Eleanor Shaw, Culture Writer
A new two-acre garden commemorating Queen Elizabeth II opens to the public on Monday 27th April, bringing colour, biodiversity and a new place of calm to one of London’s best-loved parks.
Regent’s Park is about to gain a new reason to linger. The Queen Elizabeth II Garden opens to the public on Monday 27 April, from 9am to 8pm, creating a new two-acre space dedicated to the life of the late Queen.
The garden has been created by The Royal Parks on the site of a former disused plant nursery, replacing old glasshouses with a public landscape designed around colour, contemplation, biodiversity and beauty.
For Londoners, that makes it more than a royal tribute. It is also a new free green space in the middle of the city, arriving at the moment of year when the capital starts properly moving outdoors again. The garden sits within one of London’s most familiar parks, but its purpose is quieter: a place to pause, walk, sit and notice the planting.
The Royal Parks says the design reflects Queen Elizabeth II’s passion for gardens and the outdoors, with planting intended to celebrate the seasons through colour and texture. The organisation has also highlighted the garden’s benefits for nature, positioning it as both memorial and habitat.
Princess Anne officially opened the garden earlier in the week, ahead of its public opening, as part of wider tributes marking what would have been Queen Elizabeth II’s centenary year.
What makes this opening particularly London is its accessibility. It is not a ticketed attraction or a remote ceremonial site; it is a garden inside a public park, designed to be visited as part of everyday city life. For people passing through Regent’s Park, meeting friends nearby or looking for a gentler weekend walk, it adds a new destination with real civic meaning.