Pennod 6 Pobl a'u Gerddi

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-Konnichiwa.

-What we have here

-is a pair of false teeth.

-A brewery in the corner.

-A brewery in the corner.

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-We can run around here.

-What a view. It belongs more

-to Africa than West Wales.

-Costa del Betws.

-Everyone loves it.

-Be kind to me, lads.

-It's in the Good Food Guide

-for molluscs.

-Anglesey. A beautiful haven, golden

-beaches and agricultural land.

-The perfect location

-to live and garden...

-..for one pair in particular.

-Here, near Llangaffo,

-Elfed and Eirianwen live.

-With Snowdonia as their backdrop,

-it's the ideal place for a garden.

-The owners moved to Llain Deg

-over 20 years ago.

-After buying a plot

-and building a home...

-..Elfed developed a garden that

-would blend into the background.

-Yes, lovely. I like your bridge.

-There are great views here,

-towards Yr Eifl.

-I spoke to someone about the view

-and they said they were used to it.

-I've become like that.

-I look at the garden

-more than I look at the view.

-The emphasis was on

-what we saw out of the window.

-The vistas of different places

-was designed right from the start.

-Have you split the vision

-between you?

-Yes, definitely.

-Yes, definitely.

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-I've told her what I'm doing!

-I give my own ideas sometimes.

-Sometimes he ignores my ideas.

-The house is a place

-where I like to sit and stare...

-..and appreciate the garden

-and his work.

-She's watching me sweat out here!

-Do you have a favourite part

-of the garden or a favourite plant?

-That's a difficult question

-to answer.

-It's like choosing

-your favourite child.

-Every flower

-has a different characteristic.

-Every flower has a different season.

-The best way to appreciate it

-is to look at the bigger picture.

-The bigger picture

-is three-quarters of an acre...

-..of colour, various textures

-and classic elements.

-They combine to create a portrait

-that reminds you of a Monet picture.

-The landscape was very different

-when they moved here in the 1990s.

-It was a field and two horses

-when we bought the place.

-We lived in a caravan

-while we built the house.

-That was 23 years ago.

-After building the house,

-20 years of gardening.

-In 20 years...

-..Elfed has performed miracles.

-The wide variety

-of traditional plants...

-..and a special collection

-of exotic plants attract wildlife.

-One plant the bees are very fond of

-is the Eupatorium.

-It's a strong plant

-that fills the space.

-It stands solidly in the wind.

-That's important here.

-We're in an open space and we need

-plants that can withstand the wind.

-This is Aeonium Zwartkop.

-It usually grows in dry soil. That's

-why the leaf is the shape it is.

-The yellow flower is a Rudbeckia.

-That's a fashionable prairie plant

-that comes from North America.

-It has a wonderful colour.

-It's lovely, especially

-against the dark leaves behind it.

-There are interesting combinations.

-You must have a good eye

-for pairing colours.

-You don't want too many

-of the same colours together.

-The colours vary...

-..but the shape of the leaves

-vary too.

-That variety is so important.

-You've also travelled extensively.

-On our holidays,

-we've visited South Africa...

-..the Kirstenbosch

-Botanical Gardens.

-We've seen what grows there. We've

-borrowed ideas and copied them here.

-You have to make sure

-the plants can grow on Anglesey!

-That's part of the research

-I'm doing too...

-..by reading books and finding out

-what they can withstand.

-As well as collecting ideas

-from foreign climes...

-..Elfed is also inspired

-by the stately gardens of Wales.

-I noticed the Laburnum walkway.

-It's similar to the one in Bodnant.

-Maybe not as long!

-Maybe not as long!

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-A lot shorter than Bodnant.

-It blooms well every year.

-It's at its best in May.

-It looks good.

-We had the seeds

-from one tree over there.

-We wondered what we would do

-with the seeds. "Bodnant," I said.

-They have a golden tunnel there.

-I wanted something similar here.

-If it hadn't worked,

-I would have tried something else.

