Soak up plenty of beautiful sights and surroundings with a visit to the newly re-opened East Terrace Garden at Windsor Castle...
You might have missed all this from being in lockdown, but from Saturday, 8 August, the East Terrace Garden at Windsor Castle, created by George IV in the 1820s, was declared open to visitors at weekends for the first time in decades.
The large formal garden, overlooked by Windsor Castle’s famous east facade, features clipped domes of yew and beds of 3,500 rose bushes planted in a geometric pattern around a central fountain.
This recent pandemic has surely given us all a much greater appreciation of this country’s beautiful wide open spaces and, though social distancing is still in place as we write these words, it is well worth setting off for a visit to Windsor Castle where you will be able to explore the garden and enjoy the view from its terraces across the surrounding area.
The East Terrace Garden was first designed for George IV by the architect Sir Jeffry Wyatville between 1824 and 1826, to provide a pleasant view from the King’s new suite of Royal apartments along the east front of the Castle. It was created on the site of an old bowling green made for Charles II in the 1670s.
Plants were specially imported for the new scheme, including 34 orange trees, sent to George IV by the French King, Charles X. Statues were brought from the Privy Gardens at Hampton Court, including a set of four bronze figures by Hubert Le Sueur, made for Charles I in the 1630s and which remain in the garden today.
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