This is an invitation: to celebrate gardening through the Welsh language, and the Welsh language through gardening!
Below, you will find a collection of resources in Welsh about gardening and plants. Most of the links will take you directly to the Welsh version of a page, but if you need to switch ot English you’ll usually be able to do that. Groups and events are at the top of the list – what could be better than meeting with others with the same interest?
Do you have favourite resources, books, programmes, groups, societies, companies or social media accounts which help you to garden in Welsh? Or do you think that your group or society should be listed here? Please let us know.
On social media, use the hashtag #geirfagarddio to share them with others too. Welsh learners welcome – wherever in the world your garden is!
By sharing our resources and our research with each other we can grow our Welsh vocabulary – at the same time as our plants!
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Meet – Cwrdd
Groups who meet physically
- Aberystwyth: Gardd Gymunedol Penglais
- Caerdydd: Digwyddiadau Garddio y Gymraeg (rhestr e-bost), yn cynnwys Gerddi Rheilffordd
- Llandysul, Ceredigion: Yr Ardd – ar facebook ac instagram
Are you part of a gardening groups? Why not extend an invitation to Welsh speakers and learners to use Welsh during your gardening activities? Lanyards are available from Welsh Language Commissioner and Dysgu Cymraeg (Learn Welsh) Let us know if you’d like your group to be on this list.
Special events (physical)
- Royal Welsh Show – Horticulture Village part of the show in Llanelwedd (Builth Wells) in July.
Online groups,
- Garddio a Mwy – lively facebook group
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Watch – Gwylio
Garddio a Mwy (Gardening and More) TV programme broadcasting weekly during the growing season. Watch on S4C Clic (Welsh or English subtitles) or BBC Iplayer (English subtitles only). Also a newsletter, social media channels and useful clips.
Adam Yn Yr Ardd (Adam in the garden) on YouTube
Tyfu’r Dyfodol (Growing the Future) on youtube – fideos ddwyieithog defnyddiol (2020 – 2021)
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Reading online – Darllen arlein
Websites and social media
Adam yn yr Ardd – also on facebook and Instagram
Geirfa Garddio on Instagram and on Facebook
Bwyta Ein Gerddi (Eating Our Gardens) on Instagram
Plas Brondanw – Gerddi a Chaffi (gardens and cafe) on facebook
Tyfu Dyfi – hefyd ar facebook and Instagram
See also the channels for Garddio a Mwy
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Reading, printed – Darllen, print
Horticulture books and resources:
Dere i Dyfu gan Adam Jones
Lively book for kids by Adam yn yr Ardd – useful vocabulary for adults too
O’r Egin I’r Gegin (From the bud to the kitchen) by Jen a Russel Jones
What to grow, how to look after plants and how to make the most of garden produce – in 12 entertaining chapters concentrating on each month of the year.
Gardd Mewn Tref – A Cottage Garden in Town by Stuart Blakemore
A lavish, colour illustrated, bilingual volume reflecting the rich diversity of the author’s town cottage garden, a verdant sanctuary of trees and shrubs, roses and herbs, wildlife and birds, and much more. Including interesting tables and a useful index.
Calendr Garden Organic (Garden Organic Growing Calendar)– A2 wallchart showing when to sow and harvest. At the moment only available as part of membership.
Also, out of print horticulture books, sometimes available second hand
- 101 Gair o Gyngor – Cynllunio Gardd Fechan (Growing a Small Garden)- ISBN-10 : 1859027741, ISBN-13 : 978-1859027745
- Llyfr Garddio (Gardening Book) by JE Jones, published 1969
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Dysgu Enwau Cymraeg am Blanhigion – Learning Welsh Plant Names
App and website:Plantnet – upload your pictures to identify the plant with botanical name and Welsh name together
App: Ap Geiriaduron (Dictionaries App) for smartphone. The botanical information included is from the books by Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd below.
Books – Llyfrau:
Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn (Flowering plants, Conifers and Ferns) Part of a series of books giving standard names by Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd, this is the list of botanical names, with with one English name and one Welsh name for each, and index in the three languages.
