Queen: Palace 'recalculating' jubilee plans says Bond

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Next year will mark the Queen’s 70th year on the throne and the UK will celebrate the milestone with a four-day Bank Holiday weekend in the summer of 2022. Although this bank holiday might host the biggest celebrations, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee will be marked through a variety of events throughout the year.

And one of the most impressive events is expected to be hosted by the Tower of London, with its superbloom display.

In Spring next year more than 20 million seeds will be sown in the moat of the Tower.

This will create a vibrant field of flowers from June 1 to September 18, 2022.

The display mirrors the poignant field of 888,246 ceramic poppies which were installed in the moat to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War in 2014.

Carefully designed seed mixes will see new colours and patterns blooming throughout the summer.

Paths weaving their way through the blooms will allow visitors to wander through the field to admire the display from the ground.

How can you buy tickets to see the Superbloom installation?

Tickets went on sale from December 6 – and you can buy them from www.hrp.org.uk.

Adult tickets to see the superbloom from the moat start from £10.

You can see the display for free from the viewing path on Tower Hill, but you will still need to book these tickets in advance.

The plants have been chosen not only for their beauty but also for their eco-credentials.

These plants will attract bees, butterflies and other pollinators to help create “a new biodiverse habitat for wildlife.”

Sound installations and sculptural elements have been specially commissioned throughout the display.

Historic Royal Palaces said: “Superbloom will bring a spectacular natural beauty to the urban space and introduce a new biodiverse habitat for wildlife.

“It will celebrate the value of nature for our wellbeing.”

Will the display be permanent?

This “Superbloom” marks the first stage of a permanent transformation of the moat into a new natural landscape in the heart of the Capital.

This won’t be the first time the moat has been transformed into a garden.

To mark the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977 the moat featured a garden display.

Although the moat was initially designed in the 13th century to defend the tower, it has since had a variety of uses.

It was once a medical orchard and then a grazing ground for livestock during the Victorian era after the Duke of Wellington drained the moat and more recently it was used as allotments during the Second World War.

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