Queen Mary’s Gardens café, at the heart of Regent’s Park, is a popular place year round, and its front garden is a key part of the experience. Whether you’re coming in for a drink while out for a stroll on a bright spring morning, or a cyclist on a break during a wet winter training day, or a theatre-goer on a summer evening – you will be walking past or perhaps even through the garden before going in. And for any visitor entering Queen Mary’s Gardens from the western end, this corner site is a main marker on their journey around the park, and it sets the tone for their experience of the wider space. So, whatever the season, the planting has to work hard: it should invite you as you walk into the gardens, make the café’s terrace feel private enough but not enclosed, and generally be in keeping with the scale of the space. Continue reading “Regent’s Park café front garden”