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Autumn Open day – Diwrnod Agored yr Hydref 

26/08/2025
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Autumn Open day Saturday 20th September 1-6pm

Diwrnod Agored yr Hydref Dydd Sadwrn 20fed Medi 1-6yp

There will be talks about many different ways to preserve the food harvest  like: how to make Fruit leather, Jams & jellies, Chutney, Vinegar and Pickles

Bydd sgyrsiau am lawer o wahanol ffyrdd o gadw’r cynhaeaf bwyd fel: sut i wneud lledr ffrwythau, jamiau a jeli, chutney, finegr a phicls

Also how to make Wine, Cordial and teas. There will be information about the medicinal properties of the teas.

Hefyd sut i wneud Gwin, Cordial a the. Bydd gwybodaeth am briodweddau meddyginiaethol y te.

During the day there will be a craft tent, with opportunities for everyone to be creative, by trying out whittling, painting, and making. 

Yn ystod y dydd bydd pabell grefftau, gyda chyfleoedd i bawb fod yn greadigol, drwy roi cynnig ar naddu, peintio a gwneud.

There will be tea and cakes available to purchase. 

Bydd te a chacennau ar gael i’w prynu.

We will have an information stall about the many opportunities for volunteering at Naturewise (see poster below).  You can find out about the kinds of tasks and activities with our volunteer team. 

Bydd gennym stondin wybodaeth am y cyfleoedd niferus i wirfoddoli yn Naturewise. Gallwch ddysgu mwy am y mathau o dasgau a gweithgareddau gyda’n tîm gwirfoddolwyr.

There will be tours of the garden including, medicinal beds, apples & fruit of all kinds, almonds, and the new pond area.  Come and see what Ysgol Gynradd Aberteifi has been up to; planting flowers for pollinators and making the area beautiful. Plus the new gates made by the volunteer team at Copicewood College. 

Bydd teithiau o amgylch yr ardd gan gynnwys gwelyau meddyginiaethol, afalau a ffrwythau o bob math, almonau, a’r ardal pwll newydd. Dewch i weld beth mae Ysgol Gynradd Aberteifi wedi bod yn ei wneud; plannu blodau ar gyfer peillwyr a gwneud yr ardal yn brydferth. Hefyd y gatiau newydd a wnaed gan y tîm gwirfoddol yng Ngholeg Copicewood.

There will be elephant garlic, apples and chutney to purchase. 

Mi fydd garlleg eliffant, afalau a siytni i’w prynu.

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Cylchlythyr Awst 2025 August newsletter – Copy

10/08/2025
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Hello Naturewise Community Forest Garden supporters!  

We hope you are enjoying your summer?  Time is racing and we’re half way through the school holidays already!  We have been pretty busy at the Forest Garden recently, with plenty more coming up…

Helô cefnogwyr Ardd Goedwig Gymunedol Naturewise!  

Gobeithio eich bod chi’n joio mâs draw?  Mae amser yn hedfan ac rydyn ni hanner ffordd trwy gwyliau ysgol yn barod!  Rydym ni wedi bod yn eithaf fisi yn diweddar gyda lawyer mwy i ddod…

August Dates:

Dyddiadau Awst

Tuesday 5th

Dydd Mawrth 5ed

Tuesday 12th

Dydd Mawrth 12fed

Saturday 16th

Dydd Sadwrn 16fed

Tuesday 19th

Dydd Mawrth 19fed

Tuesday 26th

Dydd Mawrth 26th

We are open to everyone joining us throughout the summer every Tuesday and the third Saturday of each month. You are welcome to pop in or stay for the day – we open at 10am and close around 4pm. Volunteer coordinators are on hand to support everyone to find a job you would like to do.  August activities will include summer pruning of fruit trees, beginning the apple harvest  and scything the meadow areas, along with many other gardening and maintenance tasks.  Supervised children are welcome, bring their friends and a packed lunch. It’s a safe place to play, explore and learn.  These are open-access days for people of all ages – there are tasks available if you’d like to join in, but you are more than welcome to just come and enjoy the space.  There are benches to sit on in several different habitats – come and see all the different plants, insects and birds that call this garden home.  Bring a blanket and a good book, sit and meditate or go for a stroll through the garden.

Rydym ar agor i bawb sy’n ymuno â ni drwy gydol yr haf bob dydd Mawrth a thrydydd dydd Sadwrn pob mis. Mae croeso i chi alw heibio neu aros am y diwrnod – rydym yn agor am 10yb ac yn cau tua 4yp. Mae cydlynwyr gwirfoddoli wrth law i gefnogi pawb i ddod o hyd i swydd yr hoffech ei gwneud. Bydd gweithgareddau Awst yn cynnwys tocio hâf i’r coed ffrwythau, dechrau y cynhaeaf afalau a phladuro’r dôlydd, yn mhlîth llwyth o jobs garddio, cynnal a chadw.  Mae croeso i blant dan oruchwyliaeth, dewch â’u ffrindiau a chinio pecyn. Mae’n lle diogel i chwarae, archwilio a dysgu.  Mae’r rhain yn ddiwrnodau mynediad agored i bobl o bob oed – mae tasgau ar gael os hoffech ymuno, ond hefyd mae croeso i chi ddod a mwynhau’r lle. Mae meinciau i eistedd arnynt mewn sawl cynefin gwahanol – dewch i weld yr holl blanhigion, pryfed ac adar gwahanol sy’n galw’r ardd hon yn gartref. Dewch â blanced a llyfr da, eisteddwch a myfyriwch neu ewch am dro drwy’r ardd.

