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Queen Elizabeth’s sustainable tree project to celebrate her upcomingPlatinum Jubileehas officially launched.
While the Queen wasn’t in attendance, she did have a garden exhibit at the show: The RHS Queen’s Green Canopy Garden was created to highlight the importance of trees, woodlands, grasslands and meadows as vital wildlife habitat across the nation.
An ambassador for the garden, Dench marveled at the Queen’s record-breaking reign, noting “how fantastic that she is going to have been on the throne for 70 years — that’s never ever happened.”
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While admitting she’s “not a gardener” per se, Dench told PEOPLE: “I love trees — they have always been one of my favorite things, if not my most favorite: trees and forests.”
The Oscar winner, 86, says she hopes the monarch, 95, “gets a quiet time to come and have a little wander about” in her dedicated garden.
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In March, the Queen, who is patron of the Royal Horticultural Society, andPrince Charlesplanted the first tree on the grounds of Windsor Castle, and Dench says she has also planted one at her home.
Monday’s event was the first time the show has been held in the fall. Last year’s show was canceled due to the pandemic, and this year’s event was delayed from May for the same reason.
The royals have a long history of interest in the Chelsea Flower Show going as far back as 1916 when the Queen’s grandmother Queen Mary first attended the event and as Patron of the Royal Horticultural Society
source: people.com
