THE Old Man's Beard had grown so much this year; so much so that it had grown up, over the shrubs and up the trees.

More accurately known as Clematis Vitalba, the Old Man's Beard is a climbing plant that was taking over the A48 pedestrian underpass, connecting Tesco with Chepstow town centre.

With the overwhelming spread of the plant, Chepstow's guerrilla gardeners took matters into their own hands once again.

It will be months before the contracted gardeners next tackle the garden so the group carried out an early morning strike on one of the flower beds to kill the weeds.

Then, on another morning, the team were out in force again, tearing away the climbing weed from the area.

Filling one car entirely, with enough left over to fill another seven bin bags, the Old Man's Beard was beaten and taken off to the tip.

Both flower beds are now much tidier and the guerrilla gardeners can chalk up another victory.