King Charles to make huge changes to Sandringham estate for new ‘eco project’
King Charles has announced plans to rip up the lawn at his Sandringham Estate to make room for a new ‘eco-project’.
The 74-year-old previously said he hoped to make a ‘climate-friendly Topiary Garden’ in a bid to boost the estate's biodiversity.
The ‘eco-project’ is set to include more than 5,000 healing Yew tree hedging plants.
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The King plans to introduce a mix of over 4,000 herbaceous plants including echinacea, flox and delphinium with a feature of yellow and pink roses in the centre of the design.
The lawn has previously been used to grow crops for the 'Dig for Victory' campaign during World War Two.
It was also converted into an elegant partitioned garden known as a Parterre back in the 1800s.
More recently the large and manicured lawn was host to garden parties.
A statement from the estate read: "This area of the garden will now have a decorative aspect and bring increased naturalistic planting to the area to improve biodiversity.
"In recent years, with changing weather patterns the current expanse of lawn has been affected by warm weather and excessive rainfall.
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"The newly developed garden will introduce new species that are more robust, hardy and better able to withstand the impact of emerging weather patterns."
Works for the new garden will start from January 23 and should be finished in May.
The award-winning landscape designers Landform will transform the acre to be friendly for pollinators, with the hope that other creatures will enjoy the space too.
A gravel maze of paths will be established for the Royal Family and the many visitors to the estate to enjoy the new feature.
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The King has already made his mark on the estate since taking over the running of the 20,000 acres from his late father Prince Philip in 2017.
A stalwart supporter of its annual flower show, the monarch has also overseen the roll-out of organic farming methods, the planting of hedgerows and measures to encourage wildlife such as the threatened curlew.
The estate will still be open for visitors during the work, which has been a much-loved location for the Royal Family since 1862.
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