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Telegraph - Getting dug in at Highgrove for the Prince of Wales

Goodenough, 47, has just been awarded one of the most demanding jobs in horticulture. Highgrove is the Prince of Wales’s sanctuary, and its garden the place where he gives free expression to his interests and beliefs.

Working for a body such as English Heritage - Goodenough supervised the restoration of the gardens at Osborne House - is one thing; working for a fussy and opinionated owner who happens to be heir to the throne is another. …

Goodenough’s track record in organic and estate gardening made her a frontrunner for the job. She was approached by Clarence House and encouraged to apply. It is the climax to a varied career that has included a traineeship in the Canadian coastguard, firewatching and helicopter flying in the Rockies and the gentle eviction of red squirrels from Queen Victoria’s old home.

She was christened Debbie Reich - in honour of the actress Debbie Reynolds - and grew up on a farm in the province of Alberta, in the foothills of the Rockies south-west of Edmonton.

Hurrah!

And what a fun name, “Goodenough.”

“She’ll have to put up with his constant desire to fill the garden up with more junk, whether a stumpery, more plants or oversized Ali Baba pots,” warns one seasoned observer of Highgrove. “I believe he’s also got a whole hermitage in there, complete with hermit.”

Heehee.