It will indeed become a new tourist attraction in London, as it will remain open to the public. Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace, where Prince William and Prince Harry unveiled a long-awaited statue of their mother, Diana of Wales, along with a boy and a girl.
Prince William and Prince Harry unveiled a statue near Kensington Palace in honour of their mother, Diana of Wales, who would have turned 60 on Thursday, 1 July.
By British sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley, the monument will be accompanied by this garden, which is another work of art. “This has been an exceptional project to work on, as the Sunken Garden was a favourite place of Diana, Princess of Wales,” designer Pip Morrison explained in a press release to Us Weekly about the garden’s new layout. “We have worked carefully to ensure that the new design and planting scheme complements the statue, providing a tranquil place for people visiting Kensington Palace to remember the princess.”
The project in honour of Princess Diana’s legacy began in October 2019 with four gardeners who, in total, have spent 1,000 hours perfecting the 400 square metre lawn garden.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their engagement in the so-called Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace on 27 November 2017. The Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace was a unique space for Princess Diana.
Diana grew quite fond of this garden as a resident of Kensington Palace until her final days, so to mark the 20th anniversary of her death in 2017, gardeners transformed the space into the White Garden in her memory, using white flowers and soft pastel shades.
All that nature is part of Morrison’s redesign around the small artificial pond while retaining the historic structures from 1908 when the Sunken Garden was created by order of King Edward VII in an area previously occupied by potting sheds and greenhouses.
Visitors can view the statue and garden from Cradle Walk. With the renovated Sunken Garden, the flowery tribute to Lady Di’s legacy will be permanent. Tourists will admire the garden and statue from the Cradle Walk, a beautiful pathway shaped like an arch below the branches of lime trees.
