Windsor Castle’s Terrace Garden is open to the public this weekend

From Red Online

The East Terrace Garden at Windsor Castle will be open to the public this weekend for the first time in 40 years.

The garden has a rich history. It was first created by George IV back in the 1820s and Prince Albert also took a huge interest in the garden's planting scheme before his death in 1861. In the early 20th century, King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra would host large garden parties there every summer. In 1971, the Duke of Edinburgh redesigned the flowerbeds and commissioned a bronze fountain based on his own design for the centre of the garden.

The royal family’s Instagram account shared the news of the garden's reopening, as well as sharing a sweet photograph of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh taken in the grounds in 1997, by Patrick Lichfield.

In addition to the East Terrace Garden, the Moat Garden beneath Windsor Castle’s iconic Round Tower will also be open to visitors and young children for activities on Thursdays and Fridays in August.

The Moat Garden is thought to date back to the reign of Edward III. It's also believed that Geoffrey Chaucer used the secluded, informal garden as the setting for The Knight’s Tale, the first story from The Canterbury Tales.

The East Terrace Garden opens to the public on Saturday 8 August. For more information, visit the Royal Collection Trust.

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