RHS Garden Hyde Hall

A family-friendly garden, set in the heart of rural Essex, and enjoying stunning panoramic views of the surrounding countryside, RHS Garden Hyde Hall is one of the finest gardens in the East of England. Encompassing a diverse mix of garden styles from traditional to modern, you’ll find something to delight and inspire at every turn.

Garden highlights:

• The Dry Garden with its fantastic range of drought resistant plants
• Hilltop Garden with its roses and herbaceous borders
• The Global Growth Vegetable Garden
• Stem colour, textures and fabulous fragrance in the Winter Garden.

Hyde Hall is a spectacular garden made for family fun and adventure; climb the Higgledy Hyde woodland tower, swing on the ropes, whizz on the slide, wiggle on the wobble board, do a garden trail or get crafty at one of our activity days. The garden is also an inspirational backdrop for a host of exhibitions, specialist horticultural shows and a range of practical gardening, and, art and craft workshops to fuel your creativity.

If you fancy a bite to eat during your visit, you can be assured of delicious, fresh, seasonal produce in our café and restaurant much of which is straight from our vegetable garden. Pop into the Clover Café for breakfast, lunch, or afternoon tea and cake. However, if you’re after something more substantial, the Gardeners Rest restaurant, overlooking the iconic Dry Garden, where you can linger over a leisurely lunch with family and friends.

Our Garden Centre has free entry and stocks a wide range of top-quality plants, tools and accessories with experts on hand to answer your questions. We also offer a 5-year guarantee on all hardy plants, so you can buy with confidence. If you’re looking for a gift or even a treat for yourself? There are horticultural books, artisan foods, kitchen accessories and our RHS Exclusive products (available only in our shops), so be sure to visit and take a piece of RHS Garden Hyde Hall home with you.

Hyde Hall is 10 miles south of Chelmsford and 16 miles north of Southend.

By car: From the A130 head towards South Woodham Ferrers on the A132. Sat Nav users please use CM3 8RA. Ample free parking.