until 1950 the managers of the adjoining lloyds bank maintained the garden. this changed when their families were allowed to live elsewhere, but the garden continued to be maintained by tenants of the flat, mr and mrs gough, until they left in 1984. thereafter it deteriorated, but in 1994 sheila thorneycroft, with the nelson society and monmouth archaeological society, began restoration with the practical assistance of allen watkins of catbrook. in 1996 the welsh historic gardens trust became involved and in 1997 set up a special restoration committee to care for the garden. in 2001 the committee negotiated a 10-year sub-lease from lloyds bank, funded conservation work on the entrance tunnel, and installed a decorative iron screen to separate the garden from the rest of the bank property.