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The Queen's Gallery exhibition is painting paradise

As spring beckons and thoughts turn to the garden, on Friday a major exhibition opens at the Queen's Gallery. It traces the history of garden design, from formal early royal gardens to relaxed, romantic styles.
Philippa Stockley18 February 2016

About 150 paintings and objects range from Persian miniatures to plant sketches by Leonardo da Vinci, watercolours of 19th century cottage gardens to botanical ceramics, and an exquisite gold and enamel orange blossom parure given to Queen Victoria by Prince Albert.

A Young Man by Isaac Oliver, 1590-1597, and a Van Nost urn made for Hampton Court Palace in 1701
The family of Henry VIII, 1545
An unnamed tulip by Alexander Marshall c1650
  • Painted Paradise: the Art of the Garden is at the Queen's Gallery from March 20 to October 11.
  • Go to www.royalcollection.org.uk for details.​
Images: Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

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