Hidden Gardens Spring Open Day

The Great Bettisfield Bakeoff! | Plant Swap | Teas & Homemade Cakes

Taraloka Buddhist Retreat Centre in Bettisfield, near Whitchurch is opening its gardens for a relaxed Spring Open Day.

Enjoy homemade cakes, relax & explore our hidden gardens, go for a walk along the Llangollen canal and see what Bettisfield’s Buddhist retreat centre is like on the inside.

FREE ENTRY – All Welcome

Great Bettisfield Bakeoff!

Bring a homemade cake of any description (please use free range eggs).
Free Entry and Free Tasting.
Simple cakes welcome – you don’t need to be an expert baker!
Taste everyone’s cakes and vote on the winner.

Special prizes for Best Cake and Best Vegan Cake

Prizegiving: 3pm

Explore Hidden Gardens

Beautiful spring gardens and grounds on the banks of the Llangollen Canal
Join a guided tour, or explore by yourself.
Sit in Earth-Sky Garden (accessible garden courtyard – wheelchairs / buggies welcome)

Plant Swap

Supported by Ben from Higgledy Garden

Bring your Spare Plants.
Go home with a plantlet!

And more….

Free Kids’ Activities
Homegrown Bettisfield Apple Juice and Cider for sale
Eco-living ideas | vegan nutrition session | Buddhist bookshop
Optional Body Relaxation or Meditation tasters
Optional short talks “Why I am a Buddhist”, “Mindfulness, that’s so boring”, “Compassion not Overwhelm” “Secrets of How to be Kind to Yourself”

Families welcome!

Parking available on site

No dogs outside carpark please

since we have hares breeding in our gardens & grounds. However, you could walk your dogs on the Llangollen Canal / Whixall Moss NNR and come to us for cake afterwards.

Sat 9th May 12 – 4pm