Ian and Janet Robinson's Home Page

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We are located in Llandegla, North Wales, adjacent to the Clwydian Range, a designated area of outstanding natural beauty. We have a small farm with rare breed hens, Pedigree Lleyn sheep and run a small cactus nursery.

Contents

• Cacti
• Cacti and Local Horticultural Links
• Local Tourism and Llandegla Links
• Garden and Maze
• Wind Turbine
• Contact Information

Cacti

Ian has been a specialist grower of cacti and succulents since 1952. He is a National Show judge for the British Cactus and Succulent Society and is available to give lectures on various subjects. Here is a picture of the main nursery greenhouse. A selection of Ian's cactus slides can be viewed here, along with links to allow you to create a cactus image screensaver! A further 70 cactus slides (September 2003) can be viewed here.

You can view a large number of Echinopsis Hybrid Flowers here. Many of them are avaialable from the Echinopsis list.

• Around 1000 ft² of greenhouses contain a collection of over 5000 plants to view.
• Open most evenings and weekends or by appointment.
• Many plants are for sale and a plant list is now available with a supplementary list for January 2004. It contains Tephrocactus and Opuntia relatives, Mesembryanthemacae, Cacti and other Succulents. Please let me know if you have a `wants` list.

Please telephone before visiting to avoid disappointment.

Cacti and Local Horticultural Links

• For all the cacti links you are ever going to need have a look at the cactus-mall website.
• The British Cactus & Succulent Society homepage.
• The Chester & North Wales Branch of the British Cactus & Succulent Society homepage.
• You could combine a visit to us with a trip to the well known Dibleys Nurseries who are holders of the National Collection of Streptocarpus.

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Local Tourism and Llandegla Links

• The Offa's Dyke Association home page.
• A picture of Llandegla provided by the local school.
• Llandegla has a trout fishery, for those who enjoy fishing.
• If you have an interest in history, Llandegla offers the motte and bailey Tomen y Rhodwydd, the motte Tomen y Faerdre, and St. Tecla's Well.
• For a historical and architectural description of our local church visit the Denbighshire Churches Survey entry for St. Tecla's church (more information, including service times, can be found here). St. Tegla, after whom Llandegla takes its name, has a very brief listing on these pages.
• Llandegla is also home to G.O.N Granite & Marble Ltd.
• For railway enthusiasts the Llangollen railway is nearby.
• The Llandegla entry on the North Wales Index.

Garden and Maze

Janet and Ian are enthusiastic gardeners. The garden has a number of interesting features including a brick maze. Recent photographs of the garden can be found here.

The maze was added to the garden in the summer of 2003 and consists of over one thousand bricks. By using cunning placement of pot plants the solution keeps changing. You are welcome to try it out if you visit!

Wind Turbine

The wind turbine was erected in December 2005. It is a 6kw Proven and will provide up to 12500 units per year at an average wind speed of 5.1m/s. Photographs of the construction and the turbine itself can be found here.

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Contact Information

Postal Address:
Ty'n-y-Llidiart
Llandegla
Wrexham
North Wales
LL11 3AF

Tel: +44 (0)1978 790236

Email: IGandJM.Robinson@lineone.net

Directions: It is quite easy to find us, please use the maps at 'streetmap' or 'multimap' or the home-grown map below

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Last revised: January 14th, 2008.