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Cheryl is the Creative Director of this Event and is organising an exciting Story Telling Trail throughout The Garden with a team of gifted Story Tellers, Artists and Poets

A weekend of wonderful and warming tales is on the agenda for the Storytelling Weekend at the National Botanic Garden of Wales.

The event takes place in various venues around the Garden on Saturday and Sunday February 25-26 and features a number of silver-tongued story-tellers, including Anne Lister, Jeff Rees, Sophie McKeand, Suzanne Hughes Owen, Sam Collins, Grethe Gillman, and Lloyd Roberts.

Creative director Cheryl Beer, who will also be telling tales accompanied by musician Heather Summers (funded by Community Music Wales), has been running a series of workshops with local schoolchildren who will be designing the official fliers and posters for the event. She said: "This event is a bit of a departure for the Garden; it's the first story-telling event they've had but there are so many fabulous stories to be told and the Garden is the most inspirational setting, so it seems the perfect venue for us.

"We're hoping that lots of people – young and old – will come along and get involved.

The idea, says Cheryl, is that the stories will be themed through the day but visitors will also be able to dip in and out of the various events: "We have musical story tellers, graffiti storytelling, and one of our story-tellers tells her tales through the medium of collage. For the more traditional story lovers, we also have Jackanory Twist with Magic Carpets in the Theatr Botanica, it's all about taking part, getting involved – and having fun."

The Storytelling Weekend takes place from 11.30am-4pm on both days. There is no additional entry cost but Normal Gate prices apply: full details from www.gardenofwales.org.uk