The Italian garden is situated in front of the private part of Blenheim Palace and not open to the public.
The garden enjoys a delightful, sheltered position, bordered on two sides by the Orangery and the East Front. Despite its name, the Italian Garden would not look out of place at a French chateau. With its precise, evergreen topiary, patterned beds, luscious orange trees and the scented pink blooms of the rose ‘Caroline Testout’, it is beautiful in all seasons. As a centrepiece it has the stunning, gilded Mermaid Fountain by the American sculptor; Waldo Story.*
*From the Blenheim Palace guidebook printed 2014
i like the view that you have presented from your out-of-bounds position, CP
It is certainly a lovely garden
My place and garden is nothing like that.
Coffee is on
Neither is mine. I wouldn’t like to be the one who has to trim the hedges!!
Hedge by ‘Set Square Gardens’ pty ltd.
I hope you are going to show us the veggie patch too.
You will have to wait for the next installment (visit) for the veggie patch (walled garden)
We didn’t quite make it there on this occasion as it is at the opposite side of the grounds.
It seems possible to get a view, however, so I suppose privacy for the family would not be possible, Cherie
It isn’t too bad unless they wanted to sit outside…
And after all that, it still looks so English to me.
Ha Ha
I know what you mean!