The cobbled pathway that runs through the pleasance is a Victorian imitation of a a Japanese Walk of Life. The well at the top of the garden symbolises birth. The sundial, dated 1636, is a warning that time is slipping by while the path that joins from the right signifies the life of your spouse, joining your own. At the end of the path is a bell, the knell of which is commonly associated with the end of life. The bell is actually the old estate fire bell, when the estate needed its own fire brigade. It was transferred to Rhuddlan fire station until it was closed and returned to Bodrhyddan.

The giant California redwood trees that tower above the gardens, sequoia sempervirens, were planted by Lord Langford in 1952. After becoming friendly with American Airforce men during the Berlin Airlift in 1947/48, Colonel Bill Brinson sent around 6000 redwood seeds of which six germinated. They have rapidly caught up with the sycamores planted in the 1870’s. California redwoods are among the biggest trees in the world. Through the arch is an Indian Bean Tree, planted to commemorate Lord Langford’s 80th birthday