The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Share New Photos of Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis

Photo credit: Instagram/@kensingtonroyal
Photo credit: Instagram/@kensingtonroyal

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have shared gorgeous new images of their family visiting Kate Middleton's’s garden at the Chelsea Flower Show. The pictures show how George, 5, Charlotte, 4, and one-year-old Louis gathered moss, leaves, and twigs alongside their mom to help decorate the RHS Back to Nature Garden. Hazel sticks collected by the family were also used to make the garden’s den.

The images include one of Louis, who turned one last month, looking delighted to be walking as dad William looks on.

Kate took her husband and children to see the finished garden at the west London flower show this afternoon where photographer Matt Porteous captured images of the family. She has been working on the project for months alongside award-winning landscape architects Andrée Davies and Adam White of Davies White Landscape Architects.

The space is designed to be a woodland setting for families and communities to come together and connect with nature.

The Duchess of Cambridge is a strong advocate for the benefits that the outdoors has on physical and mental health, and the positive impact that nature and the environment can have on childhood development.

She has taken part in a rare interview about the project, telling Monty Don in an interview for the BBC: “I really feel that nature and being interactive outdoors has huge benefits on our physical and mental wellbeing, particularly for young children. I really hope that this woodland that we have created really inspires families, kids and communities to get outside, enjoy nature and the outdoors, and spend quality time together.”

The Back to Nature garden features a swing, a den, and a wide range of plants, trees, and shrubs including Princess Diana’s favorite forget-me-nots.

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👀 We invite you to take a sneak peek at The Duchess of Cambridge’s #RHSChelsea ‘Back to Nature’ Garden! The woodland wilderness garden aims to get people back to nature, and highlight the benefits of the natural world on our mental and physical wellbeing. Speaking ahead of @The_RHS garden unveiling, The Duchess of Cambridge said: “In recent years I have focussed much of my work on the early years, and how instrumental they are for outcomes later in life. I believe that spending time outdoors when we are young can play a role in laying the foundations for children to become happy, healthy adults.” Some features of the #ChelseaFlowerShow garden include: 1. A swing seat hanging below the garden’s centrepiece, a high platform tree house, encouraging creative play and discovery for all generations. 2. The high platform tree house is inspired by a bird or animal nest and provides a wonderful place to retreat and look out through the trees. The treehouse is made from chestnut, with hazel, stag horn oak and larch nest cladding. 3/4. The garden is aiming to inspire interaction with the natural environment through its multi-sensory, green and blue plant scheme. The garden will be filled with incredible edibles, plants for craft activities, forest scents and a diverse range of plants, shrubs and trees of different heights and textures. The garden forms part of Her Royal Highness’s ongoing work on early childhood development and her mission to support efforts that give every child the best possible start in life. The Duchess has committed to making early childhood development the focus of her work in the years to come, and believes that providing children with the opportunity to spend time outdoors can play an important role.

A post shared by Kensington Palace (@kensingtonroyal) on May 18, 2019 at 2:31pm PDT

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