as a team of garden tour guides are preparing to explain to visitors. when guests come in and have the opportunity to see the herbaceous border, it s 156 metres long and has exotic plants such as banana trees and strawberry trees, as well as buddleias and sweet peas and foxgloves as well. they ll also be able to see plane trees planted by queen victoria and prince albert themselves, and also you have a great view of the lake. it s three and a half acres, 3 million gallons of water, and they ll see five of our beehives on the main island as well. the palace bees produce 160 jars of honey every year, which are served at royal functions. every week, flowers are picked from this border to make a posy which is placed on her majesty s desk. final preparations are under way for tomorrow s opening. buckingham palace, like every other uk tourist attraction, has been badly hit by the pandemic. it wasn t open at all last year. this year, there are far fewer foreign tourists and the numbers allowe