Traditional 17th century style Queen's Garden at Kew Palace with parterre, trimmed box hedges and well head - Kew Gardens, UK

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Kew Palace at Kew Gardens. The palace with its rounded gables and decorative carved brickwork was built in 1631 by Flemish merchant, Samuel Fortrey. Sir Richard Levett merchant and former Mayor of London later bought the house and in 1781 sold the house to King George the lll and Queen Charlotte for £20,000. Queen Victoria donated the palace to Kew in 1896 and it was opened to the public in 1898. The Queen's Garden, in the style of the 17th century with a a parterre enclosed in box hedges, was created in the grounds of the palace in the 1960s. It contains sculptures including a marble satyr, a Venetian well head and five 18th century sculptures. Other features include a wrought iron pillar from Hampton court place, a gazebo on a mound and a pond with a copy of Verocchio's "Boy with a Dolphin' (the original in in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence).

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Size: 5471px × 3647px
Location: Kew Gardens, Kew, Greater London, Surrey, England, UK
Photo credit: © Eden Breitz / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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