Photo of Dewstow Gardens and Grottoes, a garden near Caerwent, Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

Dewstow Gardens and Grottoes© Robin Drayton / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Houses & gardens in MonmouthshireMonmouthshire, Wales

10 houses and gardens in the Albion Guide across Monmouthshire — see the full houses and gardens directory, or everything to explore in Monmouthshire.

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Dewstow Gardens and Grottoes

Edwardian gardens near Caerwent with a rare underground network of tunnels, ferneries and grottoes, buried for decades and rediscovered in the 1990s.

Caerwent

Penpergwm Lodge Garden

Terraced Edwardian garden near Abergavenny with brick towers, a potager and box parterres, opening to visitors in the growing season.

Abergavenny

Wyndcliffe Court

Arts and Crafts garden at St Arvans designed by Henry Avray Tipping, with topiary, a sunken garden and a bowling green.

St Arvans

April House Garden

Hillside garden with views over Wentwood and the Vale of Usk, developed by its owners and open on charity days.

Llanvair Discoed

High Glanau Manor

Arts and Crafts garden above the Vale of Usk laid out by Henry Avray Tipping, with terraces, pergola and long views.

Lydart

Llanover Garden

Historic parkland and gardens of the Llanover estate on the Usk, associated with Lady Llanover, opening on occasional days.

Llanover

Mathern Palace Garden

Arts and Crafts garden made by Henry Avray Tipping around the former bishops' palace at Mathern near Chepstow.

Mathern

Nant-y-Bedd Garden

Wild mountain garden high in the Grwyne Fawr valley in the Black Mountains, blending vegetable beds, woodland and river.

Fforest Coal Pit

Veddw House Garden

Contemporary garden at Devauden made over 20-plus years by Anne Wareham and Charles Hawes, known for its clipped hedges and reflecting pool.

Devauden

Wye Valley Sculpture Garden

Three acres of lawns, woodland, orchard and meadow on the valley slopes near Tintern, hung with a changing summer sculpture show and known for its snowdrops.

Tintern