Saturday 16 Aug BBQ for volunteers/ Barbeciw i’r gwirfoddolwyr.

At the end of this month’s usual Saturday, there will be a chance for volunteers to relax and socialise at a communal BBQ.  Bring what you’d like to eat or a dish to share – there will be separate grills for meat and vegetables.  It will be a lovely opportunity to enjoy just being in the garden whilst the summer evenings are still long and pleasant.  

Ar ddiwedd dydd Sadwrn arferol y mis hwn, bydd cyfle i wirfoddolwyr ymlacio a chymdeithasu gyda barbeciw cymunedol. Dewch â’r hyn yr hoffech ei fwyta neu pryd i’w rhannu – bydd griliau ar wahân ar gyfer cig a llysiau. Bydd yn gyfle hyfryd i fwynhau bod yn yr ardd tra bod nosweithiau’r haf yn dal yn hir ac yn ddymunol.

Catch up with everything that has been happening at the Forest Garden:

Green Communities Grant

Open afternoon for children and parents of Ysgol Gynradd Aberteifi

As part of the grant we received from CAVO called Green Communities, we invited parents to see the garden and what their children had been up to in school time. The afternoon was a great success with delicious potato patties, freshly cooked on the rocket stove, onion bajis, salad and pitta bread. After a tour of the garden, including the medicinal beds, ponds, fruit trees and a talk about bees, there was a choice of cakes and tea or coffee. 

We wanted to make the afternoon special, welcoming and inspiring. We had an excellent response with genuine interest in what we are up to and how to get involved. 

Thank you to all the volunteers who contributed to the afternoon and to the garden over the weeks and months. The garden looks incredible and we have had lots of fruit and there’s more to come. If you are a volunteer you can take home some produce that has been picked during that day. We have vegetables and fruit to share like:  courgettes, beans, rocket, beetroots and currants.

Prynhawn agored i blant a rhieni Ysgol Gynradd Aberteifi

Fel rhan o’r grant a gaethon ni gan CAVO o’r enw Cymunedau Gwyrdd, gwahoddwyd rhieni i weld yr ardd a’r hyn yr oedd eu plant wedi bod yn ei wneud yn ystod amser ysgol. Roedd y prynhawn yn llwyddiant ysgubol gyda phasteiod tatws blasus, wedi’u coginio’n ffres ar y stôf roced, bajis winwns, salad a bara pitta. Ar ôl taith o amgylch yr ardd, gan gynnwys y gwelyau meddyginiaethol, pyllau, coed ffrwythau a sgwrs am wenyn, roedd dewis o gacennau a the neu goffi.

Roedden ni eisiau gwneud y prynhawn yn arbennig, yn groesawgar ac yn ysbrydoledig. Cawsom ymateb rhagorol gyda diddordeb gwirioneddol yn yr hyn yr ydym yn ei wneud a sut i gymryd rhan.

Diolch i’r holl wirfoddolwyr a gyfrannodd at y prynhawn ac at yr ardd dros yr wythnosau a’r misoedd. Mae’r ardd yn edrych yn anhygoel ac rydym wedi cael llawer o ffrwythau ac mae mwy i ddod. Os ydych chi’n wirfoddolwr gallwch fynd â rhywfaint o gynnyrch adref sydd wedi’i gasglu yn ystod y diwrnod hwnnw. Mae gennym lysiau a ffrwythau i’w rhannu fel: courgettes, ffa, roced, betys a chyrens.

The second part of the CAVO grant has been to make gates for the pond area with a team of 6 people. We had a great response to our advert for this short 4 day course to help make 2 gates.  Some people have been able to do the whole course, others just a day. The work at Coppicewood college has been led by Claire Turner who used to be a tutor for the college. We are grateful to Coppicewood for supporting the Forest Garden with this project. It’s going really well and there’s been a lot of fun with a fantastic atmosphere and a vibrant team. 

Yr ail ran o grant CAVO fu gwneud gatiau ar gyfer ardal y pwll gyda thîm o 6 o bobl. Cawsom ymateb gwych i’n hysbyseb ar gyfer y cwrs byr 4 diwrnod hwn i helpu i wneud 2 giât. Mae rhai pobl wedi gallu gwneud y cwrs cyfan, eraill dim ond diwrnod. Mae’r gwaith yng Ngholeg Coppicewood wedi cael ei arwain gan Claire Turner a arferai fod yn diwtor i’r coleg. Rydym yn ddiolchgar i Coppicewood am gefnogi’r Ardd Goedwig gyda’r prosiect hwn. Mae’n mynd yn dda iawn ac mae wedi bod llawer o hwyl gydag awyrgylch gwych a thîm bywiog.

