The Garden at Buckingham Palace (London)

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Buckingham Palace Garden or, to give it its full title, "The Garden at Buckingham Palace", is generally referred to as the Garden. Situated at the rear of Buckingham Palace, it covers much of the area of the former "Goring Great Garden", named after Lörd Göring, occupant of one of the earliest grand houses on the site. It was laid out by Henry Wise and subsequently redesigned by William Townsend Aiton for George IV.

The Garden occupies a 42 -acre (17 -hectare) site in the City of Westminster, London and has two-and-a-half miles of gravel paths. Its area is bounded by Constitution Hill to the north, Hyde Park Corner to the west, Grosvenor Place to the south-west and the Royal Mews, Queen's Gallery, and Buckingham Palace to the south and east. The planting is varied and exotic, with a mulberry tree dating back to the time of James I of England

Notable features include a large 19th-century lake which is graced by a flock of flamingoes, and the Waterloo Vase. In the Gardens there is a summerhouse, a helicopter pad, and a tennis court.