Travel Guide to Highgrove. How To Visit Prince Charles's Stunning Gardens
Ultimate Nature Travel at Highgrove!
Gardens have long been the places of inspiration among artists due to its natural canvass of a gorgeous blooms, poetic environment and a dramatic scenery of nature.
Today, not only artists are drawn to the magic and serenity of a garden trip but also travelers who love nature and blooms.
Travelers began appreciating the beauty of a peaceful and amazing world through an exciting garden trip.
The world has so much to give when it comes to nature. It's never short of the things that amaze us. Including stunning gardens.
One of these beautiful destinations of blooms and greenery that we should be putting in our travel bucket list is the royal Highgrove. Yeah, that's Prince Charles's private estate!
Highgrove Travel
Highgrove estate is a private property of His Royal Highness, Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales. Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England.
It has been His Royal Highness country residence since 1981, and his most favorite among his residences. It's in Highgrove where he could be most of himself: a passionate environmentalist.
Highgrove has the most charming atmosphere of nature. Scenic and sustainable. Well tended, and royally cultivated with special consideration to the environment.
Its sweeping view of nature, greenery and spectacular gardens made it an ideal place to visit for nature lovers and environmental advocates. It is a perfect model of sustainability and clean energy, powered by solar panels and heated by wood chip boiler.
It offers a haven of relaxation, a peaceful escape, the best retreat for a tired mind and body. Its walled gardens provide a scenic sanctuary during heavy days to de-stress.
The estate is a great study to learn about taking care of our environment. Prince Charles is a climate change advocate, a devoted environmentalist and nature conservationist. It has long been his crusade to preserve a healthy planet.
It's no surprise Highgrove runs according to his environmental principles: all organic, pesticide-free and has a waste disposal system that filtered and recycled wastes so that none will go to the landfills.
This is an ultimate royal nature adventure to one of the most stunning sustainable estates in the world.
Great nature destination
Highgrove is a perfect destination for nature lovers and environmental advocates and those who adored modern gardening and greenery.
It has beautiful, artistic gardens personally cultivated and supervised by Prince Charles (he cultivated most of the species), an organic tea room where fresh organic meals and desserts are served, and souvenir shops.
Travelers will also see the childhood playground of Prince William and Prince Harry called the Stumpery where a tree house was built in 1987.
A trip to Highgrove offers a glimpse of who is Prince Charles in private: a passionate conservationist whose concerns towards nature transformed Highgrove into one of the most jaw-dropping country homes with fairytale gardens in the world. Innovative, gorgeous, elegant, dreamy and awe-inspiring!
Guests will be able to see his countryside home, a three-storey Georgian mansion with kitchen walled garden, nine bedrooms and six bathrooms.
The mansion was renovated into a neo-classical architecture with a semi-wilderness corner where a treehouse built for the young Prince William and Prince Harry stood.
The Royal Highgrove
Let's get to know this elegant royal country home of the Prince of Wales and see why travelers need to make this one of an ultimate travel goals. The massive opulent gardens which are unique in the world. The details of the tour how to get there.
Prince Charles purchased this property in 1980, shortly before he started dating Lady Diana Spencer. Since 1980, it has become his country residence. Over the years, he developed Highgrove into one of the most sustainable country estates in the world.
He loves country living and has been known to personally cultivate plants and bed of flowers in the estate with the help of known gardeners in England.
By the time he married Diana in 1981, Highgrove undergone a massive renovation and Diana integrated her personal touch on the Georgian mansion by hiring her favorite interior designer.
Prince Charles, a known nature conservationist, wanted to make Highgrove his personal homage to the environment. So he cultivated a home farm that's purely organic, planted vegetables, wildflower meadows and modern gardens.
Highgrove welcomes visitors when the Prince of Wales is not in residence. Guided tour packages are available to plan and book a visit to Highgrove.
Highgrove Garden Tour
Highgrove is open to the public for a visit on a guided tour. However, for the rest of 2020 due to the pandemic, the property is close. Its operation will resume in 2021 starting Springtime until Autumn.
Here's how the guided tours at Highgrove are arranged for tourists. All tour packages will bring guests to the massive Royal Gardens at Highgrove, Stumpery, Thyme walk, Organic Tea Room, and Royal Souvenir Shops.
1. Individual Garden Tour
Explore the Royal Gardens at Highgrove through one of Prince Charles's expert garden tour guides. Tour includes a visit to the elegant English cottage gardens of the Prince of Wales, intimate insight into Prince Charles's life and his passion about gardening and the environment. Tour price starts at £27.50
2. Champagne Tea Tour
Limited to an intimate group, this package is guided by one of His Royal Highness's expert guides around Highgrove. One way of exploring the Royal Gardens at Highgrove.
The sites to be visited are Stumpery, a greenery corner where the treehouse built for Prince William and Prince Harry stood, Chelsea Flower Show carpet gardens. Tour package starts at £79.95.
3. Private Tour
Private garden tour package is for guests who want an exclusive group tour for a special event or celebration.
This is booked via the Highgrove events team with exclusive arrangement. Price starts at £450.00
4. Group Garden Tour
This tour package has two groups: A group of 26 and a group of 52. The price for a group garden tour of 26 persons starts at £400.
While a group of 52 has a fixed rate of £2,181.40 with a free two-course delicious lunch consisting of organic meals freshly prepared from His Royal Highness's Home Farm. It is served at the orchard tea room before the tour begins.
Other Areas To Visit
Orchard Tea Room - a dining area on the Highgrove estate. It is where guests can enjoy a selection of fabulous organic meals and desserts prepared by the High Royal Highness's estate chef. Apart from Tea, drinks like wine and champagne are also available.
The dining room is surrounded by original paintings of the Prince of Wales. Meals and refreshments at the Orchard Tea Room are prepared from the finest local ingredients and products from Prince Charles's Home Farm, organic and fresh.
For details about Orchard Tea Room, check here
Estate Souvenir's Shop - The shop offers an extensive collection of artisan products, home and gardening tools and garden ware, selection of Prince Charles's artworks and selections of pieces exclusively designed for Highgrove.
Sustainability is the framework of Highgrove, all products are environmental-friendly and organic. The shop also sells organic food and preserves. Highgrove Estate has online shop.
How To Get There?
Highgrove is located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England. There's no public transport going to Highgrove estate. For details how to go to Highgrove from England, check Direction going to Highgrove
Plan a Visit
Highgrove offers guided tour packages and will reopen its doors to travelers next year, 2021, starting Spring.
The onslaught of coronavirus continues to devastate almost all nations in the world, everything is not yet back to normal and travel restrictions are still put in place.
Best Time To Visit Highgrove
To make the most of your Highgrove visit. Book a trip at Springtime - April to May, and Autumn season - September to October. It's where Highgrove gardens are at its loveliest and most gorgeous due to the brilliant colors of blooms that highlight the season.
Bookings at Highgrove will be announced at its website (check below link).
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For more information about visiting Highgrove, visit its official website: Highgrove Gardens
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