Step into spring

Spring’s here! Step outdoors and celebrate the arrival of a new season with an array of blossoming colours, delightful scents and chorus of birdsong – not to mention longer, warmer days to enjoy them.

From March through to May, National Trust Cymru are inviting you to enjoy beautiful spring displays across North Wales in the gardens they care for.

Dazzling daffodils

Typically flowering between mid-March and late April, National Trust Cymru have some of the best daffodil displays in Wales. There are more than 27,000 cultivated varieties, with most a yellow colour, with exception of some white, orange and salmon petals.

Penrhyn Castle and Garden, Bangor

The dazzling carpet of yellow, as dramatic as the castle itself, can be seen throughout the wooded areas to the front and side of the castle, as well as in front of the Keep.

Bodnant Garden, Conwy

The Old Park meadow and Glades are transformed into a carpet of buttercup-bright daffodils where generations of gardeners have been planting daffodils since 1920 and are still adding to the display today.

Powis Castle and Garden, Welshpool

The Welsh daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus thrive in their thousands in the aptly named Daffodil Paddock at

Bask in bluebells

Flowering from end of April to mid-May, these delicate blooms are found across Western Europe but about half of the world’s population is right here in the UK. Help us care for these beautiful flowers by sticking to paths and never picking bluebells to take home.

Plas yn Rhiw, Llŷn Peninsula Bluebells cover the woodland glades in this sheltered garden, showing off a showstopping display set against spectacular coastal views of Cardigan Bay.

Chirk Castle, Wrexham

Take a woodland walk from Stable Bank, following the blue waymarked trail across the estate to enjoy the best of Chirk Castle’s bluebell displays.

Plas Newydd, Anglesey

Visit the hidden corners of Plas Newydd and discover Church Bank, a woodland overlooking the Menai Strait scattered with bluebells and wild garlic.

Wonderful wild garlic

The most obvious tell-tale sign that you’ve discovered wild garlic is its smell! The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked, but when foraging it’s important to only pick the leaves and flowers and not uproot the plant.

Erddig, Wrexham

Erddig’s woodlands are choc-full of walking trails that wind their way between magnificent beech and oak trees. From early May the pathways are lined with wild garlic – one of the highlights of the season. n

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