Queen choses her 'thank-you' tree
SANDRINGHAM Estate was presented with a tree to mark its unique achievement in opening its grounds for the National Gardens Scheme every year since the scheme began 80 years ago.
The Queen picked the tree in consultation with head gardener at Sandringham Malcolm Woods, who accepted it on the royal estate's behalf.
The Prunus Padus Purple Queen was chosen because the estate had a 30-year-old one blown over in winter gales last year.
The National Gardens Scheme sees more than half a million visitors each year welcomed to gardens across England and Wales, many of them privately-owned.
The scheme began in 1927 to raise money for the nurses of the Queen's Nursing Institute.
In that year 609 gardens took part, raising a total of more than 8,000. Now it raises 2 million per year for nursing, caring and gardening charities and has raised more than 30 million since it began.
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