Organic garden at Buckingham Palace
The Queen Elizabeth II is known for his frugality, which is now confirmed: the Queen has created a small garden in the huge gardens of Buckingham Palace, a 'turf war' that we saw close to your actual walls of the Second World War.
A trend - that of 'grown your vegetables' - that is becoming increasingly popular in Britain affected by the recession. But even an example given by Michelle Obama, the new American first lady with Queen has made an excellent relationship, which in the gardens of the White House for months has planted an organic garden. So beside the lake, heliport and tennis courts where King George VI challenged the champion Fred Perry, the royal guests can now enjoy a box in which real gardeners cultivate beans, green beans, leeks and turnips.
The idea was the deputy of the Palace gardens, Claire Midgeley, showed yesterday that the new sovereign the royal garden. "We try to promote the idea that one can grow their own food - says Midgeley - Involving families and children, so that soiled their hands in the earth. It 'a growing movement across the country, and we want to help out. "
At the time of the Second World War, while London was being bombed German, the government launched the campaign "Zappa for victory": the real and the other people involved produced 1.3 million tons of vegetables. So it was even possible to halve the food imports that arrived on ships, constantly attacked by the navy of the Third Reich. However, for the subjects of Elizabeth is not so easy to create your own vegetable garden because they depend on local authorities, often taking months if not years, to grant the use of a piece of government land for crops. At times, throughout England, the waiting list has fewer than 100,000 people.
Maybe Elizabeth II received some good advice from his new farm friend Mrs. Obama in recent days because Michelle has had the rare privilege of a guided tour of Buckingham Palace along with daughters Malia and Sasha. The visit to the official residence of the queen and her 16 acres of gardens, was held Wednesday, the birthday of Sasha (8 years) and finally passed by the women of the Obama family in the capital. As a further sign of friendship, the queen received Obama at the end of a long visit at the royal palace. Between Elizabeth and Michelle would have burst a great feeling, after the two women discovered common passions, from gardening clothing. Would remain in contact after the first meeting took place during the G20 summit in April in London, when the Queen is left to embrace its host, a fact unprecedented in the history of the ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
Source: Reuters
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