Events

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.

Join us for a tasting experience to remember from Chase Distillery. Enjoy a gin and tonic on arrival before a talk unlocking some of the secrets and skills that go into creating award-winning Chase spirits. Your Chase expert will talk you through everything from their traditional mashing, fermenting and distilling processes and how they finish their bottles by hand. Whilst you listen to the talk taste a variety of gins and enjoy food prepared in our Railway Restaurant.

Tickets are only £20 per person including drink on arrival, talk, samples, meal and exclusive 10% OFF Chase Spirits offer.

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.

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!

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 ‘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!

Join us for our annual Macmillan Coffee Morning and Fundraising Day and help up to beat our amazing total raised last year!

Enjoy a hot drink and piece of delicious freshly baked cake in our Tea Room for £3.99, with all profits being donated to Macmillan.

Don’t forget to buy a raffle ticket whilst you are here… there will be a great range of prizes on offer 🙂

We are excited to welcome back the Whisky River Boys to our annual Apple & Cider Festival! A day of Apple  Pressing, Live Music, Barbecuing and  Apple Growing Advice!

An a event for the whole family with a delicious apple themed specials menu in our restaurant.

Aber Valley Apple Pressing 11am & 1pm. Bring in your own apples to be pressed and then bottled for you to have your very own apple juice (all customer apples will be mixed together and £1.50 a bottling charge applies).

Whisky River Boys Live Music 12pm & 2pm.

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 Macmillan Cancer Support.

BOOKING AVAILABLE SOON!

See the magnificent Autumn Colours at Wetsonbirt Arboretum

Tickets £35 Per person

Tickets include:

• Coach Travel
• Guided Tour & Talk
• Tree Top Walkway
• 10% Discount in Westonbirt’s Restaurant

Day Timings:

8:15am Leave Gwernyfed High School Carpark
10:00am Arrive at Westonbirt Arbouretum
10:30am Guided Tour
2:45pm Meet at Bus
3pm Leave Westonbirt Arboretum
4:45pm Arrive at Gwernyfed High School

Get into the Halloween spirit with our Spooky Afternoon Tea!

We welcome families to join us for some delicious Halloween themed cakes and sandwiches before enjoying a scary story and venturing through our Halloween Walkway. There will also be a prize for the best child’s fancy dress and party bag for each child to take home!

BOOKING AVAILABLE SOON

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

A Halloween themed workshop including Haunted House Scratch Art, Plant Pot Monsters and Pine Cone Spiders. We will also have a spooky hunt around the plant area. Remember to bring your carved pumpkins and come in fancy dress… there will be prizes for the best!

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.

Get into the Halloween spirit with our Spooky Afternoon Tea!

We welcome families to join us for some delicious Halloween themed cakes and sandwiches before enjoying a scary story and venturing through our Halloween Walkway. There will also be a prize for the best child’s fancy dress and party bag for each child to take home!

BOOKING AVAILABLE SOON

A night of discovery to remember!

We are proud to offer an evening of astronomy with astronomers from Dark Sky Wales. Using state of the art technology DSW astronomers will take you on a journey of discovery through our amazing Universe! The evening is split into three parts with a planetarium visit, astronomical talk and delicious food in the Railway Restaurant.

Welcome Santa as he arrives on his sleigh!

A fun and exciting evening with Santa arriving on his sleigh, a lively disco, games, bouncy castle and delicious festive food in the Railway Restaurant.

An event to bring the magic of Christmas to life! Donkeys and goats will also be here to view.

FREE to attend with no booking required

SANTA ARRIVES @ 6PM

Don’t miss our popular Festival Ladies Night!

Enjoy a glass of bubbly on arrival before heading to the Railway Restaurant for a delicious two course meal. After dinner enjoy the garden centre to yourselves with demonstrations, exclusive special offers and farm shop tasters! Exclusive Discounts, Homeware, Gifts & Clothing for one night only!

BOOKING AVAILABLE SOON!

Mulled Wine, Delicious Food, Festive Music & Exclusive Discounts!

An opportunity to do that last of your Christmas shopping! Enjoy mulled wine on arrival before heading to the Railway Restaurant for a delicious two course meal and live festive music. After dinner enjoy Cheese & Wine tasters in the Farm Shop. Exclusive discounts.