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Are you an avid gardener? Got a green thumb? If so, or even if you just love natural beauty, we share with you the city's beautiful gardens. Check out our list, and then take time out of your busy schedule to stop and smell the roses!
Category: Gardens - Cardiff Attractions & Activities
Address: Cathays Park, Cardiff
Located in the heart of Cathays Park and the Cardiff Civic Centre, the beautiful flowerbeds and trees found in this park provide foreground for photos of the City Hall complex. In the center of the gardens is the Welsh National War Memorial, an interesting structure of Corinthian-style columns and bronze statues, constructed in 1928 to commemorate...
Category: Gardens - Cardiff Attractions & Activities
Address: Fairoaks Rd, Cardiff
This huge Victorian cemetery is a surprisingly relaxing place for a walk away from the city centre. A Heritage Trail runs through the grounds, tracing the cemetery's history and passing by the graves of some of its more famous former residents. The grounds cover 35 hectares.
Category: Gardens - Cardiff Attractions & Activities
Address: St. Nicholas, Vale of Glamorgan, Cardiff CF5 6SU
A fantastic Grade-1 listed formal garden surrounding Dyffryn Manor House. It is situated just a few miles west of Cardiff Centre, near the small village of Nicholas. As well as finely groomed formal gardens and courts, the 50+ acre space contains an arboretum with trees from all corners of the world. The Prince of Wales visited the gardens in...
Category: Gardens - Cardiff Attractions & Activities
Address: Off Kingsway, Cardiff
Constructed in honor of the third Marquess of Bute, this small, triangular, formal garden contains topiaries, a statue sitting upon a stone pedestal emblazoned with a coat of arms, and clipped hedges around the perimeter. Take a picnic and sit on one of the many benches found within the ornamental iron fence surrounding the gardens.
Category: Gardens - Cardiff Attractions & Activities
Address: Gorsedd Gardens Rd, Opposite National Museum, Cardiff
Gorsedd Gardens, situated opposite the National Museum of Wales, is one of Cardiff's most popular picnic locations. This peaceful 1.4-hectare garden was named after a ceremonial set of stones laid here to commemorate National Eisteddfod in 1899. The gardens also contain statues of Lord Ninian Stuart and John Cory.
