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Secret Garden Open Days

23 October 2006

The long-hidden Walled Garden, Bangor’s SECRET GARDEN, from which the public have been excluded for around 160 years, opened its gates for just two afternoons earlier this month.

The Walled Garden was created by the Ward family in the 1840s and acquired by the Council in the mid-1940s, at which time it was used as a production nursery. The Council is keen to restore this hidden treasure of horticultural history, but wants to hear the ideas of local people first.

On Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd October, the three-acre garden opened to give the public the opportunity to visit the walled garden site, view the current restoration plans and hear more about how this restoration would fit within Council’s overall investment scheme for new facilities for the Borough. A number of horticultural and environmental experts will be on hand to discuss the proposals.

Various images of the garden and artists’ impressions of how the garden might look may be accessed through the links below along with a location map of Bangor Castle Walled Garden, Valentine Road, Bangor.

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