A new garden is flowering in the grounds of London's Kensington
Palace in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, who died 20 years ago in a car
crash in Paris. Designed and created as a tribute to her by palace gardeners, it celebrates
her elegance and style with a sea of flowers, including some of the
Princess’s personal favourites.
They've taken the Sunken Garden and transformed it into a Sissinghurst-inspired
White Garden, planting more than 12,000 tulip
bulbs, including the appropriately-named white Tulipa Diana. There are also
swathes of white forget-me-nots, fritillaria, narcissus, and hyacinths, along
with 500 Queen of the Night black tulips.
The palette is enlivened by pops of bright colour in the borders, and at the entrance from Kensington Gardens, there is a
spectacular display of Texan Flame tulips (below).
It’s a stunning creation, which can be viewed from the surrounding
raised walkway.
The garden is a temporary one, coinciding with an exhibition
inside the Palace of some of her iconic dresses –
Diana: Her Fashion Story.
From mid-May the tulips will be replaced by a new scheme which will include
white roses surrounding the central reflective pool, and beds filled with
lilies, gladioli, cosmos, gaura and fragrant nemesia.
Entrance to the garden is
free.
Diana: Her Fashion Story continues throughout the year.
http://www.hrp.org.uk/kensington-palace/#gs.PwYhY3g
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