King Charles’ climate-friendly topiary garden at Sandringham House is nearing completion

King Charles’s new climate friendly topiary garden on the Royal Sandringham estate in Norfolk is now almost complete with all symmetrical beds laid out and yews planted.

Construction of the garden began just four months ago and the once immaculate lawn at the western end of Sandringham House has since undergone a complete transformation.

The king, who visited Pickering in Yorkshire today after arriving on the royal train, is said to have kept a close eye on the garden’s progress.

He is establishing a biodiverse formal garden with nearly 10,000 plants after requesting it when he inherited the estate on the late Queen’s death last year.

It will open to paying visitors to Sandringham House and its grounds later this month.

The king, who visited Pickering in Yorkshire today after arriving by royal train (pictured), is said to have kept a close eye on the garden’s progress

An acre of grass has been cleared and metal edging has been laid for the new beds, yews have been planted and the paths are now covered with white gravel.

Herbaceous plants will be added in the coming weeks.

The topsoil and sod will eventually be improved and reused in the topiary garden beds, which will have a decorative aspect and bring more natural vegetation to the area to improve biodiversity.

It is said to have been inspired by his childhood memories of an old topiary garden in Sandringham.

In recent years, with changing weather patterns, the current expanse of the lawn has been compromised by hot weather and excessive rainfall.

The newly landscaped garden will introduce new varieties that are more robust, hardy and more resistant to the influence of emerging weather patterns.

Aiming to delight visitors and increase biodiversity in the gardens, the topiary garden will include the introduction of new plants and flowers, a maze of new pathways, and the remodeling and straightening of sloping banks.

The Garden combines specialized horticultural practices and techniques to ensure topiaries are maintained with abundant visual seasonal color of the flowers.

The King plans to transform a pristine lawn on the Royal Estate of Sandringham (pictured) into a topiary garden with more biodiversity

The garden will open to paying visitors to Sandringham House and its grounds later this month

It is said to have been inspired by his childhood memories of an old topiary garden in Sandringham

In addition, it will create a rich resource for pollinators and create new habitats.

The new garden will see 5139 yew hedge plants in various sizes and shapes to finally get topiary and will have a mix of more than 4280 herbaceous perennials and bulbs including Veronicastrum (Veronica), Delphinium, Phlox, Echinacea, Lavender and other versatile species.

In the middle area there will also be several yellow and pink rose varieties such as ‘Gabriel Oak’, ‘Skylark’ and ‘Charles Darwin’.

The new landscape is expected to be ready and open to visitors by the end of this 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 includes the introduction of new plants and flowers, a maze of new paths and the redesign and straightening of sloping banks.

‘The Garden combines specialized horticultural practices and techniques to ensure topiaries are maintained with abundant seasonal color of the flowers.

“Moreover, it creates a rich resource for pollinators and the emergence of new habitats.”