This is a panoramic view of the modern rose garden made by merging three photos. In the background you can just see the herbaceous border which runs the length of the rose garden. I know these rose beds were not here the last time that we visited the gardens but I can't remember what was, so it's replacement surrounded by yew and box hedging is already an improvement.

The herbaceous borders have always been good to look at as I know that any plants that are growing in these beds will usually survive in my garden, providing they have got any of them for sale in the shop. This was the first time that we had been to Hyde Hall in early summer, we usually visit in the autumn or early spring.

Hermoines Garden is hidden in the woodland part of the garden. It's a secret garden, cool and dark around the edges but open to the sun in the dell part. A nice place to hide away.

The farmhouse garden is beautiful. My front garden is the size of one of the squares and I would like it to look similar to one of these. I have most of the plants included in this part of the garden but they are not placed to their best advantage otherwise I would be saying, 'This is how my front garden looks'. I will get it right one day.

This is a view along Rope Walk which runs at right angles from the herbaceous border to the Lower pond with clematis, climbing roses and bush roses all mingling nicely together.

This is the view from one of the many windows provided in Rope Walk which look across the modern rose garden and hilltop garden to the Farmhouse. Little niches have been made in the yew hedge and stone seats placed so that when you sit down you are hidden from the walk itself and are surrounded by the colours and scents of the roses and clematis.

The Upper Pond is finally finished. There is a walk way that surrounds one half of it. The water feature looks as if the garden has been waterlogged and is now draining off into the pond down over some steps. Here are a couple of very happy inhabitants along with all the other wildlife that has taken up residence, including some dragonflies.

The temperate house is small compared to other gardens that we have visited but they still manage to get plenty of exotics into it.

These are some photographs that were taken around the outside of the temperate house.

These are just a pair of posers who came in for close ups, along with the other visitors we had while we had some coffee and cake in the courtyard of the restaurant. What is the plant?

I couldn't get any of these plants at the NEC but there were loads of them at Hyde Hall so I was a very happy bunny. Another 'must have' has been crossed of my list, problem is now what shall I put in its place?

I think that the old pig park, the area used to be a pig farm, looks at it's best in the late summer / autumn.

These are some general photos taken around the gardens.