Peter Dowdall: 'Queen Elizabeth always seemed happy and at peace in the garden'

This monarch's understanding of the importance of the environment meant she left 'a great legacy'

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to the Chelsea Flower Show in London in May 2000. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA

She was a lady with an innate understanding of and respect for the natural world. She liked to surround herself in nature and her trip to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show seemed to delight her each May. 

Queen Elizabeth always seemed happy and at peace in the garden.