(image: flooding at Plas Cadnant Hidden Gardens)
Plas Cadnant Hidden Garden Creator, Anthony Tavernor said:
"The garden sits down in the valley so a huge amount of water came down from the fields like a tidal wave, devastating everything in its path,".
"I'm just devastated. This has been my life's project - my purpose in life - for the last 20 years and I live and dream it,
"It's everything. I'm so emotionally involved with the garden. We've had so much support from people since we put the pictures on our Facebook page. It's almost like a bereavement."
From the Plas Cadnant Hidden Gardens website:
"During the early hours of Boxing Day, like many areas of the country, very high levels of rainfall fell onto the already saturated land. The fields above the gardens funnelled a great volume of water into the gardens. Existing overflows were soon overwhelmed.The 200 year old wall, which had survived until now without harm, acted as a dam causing the Walled Garden to fill with flood water.
Finally the bottom section of the wall breached. A massive torrent of water and rocks, surged down the through the Valley Gardens, destroying everything in its path and carrying two stone obelisks and our new ‘eye catcher’ bench with it.
We have already started the mammoth task of restoring the gardens and will begin to rebuild the 200 year old walls. Fortunately nobody was hurt and our holiday cottages have not been affected.
We have been overwhelmed with messages of support and offers help which have helped us in our resolve to make good the damage as the Gardens are so clearly valued by those who have visited."
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