Kate's little helpers! Duchess walks hand-in-hand with a young girl as she leads a treasure hunt in her re-opened nature garden at Hampton Court Palace
- Duchess of Cambridge, 37, is joining children for activities at her Back To Nature garden this afternoon
- Kate invited children from four different charities to take part in a treasure hunt, insect spotting and a picnic
- The royal is wearing a £260 midi dress by Sandro and a pair of beige wedge heels for the outing
- The garden is re-opening at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival following a stint at Chelsea
The Duchess of Cambridge joined a group of children for an afternoon of activities in her nature garden.
Kate, 37, invited youngsters from four charities to join her for a treasure hunt, insect spotting walk and a picnic as her garden re-opens at the Royal Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival following a successful stint at the Chelsea Flower Show.
While the royal dressed down for previous visits to her garden, she is at her polished best today, donning a £260 midi dress from Sandro, a favourite pair beige wedge heels and earrings by high street store Accessorize.
She appeared in excellent spirits as she arrived at the garden, waving to well-wishers and shaking hands with officials before making her way inside.
Back to nature! The Duchess of Cambridge took one little girl's hand as they explored her garden at Hampton Court Palace this afternoon. The royal's garden has re-opened on a new site following a successful stint at the Chelsea Flower Show
Give us a wave! The Duchess of Cambridge appeared in excellent spirits and waved to well-wishers as she arrived at the garden. She also crouched down to speak to one little girl, right, dressed in a pretty pink dress
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The Duchess of Cambridge has definitely been mixing things up when it comes to style recently.
At Royal Ascot she wore Elie Saab for the first time, before choosing a dress by under the radar brand Ridley London for an engagement last week.
She's at the Hampton Court Garden Festival today, and she's wearing a dress by très chic French label Sandro - a brand that can count the likes of her sister Pippa Middleton and Queen Letizia of Spain as fans, but it's a first for Kate!
We love the geometric print and pleated bodice on this green midi dress. This little sleeves are super flattering, and we love that she's stuck to the summery feel with her Castaner espadrilles and budget-friendly Accessorize earrings.
Not only is her dress available to buy, it's now reduced in the sale so click (right) to snap it up before it sells out.
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Helping hand: The Duchess of Cambridge spent time insect spotting with some of the children, pictured, shortly after arriving at Hampton Court today
At one with nature! The Duchess struck the right note in an elegant green patterned midi dress as she treated youngsters to a tour of her re-opened garden at Hampton Court Palace
In her element: The Duchess of Cambridge beamed as she spoke to youngsters about her garden today, left and right
Green fingers! The Duchess was seen carrying a small succulent plant as she waved goodbye to youngsters after an afternoon of treasure hunting in her nature garden
Kate will be joined by children from four of her patronages: the Anna Freud Centre, Evelina Children’s Hospital, Action for Children and Place2Be.
The children will have the opportunity to explore the garden and experience the positive effects of spending time outside.
The Duchess of Cambridge spoke to some of the children on her way into the garden. She was heard asking how many things they needed to find in the treasure hunt.
The RHS Back to Nature garden at the Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival is double the size of the original.
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Thousands more families will be able to enjoy the garden, in addition to over 19,500 visitors who saw it at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
The design has the same wild and natural feel but has been developed further in order to create additional opportunities for children and families to interact with nature.
Kate, 37, has invited youngsters from a number of charities to join her for a treasure hunt and a picnic as the garden re-opens at the Royal Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, following a successful stint at the Chelsea Flower Show
The garden has once again been created through a collaboration between Her Royal Highness, landscape architects Davies White and the RHS.
Features like the hollow log and rustic dens will return from Chelsea, in addition to a new hidden burrow, rolling hill and stream.
There is a pond to paddle in, a bug hotel that provides habitats for all sorts of wildlife, as well as a bee-friendly wildflower meadow.
As part of her longstanding work on Early Years, The Duchess believes that spending time outdoors plays a pivotal role in children’s future health and happiness.
Her garden highlights how time spent in natural environments can help build the foundations for positive physical and mental wellbeing that last through childhood and over a lifetime.
Wilderness retreat: The waterfall and pond in the royal's garden is designed to get children splashing around in the water
Playing outdoors: The rustic dens, left, and log hollows, right, return from Chelsea but the garden is twice the size
Save the bees! There is a pond to paddle in, a bug hotel, as well as a bee-friendly wildflower meadow, pictured
Good to see as much use is being made as possible ...
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