Celebrity astrologer Russell Grant refers fondly to his 44 acre Victorian Estate near Portmeirion, “We have the most wonderful primrose lawn, a tennis lawn, a croquet lawn, greenhouses, vegetable gardens, herb beds. And”, he adds excitedly, “an acid oak forest. There are only a couple of those in the World.”
The popular media personality continues enthusiastically, “I am a great lover and admirer of the garden but I’m afraid to touch anything as it’ll almost certainly die. I am the most useless gardener but thankfully I have two wonderful helpers, Graeme and Phil, who have made the gardens look wonderful again.”
“I don’t do anything strenuous,” the charismatic author tells me. “ I supervise the water features and ponds and I want to get the natural waterfalls flowing again in all of their Victorian glory – if you know any landscape gardeners up here?” He adds cheekily.
“I love walking around the garden. I love the herbs and I love the veg as I love to cook. And seeing the Lupins today with about 20 bees buzzing around them was just wonderful. I always ask Phil and Graeme to plant things that will attract the wildlife,” Russell (who incidentally, was the very first astrologer for the Western Mail) adds cheerfully.
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