13/10/2026
🌿👑 Did you know that King Charles III has spent over 40 years creating his very own garden paradise?
And trust me, this is no ordinary royal garden!
🌳 Topiary with personality! Discover beautifully clipped trees and hedges transformed into wonderful shapes, including birds and other animals. These living sculptures bring a playful touch to the royal landscape.
🌺 Spectacular rhododendrons! In spring, these magnificent shrubs burst into colour, creating gorgeous displays of pink, purple and other vibrant shades.
🏆 An award-winning garden from the Chelsea Flower Show! One of Highgrove’s treasures is the extraordinary Carpet Garden, inspired by Turkish carpets inside Highgrove House. Designed by Emma Clark, it features intricate geometric patterns, colourful planting and beautiful Islamic-inspired details. The garden won a Silver-Gilt Medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show before finding its permanent home at Highgrove.
🌿 The mysterious Stumpery! A magical woodland garden filled with old tree stumps, ferns, mosses and winding paths. It feels almost like stepping into a fairytale!
🌼 The Wildflower Meadow! A wonderful example of King Charles’s passion for nature, where wildflowers, orchids and wildlife flourish in a more natural landscape.
💚 What makes Highgrove truly special is that these gardens reflect the King’s personal vision, combining traditional British gardening, artistic creativity and organic principles.
📍 Highgrove Gardens, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire.
✨ Which would you most love to see — the animal-shaped topiary, colourful rhododendrons or the award-winning Carpet Garden?
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