{"id":218293,"date":"2026-05-03T15:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/218293\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T15:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:33:09","slug":"regents-park-unveils-a-living-tribute-to-queen-elizabeth-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/218293\/","title":{"rendered":"Regent&#8217;s Park unveils a living tribute to Queen Elizabeth II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/662701_081458_updates.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"686\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Regent's Park unveils a living tribute to Queen Elizabeth II\"\/>Regent\u2019s Park unveils a living tribute to Queen Elizabeth II<\/p>\n<p>In the heart of London, a once-forgotten corner of The Regent\u2019s Park has been transformed into a serene, story-filled sanctuary honouring Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n<p>The newly unveiled Queen Elizabeth II Garden, a two-acre space where disused glasshouses and an old plant nursery once stood, visitors will now find a carefully designed landscape bursting with colour, biodiversity, and reflection.<\/p>\n<p>A tranquil pond welcomes visitors at the southern entrance, complete with seating and a pergola.<\/p>\n<p>A straight central path cuts through the garden, symbolising the late Queen\u2019s unwavering sense of duty and lifelong service.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cross paths branch off into more relaxed, meandering routes, inviting visitors to wander, reflect, and explore at their own pace much like the evolving chapters of her reign.<\/p>\n<p>Once used to grow plants for London\u2019s Royal Parks, it had fallen out of use after operations moved to Hyde Park Nursery in 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, it has been reimagined into a public space that not only honours the past but actively contributes to the future-boosting urban biodiversity and returning valuable green space to central London.<\/p>\n<p>Open daily from 9am to 8pm, with multiple entrances for easy access, the garden is already shaping up to be one of the capital\u2019s most thoughtful new additions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Regent\u2019s Park unveils a living tribute to Queen Elizabeth II In the heart of London, a once-forgotten corner&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-218293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}