The enormous garden surrounding the Palace, which spreads over 200 hectares (490 acres), has been laid out in different design according to fashions over the years. These days - since the early 19th century - it has followed the English style, and is home to long green lawns, water features, a lake and a canal.

The Nymphenburg Palace Park (Schlosspark Nymphenburg) in Munich, Germany, covers approximately 490 acres (about 200 hectares). This vast green space is one of the largest and most significant examples of landscape gardening in Germany, seamlessly blending the formal French Baroque style with the more natural English landscape garden style. The park's centerpiece is the massive Central Canal, which stretches for over a kilometer and is famous for its resident swans. Beyond the main palace building, the 490 acres contain several "park palaces" or pavilions, such as the Amalienburg (a world-famous Rococo hunting lodge), the Badenburg (a bath house), and the Pagodenburg. Much of the park is wooded, featuring winding paths, hidden statues, and two large lakes (the Badenburger See and the Pagodenburger See). It serves as a major recreational area for the citizens of Munich and is a designated protected landscape. To walk the perimeter of the park takes roughly 90 minutes to two hours, highlighting the sheer scale of this former summer residence of the Bavarian monarchs.