The gardens at Pantyfod are open under the National Garden Scheme, with plants for sale. Please check their website http://www.ngs.org.uk/ or the Yellow Book for opening days.

Pantyfod is a stone longhouse, at 950ft. , built in a hollow on a mountainside above the Teifi Valley. There are stunning, panoramic views over the valley and across to the mountains beyond. In clear weather, Snowdon can be seen in the distance, 98miles away.

The garden was begun in 1987, in a couple of acres of old hill-pasture, which begins above the cottage, stepping down in terraces and slopes, until the end of the garden, where the mountainside drops steeply away to the valley below. It contains a variety of habitats, with mature beech trees, shady woodland conditions, sunny borders and spring-fed ponds. We have planted numerous trees and shrubs, and, over the years, have added a wide variety of perennials, a number of which are unusual or rare, including many hardy geraniums. There are lots of scented flowering shrubs including rugosa roses, lilacs and philadelphus.

This tranquil and intriguing garden is an on-going project, always evolving : there is usually an area of work-in-progress to be seen amongst the more mature flowerbeds. In 2002, we began extending the garden and developing our plant nursery in a further acre-and-a-half of adjoining hill-pasture.

Beyond our borders, there is a rugged mountain landscape. We are very pleased to find that the relative oasis of our garden has become a haven for all sorts of wildlife. In springtime it is filled with the song of nesting birds, and is home to numerous butterflies, moths, bees, dragonflies, newts, frogs, hedgehogs etc., whilst the song of sky-larks and the calls of birds of wilder landscapes can be heard.