Highgrove: Portrait of an Estate

The Prince of Wales has spent the last 20 years turning his Highgrove estate in the Cotswolds into a model of environmentally benign farming and gardening. This is a record of the successes, failures and lessons to be shared not only by gardeners, horticulturists and farmers but by everyone interested in the countryside and in the environment at large. The Prince of Wales writes about his vision for the countryside with infectious enthusiasm and passion, providing a fascinating introduction and conclusion, while Charles Clover, the Environment Editor of the Daily Telegraph, sketches in the backcloth: the history of the estate, the making of the garden, how wildlife was encouraged and the reasons behind the decision to make the farm organic. The book is illustrated throughout with colour photographs by garden photographer Andrew Lawson.