It's Christmas! Make the most of all the green-fingered opportunities on offer this holiday season and you'll not only get your gardening fix, you'll get some great days out with the family and a lot of inspiration for your own garden too.
Closest to home, we've got a great Christmas lineup right here in our garden centre at Pontypool including slap-up Christmas teas in the restaurant, dazzling Christmas decorations to get you in the festive mood and of course Santa in his grotto. The garden centre is packed with Christmas foodie treats to stock up on from liqueur chocolates to Christmas puddings, as well as inspirational last-minute gift ideas, so go mad and make this Christmas the best ever!
Further afield most gardens are celebrating Christmas in style. In Cornwall there's the annual Christmas garland of dried flowers at Cotehele House, 60 feet long and containing over 36,000 flowers. If making decorations yourself is more your thing try the wreath making workshops at Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire. And don't miss the night trail at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in south-west London, a mile-long walk through glittering illuminations including giant light sculptures, a tunnel of lights and Santa's snowflake grotto.
