Bosquet de la Reine, Ornamental grove in Palace of Versailles gardens, France

The Bosquet de la Reine is a formal grove in the gardens of Versailles, bounded by the allée du Mail to the south, the allée de l'Été to the west and the allée de Cérès-et-de-Flore to the north, with an entrance at each corner. A straight pale gravel path runs between low clipped hedges, with taller trimmed trees behind them, and opens onto a circular grass clearing ringed by gravel paths and dark green trees. At its heart stand the Faune au chevreau and four busts, set in niches including the Gladiateur combattant by Nicolas Coustou (1683) and a Minerve.

The grove occupies the site of the Labyrinth built in 1669 and destroyed around 1775, after which it was replaced by the present bosquet. Its fountains date from the end of the 19th century. In the early 2020s the grove was replanted to recover the botanical richness associated with Marie-Antoinette, with about 350 trees and 50 varieties of roses.

The grove's name refers to Marie-Antoinette, in whose honour the early-2020s replanting aimed to recover the plant richness and botanical diversity she had imagined. The redesign introduced about 350 trees and 50 varieties of roses, including a Virginia tulip tree and a Byzantine hazel.

The grove lies between the allée du Mail to the south, the allée de l'Été to the west and the allée de Cérès-et-de-Flore to the north, with an entrance at each of its four corners. The bassin de Bacchus stands at the north-west corner. Paths are gravel and the ground is flat, so the whole grove can be walked on foot.

The grove occupies the site of the Labyrinth built in 1669 and destroyed around 1775, whose fountains told Aesop's fables. Its own fountains date only from the late 19th century. The early-2020s replanting added about 350 trees and 50 rose varieties, including a Virginia tulip tree and a Byzantine hazel.