King Charles has embarked on a significant redesign of the gardens at Windsor Castle with the ambition to make them magnificent when seen from the air.
The 76-year-old monarch, who has long been a passionate horticulturalist, has developed a “keen interest” in the new strategy.
In ages gone by, the exquisite palace gardens had been designed for the exclusive enjoyment of royals with commoners being barred from entry.
However, modernisation efforts have opened the gates of many royal green spaces to members of the public.
King Charles is plotting a major overhaul of the gardens at Windsor Castle
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King Charles has continued this trend by thinking about how the gardens of Windsor Castle can be enjoyed from entirely new perspectives.
“The King has taken a keen interest in how the gardens will look from the air,” royal biographer Robert Hardman informed.
Charles is said to be envisioning how the green spaces could be appreciated from planes flying overhead.
The major overhaul is also intended to advertise the royal gardens to arriving tourists.
The King will redesign the gardens so they can also be appreciated from the air
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“The idea is that some passengers may decide to drop by in person when they are on the ground,” Hardmann told the Daily Mail.
Charles new approach will hope to draw the eyes of the millions of tourists who fly into Heathrow airport every year.
Europe’s busiest airport can be found only seven miles to the east of the Windsor Castle.
Members of the Royal Family have long left a personal stamp of the residence’s gardens.
Charles us hoping the changes attract tourists flying over the grounds
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A young Queen Elizabeth, then Princess Elizabeth, tended to a plot on the land which grew tomatoes, sweetcorn and dwarf potatoes.
Later, her husband, Prince Philip, would transform the grounds in 1971 by planting 3,500 rosebushes.
The late Queen sped modernisation efforts further in 2020 when she opened the gardens to the public.
Now, King Charles seeks to establish his own revolutionary overhaul – which he is believed to consider a key part of his legacy.
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King Charles has long pursued his passion for gardening
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Not just to be enjoyed from the air, Charles’s new designs will become part of Windsor Castle’s existing visitor route.
The new additions promise a great variety of plant life, from mighty trees to humble shrubs.
Elsewhere, the King’s passion for his gardens has boiled over into a row with some of the workers on his grounds.
In July, it emerged Charles’s Highgrove property had been haemorrhaging staff for a number of pressure factors - including the monarch’s spartan approach to horticulture.