Events

Join us for a weekend of gardening tips, advice and special offers! On Saturday we will be joined by Matty from Evergreen Garden who will be offering product information and advice. Our staff will also be on hand over the bank holiday weekend to help answer your gardening questions.

Purchase selected Miracle-Gro products during the weekend to be entered into a £100 garden care product prize drawer!

As part of National Children’s Gardening Week come along and plant a crazy face pot!

Matthew will help the children plant calliope geraniums courtesy of Cultivation Street in a terracotta pots to take home and watch grow. Geraniums are bee friendly making this is a great activity to teach children the importance of supporting wildlife at home!

You can even register your pot as part of Hozelock plant a pot campaign (more details in store)

This event is FREE for Little Oaks Club members (not yet a member sign up for free on the day)

Gardening Author, TV & Radio Star Pippa Greenwood will be holding a talk on ‘Great ideas & tips to make your gardening even better’.

An event not to be missed! FREE to attend but booking is required by calling 01497847055 or in-store at the Welcome Desk.

Join us for our 2nd annual Rose Festival here at the centre! A must for rose enthusiasts or rose garden beginners, with special offers, expert advice and of course an abundance of stunning roses available to purchase!

1st Talk – Saturday 8th June @ 10:00am – ‘Great Oaks Gardening Talk on Roses’  The topic for Keith’s popular ‘Great Oaks’ Gardening talk this month will be dedicated to Roses.

2nd Talk – Sunday 16th June – RNRS rose advisor and judge Gareth Davies will be holding two Rose health and advice talks @ 11am & 2pm.

All talks are FREE to attend with no booking required.

Each month we welcome Keith Cowley for a relaxed, informative talk in our Oak Room. Each session includes a fountain of seasonal knowledge including what to do in the garden this month, the best plants for the time of year and a questions and answer session when you can ask Keith for specific gardening advice.

Our Great Oaks talks are free to attend, no booking is required and is open to everyone. Just turn up and enjoy!

Join us on Sunday the 16th of June for the final day of our Rose Festival.

RNRS judge and rose adviser and judge Gareth Davies will be holding two FREE talks on roses @ 11am & 2pm!

Don’t forget this will be the last day to take advantage of the Rose Festival Special offers!

Bring your dog along to our ‘Love Your Dog Day’! A day focused on celebrating our fury friends. Join us for talks, freebies, special offers and a host of local dog service providers.

Take part in a doggy themed raffle with fantastic prizes to be won, all in aid of Many Tears Animal Rescue.

Free dog nutrition talk, question and answer session from Jonathan Lewis MSc/Phd Researcher 

Each month we welcome Keith Cowley for a relaxed, informative talk in our Oak Room. Each session includes a fountain of seasonal knowledge including what to do in the garden this month, the best plants for the time of year and a questions and answer session when you can ask Keith for specific gardening advice.

Our Great Oaks talks are free to attend, no booking is required and is open to everyone. Just turn up and enjoy!

Our Charity Quiz & Curry Nights are great fun and raise an amazing amount of money for our chosen charities. Join us for another evening of delicious home cooked curries and a light-hearted quiz written and presented by garden centre owner, Mark Cleary.

This event will be in aid of our new charity of the year (to be confirmed). Food will be available from 5.45pm.

Our ‘Wild Wednesday’ event series offers a fun-filled workshop for children with a different activity each Wednesday of the Powys’ school holidays.

This workshop focusses on creating a beautiful miniature garden… perfect to take home and watch grow as well as entering into any local show competitions this summer! The session will also include a plant themed hunt around the plant area.

Pre-booking is required as spaces are limited. Session run at 10.30am, 11.30am & 12.30pm. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Our ‘Wild Wednesday’ event series offers a fun-filled workshop for children with a different activity each Wednesday of the Powys’ school holidays.

