Under its glass roof, this stunning Welsh garden is an inspiration for locked down growers
Aberglasney in south-west Wales is one of Britain’s finest heritage gardens. Saved from dereliction in 1995, the elegantly remodelled cloister and three gardens (kitchen, woodland and shrub) surrounding its restored 15th-century mansion are testament to a vibrant, open-minded horticultural approach that has kept me coming back for a decade.
But more recently, my attention has turned to Aberglasney’s hidden gem: an unconventional indoor garden, part of the house itself, called the Ninfarium. It consists of two storeys of ruined walls in the oldest part of the building, topped with a modern glass roof. The exposed walls and window cavities are overgrown with exotic greenery; ginger and voodoo lilies spring through a doorway; Spanish moss drips from the mortar; and hefty bananas stretch to the roof, all concealed Narnia-like behind a heavy oak door. The head gardener and Aberglasney director, Joseph Atkin, adds plants almost weekly. “It’s a constantly evolving space,” he says.
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