Kate middleton at royal chelsea flower show

* DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE ENJOYED A HANDS-ON VISIT TO HER GARDEN AT THE CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW THIS MORNING  * SHE JOINED SCHOOLCHILDREN IN ROASTING MARSHMALLOWS, CLIMBING A TREE HOUSE AND

STEPPING OVER TREE STUMPS  * KATE, 37, LOOKED CASUAL FOR THE OUTING IN A £255 WHITE BLOUSE, PRACTICAL BROWN CULOTTES AND WHITE TRAINERS * DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE RELEASED PHOTOS

SHOWING THEIR CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE GARDEN YESTERDAY  By STEPHANIE LINNING FOR MAILONLINE and REBECCA ENGLISH, ROYAL CORRESPONDENT FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 04:15 EDT, 20 May 2019 |

Updated: 14:16 EDT, 20 May 2019 The Duchess of Cambridge dressed down in a white blouse and practical culottes for a visit to her garden at the Chelsea Flower Show this morning. Kate, 37,

got her hands dirty as she joined a group of schoolchildren for a fireside chat and outdoor activities in the Back To Nature Garden, which will be visited by the Queen this evening ahead of

its public opening tomorrow. The garden, which Kate hopes will inspire families 'to get outside' and 'enjoy nature', features 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. The Duchess appeared in excellent spirits as she gamely roasted marshmallows, climbed a tree house

and helped make boats from reeds during the hands-on outing.  The visit comes a day after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge shared snaps of their own children enjoying a sneak peek of the

space.  A barefoot George and Charlotte are seen dangling their legs over a stream, while an excited Louis ran along a wooden path carrying a branch as the Duke of Cambridge looked on

smiling.   Scroll down for videos  The Duchess has been very hands-on in the creation of the garden, and has been on site almost every day in the five days leading up to the opening

tomorrow.  Today the Duchess of Cambridge was ready to get stuck in with the visiting schoolchildren, donning a £255 white blouse by trendy label M.i.h Jeans, £69.95 Massimo Dutti culottes

and pair of £49.99 white Superga trainers.  Her first stop was to help children make little boats from reeds to race down the stream like Pooh sticks.    'Now we need sticks to get

these ones going,' she said, as she got down on her knees to help some of the boats along. Later as she sat by the fireside helping children thread marshmallows on to sticks to roast

over the fire. 'I love the smell of the smoke,' she said. 'It’s great, isn’t it?' One girl, Maya Bell-Springer, six, from Christ Church primary school in Battersea, who

was sitting in a mini-den made of hazel sticks, had a rapturous expression on her face as she said: 'It is lovely and relaxing.' She said afterwards: 'She [the Duchess] helped

me cook my marshmallows. It was awesome.'  KATE'S PERSONAL TOUCHES: DUCHESS FOLLOWED MEGHAN AND PAID TRIBUTE TO DIANA WITH HER FAVOURITE FLOWERS - AND BROUGHT A PIECE OF HER

NORFOLK HOME TO LONDON The Duchess of Cambridge paid tributes to members of the Royal Family by choosing plants and blooms with a special personal significance for her Chelsea Flower Show

garden.  Kate, 37, worked with co-designers and landscape architects Andree Davies and Adam White to recreate memories from her own childhood by including the likes of bluebells in the

space.  Touchingly, Kate also made sure Diana was part of the garden, including the late princess's favourite forget-me-nots in the design.  It comes after the Duchess of Sussex chose a

patch of forget-me-nots as the background to a photo of Archie's foot shared earlier this month. Touchingly, Kate also made sure Diana was part of the garden, including the late

princess's favourite forget-me-nots in the design. The royal mother-of-three also ensured her children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis felt part of the project by

asking them to help gather material from the grounds of Anmer Hall, their Norfolk home, to use in the space.  The children, aged five, four and one, dutifully collected twigs, moss and logs

that were taken down to London. They also built a rustic tepee-style den and fire pit at the heart of the garden.  The garden, which Kate hopes will inspire families 'to get

outside' and 'enjoy nature', features 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.

Amina Hawa, seven, from Ashburnham Community School in Chelsea, said the duchess asked her what they grew in the school allotment. 'I said we’ve grown sunflowers, onions, pumpkins,

garlic and potatoes.' She said it was the first time she had eaten a toasted marshmallow. 'They are delicious!' The duchess was keen to encourage the children to smell things

such as the pine needles. However some were less receptive than others. As she offered a handful of moss for one boy to smell, she asked him: 'Does that smell nice?'

