Kensington Palace Garden by Fred255
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Many of the striking features you see today in Hyde Park were created in the 18th century by a keen royal gardener, Queen Caroline. In 1728, she took almost 300 acres from Hyde Park to form Kensington Gardens and she separated the two parks with a long ditch or ha-ha. She also established a new landscape fashion. Queen Caroline made a large lake called the Serpentine by damming the Westbourne Stream. At that time, artificial lakes were usually long and straight. The Serpentine was one of the first created lakes in England that was designed to look natural. It was soon copied in parks and gardens all over the country. And it was the centrepiece of celebrations in 1814 for the British victory at the sea battle of Trafalgar.
Comments (6)
mark.spooner
A lovely scene!
PeeWee05
Nice bit of history there - Tx
alhak
wish my garden looked like that! nice shot
kjpweb
Great shot with faszinating depth and detail!
lil_sizzler
Thank you for the interesting background information and a lovely view of this beautiful garden. Great depth...look at that flowering tree in the distance!
tennesseecowgirl
I would say Queen Caroline was one very smart lady, this is beautiful.