While wandering around Kensington Gardens, we took the time to visit the Sunken Garden, which is now home to the Diana Memorial unveiled in July 2021 to commemorate what would have been her 60th birthday.
Prior to our visit, I had seen pictures of the piece of art but to see it up close and personal, it truly is a stunning piece of sculpture by Ian Rank-Broadley. The actual Sunken Garden was created in 1908, and was a place, it was said that Diana was particularly fond of.
The garden was redesigned in 2019, and planted with over 4000 individual plants, including Diana’s favourite, Forget-Me-Nots. The Sunken Garden can be viewed by the covered Cradle Walk which surrounds it. The morning we visited, we were fortunate to be there with only one other couple so could really take our time to take in the beauty of the sculpture and the garden.
To mark the entrance, is a plaque with a passage taken from a poem, Measure of a Man by Wallace Gallaher, and reworded to reflect Diana. The entrance to the Sunken Garden is beside Kensington Palace and is open from Wednesdays to Sundays and free to the public. If you wish to visit, Kensington Palace, you still must purchase a ticket.
Diana Memorial
Sunken Garden
Kensington Palace
Kensington Gardens
London W8 4PX
www.hrp.org.uk/kensington-palace
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