The gardens surrounding the huge building complex represented the finishing touch in the creation of Frederiksborg Castle. Christian IV had his own garden, but in 1720 J. Krieger was commissioned to create a new Castle garden. The pleasure palace was demolished to make way for a stunning Baroque garden, which as the style of the age dictated was symmetrically constructed with perfectly straight hedges.

From the end of the 18th century the Baroque Garden became run down and was not recreated until the 1990s. The lowest plateaus in the garden contain the royal monograms for Frederik IV, Frederik V, Christian VI and Margrethe II, designed in closely trimmed hedges surrounded by dome-shaped box trees. These are the four monarchs, under whom the complex has existed: from Fredrik IV’s creation of the garden to its recreation in Queen Margrethe’s time.

Next to the Baroque Garden, nestled within the Landscape Garden, lies the Bath House Castle. Built in the late 16th century, this small pleasure palace acquired its present interior under King Frederik VII, who used it as a private retreat.

The historic interiors offer a rare glimpse into court life in the mid-19th century. The Bath House Castle is not normally open to the public, but Frederiksborg occasionally opens its doors as part of the guided tour series Fabulous Frederiksborg (in Danish).