The arbour is used to display climbing plants, many of which would have been popular in Shakespeare’s day. The planting takes its inspiration from a Midsummer Night’s Dream:
“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxslips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk roses and eglantine.”
| Botanical Name | Common Names |
| Rosa canina inermis | Dog rose |
| Rosa eglanteria syn: Rosa rubiginosa | Sweet briar. Eglantine rose |
| Rosa moschata | Musk rose |
| Rosa multiflora | |
| Humulus lupulus | Hop |