Washington, Jul 6 : English screenwriter Guy Ritchie has submitted plans to the local council for turning his English country mansion into an eco-friendly estate, with the addition of greenhouses and vegetable plots.

Ritchie, 40, who used to share the Ashcombe House in Wiltshire, England, with his ex-wife Madonna, wants to make the 13 million dollar property more "self sufficient".

He intends to grow his own fruit and vegetables in the gardens, but first he has to seek permission to carry out the improvements because of the historical significance of the 18th century building.

"In the estate's prime when it was painted in the 18th Century, it was surrounded by extensive gardens including major vegetable gardens," Contactmusic quoted the planning application as stating.

"In recent years, all productive vegetable gardens have been lost. The gardens that remain are formal or semi-formal flower gardens.

"It is proposed to try to make Ashcombe House self-sufficient. The part-walled gardens leading from the back door to the staff building will be turned over to vegetables and given a row of greenhouses to produce vines, fruit, early vegetables and seedlings...

"Produce from the greenhouses will be used on the estate, all part of an effort to make the estate more self-sufficient and sustainable," the application stated. (ANI)