The Rose Garden at Hyde Hall comprises six rectangular beds of David Austin English Roses set in an immaculate verdant green lawn. All these roses have been bred to combine the disease resistance and vigour of modern varieties, combined with the flower structure and fragrance of traditional roses. Many of them have repeat flowering flushes thus providing colour from June right through to November. The beds are grouped according to colour and are bounded by tightly clipped hedges of Buxus sempervirens and Taxus baccata, the deep green perfectly complementing the hues of the roses. Some noteworthy varieties include Rosa 'The Mayflower' which is incredibly disease resistant, Rosa 'Winchester Cathedral' which has a very compact pure white bloom and Rosa 'Scepter’d Isle', a deep red rose with an outstanding fragrance. Two climbing roses on modern style obelisks are situated on the corner of each bed.
The Rose Rope Walk is one of the older features of Hyde Hall, originally planted in the late 1960s. It comprises a delectable selection of climbers, ramblers and clematis trained along thick shipping rope and makes a heavenly scented walk in the summer months. The Rope Walk is also spectacular in the winter, when the roses are pruned and trained into labyrinthine shapes around the ropes
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