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Parks & gardens

We're lucky in Monmouthshire to have so many beautiful countryside sites to enjoy including picnic sites, nature reserves, country parks, historical sites, common land, riverside meadows and woodland.

There are also many wonderful gardens to visit, excellent opportunities to indulge ourselves buying plants, and beautiful places to stay. We even have our own Town of Flowers in Usk. Best of all, we have fellow gardeners who share our horticultural passions. People who love gardens, we’ve discovered, are generous with their time, enthusiasm and knowledge.

Four of Wales’ best Arts and Crafts gardens are located in Monmouthshire: High Glanau, Wyndcliffe Court, Mathern Palace and Mounton House. All were designed by Henry Avray Tipping, an architectural historian, writer, garden designer and lover of plants who lived in Monmouthshire for many years.

For lovers of naturalistic and wild planting, there's the prestigious Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Partner Garden of the Year (2022) at Nant-y-bedd, a ten-acre organic garden at 1,200 feet, hidden deep in the Black Mountains near Abergavenny.

Monmouthshire even has a lost garden at Dewstow, an astonishing Grade 1 listed garden with grottoes, pools and rock gardens extending over two and a half hectares, which were buried for 50 years.

See all Monmouthshire's glorious gardens and parks below.

Glorious parks & gardens of Monmouthshire

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Open gardens & events in Monmouthshire
Usk Open Gardens

Usk Open Gardens is a celebration of flowers & gardening, with around 20 gardens open across Usk on the last weekend in June, plus beautiful public displays.
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Llanfoist Wharf

Address

Llanfoist, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 9NG

Abergavenny

Llanfoist Wharf is a picturesque corner of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, deep in the foothills of the Blorenge Mountain above Abergavenny.
Llanfoist Old Railway Crossing

Address

Llanfoist Crossing Car Park, Merthyr Road, Llanfoist, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 9LP

Telephone
01633 644850

countryside@monmouthshire.gov.uk

Llanfoist, Abergavenny

The site is a pedestrian and cycle access point to the old Railway Line and by foot to the Iron Mountain Trail from Llanfoist Wharf through the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape World Heritage Site.
The Devil's Pulpit Viewpoint

Address

Tintern, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 7NX

Chepstow

One of the most spectacular views in the Wye Valley, Devil's Pulpit looks over Tintern Abbey & the Wales / England border. Starting in Tintern, Monmouthshire, you cross into Gloucestershire before walking through woods up to the viewpoint.
Highfield Farm Garden

Address

Highfield Farm, Penperlleni, Goytre, Usk, Monmouthshire, NP4 0AA

Telephone
01873 880030

jenny.plants@btinternet.com

Goytre, Usk

This is a garden defined by its plants. There are over 1200 cultivars, with many rarities, densely planted over 3 acres to generate an exuberant display across the seasons. It provides an intimate, immersive experience with this diverse array of…
Magor Marsh

Address

Magor Marsh, Derek Upton Centre, Whitewall, Magor, Monmouthshire, NP26 3DD

Telephone
01633 889048

info@gwentwildlife.org

Whitewall, Magor

Magor Marsh is the last relatively natural area of fenland on the Gwent Levels. From the fleeting glimpse of a kingfisher, to the sight of colourful dragonflies darting over the reens, this is an inspiring place to visit.
Strawberry Cottage Wood

Address

Near Llanvihangel Crucorney, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 7ND

Telephone
01600 740600

info@gwentwildlife.org

Abergavenny

A tranquil and secluded ancient oak woodland, home to stunning woodland flowers, charismatic mammals and birds.
High Glanau Manor

Address

High Glanau Manor, Lydart, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 4AD

Telephone
01600 860005

Monmouth

High Glanau Manor is one of Wales' finest Arts and Crafts houses, set in twelve acres of fine gardens. Designed by Henry Avray Tipping in 1922 many original features remain including impressive stone terraces with spectacular views of the Brecon…
Manor Wood