-It's worked out perfectly.

-The garden's best feature,

-situated near the house...

-..is the box hedge garden.

-I don't think I've seen one

-so precise before.

-We're almost back

-to Elizabethan times.

-The Tudors were very fond

-of this kind of thing.

-The shapes were sometimes designed

-in the family's coat of arms.

-You'd look down on it

-from the stately home.

-You can see it from the throne

-in your bedroom!

-I look down on it every morning,

-thinking, "I'm Lord of this house!"

-You have good reason

-to be proud of it.

-I haven't seen a box with such bulk.

-It's grown well.

-The soil underneath is good.

-I feed it all the time.

-There's a story about a Lord

-telling his friend...

-.."Never cut your box hedge

-until after Derby day."

-That's the start of June.

-If you do so then, the growth

-won't be as thick during the summer.

-That means

-you only have to cut it once a year.

-Elfed and Eirianwen share this

-wonderful garden with other people.

-They open it every other year

-under the Open Garden Scheme.

-We wondered

-how we could help others...

-..whilst having people here

-to appreciate the garden.

-We contacted a cancer

-and haematology appeal group...

-..at the Alaw Ward, Ysbyty Gwynedd.

-We said we'd do open days

-and raise money for that good cause.

-It means getting the place

-ready for opening...

-..and striving for that perfection.

-I often ask Eirianwen

-to do some weeding.

-I tell her, "That, that and that

-are flowers. Weed everything else."

-I'm a good weeder!

-I'm a good weeder!

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-You need a good weeder!

-Don't undervalue your contribution!

-Is there room to develop the garden?

-I might get rid of the pond

-and build a sunken garden.

-We're on the deck by the pond

-at the moment.

-It can be cold here

-when the wind is strong.

-Down there,

-there'd be plenty of shelter.

-I'm happy with it as it is

-right now. I've realised my dream.

-Now that you've reached a level

-of contentment in your garden...

-..will there be no more

-foreign trips?

-I'm not promising.

-I'm not promising. I'll probably go.

-This back garden is one

-of the most ambitious I've visited.

-It's also a personal garden...

-..which reflects the passion

-and commitment of its owners.

-Five miles outside Crymych

-in North Pembrokeshire...

-..an unique community

-is hidden away.

-A garden needn't be attractive

-to be important to its owners.

-We're in Lammas, an eco-village

-to all intents and purposes.

-This garden is a focal point

-for the residents that live here.

-The village was established in 2009.

-It offers a different way

-to live off the land.

-This was Britain's first eco-village

-to be granted planning permission.

-The Welsh Government's

-One Planet policy...

-..supports this style of living.

-Tao and Hoppi Wimbush

-established the village.

-They live here with daughter Emba.

-The One Planet development policy...

-..says that there is an opportunity

-to live in the countryside...

-..to build yourself an eco-tyddyn,

-a smallholding...

-..so long as you are prepared to

-live sustainably, work the land...

-..and build naturally.

-This land here

-eight years ago looked like...

-..a classic Welsh sheep field.

-It was difficult in the beginning

-living in small caravans...

-..building the infrastructure

-and gardens.

-After five years,

-the land started to support us.

-If you look after the soil...

-..it's one of the biggest

-investments and inheritances...

-..we can pass on if we have

-a live, vibrant, fertile soil.

-Absolutely anything can be grown

-in that.

-Every part of the garden

-has been designed carefully...

-..to include all kinds

-of useful aspects.

-This is not a decorative garden.

-Everything that's been planted here

-has a purpose.

-Emba is 15 years old. She was raised

-here from a young age.

-Her role is to manage the poly

-tunnel which grows fruit and veg.

-I can see you have grapes.

-Are they ready to eat?

-The pink ones are.

-They taste like candyfloss.

-Candyfloss?

-How do you get them

-to taste of candyfloss?

-I'm not sure.

-I'm not sure.

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-They do taste of candyfloss.

