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Garden Tours take place on selected dates between April and September 2024

Join one of our experienced guides on a tour to discover the history, inspiration, and unique organic management behind this incredible series of gardens.

During your visit, you will be able to visit the Highgrove Shop at The Coronation Pavilion, where you’ll find a selection of bespoke Highgrove products, from  beautiful home and garden ware to country attire   and  artwork by His Majesty The King . The  Orchard Room will also be open to visitors after their garden tour and will be offering refreshments, both savoury and sweet, including hot and cold drinks.

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Dine in the glorious setting of the Orchard Room

Browse the Highgrove Shop at The Coronation Pavilion for a range of artisan products

Join a group of up to 26 guests, led by one of our experienced guides, on a tour of the extraordinary and inspiring Gardens at Highgrove.

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A truly memorable experience, Champagne Tea Tours allow visitors to explore the Gardens in a small group and afterwards enjoy afternoon tea with Highgrove Champagne.

Something extra special – an exclusive tour for private parties to experience the beautiful gardens of Their Majesties The King Charles III and The Queen Camilla.

Looking for something extra special? We offer exclusive Champagne Tea Tours for private parties, creating a truly personal way to experience Highgrove.

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Designed for coach parties of up to 26 people, this tour of the inspirational Gardens at Highgrove is led by one of our experienced guides and is exclusive to your party.

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The Orchard Room is a waiter serviced dining area where guests can enjoy a selection of meals and refreshments.

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Tetbury's Highgrove Gardens reopens for 2023 tours

Discover the history, inspiration and special organic management behind The Royal Gardens at Highgrove when it reopens to the public this March 2023.

Experience  Highgrove Gardens in all its spring glory when the grounds of the beautiful stately home reopen to visitors for another year - with tickets on sale now!

Horticulture fans from across the county have the rare opportunity to explore the private gardens of His Majesty King Charles III and The Queen Consort, taking in the rich variety of flora and fauna on display. 

Visitors can take part in a one and a half hour group garden tour, led by one of Highgrove's experienced guides, seeing everything from the other-worldly Stumpery and whimsical Thyme Walk to the Chelsea award-winning Carpet Garden; indulge in an unforgettable Champagne Tea Tour; or even treat themselves to a private garden tour, for a more exclusive experience. 

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After perusing the grounds, guests can choose to dine in the Orchard Room, providing sweet and savoury refreshments such as the Highgrove cream tea, sausage rolls and cheddar scones, or pay a visit the Highgrove shop, where they can find a selection of bespoke products, food and drinks, as well as special edition artworks to take home. 

Spring Walks are available from Wednesday 8 to Thursday 30 March 2023 and Garden Tours run on selected dates between April and September 2023, with tickets costing from £22 per person. 

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“it is better to work with nature than against it” H.R.H. The Prince of Wales

Highgrove House was built in 1796 to 1798 by John-Paul Paul, and believed to have been designed by architect Anthony Keck. The Paul family lived there until 1860.

The Duchy of Cornwall acquired the house in 1980 and since then H.R.H The Prince of Wales has devoted much energy to transforming the gardens around the house. With the help and advice of notable individuals and the dedicated assistance of the garden staff, what was once a somewhat bleak landscape is now one of the most creatively inspired gardens of today. A series of interlinked areas, each with their own character and purpose, weave magically around the garden, with the house always visible in the distance.

The Highgrove Meadow:   On the advice of Miriam Rothschild, one of the country’s leading advocates of biodiversity, The Prince re-created a lost habitat by re-establishing a wild flower meadow.   The meadow now boasts over 30 different varieties of native plants including ox-eye daisies, yellow rattle, common spotted orchid, meadow crane’s bill and ragged robin, creating a rich tapestry of colour and diversity.

The gardens are also home to part of the national collection of Beech trees and large leaved Hostas which His Royal Highness maintains on behalf of Plant Heritage/NCCPG, of which The Prince is Patron. This organization conserves the diversity of our plant heritage through its national collections.

