Aberglasney Gardens is set to host the Welsh Orchid Festival, which will take place this weekend.
The event will be held over Saturday, September 3 and Sunday, September 4, when visitors can learn all about orchids including rare species and popular hybrids.
This will be the 14th Welsh Orchid Festival organised by the Orchid Study Group, where visitors will also be able to purchase orchids, carnivorous plants, orchid companion plants and botanical paintings.
Jim Stribling, Aberglasney’s director of operations, said: “We are delighted to be once again welcoming the Orchid Study Group to Aberglasney and hosting the Welsh Orchid Festival.
“Aberglasney introduced a collection of orchids in 2020. The orchid collection we have in the Ninfarium comprises many different species and is a haven for orchid lovers. We hope visitors to the Gardens will enjoy this unique orchid experience.”
The Orchid Study Group was established at the National Botanic Garden of Wales in 2005 to provide a focus for orchids and their study in Wales.
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Lynne Harrendence, secretary of the Orchid Study Group and co-organiser of the Welsh Orchid Festival said: “We are looking forward to holding, once again, our annual festival at Aberglasney. It is the perfect backdrop for our event.
"We hope that all those who enjoy growing orchids will come along and visit us at the festival.”
Entrance to the Welsh Orchid Festival is free of charge. However normal admission fees to the Gardens do apply. The festival will be open from 10am until 5pm on Saturday and 10am until 4pm on the Sunday.
Over the seasons, Aberglasney’s visitors enjoy the delights of a huge range of orchids from conventional home favourites to the very best examples from the gardens’ rare and unusual collection.
The display in the Ninfarium is predominantly made up of Cymbidium orchids, which are stunningly beautiful, cool growing, winter flowering and can be grown outside in the summer.
Later in the season, Oncidium, Encyclia, Miltonipsis and Pleione form the mainstay of the display and are accompanied by many other, no less rare, spectacular and unusual species.
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