Gardens
Margam Park is a Grade I listed garden and landscape, where you
are surrounded by beautiful trees, shrubs and flowers, classic and
modern planting, lakes and long vistas which have evolved since
medieval times.
When the Authority acquired the Park in 1973, much of the
building and surrounding gardens were derelict and over the years
much work has been done. The Orangery, now refurbished, augments
the eclectic collection of buildings on the estate. The
Orangery gardens contain many interesting trees and shrubs
including several large Tulip Trees, a Cork Oak and a very large
cut-leaved Beech.
The Broadwalk Steps are flanked by glorious rhododendron,
introduced to the park by Frank Kindon-Ward and nearby you will
come across the intriguing Bamboo Collection and a Japanese
Garden.
A recent injection of funds has meant that within the Orangery
Gardens it has been possible to reinstate the orchard area and
rebuild the pergola. There is much new planting ranging over the
whole site from the formal gardens around the Castle to the knot
style planting and re-established monastic gardens in the Abbey
area.
The Gardens at Margam are ready for a new stage in their
evolution and plans for the future will be carefully thought
through to make Margam an exciting place to be, over time becoming
one of the most interesting gardens in the South Wales.