The Royal Parks are being made ready for the Royal Wedding Day on 29th April. London certainly knows how to put on a spectacular display in its beautiful parks and flower beds as you can see in this photo of the Buckingham Palace flower beds today. Interesting to hear about the tradition behind the planting schemes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqTtx4sDgiw
However, it seems that the sunshine and balmy temperatures of last week have ruined this floral display planned for Prince William and Kate as they stood on the balcony at Buckingham Palace. Encouraged by the early promise of summer, the spectacular tulips in the Queen Victoria Memorial Gardens have bloomed three weeks early. This is a blow to Royal Parks staff who were hoping the beds would be at their colourful best on April 29. Reports suggest that an army of gardeners will be on stand-by, ready to chop the heads of any drooping tulips in the days before the wedding!
Hyde Park will be the centre of royal wedding celebrations for hundreds of thousands of spectators. It covers 350 acres and has more than 4,000 trees a meadow and a lake http://www.royalparks.gov.uk/Hyde-Park.aspx
Crowds of about 200,000 are expected to watch Prince William marry Kate Middleton on giant TV screens in the middle of the park.Really hope they also appreciate the many beautiful trees and flowers that are blossoming at the moment.
April 25th, 2011 at 11:05 am
that sort of gardening, though spectacular, is like a military campaign.