The Palace Garden is the largest and most diverse of all the gardens at the 2009 German Federal Horticultural Exhibition in Schwerin, offering visitors a unique insight into the art of garden design over several centuries and right up to the achievements of the garden heritage conservation of today. 

Coming from the modern 21^st Century Garden, visitors will now encounter the historic design ideals of stately parks.  From the prestigious central section of the Palace Garden, where the Kreuzkanal is harmoniously incorporated into the symmetrical Baroque layout, the path leads into the Greenhouse Garden designed by Peter Joseph Lenné in the style of an English landscape park.  This design concept is continued in the southern part of the Palace Garden, which is being restored and opened up for the National Garden Festival.  Here it is the majestic trees and towering individual specimens that are particularly impressive.  The historic riding arena, the Hippodrome, is overhung by mighty treetops that almost appear to form a cathedral roof.

Reinstated sightlines offer ever-changing views of Schwerin Castle from this part of the site; the land here rises towards the south.

During the German Federal Horticultural Exhibition, the grave plantings and monuments display, a maze and a children’s play area based on historical examples will be incorporated into the existing garden structure.

In the Palace Garden visitors will also find the open-air stage – the central location for special events at the German Federal Horticultural Exhibition in Schwerin.

The Seven Gardens

Map of Gardens