RHS Garden Hyde Hall (Essex)

Hyde Hall Estate is a beautiful Royal Horticultural Society garden in the middle of the Essex countryside. A bit of history The garden was started in 1955 when Dr & Mrs Robinson came to live in Hyde Hall. When they arrived there was no garden just old farmland and a house on top of a windswept hill. They decided to create a garden and after much hard work improving the soil and putting in plants that would survive in these dry, windy conditions they gradually produced a beautiful garden which has gone from strength to strength. Where it is Hyde Hall is located just 20 minutes from the centre of Chelmsford and is sign posted from ...  Read the complete review

Introduction -------------- Hyde Hall Gardens are in Essex close to where I live, and are one of the Royal Horticultural Society gardens which are open to the public. Entry to the gardens is free if you are a member, but non members have to pay £5.50 to enter per person. Children are £2 each. Currently it is possible to visit by using a buy one ticket get one free offer, which is currently being offered through Rachel's Organic Milk which we buy on a weekly basis. Located in the small village of Rettendon the opening times are Open every day except Christmas Day January 10am-4pm February 10am-5pm March-September ...  Read the complete review

I am a member of the Royal Horticultural Society, and as I live near RHS Hyde Hall in Essex, I have seen it in all seasons. I am a member because I like gardens, not because I am an expert, but you don't have to be an expert to enjoy it. *** History of the Estate *** For centuries this estate was a working farm, so the 18th century Hall was a farmhouse, but the area around it had been used for dumping rubbish. Then in the 1950s, Helen and Dick Robinson started to tidy it up. The clay soil on this cold and windy site on the top of a hill was gradually improved, with the help of the pigs by adding manure, and compost. ...  Read the complete review