-You grow so many things here. Do

-you like every vegetable you grow?

-Not every one, no.

-I like the colourful ones.

-They're tastier -

-peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers.

-I don't like the root vegetables

-like potatoes.

-During the winter,

-that's what you grow.

-Winter isn't kind to me!

-They work in the garden

-every day of the year.

-Preparation is crucial to ensure

-they have food on the table.

-Everyone who lives in the village...

-..has to create an income

-from the land.

-The garden provides opportunities

-to grow and create.

-The produce can be sold

-in the social hub.

-It's located in the village centre.

-A large part of the garden

-is allocated to the family business.

-What do you call this garden?

-What do you call this garden?

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-Flower power garden.

-Flower power garden.

-Mam uses the flowers

-to make skin products.

-She puts this stuff in the oils

-to make ointments for the skin.

-It's all organic.

-It's all organic.

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-Yes.

-I can see some lovely colours

-and wonderful shapes.

-Some of these plants are edible.

-Yes, such as these. You can

-suck some honey from this one.

-Are you sure? Oh, yes, it is sweet.

-It's gone already!

-There's only a little but it's nice.

-Lovely.

-You've learnt what you can

-and can't eat from this garden.

-You can usually eat

-the more colourful flowers.

-The flowers you can't eat

-are usually smaller.

-Can you eat Calendula?

-Can you eat Calendula?

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-Yes.

-Hollyhock?

-Hollyhock?

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-No!

-Right, I'll steer clear of those.

-I've seen a lot of geese here.

-I think we have about 10. They keep

-the height of the grass low.

-They also eat slugs and snails.

-Do they lay eggs?

-Do they lay eggs?

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-Yes.

-We grow blue, yellow and red corn.

-We grow blue, yellow and red corn.

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-Blue?

-Is that yellow corn that's gone off?

-Is that yellow corn that's gone off?

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-No, it actually grows like that.

-I can't think of many people

-who've lived the life you've lived.

-You've been raised somewhere

-where vegetables are so important.

-Will you grow your own?

-Will you grow your own?

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-I don't think so!

-That would make your parents

-very sad!

-Maybe a flower or a cactus.

-In contrast to many gardens

-we've visited...

-..this is a working garden

-which supports a way of life.

-It's also nice to see...

-..that it's a place

-to have fun, socialise...

-..and a great reason

-to be out in the open.

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-Near Bridgend in South Wales

-is the village of Goetre-Hen.

-It's a rural,

-picturesque location...

-..a stone's throw from the M4.

-On the outskirts of the village...

-..is the home

-of Marc and Diane Weinzweig.

-They have a special garden which is

-more than just a place to relax.

-The owners enjoy hosting events

-in the garden.

-What a wonderful location to

-socialise with family and friends.

-This is a historic site

-from the Georgian age.

-The old barn is home

-to Marc and Diane.

-It all looked very different

-when they moved here 20 years ago.

-The glasshouse was full of rubbish

-and brambles taller than a tractor.

-The walls were crumbling.

-Cadw found a map

-of the former paths.

-I grabbed my spade and uncovered

-the paths according to the map...

-..as the plan showed in 1820.

-Under all the rubbish

-you found in the garden...

-..you found the original layout.

-Buried away.

-Now that I can see it,

-it looks good.

-It's worked out well for you

-in the end.

-During the work

-of digging and clearing...

-..they found not one walled garden

-but three.

-All were originally built

-in terraces.

-The owners now use the gardens

-for their traditional purpose.

-This comes from the Elizabethan age.

-One of the sectors has a collection

-of herbs with healing properties.

-Kidneys here, nerves there.

-Kidneys here, nerves there.

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-I could see eyes over there.

-Do you use

-these treatments yourself?

-Yes, yes.

-Do they work?

-Do they work?

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-Of course.

-The apple tree in the middle

-is important.

-You must have an apple a day!

-Many herbs and fruit grow here.

-Each one has its purpose.

