Aberglasney - a winters trip out - mega blog warning !

wow that is amazing, i loved those ferns in the old stone ninfarium?, the archways, the pleiones, that bridge, the stream, the witch hazel and that fabulous yew oh, and the banana plants. so many lovely areas. shall i go on?
seems like a surprise round every corner.

WOW.
Just an amazing place, phew Stevie must have taken you yonks to put these photos on. They are just Fab. Defo. worth £6, love that aboretum place, the bridge, the pots with box in and that wonderful old yew, bet he could tell a tale or two! Those fruit trees have been pruned so carefully! Would love to garden there.

Incredible! Every picure is a wonder, thanks for taking the time, yes. This is a blog to pore-over definitely not a once-through.

Great blog, Stevie. It all looks so well looked after and there is so much to look at, even at this time of year. Enjoyed this.

Totally amazing - love the ferns ! that banana one named wow - indeed I agree - !! Lovely pictures - love mossy wood too and those roots were inspiring !

Lovely Stevie,fantastic photo`s thank you for sharing with us.

Wow now thats looks like my kind of day out, added to my favs Stevie, I`m adding to my list of places to visit as well.
I really enjoyed that, thankyou for sharing your day out, your pics are smashing...

Brought back memories - it is a while since we were there - it must have been one late summer because the Tibetan Blue Poppies were out in the woodland there- is it called the Bishops Walk or something - and I remember that yew tree - well worth a visit - thanks for sharing

What an amazing place! I'd never heard of it before. I think I'd like to live there! It reminds me slightly of the atrium at the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in Boston - one of the most lovely places I've ever visited. Has anyone else ever been there? A glassed-over four storey high atrium, heated and kept moist and full of tropical plants - the scent is almost overpowering. Almost worth the Transatlantic flight alone.

How lovely never been thanks for lovely pics,I feel a visit comeing on!!!!

WONDERFUL PLACE. UNFORTUNATELY TOO FAR FOR ME TO VISIT.

Excellent - thanks for sharing with us. How many hours did that take you (it takes me hours for a short one!!)

wow oh wow! really fantastic place to visit.

Wonderful blog Steve , how uplifting for the time of year . The weather kept fine for you too .
I'll recommend it to my sister-in-law who is always looking for places for Chapel outings , and we'll try to visit next time we are in that neck of the woods !
Thank you .

What a Fabulous place. I would love to take a stroll round there. Thanks for a great blog :-)

Brilliant ! I live around the corner from this :o)
.... well maybe 3 corners lol ....
Never been there in winter though... looks like I should make a visit.

Very inspiring place. I am happy to see finally those "British way of making immortal yews" by dipping side branches under the soil, about which I read, but never saw it.

I`ve just been reading the history of the house and all who lived in it, definitely one for me Steve, its going to look fabulous in a few weeks when all the new bulbs are out..

Oh definitely WOW.

And another WOW from me..:o)

What a truly magical Place..love it all Stevie! Must get some Hellibores! Thanks for sharing your day out and taking all that time to put the pics on. :)))))))))

And me..I could live in a corner somewhere in there. The first picture is stunning.

What a lovely blog and great photos.

A totally amazing wonderful place! That's on my list of 'Must Visit' next time we take a trip back to Partner's homeland. Thanks for sharing. :o)

Wow, lots of nice comments folks thanks, worth bunging alot of photos on ; ) (could have been more)

I tend to take shots at about 2meg, thats enough for general use. When doing a blog I'll use photo software (in this case fuji finepix viewer), anything is ok if it has a batch process. I then use the batch process to resize (to another file) so all the pics are down to 400k ish. That way they take much less time to load.
So I would say this blog took about 45mins all in

so it ought to have 45 'likes'??

and it was earlier in the day so the site wasn't busy so could upload quicker as well, have noticed its slower when more folk are on

Ah I dodnt know that :)

straight into faves and on my "must get to one day" list; thanks for the link, went there and will go through it later.

it's all amazing, but that yew must be really ancient, do they know how old it is? now that they can dendro-date trees without having to cut them down first!

must have taken ages to compile this blog but thanks so much for keeping on with it, well worth it!

