EXCLUSIVE: King Charles has had a passion for gardening since he was a young child planting vegetables with Princess Anne - and if he had the choice, it's how he'd spend the last years of his life
From planting vegetables as a child alongside his sister, Princess Anne, to his magnificent reinvention of Highgrove, our green-fingered monarch has been a lifelong pioneer of gardening.So said our King, back in 2018, as he mused on how – had he not been born into arguably the world’s most famous family – he would choose to spend his twilight years.
His grandmother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, was an early influence and Charles has recalled how he would, as a child, enjoy the “wonderful garden” at the Royal Lodge, her residence in Windsor Great Park. A passion project for more than four decades, Charles has described Highgrove as “one very small attempt to heal the appalling short-sighted damage done to the soil, the landscape and our souls”.
Throughout his life, Charles has always been eager to provide the public with better access to nature. Acknowledging that many people were “beset with anxiety”, he said, “This link between gardens and our health has never been more relevant. During these times the beneficial effects of gardens and green spaces have never been more apparent.”“Camilla is very green-fingered, a real country woman,” says George Plumptre, CEO of the National Garden Scheme, of which the King is Patron. “They share that love of conservation.
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