Her Majesty The Queen opens the new Rose Garden at The Savill Garden, Windsor Great Park

Her Majesty The Queen recently opened the new Rose Garden at The Savill Garden, Windsor Great Park, and enjoyed a tour of this exciting contemporary Garden with the Chairman and Chief Executive of The Crown Estate. The Rose Garden opens to the public from 15 June 2010.

Commenting on the new Rose Garden, Philip Everett, Deputy Ranger, Windsor Great Park, said:

“It was a pleasure to be able to present this innovative Garden to Her Majesty The Queen. We have moved away from the traditional presentation of roses and created a new way to experience the perfume and colour of these splendid flowers. It was fitting that the first bloom in the Garden was that of Rosa ‘The Queen Mother’.”

The Crown Estate commissioned leading garden designers Wilson McWilliam Associates to create the Garden. From an initial concept and outline design by Andrew Wilson, he and Gavin McWilliam developed the scheme to include the specification of materials and construction details.

Visitors will experience the intensity of perfume and colour as they enter the Garden and their senses will continue to be stimulated at every turn with different scents, colour combinations and views. The walkway in the centre of the design appears to ‘float’ above the Rose Garden, giving stunning views within the Garden and further out into other areas of The Savill Garden. As the deep aroma of the roses naturally rises, visitors will also be able to enjoy the perfume at its best from the walkway.

Mark Flanagan, The Keeper of the Gardens, says:

“The new Rose Garden leaves behind traditional elements and the formality associated with conventional designs and leads us into a new way of displaying roses to create a fresh and stimulating visitor experience. The Savill Garden has a tradition of exploring new ways of presenting plants and showcasing new varieties and we are continuing with this progressive approach with a design that looks to the future.”

The Rose Garden’s curves and interlocking crescents will create a journey towards the centre of the Garden. This is emphasised by the way in which the 2,500 roses have been planted within a palette of colours radiating out from an intense centre of deep plum purple through soft pinks fading to white and subtle apricots to tangerine orange where the Garden meets the vibrant herbaceous borders.  Repeat flowering roses have been used which means that the Garden will look splendid from mid-June through to September.

Mark Flanagan adds:

“This has been an exciting project and we are delighted with the way in which the Garden is now presented. After enjoying the Rose Garden, visitors will be able to stroll around the adjacent Golden Jubilee Garden, Dry Garden and the herbaceous borders, all of which provide complementary, though very individual, plantings which will look stunning throughout the summer.”

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For more press information and to access images of the new Rose Garden, call Sarah Halstead, Marketing Department, The Crown Estate, on 07918 121905 or email Sarah.Halstead@thecrownestate.co.uk

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