Charity champion and relentless runner Rosie Swale-Pope MBE dropped in at the National Botanic Garden (today, Friday July 22nd) as part of her latest fundraising campaign.
Horticulture staff at the Carmarthenshire attraction formed a Guard(en) of Honour in tribute to 64-year-old Rosie and her latest effort – to run from Tenby to Brecon in aid of charities, including Marie Curie and the Size of Wales.
She was delighted by the warm reception she received from staff at the Garden and praised them and the venue: “What a truly fabulous place! I will tell everyone I meet about it and urge them all to come and visit.”
Before taking to the road again – next stop Llanelli – Rosie had time for a whistle-stop tour of the Garden’s highlights, met the Director – another Rosie – Dr Rosie Plummer and have a cheese sandwich and a mug of steaming hot tea (milk, two sugars) in the Med Cafe in the Great Glasshouse – which she declared was “a true wonder”.
The Size of Wales charity was launched at the Garden’s by its patron, HRH The Prince of Wales in September last year.
