 | City scenes of London: An avenue of bay trees, clipped holly and hawthorn bushes shelter the lawn and Orangery in Kensington Gardens from the pleached lime arbour enclosing the palace's sunken garden, an Edwardian replacement for one created for Queen Anne. The Queen always came to Kensington Palace at Easter and, with the help of Henry Wise, extended the gardens around her home, though it was Caroline of Anspach who dictated most of the present layout. The baroque redbrick Orangery was designed for Anne by Sir John Vanbrugh, possibly with help from Nicholas Hawksmoor. The interior, with carvings by Grinling Gibbons and remarkable statuary, is very fine, and here she took tea and gave supper parties. |
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