The King’s Foundation at Highgrove

At Highgrove, The King’s Foundation offers education courses, programmes and workshops focused on heritage and craft skills. Our programmes are modelled on the work that takes place at our charity headquarters and main education campus, Dumfries House in Ayrshire, Scotland.

We have specialist education workshops situated in the grounds of the Highgrove estate, some of which are housed in a beautiful restored 17th-century Cotswolds farmhouse.

Students live and work on site, and have the opportunity to take inspiration from Highgrove Gardens in their designs.

All tuition and living costs are covered by The King’s Foundation, giving students the freedom to become immersed in their studies and the landscape at Highgrove.

The majority of our courses are aimed at graduates with an existing specialism, but we also offer a range of shorter and day courses aimed at those with less experience.

If you have any general enquiries about studying at Highgrove, please email us at highgrove@kings-foundation.org

Highgrove Traditional Crafts is based at Street Farm Workshops, located near the entrance of Highgrove Gardens

A range of workshops take place for beginners through to advanced learners

The focus of the training programmes is to support industry through skills provision

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