Carmarthen & west Carmarthenshire · Green space
Part of the Carmarthen, the Tywi & the Taf Estuary area guide
National Botanic Garden of Wales
A practical local guide to habitats worth checking and the plants most likely to need careful identification.
Map of National Botanic Garden of Wales
51.8427, -4.1477
The map shows the general area only. It does not mark confirmed invasive plant sites or individual properties.
About the area
National Botanic Garden of Wales facts
National Botanic Garden of Wales is a managed green space in Swansea with woodland edges, paths and mown and unmown ground side by side. It is part of the Carmarthen, the Tywi & the Taf Estuary area, within about 30 miles of Swansea.
- The 44-million-pound garden opened to the public on 24 May 2000, opened officially by Prince Charles that July.
- Its Great Glasshouse, designed by Norman Foster, is the world's largest single-span glasshouse at 110 metres.
- Open to the public and maintained as green space within the City and County of Swansea.
- Mixed woodland, grassland and damp hollows here support birds, insects and small mammals.
General local background, kept separate from the plant guidance below.
Local habitat
Where to look
Woodland edges, paths, damp hollows, unmanaged banks and garden boundaries are the main places where invasive or escaping garden plants can establish around National Botanic Garden of Wales.
This is habitat guidance, not a claim that a particular property or site is infested.
