Call for volunteers to clear Queen’s weeds
THE Queen is appealing for volunteers to weed her garden.
Her Majesty wants 20 people to help tidy up the beds at the royal Sandringham estate in Norfolk.
The estate has sent a request to people who already have a membership to the country residence, offering them an unpaid opportunity to work with the gardeners.
The email said: “The day is designed to be interactive with a chance for you to help and be involved in vital work that’s needed to care for the spectacular landscape at Sandringham.”
The first volunteers will start work on the 60 acres of formal gardens on June 25, starting at 9am and finishing at 3.30pm.
They will be given specialist tuition from one of the expert team, then split into small working parties and given set tasks.
The volunteers are asked to bring their own gloves, a water bottle, sun cream and insect repellent.
The email also read: “We would like to invite 20 of you, our members, to participate in the first of our volunteering days.
“The gardening team at Sandringham would like to invite anyone with an interest in gardening and the outdoors to a hands-on volunteer day. You’ll learn a little bit
about weed identification, followed by methods to use for the management of plants growing in the wrong place.” The email says once volunteers have booked a place they are obliged to attend and “stay for the whole day”. Sandringham’s grounds have been developed in turn by each monarch since 1863 when King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra bought the estate.
The Queen started a shrubbery in the 1960s.