'No,' he said, As the duchess followed a group of children up into the treehouse she said: 'Oh my goodness, there are so many people up there!' Later she talked to a

group of parents, saying: 'It is really engaging kids to understand nature and care for it, so they can go on to protect it.' She said that for the children to explore the woodland

garden was a 'sensory experience', particularly at a time when so many youngsters were obsessed with Instagram and everything is so visual.   'One of the girls that was

sitting by the fire said it was so lovely and relaxing… until you get a waft of smoke in your face!' On a wall where visitors to the garden have share their memories, the duchess wrote:

'Boulder hopping in the Lake District.' KATE SAYS SHE 'HOPES HER GARDEN INSPIRES FAMILIES TO ENJOY NATURE' The Duchess of Cambridge has urged families to make the most

of nature. A short clip released by Kensington Palace, the Duchess said parents should spend as much 'quality time' with their children at a young age as possible to help their

development, particularly outdoors. She said: 'I really hope this woodland that we have created here really inspires families and kids and communities in general to get outside, enjoy

nature, enjoy the outdoors and really spend quality time together.' She added: 'There's an amazing fact that I learned recently that 90 per cent of our adult brains are

developed before the age of five and what a child experiences in these really early years directly affects how their brain develops. 'That's why I think it's so important that

all of us, whether we are parents or carers or family members, really engage in quality time with our children and babies from a really young age.' As she toured the garden, the

duchess was helped by George Hassall, 13, from Manchester, an RHS young ambassador who worked on the garden with her last week. He said: 'I was doing some planting, some periwinkle and

some ferns. She [the Duchess] was really nice, really down to earth. She really got into it - she did not point, she got her hands dirty. She got stuck in.You could tell that she was really

enjoying the interaction with the kids, seeing the passion and the enthusiasm. He said his reed boat had not been very successful. 'Mine was called the Titanic, for obvious reasons. It

did not make it to the end,' he said.  The royal spoke to mother Alison Shockledge while touring the Back to Nature Garden, designed by Kate and landscape architects Andree Davies and

Adam White of Davies White Landscape Architects. Ms Shockledge said: "She's a mum. 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 RHS Back to Nature Garden, designed by Kate with landscape architects Andree Davies and Adam White, is a woodland setting

for families and communities to connect with nature.  She and her co-designers landscape architects Andree Davies and Adam White were keen to recreate memories, such as wild bluebells, from

her childhood.  The royal also remembered Princess Diana by including forget-me-nots, her favourite flowers.   Among the blooms and foliage are blue periwinkle flowers, geraniums,

astrantias, wild strawberry plants, ferns and rhubarb. Trees planted in the garden include a weeping beech tree, which is an ideal base for building a den under branches. Decking in the

garden was created using reclaimed timber from Southend Pier.  Meanwhile Kate's children, Prince George, five, Princess Charlotte, four, and Prince Louis, one, were actively involved in

collecting twigs, logs and moss from around Anmer Hall, their Norfolk home. They built a rustic tepee-style den and fire pit at the heart of the garden. 'They've been involved

every step of the way and the duchess was excited for them to see the finished result,' said an aide.  'Children – both hers and others – have always been at the heart of this

project.'  Pictures taken of the Cambridges in the garden show Charlotte, barefoot in a pretty pink summer dress, on a rope-ball swing and Louis under the watchful eye of his father

Prince William. George and Charlotte are also seen dipping their toes in a babbling brook.  William and his two oldest children climbed into the tree house, while the duke also enjoyed a go

on the swing.  Kate's garden aims to highlight the benefits the natural world brings to mental and physical well-being, particularly for children.  In an interview shared on the

Kensington Palace Instagram account, Kate said parents should spend as much 'quality time' with their children at a young age as possible to help their development, particularly

outdoors. Speaking about her wilderness garden, which will be unveiled at the show on Tuesday, the Duchess said: 'This is a natural, creative place for them to play. 'I really hope

this woodland that we have created here really inspires families and kids and communities in general to get outside, enjoy nature, enjoy the outdoors and really spend quality time

together.'  She added: 'There's an amazing fact that I learned recently that 90 per cent of our adult brains are developed before the age of five and what a child experiences

in these really early years directly affects how their brain develops.  'That's why I think it's so important that all of us, whether we are parents or carers or family

members, really engage in quality time with our children and babies from a really young age.'  Kate has made 'early years' intervention one of the cornerstones of her work

after seeing how so many problems faced by adults she has met – such as mental health issues, addiction and social exclusion – stem from their childhood.  Kate's involvement with the

2019 RHS garden at the Chelsea Flower Show was first revealed earlier in the year.  My little rascals! Kate reveals how George and Charlotte threw stones and got their feet muddy in her

