Penpergwm Lodge
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Overview
Owner Catriona Boyle has spent the last 30 years developing the beautiful garden at Penpergwm in rural Monmouthshire. She based the design on the original Edwardian layout, with open lawns, some formal areas, hedges and mature trees, and added two colour-themed terraces linked by an Italianate parterre and a pillared vine-walk. Recent additions include an octagonal brick Golden Jubilee folly with a weather vane and a new summer house, with excellent views from both. There’s a pre-war kitchen garden and a nursery created by Mrs Boyle and Joanna Kerr featuring herbaceous plants, bulbs and half-hardy perennials. Mrs Boyle runs a thriving garden school from Penpergwm Lodge, where the lunches are highly recommended.
About the area
In their bid to control the borderlands of Monmouthshire – also known as the Marches – the Normans built a triangle of castles: Grosmont, Skenfrith and White. At first, they were simple wooden structures strengthened by earthworks, but when the lively Welsh refused to stop attacking them, it was decided more permanent fortresses were needed.
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