It represents an extension of the palace grounds to the north, serves the people as a local holiday spot and is regularly used for events.

The typical Karlsruhe shape which resembles a folding fan can only be partially found in the Schlossgarten.

In direct vicinity of the palace garden you can find the Campus Süd of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the German Federal Constitutional Court.

An artificial valley could be seen from a terrace and has been preserved along with a cave until today, as it now borders the orangery [de].

On the occasion of the Bundesgartenschau in 1967, the palace garden was renovated and further developed in the style of an English landscape park.

For this purpose, a wooden pavilion designed by Jürgen Mayer was erected as a temporary building among other things.

There are large meadows and numerous groups of trees, a lake and the 2.7 km (1.7 mi) long palace garden railway.

With its size, central location and neat design, it regularly serves as a venue for events, some of them large and lasting several days: