he Prince of Wales Talked about his love for the “excellent” gardener who helped him and Royal princess And the “small garden” in their childhood.
say Poet Laureate Simon Armitage Charles said that he and his sister Anne had a “small vegetable plot”, and when young people tried to grow tomatoes, they “have a lot of fun.”
He said eating local food is “unmatched” because he believes it is important to encourage children to grow their own produce.
The prince said, “My sister and I have a small vegetable patch somewhere behind the border. We had a lot of fun while trying to grow tomatoes without success, and so on.”
He then told Radio 4’s “Poet Laureate Has Goed to His Shed”: “There is a great gardener at Buckingham Palace. He is called Mr. Nutbeam and he is very good.
“He was great and helped us with the little garden we had, my sister and I.”
He added: “There is nothing better than this, I think, eat what you grow? This is another reason why I always find ways to encourage children to grow vegetables and other things in school is so important. “
Later, when discussing the attitudes of the younger generation towards the environment, Charles said: “I don’t want to face my grandson and other people’s grandsons and say,’Why don’t you do something you can do?'”
The prince also tells how the late poet Ted Hughes He “very admired and understood a little bit” and gave him advice on how to remember the names of plants.
He told Mr. Armitage: “I remember I once said to him,’I can’t remember all the names of these plants, it drives me crazy’.
“He said,’Ah, what you need to do is’-typical, great poets, I think only poets can think like this-‘You have to see what the name is reminiscent of, it gives in your mind What kind of image do you have?’
“Then he said what you will find, if you practice, this is my problem, just practice it, and then you will associate the word with the image you created, which will bring it back to your memory, say must.”
Charles’s home in Wales, Llwynwermod, was the background of the conversation. During the conversation, the men also talked about Charles’ love of trees and the need to protect trees in the face of diseases such as ash and elm.
They also talked about the relationship between humans and the earth, Charles said: “I think we are now at a time of rediscovering, reconnecting and understanding that we are a part of nature, not a part of nature. It’s important.”
The dialogue appeared in Mr. Armitage’s “The Poet Laureate Has Goed to His Shed”, which will be broadcast on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds at 7:15 pm on Saturday, August 28.
The interview is the last interview in the series. It includes conversations with Harry Potter writer JK Rowling, Joe Willy, and Smith’s guitarist Johnny Marr.