Ein Cegin ‘Bake your Lawn’

We have been enjoying being one of Ein Cegin’s host gardens for their wonderful field-to-fork project with Flying Start.  Each month the families have come and taken part in a range of activities including sowing heritage wheat, making and glazing plates, sculpting using clay from our pond.  They prepare and share a delicious fresh communal meal with some of the ingredients being sourced from our site.  Last week they invited Rt.Hon Elin Jones MS to see what they were up to.  Luckily for us, she decided to come to Naturewise and it was a great opportunity for us to showcase all the wonderful things happening here, gather support for our future plans and to meet Anna – our prospective Ceredigion Plaid Cymru representative who lives in the Cardigan area.

Rydym wedi bod yn mwynhau bod yn un o erddi cynnal Ein Cegin ar gyfer eu prosiect gwych o’r cae i’r fforc gyda Dechrau’n Deg. Bob mis mae’r teuluoedd wedi dod a chymryd rhan mewn amrywiaeth o weithgareddau gan gynnwys hau gwenith treftadaeth, gwneud a gwydro platiau, cerflunio gan ddefnyddio clai o’n pwll. Maent yn paratoi ac yn rhannu pryd cymunedol ffres blasus gyda rhai o’r cynhwysion yn dod o’n safle. Yr wythnos diwethaf fe wnaethant wahodd y Gwir Anrhydeddus Elin Jones MS i weld beth oeddent yn ei wneud. Yn ffodus i ni, penderfynodd ddod i Naturewise ac roedd yn gyfle ffantasic i ni arddangos yr holl bethau gwych sy’n digwydd yma, casglu cefnogaeth ar gyfer ein cynlluniau ar gyfer y dyfodol a chwrdd ag Anna – ein darpar gynrychiolydd Plaid Cymru yng Ngheredigion sy’n byw yn ardal Aberteifi.

Next Month Sneak Preview / Rhagolwg Cipolwg y Mis Nesaf

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School & Family Open Day 14-Jul-25

21/07/2025
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A super successful day and thank you to all the volunteers who supported Monday school, family open day. It was great to welcome 40 new people around the garden. They also thoroughly enjoyed the food and cakes made by volunteers. Thank you so much everyone. It was a a day with uncertain weather, with many different food dishes to produce. Wow. It was wonderful and the main point being that children and parents from Cardigan primary school had a lovely time. There was a lot of enthusiasm from everyone and people wanting to spread the word. So pleased and proud of our work.

Diwrnod hynod lwyddiannus a diolch i’r holl wirfoddolwyr a gefnogodd ysgol ddydd Llun, diwrnod agored i deuluoedd. Roedd yn wych croesawu 40 o bobl newydd o amgylch yr ardd. Fe wnaethon nhw hefyd fwynhau’r bwyd a’r cacennau a wnaed gan wirfoddolwyr yn fawr. Diolch yn fawr iawn i bawb. Roedd yn ddiwrnod gyda thywydd ansicr, gyda llawer o seigiau bwyd gwahanol i’w cynhyrchu. Wow. Roedd yn wych a’r prif bwynt oedd bod plant a rhieni o ysgol gynradd Aberteifi wedi cael amser hyfryd. Roedd llawer o frwdfrydedd gan bawb a phobl oedd eisiau lledaenu’r gair. Mor falch a balch o’n gwaith.

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Volunteer Day & Elderflower Day – May 17

12/05/2025
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Saturday May 17th, volunteer day from 10am- 4pm

2-4pm you can come and watch a demonstration of how to make  elderflower fizzy drink.   We will also talk about elderflower medicinal properties and learning about how this incredible plant can help us when we are unwell.

We will also run a creative activity to connect with gratitude, wishes and love.

Tea, coffee and cake will be available for a donation.

Come and join in all or any of the activities on offer. If you want to come and work in the garden there are always plenty of gardening jobs to be done and support available from one of our volunteer coordinators.

Dydd Sadwrn 17 Mai, diwrnod gwirfoddolwyr o 10am-4pm.  I

2-4pm gallwch ddod i wylio arddangosiad o sut i wneud diod pefriog blodau Ysgaw. Byddwn hefyd yn siarad am briodweddau meddyginiaethol blodau’r Ysgawen ac yn dysgu am sut gall y planhigyn anhygoel yma  ein helpu pan fyddwn yn sâl.

Byddwn hefyd yn cynnal gweithgaredd creadigol i gysylltu â diolchgarwch, dymuniadau a chariad.

Bydd te, coffi a chacen ar gael am gyfraniad.

Dewch i ymuno â phob un neu unrhyw un o’r gweithgareddau a gynigir. Os ydych chi eisiau dod i weithio yn yr ardd, mae digon o swyddi garddio i’w gwneud bob amser a chefnogaeth ar gael gan un o’n cydlynwyr gwirfoddoli.

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