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Please use the following format and info on your own site to link to your page in Gardens-Guide.com: at Gardens-Guide.com http://www.gardens-guide.com The premiere directory of open gardens in the UK and Ireland today Ask your friends and suppliers as well to link to your page in Gardens-Guide as well. Every link we get into your page helps rankings for both of us in search engines. **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** Garden Name: Penrhyn Castle Last Modified: 19-01-2011 Garden ID: 0082 pic: 0082_Penrhyn.jpg NOTE: If this says "missing", then please send us a picture for your page which is at least 1000 x 1000 pixels in size. Thanks! Owner: National Trust Address: Bangor Gwynedd Postcode: LL57 4HN County: Wales tel: 01248 353084 fax: 01248-371281 website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-penrhyncastle email: penrhyncastle //at// nationaltrust.org.uk English Heritage Grade: Opening Times: NOTE for 2012: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-penrhyncastle 12th March - 30th Oct; Wed - Mon; 11am - 5pm, 1st Jul - 31st Aug; Wed - Mon; 10am - 5pm, Best Times of Year to Visit: To see: National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: No Comments: Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: House Open for Viewing: Yes Comments: 12th March - 30th Oct; Wed - Mon; 12am - 5pm 1st Jul - 31st Aug; Wed - Mon; 11am - 5pm Admission Prices: Gift Aid Admission (Standard Admission prices in brackets) Castle: adult £10 (£9), child £5 (£4.50), family £25 (£22.50). Grounds and stable block: adult £6.60 (£6), child £3.50 (£3). Spring gardens (February and March opening) (Standard Admission): adult £4, child free. Christmas weekend (Standard Admission): adult £4, child free Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: No Lunches: Yes Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: No Dogs allowed: Yes Only on Lead: Yes Events: Yes Other Facilities: 3 seater staff-driven buggy can be pre-booked. Features: 19th-century fantasy castle with spectacular contents and grounds; Magnificent views over Snowdonia; Unique furniture collection and the best private art collection, in context, in Wales; Large gardens and grounds with formal Victorian walled garden; Dolls museum, extensive Victorian kitchens, railway museum and adventure playground 'Castle and Quarry' - a fascinating permanent exhibition exploring Penrhyn's industrial past Designer: Description of Garden: The three astonishing elements of this garden are the extraordinary castle built on a heroic scale which acts as a backdrop to the large and varied collection of trees - Douglas Firs, redwoods, Pines, Holm oaks, firs, and native varieties and the collection of rare and tender plants that can be grown here courtesy of the mild climate generated by the Gulf Stream. In the Walled Garden on the lower slopes below the castle are to found an astonishing variety of tender species, such as Lobster Claw, the florist's bloom, Pot jasmine, Lapageria and Decumaria, even the Cordyline indivisa and Magnolia macrophylla. At the foot of the slopes are huge clumps of giant rhubarb, gunnera, ferns, flax and bamboo standing in front of Holm oaks, Eucalyptus and purple maples. History: The immense castle was built for G. H. Dawkins between 1822 and 1838. It was visited by Queen Victoria, who planted a (still surviving) Wellingtonia there, in 1859. Many choice trees were planted by Dawkins, but when the Scottish forester and botanist, Angus Duncan Webster took over the care of the woodlands in 1880 he tried many new and untested varieties. The Victorian parterre, supervised by the Head Gardener, Walter Speed, one of the first recipients in 1897 of the RHS's premier award, the Victoria Medal of Honour, was replaced by a less formal and more flamboyant composition, including a loggia and fountains, by Lady Penryhn in the 1930s. Local Inns: Ye Olde Bulls Head, Beaumaris Queen's Head, Glanwydden, SW. of Llandudno Accomodation: Restaurants: Ye Olde Bulls Head, Beaumaris Village/Town/Sightseeing: Bangor Victorian Pier