Carmarthenshire's gardens in the spotlight
Carmarthenshire's world class gardens have been showcased to green-fingered enthusiasts from across the UK. Tourism officers have promoted the county at the acclaimed BBC Gardeners World Live show. They hope to attract visitors from across the country and sell the region as a must-see holiday destination. Flagship attractions like Aberglasney Gardens and the National Botanic Garden of Wales will be heavily promoted, in a bid to lure keen gardeners to the county. County Council tourism and marketing officer Hywel Davies travelled to the N.E.C in Birmingham this week for the annual show. It is one of the biggest and most popular in the tourism calendar and attracts more than 100,000 visitors. Experts including Monty Don, Alan Titchmarsh and the presenters from Gardeners World helped pull in record crowds to the event, which ran from Wednesday to Sunday. Tourism staff say the show is the perfect target market for visitors to Carmarthenshire. Hywel, who is one of Wales’ most experience...