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Chelsea Flower Show: Duchess visits garden with schoolchildren | |
(about 11 hours later) | |
The Duchess of Cambridge has unveiled her garden at the Chelsea Flower Show. | |
She visited the woodland wilderness garden with schoolchildren a day after Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis also enjoyed it. | |
The royal children spent an hour on Sunday playing in the Back to Nature Garden, which has a tree house, stream and swing. | |
The site was co-created with landscape architects Andree Davies, Adam White and the Royal Horticultural Society. | |
Charlotte was pictured on a swing, while a barefoot George paddled in a stream and Louis ran about with a stick. | |
Over the past months, George, Charlotte and Louis helped their mother collect leaves, moss and twigs, which were then incorporated into the garden. | |
The Duke of Cambridge was seen playing with his family in pictures released by Kensington Palace and taken by photographer Matt Porteous. | |
Catherine has been closely involved in the project and been at the site ahead of the event, which opens to the public on Tuesday. | |
The garden includes a tree house, waterfall, rustic den and a campfire as well as tree stumps, stepping stones and a hollow log for children to play on. | |
It also features Princess Diana's favourite flowers, forget-me-nots, among the geraniums, blue periwinkle, astrantias, ferns, strawberry plants and rhubarb. | It also features Princess Diana's favourite flowers, forget-me-nots, among the geraniums, blue periwinkle, astrantias, ferns, strawberry plants and rhubarb. |
Reclaimed timber from Southend Pier was used to create the decking. | Reclaimed timber from Southend Pier was used to create the decking. |
The duchess's woodland wilderness plot forms part of her work on early childhood development. | The duchess's woodland wilderness plot forms part of her work on early childhood development. |
The garden is intended to highlight the benefits the natural world brings to mental and physical well-being. | |
One of the people she chatted with while touring the garden on Monday was fellow mother Alison Shockledge. | |
Ms Shockledge said: "She was talking about it from a mum's perspective: put your devices down, let's go out. Be relaxed with your children, let them get muddy." | |
The duchess also chatted to Colette Morris and Rebecca Beale. | |
Ms Morris said: "She said children played very differently. In a way she didn't anticipate." | |
Ms Beale added: "Children are often sat still looking at screens. She said it was important to be multi-sensory." | |
The duchess told the BBC: "I really feel that nature and being interactive outdoors has huge benefits on our physical and mental well-being, particularly for young children. | The duchess told the BBC: "I really feel that nature and being interactive outdoors has huge benefits on our physical and mental well-being, particularly for young children. |
"I really hope this woodland that we have created inspires families, kids and communities to get outside, enjoy nature and the outdoors, and spend quality time together." | |
Her interview will air on Monday 20 May at 19.30 BST on BBC One. |