Despite “no experience” of gardening under his belt, King Charles managed to transform his beautiful Gloucestershire estate into an organic and wildlife-rich oasis
When King Charles bought Highgrove House in 1980, it marked the beginning of a life-long passion project that not only tapped into his love of nature, but also provided him with a rural retreat away from the formality of London life.
“I knew I wanted to take care of the place in a very personal way and to leave it, one day, in a far better condition than I had found it,” he once said. “This was unlikely to be very difficult because everything was pretty dishevelled and run-down anyway!” “One of my great joys is to see the pleasure that the garden can bring to many of the visitors, and that everybody seems to find some part of it that is special to them,” he has said
There are other, equally enchanting gardens to explore at Highgrove. The Carpet Garden, based around a dazzling mosaic-embellished fountain, is a riot of colour that was inspired by the patterns on two Turkish rugs owned by the King. As well as being a retreat for the monarch and his wife, Highgrove was also a haven for Charles’ sons William and Harry in their younger years.
Writing in his memoir Spare, Harry reveals that, in the years following his mother’s death, he and his brother would escape to Highgrove’s substantial cellar.
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