Lifestyle, Sport & Leisure
July 2021
Buckingham Palace: A Royal Garden
by Claire Masset, Mark Lane
Hidden behind the high walls surrounding Buckingham Palace is one of London’s most beautiful gardens, the venue for a busy calendar of royal events, including the much loved tradition of The Queen’s Garden Party. Award-winning photographer John Campbell has spent a year taking pictures of that garden for this richly illustrated book, revealing the changes that occur through the seasons, as massed bulbs give way to the roses of high summer and the turning leaves of autumn. The text, by gardening writer Claire Masset, follows a year in the life of the royal garden while exploring its increasingly diverse array of flora and fauna. Enlivened by royal anecdote, the book reveals the tastes and keen horticultural interests of successive monarchs and the skills of the gardeners who have tended these London acres over the centuries, including insights and practical tips from current Head Gardener, Mark Lane.
