Ein Cae'r Ddôl / Our Cae'r Ddôl
Cyfeillion Cae'r Ddôl / Friends of Cae'r Ddôl
Our Cae'r Ddôl will nurture community stewardship of a patch of grazing land (Cae'r Ddôl) adjacent to Llyn Padarn, Llanberis. Cae'r Ddôl will blossom into a native wildflower meadow for both visitors and locals to enjoy.
Visitor Information
Llanberis
Caernarfon
Gwynedd
LL55 4UR
Cae'r Ddôl will blossom into a native wildflower meadow where visitors and locals can contemplate & relax surrounded by flowers, learn about & nurture the plants beneath their feet through art, science & social events.
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Volunteering opportunities / Upcoming events
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Photos of the site
Hidden potential!
Monday, June 1, 2015
Drainage issues
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Site meeting with Gwynedd Council
Monday, April 18, 2016
Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
Monday, April 18, 2016
Watch this space!
Monday, April 18, 2016
Himalayan balsam seedlings
Monday, April 18, 2016
A young botanist in the making!
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Eco survey training with OPAL
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Storytelling in Cae'r Ddôl
Saturday, July 23, 2016
Lovely view for late September!
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Local children learn about meadow
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Photographing Cae'r Ddôl
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Bat Walk
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Another fantastic bat walk!
Saturday, October 8, 2016
19 children enjoy drawing flowers
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Children's photos go live!
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Raking the meadow
Saturday, October 22, 2016
Meadow picnic
Saturday, October 22, 2016
Robbie & Merlin cooking up a plan
Monday, May 8, 2017
Sowing for our phone box meadow!
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Preparation for meadow phone box
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Artists at work!
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Germination!
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Rightly proud of their hard work!
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Phone box gets its flowery hat!
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
World Meadow Day Walk
Saturday, July 1, 2017
Our phone box is blooming lovely!
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
The Phone Box in full glory
Monday, August 7, 2017
Art created by young participants
Monday, August 7, 2017What we've been up to
| What we did | When we did it | How many people took part | Who was there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grow Wild and Forest Research met with Participants to evaluate the Project. There was a great turn out and so much positivity. | 07/08/:15 | 20 | Mixed ages |
| County Recorder for Gwynedd, Wendy McCarthy, joined us in Cae'r Ddôl to share her botanical knowledge on World Meadows Day. | 01/07/:30 | 6 | Mixed ages |
| Local children have painted boards & grown wild flowers from seed to decorate a Llanberis phone box, spreading their love for Cae'r Ddôl. | 27/06/:30 | 19 | Mixed ages |
| Our artists added the finishing flourishes to the display boards for the blossoming phone box. We think they are fabulously flowery! | 13/06/:00 | 17 | Mixed ages |
| Local children got together with artists to illustrate the boards for our blooming phone box | 06/06/:00 | 14 | Mixed ages |
| Local children learnt about & sowed Grow Wild seeds with botanist, Robbie Blackhall-Miles. The flowers will be planted on a phone box roof! | 16/05/:00 | 14 | Mixed mainly families |
| Site meeting to plan our flowery phone box. Local children will sow Grow Wild seeds to decorate the community box & paint the windows. | 08/05/:00 | 3 | Mixed ages |
| The Friends of Cae'r Ddôl held their first AGM and had an exciting meeting planning the events we will run with this year's Grow Wild grant! | 22/02/:45 | 4 | Mixed ages |
| Fantastic autumn weather as local volunteers raked the cut grass for removal from the meadow, and were rewarded with a tasty picnic. | 22/10/:00 | 25 | Mixed ages |
| Local children met to look at their photos of the meadow & to choose which images should go on the website, finished eve drawing flowers. | 11/10/:00 | 19 | Mixed mainly families |
| 19 children met in Caffi Sam to talk about meadow flowers with botanist, Robbie Blackhall-Miles, & learn the art of botanical illustration. | 04/10/:00 | 19 | Mixed mainly families |
| Great weather for our 2nd bat walk, with bat expert, Sam Dyer. So many amazing facts learnt about the bats which feed above Cae'r Ddôl! | 08/10/:00 | 21 | Mixed ages |
| Local people meet for a bat walk with Gwynedd Council Biodiversity Officer, Emily Milleur | 28/09/:00 | 17 | Mixed ages |
| Local children meet to learn about the flowers of Cae'r Ddôl & how to photograph them: they are now ready to start their Cae'r Ddôl project! | 27/09/:00 | 30 | Mixed ages |
| Local storyteller, Gwyn Edwards, enthralled local residents & visitors with tales, whilst sat among the long grass & flowers of Cae'r Ddôl. | 23/07/:00 | 20 | Mixed mainly families |
| Bob Griffiths from OPAL provided an afternoon training session to enable us to run ecological survey events in Cae'r Ddôl in the future. | 14/07/:15 | 3 | Mixed ages |
| Today we launched 'Our Cae'r Ddôl' with our press release, see http://www.loving-our-lake.org | 10/06/:15 | 1 | Mixed ages |
| Planning our programme of events for summer 2016, botanical surveys, storytelling, picnics, flower walks/talks....lots of ideas! | 03/05/:00 | 4 | Mixed ages |
| Friends of Cae'r Ddôl (Cyfeillion Cae'r Ddôl) met on site with Gwynedd Council to discuss our plans. | 18/04/:00 | 5 | Mixed ages |