I think Fran, these yews must have centuries. The oldest in Europe are in Wales. Thank to this technique you see on the pictures. It means, the father trees give rise to daughter trees from their branches, father trees after some centuries die, but daughter trees are strengthening, then they "send" lateral branches and so on and so on.

good job S the T !! I like marathon blogs & what a place eh? Like you I could settle in for a while surrounded by the green stuff & the pleione formosana are incredibly advanced, beautiful. Not around much at the moment but will be back in the mix again.

was nice and warm in there Bamps so the pleiones must have been happy : )

got enough pics for a "part two", Stevie???

hmmm : / will have a look

This is a really great insite into this place, what a very useful site

do you have any pics of the Bogona look-alike, Gattina?

Wow truly amazing will you be back in summer.

Wonderful. I thought I remembered an earlier blog on this - must have been Hywel's. We will all be lining up to visit now! thank you for taking the trouble to put all these pics on.

bologna, even?

found this from the picture, I have to say what a good tour of this place

Thanks again folks, glad you enjoyed the blog, always nice when folks can see something in more detail and appreciate a bit of effort

Fran, bologna? what are you on about? : /

Gattina said it remjned her of a place she's seen in Bolgona, so I asked if she had any pics, but mangled the place name. was just ocrrecting myself, but no context supplied.

Is there a prize for the longest blog, lol?! Def 10/10 Stevie . . . thank you for taking all that trouble for us to share your day out. Stunning pictures - 'wow' to the Ninfarium (never heard that word before); loved the ancient yews and what beautiful cloisters!!

I Googled "Ninfarium" and every hit pointed to Aberglasney, so it seems to be unique to this location. Tried "define" but still pointed to Aberglasney with no clue as to what the word means, or meant.

Whatever, it's a gorgeous place, you're so lucky to have been able to visit it and bring us the pictures, thank you!

I have to admit I dont think I have heard of a 'Ninfarium' cant find a definition of the word!!! but I like it anyways : )

just thought, the "ium" could be an addon, "of" or "belonging to", so I tried "define: ninfar".

I was offered an online wargame, a restuarant in the US or the Barcelone International Erotic Film Festival, none of which fits the bill.

The whole word seems to apply to this place only, and that makes it doubly unuque.

this blog is a bit like a good book ~ you can keep going back and finding something else new ~ that lovely fern-like plant growing in the air [picture 14] and that camellia. i find it fascinating.
[would it be ok to mention that the bacon sandwich sounded good too?]

well an 'arium' is a place associated with a specified thing.

Just checked the website again and... ''The name Ninfarium was derived from the amazing gardens at Ninfa, which are situated south of Rome. The garden at Ninfa has been imaginatively planted within the ruins of a medieval village.''

so seems to be a made up compound noun of the place!

doh, I didn't take enough off - thanks for the info, Stevie. Now I can sleep tonight ...

Back for another peek Steve its fab

Mega wow blog Stevie!

Specially for you lulu : )
thanks folks, I see this is blog of the week!!! glad I put the effort in now and glad you all enjoyed it

hi lulu, nice to see you!!!

You too Sticki!

Nice place for a picnic do you think?

The Italian word for waterlily is "Ninfea" - could there be an association?

Gosh! I'm speechless. Absolutely breathtaking. Thank you so much for sharing.

again thanks for the nice comments folks, glad you enjoyed

What a breathtaking panoramic view the first picture it is!!!! I'm hoping Stevie that someday i would be there, love to see it personally!

Really enjoyed this Stevie, that place looks amazing :o))

WOW, and fantastic photos. Much too far away for me to visit but feel like I've been there now lol.

Thanks folks