Created within a beautiful 568 acre Regency park, this landmark visitor destination combines 200 year-old historical features with spectacular modern architecture and landscaping and a collection of some 100,000 different plants, many rare and endangered. The elegant Great Glasshouse is the only place in the world you can visit the Mediterranean, South Africa, Australia, Chile and California on the same day. There are gardens within the Garden, from the award-winning Japanese to bog and boulder gardens, as well as enchanting water features. Exhibitions include Bioverse which explores the wonders of how plants work, plus the 360° Theatre Botanica. Further facilities include an excellent café and restaurant plus a plant sales area.

• Day One: We travel south via Newtown and Builth Wells to Carmarthen, arriving mid afternoon for check in to the Ivy Bush Hotel.
• Day Two: Following breakfast we depart from the hotel and make the short journey to the National Botanic Garden of Wales, situated on the outskirts of Carmarthen, where we spend the remainder of the day. We depart late afternoon and begin our return journey home, arriving back in North Wales during the evening.