If you have a passion for growing your own organic produce at home, you may be interested to know you are in good company. A number of big name celebrities from around the world are also big fans of organic gardening and keep their own fruit and vegetable gardens. From Hollywood royalty to actual royalty, here are some of gardening’s most famous fans:

Julia Roberts’ Educational Organic Garden in Malibu

Oscar winner Julia Roberts started her organic garden not only as a way to help her family eat healthily, but also to teach her children about science and the origins of their food. She grows an assortment of vegetables, including organic kale and tomatoes in her organic garden at her Malibu home, however as this is one of only three of the star’s residences; we imagine she has some help to take care of her plants when she’s away or on location working on one of her movies!

Lucy Lawless’ Organic Paradise Down Under

Most famous for her role as Xena: Warrior Princess, actress and all round action woman Lucy Lawless is also becoming increasingly well known for her passion for the environment. She is an ambassador for Greenpeace, and insists on green rules, like the banning of Styrofoam cups and disposable plates on set when she is shooting. At her expansive 17,000 square foot residence in her native New Zealand, Lucy farms a variety of organic produce and has implemented plenty of green technology, like solar panels, so she can enjoy the celebrity lifestyle without harming the environment.

Nicole Kidman’s Hobby Garden

While she recently told Vogue magazine it was “just a hobby” and not the start of a new venture, Oscar winning A-list actress Nicole Kidman has recently joined her mother and sister in becoming an organic gardener. She started a food garden at her huge ranch in Tennessee, where she lives with her husband and two kids. Her whole family muck in with gardening tasks like planting and harvesting vegetables, deck cleaning and weeding, and enjoy the fresh organic produce that results from their hard work.

Prince Charles’ Lifelong Love of Gardening

Prince Charles was famous for his love of plants (and his rumoured habit of talking to them) long before it was cool to be into organic farming, and has been featured in books on organic gardening as one of the hobby’s biggest ambassadors. He has organic vegetable patches and fruit orchards at his royal properties, and even has his own brand of organic jams and other products. He uses completely organic methods for everything he grows to ensure his plants are completely natural, nourishing his plants with natural compost (perhaps produced by his horses) and even gathering rain water to use to water his plants instead of using tap water.

While you may not have the space and the money these famous names do to create the organic garden of your dreams, it is interesting to know that even the stars think it is important to know where your food comes from and eat well!

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Today’s feature writer, Daniel Morgan, is a home improvement expert at As Good As New. Daniel is a frequent blogger. Through his blogs, he likes to share tips on economical ways of home renovation with his readers.