National Children’s Gardening Week Fun!
The Old Railway Line Garden Centre has planned a series of fun events for children as part of the National Children’s Gardening Week.
May Geraniums & Pelargoniums
The favourite windowsill plant of cottage gardens and grown widely in all gardens in summer. Many have two-colour zoning on the leaves and there are also variegated varieties.
Royal Wedding Afternoon Tea
The Old Railway Line Garden Centre, located in Three Cocks between Brecon and Hay-on-Wye, are hosting a special Royal Wedding Afternoon Tea to celebrate the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Local Schools Get Gardening!
The Old Railway Line Garden Centre, located in Three Cocks between Brecon and Hay-on-Wye, visited five local schools last week to launch a new growing initiative for youngsters.
April Pieris
Pieris are much underrated evergreen shrubs grown for their foliage and small, but profuse, urn-shaped flowers. Pieris leaves are small, lance shaped and dark green in colour when mature.
£1000 Raised For Greenfingers
Last week The Old Railway Line Garden Centre, located in Three Cocks between Brecon and Hay-on-Wye, raised an impressive £1000 for Greenfingers during their Garden Re-Leaf Fundraising Day and Quiz and Curry Night.
March Daffodils
Easy to grow and flowering year after year Daffodils come in all sizes, several colours and different varieties, flowering over a long period from January to April.
Old Railway Line Awarded Three Awards at GTN Greatest Christmas Awards
Last Tuesday the Old Railway Line Garden Centre was crowned with three prestigious GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards during a special breakfast event at Glee at the annual Spring Fair trade show.
February Gardening Tips
As winter begins to loosen its grip, February offers a glimpse of the new life that awaits our gardens. It's a time of preparation, rejuvenation, and anticipation for the vibrant season ahead.
February Hellebores
Hellebores are greatly underrated perennial plants, some of which are evergreen, with showy flowers in the winter and early spring before most of the other perennials have even come into growth.
January Cyclamen
Outdoors in January the autumn cyclamen for pots, troughs and baskets, will have finished their flowering but should still be displaying their attractive, marbled-patterned leaves.