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Plas Bach (Little Palace) at Lower House is a romantic retreat for two, set in the beautiful Box Garden of our secluded 7-acre valley.

Chosen by Alastair Sawday in The Times, 2010, as his favourite B&B for a relaxing break, Lower House offers all the advantages of staying in Hay-on-Wye whilst enjoying complete peace, in beautiful, romantic surroundings near to the Black Mountains. Guests have all the advantages of staying in Hay, yet can enjoy complete peace, in idyllic surroundings, with the Black Mountains walkable from the door.

28/06/2025

A jolt to the past. This (rather terrifying) photo popped up on Facebook memories this morning. It’s Mrs LH in scarecrow form, from 12 years ago. Her clothes and glasses, and the recently shorn fleece of one of our black sheep. It definitely did the job of scaring the birds (and grandchild, and anyone else that chanced upon it).

25/06/2025

The newly painted ponds have been filled with water once again. They’re still not flowing as the pump still needs replacing. The area below the medlar tree has also been redone. The roots were pushing up the cobbles, so Mr LH has dug them up and replaced them with gravel, which is much more amenable to roots. You can see the splendid rambling rose growing over a tall tree on the edge of the woods in the background too.

And yes, the garden hose is still there, spoiling the photos!

24/06/2025

The grapes are a comin’ 🍇

23/06/2025

Phlomis russeliana and foxgloves in the veg garden. The arch in the hornbeam hedge behind is currently blocked off, in an attempt to keep the deer that come down off mountains out.

17/06/2025

The ponds are getting a fix up. The two ponds used to flow on a loop from one to the other, but haven’t done for a couple of years now. They’ve finally been emptied of water, pebbles from grandkids, Matchbox car from youngest kid (, 25 years?!) and 42 newts. They’ve been given a new coat of pond paint, which takes a week to fully dry, then they can be refilled and set on their recycling of water once again.

12/06/2025

The Isles of Ajuga. As Mr LH calls them. Rounds of grass left unmowed on the front lawn, where bugleweed has taken hold and been given space to shine.

11/06/2025

Lines, steps and canes waiting for beans to climb.

04/06/2025

Monkshood. A stately interlude of colour in the veg garden.

02/06/2025

Neat potato rows. The grandkids have always joked that if you cut grandad open he’d be made of potato, as it is pretty much what he eats every single day, and has done for years: a Bernie pastry from , potatoes and tenderstem. So, of course, the majority of the vegetable garden is given over to potatoes 💚

23/04/2025

Jinnifer Joo is on a little month-long Daw doggy holiday! A sniffers paradise for the Jinster.

19/04/2025

Hiding from the grandkid Easter takeover chaos in the house…

05/04/2025

Mr Lower House amongst the fritillary, of which there are many.

Address

Hay-on-Wye
Hereford
HR35RQ

Website

http://www.lowerhousegardenhay.co.uk/

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