Private Garden of the Winter Palace, Private garden beside Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia

The Private Garden of the Winter Palace is a rectangular green space with trees and shrubs, connected to the palace entrance by a cobbled drive. A high wall topped with railings encloses the entire area and separates it from the surrounding public spaces.

The garden was created in 1896 on the parade ground beneath the windows of Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II, who wanted privacy for her children. Landscape architect Georg Kuphaldt, director of Riga's city gardens, designed it. A high wall with railings was demolished in 1920, and the garden was destroyed on 1 May 1920 during a "Lenin" subbotnik involving 7,000 workers.

The garden was closed to the public; a sentry stood watch by the railing. Its fence, chosen by Nicholas II in 1897 from a design by Roman Meltzer, imitated Rastrelli's baroque style with acanthus leaves, imperial monograms and the state emblem. Made in 1899, it won the Grand Prix at the 1900 Paris World's Fair.

The garden was destroyed on 1 May 1920 during a volunteer clean-up; only its trees and fountain survive, the fountain rebuilt in 2007–2008. Eight railing sections were moved in 1925–1926 to the 9th of January Garden on Stachek Avenue, where their proportions were altered. The site is now a public lawn between Palace Square and the Neva.

The garden's cast-iron railing, designed by Roman Meltzer in a style echoing Rastrelli's baroque, won the Grand Prix at the 1900 Paris World's Fair. Its acanthus-leaf pattern framed the imperial monograms and the state emblem. Eight sections were later moved to the 9th of January Garden on Stachek Avenue, where the bases were set lower, altering the proportions.