The Walled Garden, Carew Castle

The project is the development of the Walled Garden at Carew Castle, creating additional and aspirational spaces to relax, explore, enjoy and engage as part of the experience already on offer. It will elevate the site into a first-class visitor attraction, rivalling other larger castles and ensuring Carew’s place amongst the must-see destinations of Wales. The restored Walled Garden will include; A place for nature - the current hard-surfaced and inhospitable area will be rejuvenated into a high quality garden combining landscaping and native planting to attract wildlife, bees/ insects and resident bat population; fruit and vegetables relevant to the Tudor period, promoting sustainability; useable spaces for visitors, schools, communities, cultural events.

A place for adventure – creating an adventure play area with oversize ‘castle’ building blocks for visitors to construct a castle of their own design along with fun wooden structures to explore and enjoy including a Giant play sculpture based on the legend of sleepy, cave-dwelling giant 'Skomar Oddy' who wakes only once every hundred years. A place to inspire - a separate ‘secret garden’ entrance, specifically for visitor groups of children, i.e. schools summer camps who will be taken on a journey back in time to when Henry Tudor was on the throne. A place to enjoy – a permanent tented area providing a venue for various cultural events including craft and food fayres, acoustic music, theatre, puppetry, craft sessions and workshops.
 

Project details

Funding amount:
£123,212
Funding source:
Tourism Amenity Investment Support (TAIS)
Area:
Pembrokeshire
Completion:

Contact:

Name:
Daisy Hughes
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