A keen gardener, the Prince of Wales has devoted much time to planning and designing the gardens. He has created a wild garden, a formal garden and a walled kitchen garden.

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Champagne Afternoon Tea and a Tour of Highgrove Gardens

Before my visit to Highgrove Gardens, I figured I knew what to expect. I’ve visited many of the truly wonderful gardens in the Cotswolds, and I have appreciated the beauty, the natural spaces and being surrounded by the life of a garden. And Highgrove, the private gardens of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, are all of those things as well, but there is another dimension to them, a quality that is hard to explain.

Words to do the talking

Now, ordinarily, I like to explain myself in images that show the feel and mood of a place through the images I’ve taken during my experience, but as photography is not allowed anywhere on Highgrove for security reasons, words will have to do all the talking this time.

A garden of imagination

So, what is that special quality that sets Highgrove Gardens apart from others? I thought about this as I enjoyed the lovely tour, and I came to the conclusion that the magic of these gardens must be the spirit with which they have been and are being created by HRH The Prince of Wales. You might think that a garden created by a Prince on the grounds of a royal estate would be grander than most, but it isn’t that. These gardens are all created with imagination and passion by the Prince over more than 35 years, and every tree, plant, flower and sculpture in it reflects his deep commitment to sustainability, as well as a natural artistic ability.

Highgrove Gardens are a series of interlinked organic spaces, all havens for a wide variety of flora and fauna and all developed to please the eye and sit in succinct harmony with nature. The presence of HRH The Prince of Wales and his family, his values and his story are all over the gardens, and with the friendly and knowledgeable tour guides sharing stories and anecdotes throughout the tour, you come away feeling that you truly know and understand the story of this magical place.

Expert guides

We were lucky enough to be invited on one of the two-hour tours with an expert guide who walked and talked us through the stories behind the estate, shared with us little stories of how the gardens are used now, how the produce is harvested and turned into products and produce. The sun was shining on the day we visited, and it was a wonderful, warm and dry day.

The perfect finish

At the end of the tour, we were served a delicious and luxurious afternoon tea with champagne in the setting of the lovely Orchard Restaurant, a wonderful experience made even better by the resident pianist providing a delightful musical accompaniment that was the perfect soundtrack to a perfect end to a perfect day.

Champagne Afternoon Tea

Afternoon tea was a delectable selection of sandwiches, cakes, and a glass of lovely Highgrove Champagne. We left full and happy from the afternoon tea and the garden experience, one we will not forget for a very long time.

The gift of no photography

As you enter Highgrove, a sign says, “Beware, you are now entering an old-fashioned establishment”, basically meaning “No phones, no cameras, no photography”. The restriction on photography was incredibly frustrating at first. When you’re used to documenting almost everything you do through photography, it feels almost unnatural to experience something so beautiful and incredibly special and not be able to capture it. Still, what started as frustration quickly turned into appreciation because when you don’t feel the constant need to take pictures, all you’re left with is the experience and at Highgrove, that is a beautiful gift.

The beautiful gift shop

As you leave Highgrove, you do so through the gift shop, a shopping experience on another level. Every item in this shop is linked in some way to the gardens or the HRH The Prince of Wales; everything is quality and luxury, and I dare you to go through and not want to buy at least half the shop.

Do note that shopping at the Highgrove Shop can also be experienced in their even larger and equally wonderful shopping destination in Tetbury town centre down the road from the estate, so if you’re not visiting Highgrove on a tour, you can still get a little bit of the experience here.

A memorable experience

The Champagne Afternoon Tea Tour at Highgrove Gardens is among the very best experiences I’ve had in the Cotswolds. Whether you’re a garden enthusiast or not, a visit and a tour at Highgrove Gardens is a fantastic experience for you to treat yourself with or as a gift for someone you care about. The Champagne Afternoon Tea Tour cost £79.95 per person or £155 per couple. Gift vouchers are available. Book your own memorable experience on highgrovegardens.com .

*All images from the gardens are courtesy of the Highgrove Estate.

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