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Queen Mary's Gardens
Queen Mary's Gardens is located inside the Inner Circle of Regents Park and was created in the 1930s, bringing that part of the park into use by the general public for the first time.
The site had originally been used as a plant nursery and had later been leased to the Royal Botanic Society. There are still some of the original pear trees in the gardens which supplied fruit to the London Market in the early 1800s. But Queen Mary's Gardens is maybe most Famous for its beautiful rose gardens with almost every rose in existence and the beautiful Triton Fountain.
Within the gardens stands Mary Queen of Scots House, a museum and visitor centre, refurbished in 1987 - the 400th anniversary of the death of Mary Stuart, which tells the story of the life of the tragic queen.
Queen Mary's Gardens is also where the Open Air Theatre is located which is a permanent venue with a three to four month summer season. Each season typically consists of a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream a second Shakespeare play, a musical and a children's show, performed in rotation. Frequently members of the cast are in many if not all of the productions for a season. The theatre boasts to have one of the longest bars in any theatre in London - stretching the entire length of the seating. The bar serves full meals from an hour and a half before performances begin as well as during the interval. A BBQ is also provided as well as a picnic lawn with tables for the audience to bring their own food.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Mary's_Gardens)
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