Dutch Garden
The Dutch Garden is one of the more formally laid out parts of the Valley Gardens and sits directly below the Orangery and Stonehenge.
The Garden is particularly known for its statuary, in particular the statue of Prometheus, which sits at the centre of the flowerbeds and set to a backdrop of a small cascade, which features a lion statue lying at its peak. The garden's entrance is flanked by a pair of cherubs that represent the continents of Africa and Asia, set a short distance in front of a sundial.
Heritage
It is likely that the Dutch Garden was laid out at around the same time as the neighbouring Conservatories, but possibly predates the Orangery, which now forms an important element of the Dutch Garden's backdrop.
Then and Now
Then (c. 1930s): 
Now (2020):
The Dutch Garden is somewhat unusual, in that more of the original statues feature in the garden today than appeared in the photo from the 1930s guide book.
In the 1920s, the Dutch Gardens lost much of its statuary, but many of the missing statues have been returned or replicated within the Garden since the 1990s.
By contrast, the planting of the garden is much more restrained today. Most older photos of the garden show an explosion of greenery throughout the Dutch Garden, which would have no doubt been awash with colour when it was at its peak.
