Several drafts for the "Schlossgarten" (Palace Garden) were presented, which were not realized for financial reasons and were later never completed due to the troubled political situation. The plan presented by Domenico Egidio Rossi around 1700 already showed a garden complex in the French style. His successor made an effort to focus on the heart of the expensive project, however at the same time to reduce it to a more modest scale.
The "Pagodenburg" (Pagoda Castle) built under Margravine Sibylla Augusta in 1722 and the copy of a Chapel of Grace (Gnadenkapelle) of the "Wallfahrtskirche" (Pilgrimage Church) in the Swiss town of Einsiedel have been preserved in their original form until today.
It was first under Margrave Carl Friedrich of Baden-Durlach (1738-1811) that the Palace Garden was realized in 1772 according to plans of Franz Ignaz Krohmer. When Rastatt was expanded to a federal fortress in 1842, the garden area was released for military exercises.
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In the early 20th century a modern public garden was laid out on the area according to the drafts of Max Laeuger (1864-1952). It suffered under constant remodeling measures and was finally abandoned completely.
Palace Garden with rebates and pergola.
When it was no longer possible to reconstruct the old baroque garden, a decision was made for a redesign, which was completed in 1988. A formal garden section was laid out according to plans by Gunar Martinsson, which, for example, takes up traditions like hedges and is structured with simple pergolas and pavilions. In addition, there is a landscape garden with free-growing trees and a large meadow area. The old axis between Rastatt and Ettlingen Palaces marks the transition between the two sections of the park.