Address

Manor Wood, 6 Woodlands, The Narth, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 4QT

Telephone
0300 065 3000

The Narth, Monmouth

Manor Wood is on the edge of a quiet village on the eastern side of the Wye Valley.
Growing in the Border

Address

Growing in the Border, Blackbrook Estate, Norton Skenfrith, Monmouthshire, NP7 8UB

Telephone
07712 526356

info@growingintheborder.co.uk

Norton Skenfrith

'Growing in the Border' is a beautiful garden in the Monnow Valley near Skenfrith offering group visits and courses.
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Wye Valley Sculpture Garden

Address

Wye Valley Sculpture Garden, The Nurtons, Tintern, Monmouthshire, NP16 7NX

Telephone
01291 350 023

info@wyevalleysculpturegarden.co.uk

Tintern

The Wye Valley Sculpture Garden hosts one of Wales largest outdoor Summer Sculpture Exhibitions and is one of the top things to see when visiting Tintern and the Wye Valley. .
The Sculpture Garden is the creation of artist Gemma Kate Wood, that she…
Prisk Wood SSSI Nature Reserve

Address

Lone Lane, Penallt, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 4AJ

Telephone
01600 740600

info@gwentwildlife.org

Monmouth

Prisk Wood is a six hectare ancient woodland high up in the Wye Valley.
Margaret's Wood

Address

Whitebrook, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 4TX

Telephone
01600 740600

info@gwentwildlife.org

Monmouth

Margaret's Wood is a beautifully mature 2 hectare woodland in the Whitebrook Valley.
Bailey Park

Address

Bailey Park, 1 Park Lane, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5SS

Abergavenny

Park in the heart of Abergavenny with playground. Hosts events throughout the year.
New Grove Meadows

Address

Lloysey, Trellech, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 4PH

Telephone
01600 740600

info@gwentwildlife.org

Monmouth

New Grove Meadows are found at the top of the Wye Valley ridge near Trellech, offering spectacular views down over the Vale of Usk towards the Brecon Beacons.
Glebe House Garden

Address

Glebe House Garden, Llanvair Kilgeddin, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 9BE

Telephone
01873 840422

joanna@amknet.com

Abergavenny

Visit Glebe House garden.
Eagle's Nest Viewpoint & Wyndcliff Wood

Address

Lower Wyndcliffe Car Park, St Arvans, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 6HA

Telephone
0300 065 3000

enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

Chepstow

Wyndcliff Wood is a superb example of a lower Wye Valley gorge woodland with ancient hanging beech and yew as well as lime, ash and hazel coppice.
Nant-Y-Bedd

Address

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 7LY

Telephone
01873 890219

garden@nantybedd.com

Abergavenny

Nant y Bedd is a 10 acre organic garden, river and woodland located at 1200 feet up in the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales. An RHS Partner Garden since 2019 (winner of Partner Garden of the Year in 2022), Nant-y-Bedd…
Croes Robert Wood

Address

Croes Robert, Trellech, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 4QA

Telephone
01600 740600

info@gwentwildlife.org

Monmouth

Like something out of a fairy-tale, this stunning ancient woodland is a tranquil place to stroll among the woodland wildflowers whilst listening to the birds singing in the trees.
Woodhaven

Address

Woodhaven, Itton, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 6BX

Telephone
01291 641219

lesley@classics.co.uk

Chepstow

A modern house built on the site of a former sawmills for the Itton Court Estate. Garden of ⅔ of an acre developed over the last 20 years for year-round colour and interest.
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Cefn Ila Woodland

Address

Cefn Ila, Llanbadoc, Usk, Monmouthshire, NP15 1PR

Telephone
0330 333 3300

enquiries@woodlandtrust.org.uk

Usk

A wood set in the rolling Welsh countryside and surrounded by a wider landscape of small woodlands and farmed pasture, it is within walking distance of the historic town of Usk.