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Brown Hairstreak Butterfly Egg survey.- Nov 15

25/10/2025
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Here is the poster for the Brown Hairstreak Butterfly Egg survey.

The start is from 10.30am. There is no finish time, so if people want to stop and hear about the Forest Garden that can be done. If the survey is not finished in the morning it can also continue for part of the afternoon.

Please bring food and drink if stopping most of the day.

Dyma’r poster ar gyfer Arolwg Wyau Pili-Pala Brown Hairstreak.

Mae’r dechrau o 10:30am. Nid oes amser gorffen, felly os yw pobl eisiau stopio a gwrando am y Gardd Goedwig gellir gwneud hynny. Os na chaiff yr arolwg ei gwblhau yn y bore, gall bwrw ymlaen hefyd am ran o’r prynhawn.

Dewch â bwyd a diod os ydych chi’n bwriadu aros rhan fwyaf o’r dydd.

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At the Forest Garden on 28 Oct – An Evening of Story telling

24/09/2025
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This is the poster of our evening called : A Games of Candles, entering darkness one story at a time. Tuesday 28th October, 5.30-7.30 at Naturewise Community Forest Garden.

Tickets £8.50/ £6 conc/ £3.50 under 18, includes refreshments.

A great evening devised by Alice Courvoisier, who has told stories at the garden many times. Claire and friends will be joining Alice. Book through claire@naturewise.org.uk

There are about 30 seats or so, so its first come first served. Book your tickets now..

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Autumn Open day – Diwrnod Agored yr Hydref  – More Details

10/09/2025
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Autumn Open day Saturday 20th September 1-6pm

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

Below is the  schedule for the afternoon. There will be talks, demonstrations, crafts, a volunteer information tent (see poster below) and two tours of the garden. We will try and stick to times but these may vary. 

Isod mae’r amserlen ar gyfer y prynhawn. Bydd sgyrsiau, arddangosiadau, crefftau, pabell wybodaeth i wirfoddolwyr a chynigir 2 daith o amgylch yr ardd. Byddwn yn ceisio cadw at yr amseroedd ond gall y rhain amrywio.

Craft tent

  • 1pm – 2.30pm Whittling with Claire 
  • 2.30- 4.30pm Paper Windmills with Lia
  • Colouring-in ongoing
  • 2.45 – 4pm simple nature painting with Raphaelle

Pabell Crefft

  • 1.00 -2.30yp Naddu gyda Claire
  • 2.30-4.30yp Dolis ŷd gyda Erin
  • Lliwio mewn – trwy’r dydd
  • 2.45-4yp  peintio natur syml gyda Raphaelle

Schedule of Talks and demonstrations.  

  • 1.15pm Jade and the copper boiler  (in her own tent  till 1.45)
  • 2pm  Jams, chutneys, fruit leathers, with  Raphaelle for ½ hour plus time for Q&A 
  • 2.45pm Tour 45 mins
  • 4.00pm  Wine, cordials and teas Claire  for ½  hour plus time for Q&A 
  • 4.30/ 4.45pm  Bilingual tour
  • 5.30pm  Film Ceredigion Animation Club  

Amserlen Sgyrsiau ac arddangosiadau.

  • 1.15pm Jade a’r dystyll copr (yn ei phabell ei hun tan 1.45)
  • 2yp Jamiau, chutneys a lledr ffrwythau gyda Raphaelle am ½ awr ynghyd ag amser ar gyfer sesiwn holi ac ateb
  • 2.45yp Taith o’r Ardd Goedwig 45 munud
  • 4.00yp Gwin, cordialau a the gyda Claire am ½ awr ynghyd ag amser ar gyfer sesiwn holi ac ateb
  • 4.30/4.45yp Taith ddwyieithog
  • 5.30yp Ffilm Clwb Animeiddio Ceredigion 

Whittling Workshop 1 – 2.30pm

Whittling is one of the craft options available on the Open day. An option for young or old is to whittle a simple butter knife (spread knife) this starts at 1pm and is suitable for people aged 6 years upwards.

Gweithdy Naddu

Mae naddu yn un o’r opsiynau crefft sydd ar gael ar y Diwrnod Agored.  Dewis i bobl ifanc neu hen yw naddu cyllell fenyn syml (cyllell ledaenu) mae hyn yn dechrau am 1pm ac mae’n addas ar gyfer pobl 6 oed a hŷn.

Aromatic Water demonstration 1.15 – 1.45pm

Jade Mellor will use a copper still to create aromatic water during the afternoon. Jade will explain the process at the beginning of the session.  It takes half an hour to fire up and then a couple of hours to drip through. People can drop into the tent/area to watch this process, which can produce both aromatic water and essential oils. At the end of the day or when the brew has finished,  people can bring clean bottles to take some water home.  

Arddangosiad Dŵr Aromatig

Bydd Jade Mellor yn defnyddio distyll copr i greu dŵr aromatig yn ystod y dydd. Bydd Jade yn esbonio’r broses ar ddechrau’r dydd. Mae’n cymryd hanner awr i danio ac yna cwpl o oriau i ddiferu drwyddo. Gall pobl alw heibio i’r babell/ardal i wylio’r broses hon, a all gynhyrchu dŵr aromatig ac olewau hanfodol. Ar ddiwedd y dydd neu pan fydd y brag wedi gorffen, gall pobl ddod â photeli glân i fynd â rhywfaint o ddŵr adref.

Corn dolly Workshop- Cancelled – Windmills of Paper with Lia Instead  2.30 – 4.30pm

 

Animation Screening – 5.30pm

We have an exciting addition to the day from Ceredigion Animation Club. They will be showing a short animation called Wild Words which is 9 minutes long. Rhowan will be setting up the ‘off-grid cinema’ in the Roundhouse at around 5.30pm on our Open Day.

If there is time, they can show another short film from their collection.

Dangosiad Animeiddio

Mae gennym ychwanegiad cyffrous i’r diwrnod gan Glwb Animeiddio Ceredigion. Byddant yn dangos animeiddiad byr o’r enw Geiriau Gwyllt sy’n 9 munud o hyd. Bydd Rhowan yn sefydlu’r ‘sinema oddi ar y grid’ yn y Tŷ Crwn tua 5.30pm ar ein Diwrnod Agored.  Os oes amser, gallant ddangos ffilm fer arall o’u casgliad.

See also previous post on this link

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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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