Y Geiriadur Mawr (The Big Dictionary) has pages listing plants and fruit.
Also out of print but available second hand:
- Blodau’r Maes a’r Ardd ar Lafar Gwlad (Flowers of the field and garden, colloquially) by Gwenllian Awbery ISBN 10: 0863813305 ISBN 13: 9780863813306 – A list of common names and in which counties the different names were used.
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Services – Gwasanaethau
Adam Yn Yr Ardd – offering Garden Consultancy and other services, including to schools
Helen Scutt – garden designer who speaks Welsh
Bwyta Ein Gerddi (Eating Our Gardens) – Eirlys Rhiannon – garden services in Cardiff, also gardening events in the Welsh language
Tyddyn Sachau – garden centre near Pwllheli
Sturrock and sons Welsh fruit varieties, with interesting histories and bilingual labels.
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Organisations and institutions – Sefydliadau
The places or societies below have a connection to the horticultural world and offer their website or newsletter bilingually. Note that not all their services are available in Welsh.
Keep Wales Tidy yn enwedig gweler Llefydd Lleol ar gyfer Natur
Social Farms & Gardens
Charity which supports community gardens and other growing initiatives. Their newsletter is bilingual.
Paramaethu Cymru (Permaculture Wales) – Annual gathering, local groups, and facebook group
Gerddi Abergalsne (Aberglasney Gardens)
Gardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru (National Botanic Garden of Wales)
Gerddi Bodnant (Bodnant Gardens)
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Products – Nwyddau
Driftwood Designs (Lizzie Spikes):
– Blwyddyn o Lysie (Year of Vegetables) – useful calendar for growing and harvesting A3 print or card
– Siart Blodau Gwyllt (Wild Flowers Chart) A3 print or card
Arth Gwyn on Etsy – Tshirt with wild flowers in Welsh, and other products
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Also… – Ac hefyd…
Resources about Plants, Wildlife and Food – Adnoddau am Blanhigion, Bywyd Gwyllt a Bwyd
Websites and groups
Geiriau Gwyllt (Wild Words) – blog about Mentrau Iaith’s project about wildlife
Llên Natur (Nature Literature) – website about wildlife from Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd, also a lively facebook group: Cymuned Llên Natur (Nature Literature Community).
Books – Llyfrau
Llysiau Rhinweddol (Virtuous Plants) short verses about plants
Afalau Cymru gan Carwyn Graves – Apples of Wales tells the untold story of apple growing in Wales, a story that extends from the mists of time into the twentieth century. Also available in English as Apples of Wales.
Gwreiddiau (Roots) by Medwyn Williams. Autobiography by the king of the vegetables.
Blodau Gwyllt Cymru ac Ynysoedd Prydain (Wild Flowers of Wales and the United Kingdom)
Llyfr Natur Iolo (Iolo’s Nature Book) Standard book, you’ll get information about almost every kind of creature and plant in Wales and the UK.
Yr Ardd (The Garden) Book for kids and adults about the wildlife of the garden.
Doctor Dail series by Bethan Wyn Jones – Information about nature and medicinal qualities of leaves, flowers and plants, in colour.
Doctor Dail 1, Doctor Dail 2, Doctor Dail 3
Books by Mair Williams – Llên Gwerin Planhigion a ChoedYn Ymyl Ty’n-y-Coed and Ddoi di Dei? – folk literature about plants and trees
Recipe books by Nerys Howells – bilingual, using local produce.
Cywain / Harvest: Ryseitiau o’r Ardd / Recipes from the Garden
Bwyd Cymru yn ei Dymor / Welsh Food by Season
Cymru ar Blât/Wales on a Plate
Books for children – Llyfrau i blant
Byd yr Ardd Lysiau (World of the vegetable garden)
Wyt Ti’n Gwybod?: yn yr Ardd (Did you know? In the garden)
Cyfrinach y Crochan (Secret of the Cauldron) fun story about composting
Cyfres Ffeithiau! Planhigion (Facts: Plants)
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