Garden of Buckingham Palace ( English Garden at Buckingham Palace ) - a large private park adjacent to the London residence of the British monarch . Located in Westminster , behind Buckingham Palace and covers an area of 42 acres (17 hectares), [1] the park’s gravel paths are 2.5 miles long . Limited to Constitution Hill from the north , Hyde Park to the west , Grosvenor Place to the southwest , the Royal Stables, the Royal Gallery and Buckingham Palace itself to the south and east .
The garden is included in the English Register of Historic Parks and Gardens in Class II. [2] The plantings are diverse and exotic, including the mulberry tree , dating back to the times of Jacob I in England . The garden covers most of the territory of the former large garden of Goring , named after Lord George Goring . He was defeated by royal gardener Henry Wise and subsequently modified by William Aiton for George IV . Among the attractions - a large artificial lake of the XIX century, which was once decorated with flocks of flamingos , and Vaza Waterloo . The garden has a gazebo , a helipad and a tennis court . Unlike the nearby Royal Parks of London , Buckingham Palace’s garden is usually closed to the public. However, when the palace is open in August and September, visitors have access to part of the garden.
The garden serves as a venue for royal festivities . In June 2002, Elizabeth II invited the public to the garden of Buckingham Palace for entertainment for the first time during her reign. As part of the celebration of Elizabeth II’s golden jubilee, thousands of Britons were invited to buy tickets to the palace, where Queen guitarist Brian May played the guitar solo “God Save the Queen!” At the top of Buckingham Palace . This concert was preceded by a ball in the palace the night before. In 2006, in honor of the 80th anniversary of the Queen, the Garden of Buckingham Palace was the scene of a children's holiday in the palace.
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Landscape Design, Lake and Artwork
The landscape designer at Buckingham Palace’s Garden was Lancelot Brown , but subsequently, during the restoration of the palace, the garden was changed by William Aton , John Nash and the designers of Kew Gardens . In 1828, a large artificial lake was completed, the waters of which communicate with the waters of Lake Serpentine in Hyde Park .
According to the palace tourist guides, the garden is maintained by about eight full-time gardeners. From trees in the garden sycamore , Indian chestnut , silver maple and cypress marsh . In the southwestern corner, one Mulberry of the time of Jacob I in England was preserved when he unsuccessfully tried to plant silkworms .
Like the palace, the garden is rich in works of art . One of the most famous is Vaza Waterloo or the Great Urn, commissioned by Napoleon to commemorate his expected victory. After the work on the vase was completed by sculptor Richard Westcott , the proposed installation site at Windsor Castle was considered unfit for being too bulky (15 meters high, 4.6 meters wide and 15 tons in weight) of the sculpture . The London National Gallery , where the Great Urn was presented, returned it to Edward VII in 1906. King Edward later solved the problem by placing Vazu where she is now. [3]
The garden also houses a small gazebo attributed to William Kent’s work, a helipad and a tennis court , where Bjorn Borg , John Macinroy and Steffi Graf played at various times.
The garden is regularly examined by members of the museum of natural science on the subject of moths , and the royal swans are regularly counted . [four]
Rautes
The garden at Buckingham Palace is the place of many royal festivals (Royal Garden Party), which are held every summer by the queen . Guests, for the most part, occupy government positions, or are in the sphere of national interests. In 2008, three parties were conceived for members of the public; and four in honor of the centenary of the Royal Patronage of the British Red Cross , the Army of Britain , the “Not Forgotten” Association [5] , and for participants in the Lambeth conference .
Tea and sandwiches are offered to guests in tents erected in the garden on the occasion of the Royal Parties . When the military band plays the National Anthem , the queen comes out of the Bow Room (bow or front room) [6] and slowly passes through the rows of assembled guests to their own tea tent, welcoming the pre-defined guests to greet. [7] [8]
Great Royal Excavations
Garden of Buckingham Palace was one of the three royal sites allocated for excavation from August 25-28, 2006 to a team of archaeologists led by Tony Robinson . The works were broadcast on television.
Dedicated to the celebration of the 80th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II , the excavations marked the 150th anniversary of the start of archaeological work in the royal territories, when the queen first gave permission for excavations in the garden of Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and in the Palace of Holyrood in Edinburgh . A large royal excavation is an example of the disclosure of the life of the royal family to a wider community.
Archaeologists were given an unprecedented opportunity to probe geophysics and history in the territories of three royal residences for four days, with teams working in three places simultaneously. [9]
Henry Wise's Ornamental Channels for Buckingham House
Buckingham House, a precursor of the palace, was built in 1703 by the duke of Buckingham .
Archaeologists have been able to unearth the original ornamental canals created by Henry Wise, one of which ran west of the western front of Buckingham House . (The surviving letter from the Duke of Buckingham to the Duke of Shrewsbury played an important role in determining the size of the canal and, thus, the excavation site.) The decorative canal was a highlight of the garden, passed down it, bordered by rows of trees.
Garden during the English Civil War
During the civil war (1642-1651) London was the parliamentary military center of Oliver Cromwell , the royalist support of Charles I located in Oxford . Goring-Great Garden , as the garden was then, was the scene of the defensive earthworks of parliamentarians .
Notes
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070703021730/http://www.travellondon.com/templates/attractions/gallery_buckingham.html
- ↑ https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000795
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVODRZftw4w
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7hBFXuNBpo
- ↑ https://www.nfassociation.org
- ↑ https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/attractions/five-fabulous-things-you-didnt-know-about-buckingham-palace-a3710836.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrQ9oJRRAhY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3txy5vM8nA
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-AzyDvcQIc