The Book Garden written in English and Welsh

The Book Garden

Independent bookshop in Aberystwyth selling new, pre-loved and vintage books.

We specialise in nature writing, good quality contemporary fiction, classics and folklore. We are also partial to sci-fi, cli-fi and crime.

Come and visit us!

Unit 2B, Aberystwyth Market Hall, Great Darkgate Street, Aberystwyth, SY23 1DW

Opening Hours

Monday Closed

Tuesday 11-5

Wednesday 11-5

Thursday 11-5

Friday 11-5

Saturday 11-5

Sunday Closed

Have too many books?

Contact us

growingthebookgarden@gmail.com

07721456861

Books and cards arranged on red shelves
Nature Books on a table and a red trolley in a indie bookshop
Red lamp and red desk in a bookshop
Shelves full of novels and nature books

Opening Hours

Monday Closed

Tuesday 11-5

Wednesday 11-5

Thursday 11-5

Friday 11-5

Saturday 11-5

Sunday Closed

 
🌿New plant friends at The Book Garden You can't have a book garden without plants! Here are three new leafy additions to the fold! Introducing Dracadena fragrans, also sometimes known as dragon plant! We hope he will be very at home here amongst
Flower Fairies cast their magic spells in The Book Garden 'Wherever and whenever a seed sprouts, a Flower Fairy baby is born. Each Flower Fairy lives and sleeps in their chosen flower, plant or tree, and as this grows the fairy grows too.' Since 19
🐉Back in stock by popular demand! This delicious Macmillan Collector's Library 'Dragons, Wyverns and Serpents' edited by Jean Menzies is back on the shelf. With its delightful gilt edge it is a perfect addition to any hoard. Do you know the diffe
📣New Shelf Alert! (and a dolphin for no reason) We have curated a new shelf filled with books on music, culture and mayhem! See we can squeeze more books in if we try! We've had a chaotic and wonderful market Saturday but still have quite a few bo
The sun is out and shining over The Book Garden! Its a perfect autumn day and perfect browsing weather! Come and spot a few nature books out in the wild! We are open today until 5pm for all your bookish needs! #indiebookshop #Aberystwyth #natur
🌿Here we are getting our ghost stories and supernatural weirdnesses ready for halloween! The days are getting chilly and ancient spirits are wandering the land... Come have an astral project towards The Market Hall. A customer suggested a coffee f
🌿Wednesday morning at The Market Hall and the traders are ready for action! @gayberystwyth_books is reading (of course) and @3duniverse2023 is hand-raising a tiny rainbow dinosaur. Just a standard day at the small business office! Come along and
🌿With the evenings drawing in it's a good time to turn your attention to the magical world of Japanese monsters, demons and mythical creatures! We are open today until 5pm, come and say hello!💚 #aberystwyth #indiebookshop #popupshop #thebookgard
🌿We are BACK and open for business! After a refreshing summer break The Book Garden has flung open its doors again! We have missed our little book nook and are happy to be back amongst the stacks! It's a busy market day and we have had hoards of
🌞it's Holiday Time! The Book Garden is off on our late summer holidays! Although it is so beautiful and autumnal here we almost feel like staying home! Its been so lovely settling in here and creating our little book nook. We want to say a big T