The usual charge for going into the garden has been waived

On Saturday and Sunday, the usual admission charge of �6.95 per adult has been waived.

Last week it was revealed that bosses of the attraction - also known as Middleton - may have to call in the receivers.

A meeting planned for next week will decide its fate.

Donation

The public will be allowed through the gates for free from 1000 BST, although they will be encouraged to make a voluntary donation.

The gesture has been made as a show of gratitude for the support that has been displayed over the last few days of crisis at the Middleton project.

The attraction announced on Monday that it may have to go into administration.

Despite cash injections, it has not been able to head off its deepening financial trouble as the site has failed to achieve hopes of 250,000 visitors each year.

The garden was opened in May 2000 by Prince Charles

A rescue package for the site began to emerge at a meeting with trustees on Thursday which would involve - among others - Carmarthenshire County Council.

On Friday it was confirmed the local authority and the Millennium Commission would help to bail out the attraction.

The trustees also had to decide whether or not to accept the offer of �150,000 which the Welsh Assembly Government had put on the table.

The cash would keep the garden operating for another month,

But a decision as to its future was deferred until next week.

The garden - opened in May 2000 by Prince Charles - has already had �1.4m of Welsh assembly money this year to ease its costs and fund a marketing drive.