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Family afternoon activities for summer 2006

Afternoon activities for the family on:

from 2.00p.m. to 4.00pm each day

Activities include Maze games, a blindfold trail, making perfumes and potions, Art in the Yurt and Celtic face painting in the Roundhouse, scavenger hunts and catching butterflies if you can!
Admission: Children £5, accompanying adults £3

Bring a picnic and enjoy the charming wild gardens

Open days for spring 2006

The trust site is open to visitors from Saturday 27 May to Sunday 4 June. Admission: adults £3, concessions £2, children £1.50.

In the snow

Pictures of the site taken in late November 2005

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The Celtic Roundhouse

Visitors to the Primrose Earth Awareness Trust site at Felindre can now see a re-creation of a Celtic roundhouse. The building uses ancient construction methods which have been shown to be still useful in today's world as well as being environmentally friendly. It is topped with a traditional thatched roof.

Construction began in August with the involvement of young volunteers from the United Nations Association's UNA Camp scheme, who came from Italy, Spain, Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, and Korea to take part in the project. The project was then completed by trust staff with the help of master thatcher Alan Jones, from Pembrokeshire. The photos below show the various stages of work.

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The first set show UNA Camp volunteers at work on the walls in August.

The next set show the erection of the supporting structure for the roof.

The next set show the roof covering being put on by master thatcher Alan Jones.

The final set show the finished roundhouse in October 2005

May 2005

Preview of unique healthy food and garden project

Primrose Earth Awareness Trust is inviting the public to preview tours of a fascinating new attraction that aims to show how plants can help us be healthier and how we can grow them in a more sustainable way.

The Trust is creating a linked series of gardens and displays on a one-acre site at its base in the village of Felindre, between Hay-on-Wye and Talgarth. From Saturday 28 May to Sunday 5 June it is opening for previews to coincide with World Environment Day, on Sunday 5 June, and with the Hay Literary Festival.

Vistors will be able to see:

• How they can grow their own healthy food
• The surprising range of plants that have been used as medicines to promote human health
• "Come to your senses" - a planted area where you can get in touch with plants through your senses
• Structures made from naturally-sourced sustainable materials, including the earth underfoot
• A newly planted forest garden - using intriguing agroforestry techniques to make a low maintenance, highly productive garden

There will also be access to the market garden and mature forest garden of neighbouring Primrose Farm to see sustainable fruit and vegetable production

Opening times and details

Open from Saturday 28 May to Sunday 5 June, daily 10.00-16.00, admission £3 for adults, £1.50 for children.

Guided tours £5 per head - if you pick up the taxi service from Hay Parish Hall, or the Tourist Information Centre on Sunday 29 May, Tuesday 31 May, Friday 3 June or Sunday 5 June at 10.00 and 12.15. The taxi returns you to Hay at 12.00 or at 14.15.

For further information contact:

Tel: 01497 847634
e-mail: info@primrosetrust.org.uk