Editing Portmeirion (section)

==Y Gwyllt (gardens)==
The grounds (''Y Gwyllt'', meaning 'The Wild place') contain a collection of [[rhododendron]]s and other exotic plants in a wild-garden setting, which was begun before Williams-Ellis's time by the previous owner [[George Henry Caton Haigh]] and has continued to be developed since Williams-Ellis's death.

Y Gwyllt forms an approximately triangular shaped area on the peninsula to the north of the Hotel (the area was formerly the pleasure gardens of Aber Iâ mansion)<ref name="RCAHMW gwyllt">{{cite web |url=https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/301590/ |title=Portmeirion Grounds and Gardens |publisher=[[Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales]] |access-date=27 July 2023 |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324050155/https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/301590/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and stretches down to the coast and the [[River Dwyryd|Dwyryd]] estuary.<ref>{{cite news |first=Hywel |last=Trewyn |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/car-gets-stuck-narrow-footpath-2646981 |title=Car gets stuck on narrow footpath at Portmeirion |work=[[Daily Post (North Wales)|Daily Post]] |place=North Wales |date=26 November 2012 |access-date=27 July 2023 |archive-date=27 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727205846/https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/car-gets-stuck-narrow-footpath-2646981 |url-status=live }}</ref> Its location by the sea means it is frost-free, making it possible to grow rare plants such as [[camellia]]s<ref name="wanderlust">{{cite news |first=Juliet |last=Greenwood |url=https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/content/the-secret-gardens-of-snowdonia/ |title=The secret gardens of Snowdonia |work=Wanderlust |date=21 April 2012 |access-date=27 July 2023 |archive-date=27 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727202525/https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/content/the-secret-gardens-of-snowdonia/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and "an outstanding rhododendron collection of the early twentieth century".<ref name="RCAHMW gwyllt" /> The area also contains a Dog Cemetery.

The gardens are designated, at Grade II*, on the [[Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales]].<ref>{{NHAW|uid=158|num=PGW(Gd)29(GWY)|desc=Portmeirion|class=HPG|access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref>