Secret gardens of Hay
Secret gardens of Hay is a BOTANY and other stories project in development. Watch this space…
Hay-on-Wye gardener Fifi Birks
5,000
The National Botanic Garden of Wales has a collection of over 5,000 different plant varieties, including a collection of threatened Welsh plants, and a valuable mix of grassland habitats within Waun Las National Nature Reserve.
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87%
of UK households have a garden. In data revealed in the 2021 UK census, it was found that the average UK garden is 188m² (2021)
36%
of individuals in the UK grow their own herbs, fruit or vegetables in their garden (2022)
46%
of gardeners use organic fertilisers instead of those filled with chemicals (2018)
£6.5 billion
The amount spent on gardening products in the UK per year is expected to reach over £6.5 billion by 2025 (2021)
Horticulture Magazine
“Everything is made out of magic, leaves and trees, flowers and birds, badgers and foxes and squirrels and people. So it must be all around us. In this garden — in all the places.”
A Wild Garden
“Below are a few pictures of our rather wild garden… We moved here two and a half years ago. It is around five acres of diverse habitats – a steep dingle, an orchard, a meadow (now wild) and various well planned borders that we manage in the loosest sense of the term. We feel as though we are fleeting custodians of the land!”
Emily Jones, Trustee of Botany and other stories
