The royal has expressed her passion for more children to take part in the annual event in London and in 2019 designed a garden which aims to bring young people closer to nature.
The Princess of Wales attended the first Chelsea Flower Show Children’s Picnic with pupils from participating schools.
Kate, 41, who helped design a 2019 Chelsea Flower Show garden to encourage the public to reconnect with nature, spoke to young picnickers on the site’s grandstand.
The pupils were from 10 schools taking part in the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) School Gardening campaign and were invited to an outdoor lunch before the organisation’s world-famous annual event kicked off in London.
The Princess of Wales with pupils after attending the first children’s picnic at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Kate speaks to a student at the event
The princess spends time with students at the children’s picnic
The picnic initiative aims to introduce more children to gardening and nature – something the Princess supports.
Kate, who recycled a silk pink ME+EM shirt dress for her unannounced appearance at Monday’s event, inspired the idea during a conversation with the RHS in 2019 when she co-designed her own garden, Back To Nature, for the event.
The royal family is keen to get more children involved in the event
The students were from 10 schools from the RHS School Gardening Campaign
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show takes place at the Royal Hospital Chelsea
The Princess of Wales spoke to Chelsea pensioners at the event
The royal, whose family includes Prince George, nine, Princess Charlotte, eight, and Prince Louis, five, with husband Prince William, believes more children should be involved in the flower show in Chelsea.
Kate’s garden demonstrates the benefits of the natural world and what it can do for physical and mental well-being.
At the time, Kensington Palace said the woodland desert garden – designed alongside landscape architects Adam White and Andre Davies and the RHS – would “inspire families to get outside and explore nature together”.
The royal is following in the footsteps of her father-in-law the King, who when he was Prince of Wales was known for his passion for gardening.
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