The Regency Restoration Project @walesbotanic isn't just about the physical restoration of the structures and landscape but is also about promoting the rich and diverse heritage of the National Botanic Garden of Wales to our visitors.
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The Middleton Estate has a long and rich history spanning more than 400 years, from its creation in the early 1600s by Christopher Middleton, Vicar of Llanarthne, to its current incarnation as the National Botanic Garden of Wales.
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With roots in the earliest voyages of the East India Company, the Middleton Estate proves a deep and important involvement of Welsh families in the birth of the British Empire. To Paxton who created a vast necklace of lakes and which we are in the process of restoring.

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To the Abadam family of the Victorian era and to its more recent history when countless families lived, worked and played here.

To find out more about the heritage of the Garden follow the link
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https://botanicgarden.wales/regency-restoration/history/

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