22-06-2025
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- Powys County Times
Powys hall garden visited by Poet Laureate to open to public
THE public will have the chance to walk in the footsteps of one of Britain's most iconic poets next weekend.
Llangedwyn Hall will be opening its gardens as part of the National Garden Scheme on Sunday from 12-4pm.
Attendees will have the chance to walk the grounds once trod by Robert Southey, a contemporary of William Wordsworth, and is regarded among Britain's finest ever poets.
In 1820 he was Poet Laureate and visited Llangedwyn Hall, one of the many homes of his friend Charles Williams Wynn.
His legacy was somewhat tarnished when he wrote to 20 year-old Charlotte Brontë in 1837 and wrote the words: "Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life, and it ought not to be."
The public is encouraged to come along and enjoy the Grade II listed gardens while the hall remains closed.
This late 17th/early 18th grand formal terraced garden is on three levels in a fine position overlooking the beautiful Tanat Valley.
Set in four acres, the south facing garden retains some of its original ornamental features including two round formal ponds and a sunken rose garden, recently replanted with a thousand nepeta for ground cover.
A large walled kitchen garden contains a range of espaliered fruit trees, soft fruit cage and cutting garden.
Unusual herbaceous planting with mature shrubs and climbers, small streamside water garden, newly planted arboretum and woodland walks.
Home-made teas in aid of the village church and plants will be for sale.
