Garden Highlights
Highgrove Gardens comprise a varied collection of landscapes, from the genteel environs of the Sundial Garden to the unstructured beauty of the Wildflower Meadow. There is much to discover in this extraordinary collection, a garden over 35 years in the making, created with passion, vision and dedication by HM King Charles III.
The gardens encapsulate the unique ambience of Highgrove and showcase its rich variety of landscaping and flora and fauna.
The enchanting Kitchen Garden depicts a medley of fruit and stunning colours
The Carpet Garden is an exquisite, exotic site filled with heavenly scents
The pool in the Lily Pool Garden provides year round water for visiting birds
The Kitchen Garden
Highgrove’s Kitchen Garden is a perfect example of a highly productive but beautifully ornamental walled garden, offering something to see throughout the year. From the moment you step through the gate, you find yourself enticed along one of the many paths forming the bones of this vital garden.
THE ARBORETUM
The Arboretum is an area of the garden that has been developed since 1992. Numerous varieties of acer, beech and cherry trees have been planted and have now grown, as well as magnolias, which are a particular favourite of His Majesty.
THE STUMPERY
A verdant landscape of tree stumps, ferns and wood-carved sculptures awaits you in The Stumpery, one of the most distinctive areas of the estate. Inspired by Victorian gardening techniques, the Stumpery is filled with points of interest; a thatched tree house, a National Collection of hostas and an exquisite oak temple, to name just a few.
COTTAGE GARDEN
A glorious scheme inspired by the colours of Tibet meets a more traditional English style in this idyllic garden, planted with a mixture of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants. Featuring spring and autumn-flowering bulbs, the Cottage Garden delights throughout the year and houses a charming oak summer house, co-designed by HM The King Charles III.
SUNDIAL GARDEN
With a stone sundial at its centre, box hedging and beds planted with blue, pink and purple delphiniums, this elegant garden encapsulates the classic country estate aesthetic. Beautifully vibrant during the summer months, the garden takes on a more ethereal quality during the winter, when willow sculptures act as the garden’s focal point.
Thyme Walk
Experience a more contemporary side of the Gardens at Highgrove along the Thyme Walk. This gracious avenue features some twenty varieties of thyme, interspersed with golden marjoram and primroses. Its pleasing symmetry is enhanced by a collection of yew trees, clipped into bold, geometric shapes, while the main lawn is edged with a striking topiary yew hedge, designed by Sir Roy Strong.
WILDFLOWER MEADOW
Enjoy one of the most picturesque aspects of Highgrove at the Wildflower Meadow, which stretches out across 4 acres in front of the house. Complementing the Georgian building with its rambling natural beauty, the meadow transforms with the seasons and nurtures a mix of wildflowers and trees, including a National Collection of beech.
