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Hello and welcome to the BBC Gardner's World magazine podcast.

Brought to you by the team here at the magazine.

Join us as we chat all things gardening with the nation's favourite experts.

His Majesty of the King's private gardens at Highgrove

are one of the great gardens of our time.

Hello, I'm Alan Tichmarsh and I'm at Highgrove today

with Head of Gardens for the King's Foundation, Melissa Simpson.

Together, we'll explore these magnificent gardens,

discovering the stories behind their creation,

how the King has shaped the design and planting

over the past four decades,

and how the gardens are managed today,

following his strict organic principles.

With the help of some of Britain's finest garden designers, including Rosemary,

Miriam Rothschild and Sir Roy Strong,

the Kings created a series of unique and beautiful spaces within the garden,

including a dramatic, fern-filled stumpery, guarded by arches of sweet

chestnut stumps, a highly productive and beautiful walled kitchen garden that provides the kitchens

with many of the king's favourite vegetables, an award-winning Islamic-inspired garden that was

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