King Charles’ climate-friendly Topiary Garden on the Royal Sandringham estate is said to be near completion. The eco-conscious garden will boast around 10,000 plants.

The symmetrical beds have now been laid out and Yew trees said to have been planted at the Norfolk estate. Work on the garden began around four months ago.

It was believed to have been inspired by a Topiary Garden the King saw as a child. And the monarch is said to have kept a close watch on the project.

An acre has been dug up and metal edging laid out for the new beds, reports the Daily Mail. While the trees have been planted and paths covered in white gravel, herbaceous plants are set to be added in the next couple of weeks.

The Topiary Garden will have a decorative aspect and bring an increased naturalistic planting to the area. It will bring in more robust species, designed to cope with changing weather patterns. 

It is designed to both bring joy to Sandringham visitors and improve biodiversity of the estate. It will mix specialist horticultural practices and techniques to ensure the topiary is maintained with plentiful visual seasonal colour from the flowers.

The Garden will provide a rich source for pollinators and bring in new habtitats for wildlife.

It will see 5,139 Yew tree hedging plants in a range of sizes and shapes to eventually become topiarised and will gain a mix of more than 4,280 herbaceous perennial plants and bulbs including Veronicastrum (Veronica), Delphinium, Phlox, Echinacea, Lavender and other versatile species.

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A central area will also include yellow and pink rose varieties such as “Gabriel Oak”, “Skylark” and “Charles Darwin”.

Landscaping is due to be finished, ahead of the Garden being open to the public, by the end of the month. 

Sandringham Estate previously said in a statement that it would “create joy for visitors and increase biodiversity in the Gardens”.

The statement added: “The Topiary Garden will include the introduction of new plants and flowers, a maze of new paths and the regrading and straightening of sloping banks. The garden will combine specialist horticultural practices and techniques to ensure the Topiary is maintained with plentiful seasonal colour from the flowers.”

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