Charlotte de la Bedoyere was fascinated by the idea of natural gardening at a very early age‎.‎ She has a large flourishing vegetable garden at her Sussex home‎,‎ where she grows dozens of varieties of herbs‎,‎ plus many topical varieties‎,‎ and she also keeps ponies‎,‎ ducks‎,‎ geese‎,‎ chickens‎,‎ and sheep‎.‎ Her forty acres of woodland were recently named as a site of nature‎-conservation interest‎,‎ having been found to contain 250 different species of plants‎.‎ When not gardening‎,‎ she loves to travel the world studying exotic flora and fauna‎.‎