Dewstow Gardens & Caerwent

Of all the Yellow Book gardens Marilyn and I have visited over the years this is one of the quirkiest :) Dewstow, just south of Chepstow, is a 5-acre Grade 1 listed unique garden which was buried and forgotten after World War ll and rediscovered in 2000. Created around 1895 by James Pulham & Sons, the garden contains underground grottoes, tunnels and ferneries and above ground stunning water features, ponds, hidden pathways and views over the Severn Estuary.

Dewstow is in the village of Caerwent in Wales and is the site of a Roman 'city' listed as the smallest tribal centre of it's kind. It was founded by the Romans in AD 75 as Venta Silurum , a market town  for the defeated Silures tribe. The village of Caerwent is built around the Roman ruins, which are some of the best preserved in Europe.