New Garden, Garden monument in northern Potsdam, Germany

The New Garden is a 102.5-hectare park in northern Potsdam bordering the Heiliger See and Jungfernsee lakes. Laid out from 1787 by Johann August Eyserbeck, it is divided into fairly separate garden sections with small architectural pieces rather than broad lawns. The Marmorpalais (1787–1792) by Carl von Gontard and Carl Gotthard Langhans stands on the grounds, and Peter Joseph Lenné redesigned the park from 1816 with wide paths and sightlines toward the Pfaueninsel, Glienicke, Babelsberg and Sacrow.

A Prussian ruler commissioned this park in the late 1700s, drawing inspiration from English garden design traditions popular at that time. Over the following decades the site expanded with new buildings and further landscaping work.

The garden displays royal residences from different periods of Prussian rule, showing how each building reflected the tastes and power of its time. Visitors walking through can observe how the spaces were designed for royal life and leisure.

The grounds are freely accessible during daylight hours from multiple entry points around the perimeter. There are many walking paths throughout that allow visitors to explore at their own pace and enjoy the different areas.

The palace kitchen at the Marmorpalais was built in the form of a partially buried temple ruin, and the ice cellar took the shape of a pyramid. Neither design served any practical purpose; Carl Gotthard Langhans and Andreas Ludwig Krüger dressed these utility buildings in borrowed ancient styles, reflecting Frederick William II's Rosicrucian leanings.