Colby Woodland Garden

Another garden we visited during our September Pembrokeshire holiday was Colby Woodland Garden, which we had visited in the past. Strangely neither of us could remember much about it, so it was like visiting for the first time.

The car park was situated in a woodland clearing alongside the road. When we arrived it was raining incessantly but we decided we could pay our entry and enjoy a coffee.

On the way down to the welcome building we could get glimpses of what to expect. As we enjoyed our coffee and home-made cakes we could see the rain outside was lessening so we made plans of the route we were going to follow. It was dry as we began our wanderings.

The first area we found was “The Walled Garden” which made us hurry up as we both have soft spots for walled gardens because of their very special atmosphere.

We then retraced our tracks for a short walk following a track edged by a stone wall, and made our way to “East Wood”. The atmosphere here was different, cooler and quieter.

There were even a few flowering plants in this area mostly in the first few minutes of our wanderings.

When we left the East Wood behind we followed a footpath that followed the stream and then wound across the ‘Wildflower Meadow’ to access ‘The West Wood’. This area was more of a woodland garden than East Wood.

Some splashes of colour came from the woodland planting of shrubs and perennials.

To add more interest to this already varied woodland at Colby, we came across signs of past industrial activity.

We also found some wood creations, a set of animal sculptures and a collection of interesting rustic seats.

On visits to most gardens there are a few plants that stand out above all the others there. Here are a few from Colby Woodland Garden to finish this report.