-Marc's wife, Diane, uses the plants

-daily for all kinds of treatments.

-I use my herbs for teas.

-I use them for entertaining

-instead of wine, socially.

-I use them for medicine...

-..and changing your inner being and

-your emotions throughout the day.

-So, well into the teas.

-There's no end

-to the wonders of this garden.

-The owners have discovered

-an old irrigation system...

-..as well as constantly uncovering

-new parts of the garden.

-The glasshouse in the corner

-from the Victorian age.

-We can see at the bottom where warm

-air flowed through the tunnel...

-..out to the front,

-the back and up the wall.

-The shed behind the wall is where

-the servant lived and slept.

-His job was to stoke the fire.

-What a life.

-Great in the winter,

-not so great in the summer.

-You have a lot of vegetables

-growing in the garden.

-Are you trying

-to become self-sufficient?

-We almost are.

-We eat vegetables in season.

-We can pick vegetables

-and freeze them.

-With a polytunnel, you can

-make the most of the season.

-Sweetcorn, for example.

-They look very healthy.

-They're almost ready.

-We have to wait until this turns

-brown, all of it has turned brown.

-Your fruit bushes are flourishing.

-Your fruit bushes are flourishing.

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-We freeze the fruit...

-..and make fruit juices and jams.

-Are these gooseberries?

-Are these gooseberries?

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-Sweet gooseberries.

-Delicious.

-They're very special.

-I can see another row

-of apple trees against the wall.

-A collection of old Welsh apples

-from Dolau-hirion.

-In Llandeilo.

-As if there weren't enough wonders

-in the garden already...

-..you have a tunnel of sweet peas.

-This is an experiment, the first

-year we've used this to grow them.

-There's a variety

-of natural colours.

-They combine beautifully

-and you can smell them.

-It's incredible.

-To help

-with the mounting workload...

-..Eifiona helps every week

-in the garden as a volunteer.

-Nice to meet you.

-You look busy tying something up.

-What's that?

-They call this Russian sage.

-It smells like sage but it's

-a little different to normal sage.

-It doesn't look like normal sage.

-When it flowers,

-it looks more like lavender.

-You sound like an expert.

-I'm not so sure about that.

-I learn a little more each day.

-What do you think

-of Marc and Diane's garden?

-It's incredible. There's plenty

-to see, plenty of variety.

-You've made a telling contribution.

-You've made a telling contribution.

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-I like to think so.

-There's plenty to do.

-There's plenty to do.

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-Always!

-In addition to reconstructing

-the skeleton that already existed...

-..Marc and Diane

-have added to the garden...

-..by creating a modern Chinese

-Zen garden next to the house.

-We created the philosophy

-of a Zen garden.

-These are the stones

-from the original windows...

-..of the old house from 1796.

-We're using anything reclaimed

-from the land and the history.

-One of our stonemasons made

-the dragon for me for Christmas...

-..because Marc and I

-are both dragons.

-That's the serpent tail.

-The raking is traditional

-of the water and the river...

-..going through the land.

-Every part of the garden is

-significant, including the orchard.

-The apples come from France,

-my father was from France.

-It's a place to reminisce.

-There's a lot of history here and

-it's nice and calm in the orchard.

-There's little to do

-apart from mowing.

-Which part is your favourite?

-Any one with food!

-People come over to dine with us.

-Half an hour previously

-the food is growing in the garden.

-Fresh vegetables taste differently

-to supermarket vegetables.

-It's hard work but it's worthwhile.

-What's happening tonight?

-A gypsy jazz concert. It's an honour

-to have them performing here.

-In February, they packed out

-Carnegie Hall in America.

-Straight from Carnegie Hall

-to Goetre-Hen.

-For one night only.

-Miss it, miss out.

-I can't think of a better garden

-to relax in, drink...

-..and listen to live music

-in good company.

-An ideal garden.

-Then again, all the gardens

-we've visited are ideal for someone.

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