The oldest yews grew there, and the wild shrubbery was so dense in places you couldn't even walk through it easily.
The foundation plants consist of very old yews, andromeda, junipers and some azaleas.
The trees are amongst the oldest yews in Wales.
Another April shower swept over them, a heavy one, so that they all gathered together and took shelter under an old yew.
The church is approached by a churchyard shaded by an old yew.
The walled gardens have extensive flower borders and an avenue of magnificent 200 year old Irish yews.
The stench was coming from beneath an old yew with peeling bark and drooping branches.
"No, but talk about lucky, they landed right in the foliage of a big old yew growing on that side."
"You'd have to take that old yew, too," he said, squinting, as if he'd heard of heartless types like me.
Still without knowing why, he walked through the gate and past some old yews towards it.