17 April 2014
Britain’s Prince of Wales’ gardening tips will be revealed in a new book.
‘Highgrove: A Garden Celebrated’ will take readers inside the gardens of Prince Charles and his wife Duchess Camilla’s country home in Gloucestershire, south west England and offer tips on how to recreate certain features, such as the Sundial and Carpet gardens, at their own homes.
The new book – which comes with photographs of the house and garden – is a joint project authored both by the Prince of Wales himself and landscape architect Bunny Guinness, who helped to build the gardens up from nothing.
The 65-year-old royal has spoken about the increasingly industrialised approach to gardening and farming and confessed he prefers more traditional methods.
He told the Daily Telegraph newspaper: “I minded terribly the more I though about things, the endless use of chemicals and in the long term felt that this was unsustainable.
“I wanted to restore lost habitats and plant lots of hedgerows and trees to heal the landscape.”
The heir-to-the-throne added that he will continue to dabble in his hobby until he is no longer able.
He said: “I have put my heart and soul into Highgrove and I will continue to do so while I can … My enduring hope is that those who visit the garden may find something to inspire, excite, fascinate or soothe them.”
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