Headline Show Garden: A Garden Fit for a King
Awarded Gold, designed by Paul Stone
‘A Garden Fit for a King’ offers a stunning take on gardening for the future. In this year of the coronation, this beautiful space will celebrate The HM King Charles III’s passion for gardening and his concern for the environment. Visitors will be inspired by sustainable initiatives that the King has integrated into the renowned gardens at Highgrove.
Talks on the garden
Don’t miss exclusive talks from the garden each day, with Paul Stone, hosted by Nicki Chapman and with some very special guests:
Thursday 15 June – Alan Titchmarsh at 11:15am
Friday 16 June – Monty Don at 3:30pm
Saturday 17 June – Frances Tophill at 12:15pm
Sunday 18 June – Adam Frost at 12:15pm
The inspiration behind the garden:
This beautiful manifestation of the King’s ideology, will be a Show Garden inspired by the ecosystem of the Highgrove Arboretum, incorporating a natural wildflower carpet interspersed with the King’s favourite trees, Magnolia, Beech, Acer and Cherry. The Show Garden will pay homage to a selection of the 70 varieties of plants incorporated in the commemorative wildflower meadow planted at Highgrove for the 60th anniversary of the late HM The Queen’s Coronation.
Visitors will be inspired to create their own ecosystem at home from aspects of the Show Garden There will be many recognisable hints to Highgrove, plus an atmospheric Bothy cottage made entirely from natural building materials, which visitors will be able to meander through as part of the garden experience.