There’s a backyard modelled off the King’s Highgrove Backyard.
The Chelsea Flower Present 2026 formally opens on Tuesday (Picture: Getty)
The RHS Chelsea Flower Present is again and King Charles has given horticulturists and green-fingered followers a glance into his backyard at Highgrove Home. GB Information royal correspondent Cameron Walker attended the present forward of opening and confirmed help to the King.
Reporting to the newsroom, the journalist stated he noticed fairly a number of celebrities on the venue, together with Joanna Lumley, Brian Might and Alan Titchmarsh. He added: “We hear David Beckham is on his manner. That’s as a result of the King himself has a backyard right here, on the Chelsea Flower Present this yr. The King’s Basis Curious Backyard – it is extremely crowded. The entire level of it, his intention is to encourage the nation to find the enjoyment of getting inquisitive about gardening and I am instructed younger individuals particularly is what the King’s Basis actually desires to encourage.”
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The backyard consists of different key options akin to a stupendous oak constructing representing a “museum of curiosities”, delphiniums grown by the RHS celebrating the King being patron of the Delphinium Society and their prominence at his Highgrove backyard.
Cameron added :”The entire backyard is modelled off of his backyard at Highgrove Home in Gloucestershire. With a bit little bit of David Beckham thrown in right here, there’re seven raised beds – a nod to the quantity seven on David Beckham’s England shirt – and in addition, there’s an precise beehive. That is as a result of David Beckham and the King each share love of beekeeping.
“The Chelsea Flower Present is right here all week, there are a number of gardens to have a look at, it’s a kind of nice British traditions as we come to the early elements of summer season.”
The five-day horticultural occasion is ready to be jam-packed with followers, however the correspondent issued a warning to those that are attending the present within the coming days, saying: “Fingers crossed it [the weather] stays dry, it was lovely this morning however it’s beginning to get a bit bit stormy now. However it needs to be a terrific time out to those that love gardening. In the event you love gardening, that is definitely the place to be for the following few days. It is completely packed already.”
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