney Gardens both less than an hour away