Chelsea woodland playground - while Louis took his first steps on camera  BY REBECCA ENGLISH, ROYAL CORRESPONDENT FOR THE DAILY MAIL  When you have designed a woodland playground, it clearly

helps if there are children to test it. So naturally the Duchess of Cambridge turned to her own little scamps for help yesterday. Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis had a

whale of a time during a sneak peek of Kate's stunning garden at the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show, and the Duchess admitted that the way they interacted with

the space took her by surprise.  'The children played last night in a way I hadn't imagined,' she said. 'They were throwing stones. I hadn't actually thought that

that was what they would be doing. They kicked their shoes off, and wanted to paddle in the stream… using it in a way that I hadn't anticipated.' The Duchess of Cambridge will

unveil her woodland wilderness garden to the Queen later today - which aims to encourage children to spend more time outdoors.  A barefoot George and Charlotte were seen dangling their legs

over a stream, while an excited Louis ran along a wooden path carrying a branch as the Duke of Cambridge looked on smiling. Four-year-old Charlotte, dressed in a floral frock, and

one-year-old Louis, wearing shorts and a cardigan, could be seen trying out a swing seat which Kate has already been photographed on in the build-up to this week's show. Five-year-old

George could be seen adventurously clambering across the stream. George, five, Charlotte, four, and Louis, one, would have been in familiar territory. For not only did Kate use their time

playing outdoors as inspiration for the project, which will open to the public on Tuesday, but the children were actively involved in collecting twigs, logs and moss from around Anmer Hall,

their Norfolk home.  'Oh la la': Cheeky Charlotte steals the show as she screams with delight and jumps on a rope swing while exploring Kate's nature garden - and plays

protective big sister to Louis by holding his hand  BY SARAH FINLEY FOR MAILONLINE Princess Charlotte is known for her sneaky waves and smiles at the camera - and yesterday as she ran around

her Mother's Chelsea flower show creation it was no different. Princess Charlotte, 4, stole the show as she jumped on the swing, took her shoes off to go in the steam - getting her

feet muddy in the process and also said no to playing with brother George. Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis had a whale of a time during the sneak peek of Kate's

stunning garden at the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show.  However it was Charlotte who seemed to have the best time and at one point, as she made her way through the

steam, even shouted 'oh la la' in a high pitched voice.  As Charlotte ran around the garden, George was playing in the den and William can be heard telling Charlotte to help him,

but she shouts out 'no' as she runs off through the garden. But she quickly wants to join him when he explores the stream, taking off her shoes to clamber over the rocks and down a

muddy hill - leaving muddy footprints as she comes out of the stream. Earlier as they arrived, Charlotte acted as the protective big sister, holding the hand of little brother Louis. Royal

fans on Instagram have shared how sweet they thought it was and even shared other times when she had held it.  MINI ME ROYALTY! KATE AND WILLIAM MATCH WITH THEIR ADORABLE CHILDREN  Prince

Louis was pictured wearing dungarees previously worn by big brother George, five, as the boys joined Princess Charlotte, four, at the unveiling of Kate's garden. Louis, one, wore a pair

of £39.99 striped shorts by Spanish brand Neck & Neck, worn by George at the polo in 2014 - prompting them to sell out at the time. Meanwhile Kate, 37, looked elegant in a £79 maxi

dress by & other Stories, with little Charlotte coordinating in a £65 floral dress by Rachel Riley - both taking the theme of the outing very literally. William, 36, and George appeared

to match in pastel shirts, belts and bottoms - prompting fans to comment that the family were twinning.  About the footage, one said: 'Charlotte is always holding Louis' hand,

while another said 'THIS IS SO SWEET'. Others compared two pictures of the brother and sister saying: 'So cute how princess Charlotte holding the hand of her little brother.

My God amazing royal family God bless them.'  As others saw the pictures they said: 'The mummy nature in Charlotte.' The Duchess of Cambridge will unveil her woodland

wilderness garden to the public tomorrow -  her garden aims to encourage children to spend more time outdoors. The royals shared the sweet photos of the family yesterday, which also included

pictures of a barefoot George and Charlotte dangling their legs over a stream, while an excited Louis ran along a wooden path carrying a branch as the Duke of Cambridge looked on smiling.

The family looked stylish for their outdoor adventure with Kate in a £79 maxi dress by & other Stories, and Charlotte coordinating in a £65 floral dress by Rachel Riley - both taking the

theme of the outing very literally. William and George were both in pastel shirts, belts and bottoms, while Louis, one, wore a pair of £39.99 striped shorts by Spanish brand Neck &

Neck, worn by George at the polo in 2014 - prompting them to sell out at the time.