Don’t miss this dinosaur show from C&L Entertainment to remember! Enjoy a journey through the pre-historic ages learning from ‘dinosaur rangers’, playing games, meet lifelike moving dinosaurs, looking at real fossils and much more!

Pre-booking is required as spaces are limited. Session run at 10.30am, 12pm & 1.30pm. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Each month we welcome Keith Cowley for a relaxed, informative talk in our Oak Room. Each session includes a fountain of seasonal knowledge including what to do in the garden this month, the best plants for the time of year and a questions and answer session when you can ask Keith for specific gardening advice.

Our Great Oaks talks are free to attend, no booking is required and is open to everyone. Just turn up and enjoy!

An event to tingle your taste buds! Join us and a selection of our local suppliers to sample some of their mouthwatering local food and drink. Find out more about your favourite local producers! Watch and taste from cooking demos on our Weber BBQs! We’re proud to support local are you?

Confirmed Suppliers:

• Tyrrells
• Welsh Brew
• Black Mountain Roast
• Eccentric Gin
• Llanfaes Dairy
• More Suppliers To Be Added Soon!

Our ‘Wild Wednesday’ event series offers a fun-filled workshop for children with a different activity each Wednesday of the Powys’ school holidays.

Get baking with this tasty workshop inlcuding biscuit decorating and bread making! Make your own bread dough, shape it as you want before taking it home to bake. We also have a fun food themed hunt around the plant area planned!

Pre-booking is required as spaces are limited. Session run at 10.30am, 11.30am & 12.30pm. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

A fun filled evening including delicious food and bingo in aid of our new charity of the year. We have £210 worth of cash & voucher prizes to be won!

Book ASAP as spaces limited.

Local bee-keeper, Peter Guthrie will be with us again this year with his observation bee hive offering free information about the art of bee keeping.

Join Peter for informal talks at 12pm and 2pm and also enjoy tasting Peter’s different honey varieties.

Don’t forget to bring the children to take part in a candle making activity; fun for all the family!

FREE to attend with no booking required.

Our ‘Wild Wednesday’ event series offers a fun-filled workshop for children with a different activity each Wednesday of the Powys’ school holidays.

This workshop includes a very special guest from Carl John Entertainment who will be performing a Magic Show! After the show enjoy a magic themed hunt around the plant area.

Pre-booking is required as spaces are limited. Session run at 10.30am, 11.30am & 12.30pm. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Our ‘Wild Wednesday’ event series offers a fun-filled workshop for children with a different activity each Wednesday of the Powys’ school holidays.

This workshop includes learning a variety of circus skills including juggling, diablo, spinning plates and more! Also enjoy circus themed craft activities including tissue paper animal masks and circus hunt around the plant area.

Pre-booking is required as spaces are limited. Session run at 10.30am, 11.30am & 12.30pm. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Don’t miss A&S Animal Encounters third visit to the garden centre of 2019. This hands-on educational experience is an event not to miss.

Get up close to and learn about some amazing animals including Palawan Bearcat, Channel Billed Toucan, Laughing Kookaburra, 4m Burmese Python & Meerkats! Timed talks will be held throughout the day under our canopy.

Our ‘Wild Wednesday’ event series offers a fun-filled workshop for children with a different activity each Wednesday of the Powys’ school holidays.

We are looking forward to welcoming special guests from Fizz Pop Science for this special workshop! Explore chemical reactions in this hands-on session. From colour changing liquids to slimy putty (every child will make a pot to take home), this is sure to get a reaction from everyone!

Pre-booking is required as spaces are limited. Session run at 10.30am, 12pm & 1.30pm. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Each month we welcome Keith Cowley for a relaxed, informative talk in our Oak Room. Each session includes a fountain of seasonal knowledge including what to do in the garden this month, the best plants for the time of year and a questions and answer session when you can ask Keith for specific gardening advice.

Our Great Oaks talks are free to attend, no booking is required and is open to everyone. Just turn up and enjoy!