A day of activities has been organised at the National Botanic Garden of Wales on Saturday 17thSeptember as part of the HLF-funded Carmarthenshire Bogs Project.
The day will celebrate all things ‘boggy’ without you having to get your feet wet! Visitors will be able to study peat samples taken from a local bog, which holds the secrets to 10,000 years of local history. Inspired by looking at pollen grains and ancient plant remains under microscopes, Swansea Print Workshop will be on hand for people to make a print of the pollen grains they have seen.
Dyfed Archaeological Trust and storytellers will bring to life the early people who lived when the bogs were young and still forming – and you can have a go making a clay pot or a shale pendant using prehistoric technologies.
Talks will show why peat bogs are so important to us all, explaining their importance as a wildlife habitat, sink for carbon, store for water and source of information on the history of our landscape and the people who lived there.
Discover how we can all help our peat bogs with a demonstration of gardening using peat-free compost. Peat compost is one of the major causes of the loss of peat bogs.
Isabel Macho, Biodiversity Officer said: “This is a great opportunity for people to discover how amazing peat bogs are. This HLF project is allowing us to unlock the fascinating history of the plants and landscape that developed over thousands of years in our local area.”
The Garden is open from 10am to 6pm with last entry at 5pm.
Admission to the Garden is £9.75 (including Gift Aid) for adults and £4.95 for children over five. Entry is FREE for Garden members and parking is free for all.
For more information about this or other events, call 01558 667149, emailinfo@gardenofwales.org.uk or visit https://botanicgarden.wales/
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