History of the Royal Gardens / The Royal Castle in Warsaw

The most important element of the Royal Castle Gardens are hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), which originated from pre-war times. Nearly 80 trees survived in war and formed the basis for the historical reconstruction of the whole garden complex. The gravestones date back to 1937. The hedges reach the height of 6.5 m and are the habitat of many species of protected birds: freckle (Sylvia curruca), blackbird (Turdus merula), singer (Turdus philomelos), bell (Chloris chloris), drover (Hippolais icterina) ), magpie (Pica pica), crow (Corvus cornix).
In addition, the gardens are planted with ornamental cherries (Prunus cerrasifera), ash-leaf clones (Acer negundo), small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata), poplar (Populus alba), which form loose vegetative plantations that do not form geometrical forms.

In the Upper Castle Garden, in the revalorisation process completed in 2015, 88 spherical maples (Acer platanoides 'Globosum') were planted into containers painted in royal royal colors. In addition, the garden was filled with boxwood hedges (Buxus sempervirens) arranged in dense lodgings or intricate patterns referring to the Baroque. The length of boxwood hedges is over 2350 mb. There were also boxwood and yew (Taxus baccata) in the form of balls. The lodges designated by boxwood hedges are filled with seasonal flowers (Tulipa sp., Myosotis sp., Bellis sp., Lilium sp., Tagetes sp., Canna sp., Cosmos sp., Dalium sp., Begonia sp., Salvia sp., Coreopsis sp., Chrysanthemum sp.) And perennials (Hemerocallis sp., Rudbeckia sp., Astlibe sp., Brunnera sp., Pulmonaria sp., Digitalis sp.).
In the Upper Garden there are also four sandstone vases, planted with compositions from seasonal plants (Ipomea sp., Helichrysum sp., Pelargonia sp.).

Noteworthy is also the collection of discount roses from the KORDES, TANTAU and MEILLAND collections ('Gospel', 'Leonardo da Vinci'. 'Madamme Anisette', 'Chippendale') and the 'Duftfestival'.

The Lower Garden, in which there is a historical grave, is currently undergoing revalorisation (reconstruction). Graby has been supplemented with more than 1,300 pieces of new hornbeam blocks (Carpinus betulus) and beech (Fagus sylvatica) forming new rows up to 3.5 m high. In addition, shiny cotoneaster (Cotoneater lucidus) and over 60 species of perennials and almost as many plant species will be planted. seasonal.
Completion of works is planned for June 2019.

The entire area of the Royal Castle Gardens is within the reach of the NATURA 2000 area, the so-called The basin of the Central Vistula. This is an area of special bird protection established because it is one of the ten most important breeding grounds in Poland of two species of birds threatened by extinction in the European Union: the common tern (Sterna hirundo) and the white-fronted tern (Sterna albifrons)


The Gardens are available:

10 a.m. – 8 p.m. (May 2nd – September 30th)

10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (October 1st – April 30th) NOTICE! During the winter season only the Lower Garden is available.

Entry free of charge

The Gardens are open during holidays, in which the Castle is closed