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Duchess of Cambridge creates magical woodland garden for the Chelsea Flower Show

Big Blue SkyBig Blue Sky Posts: 716
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Duchess of Cambridge creates magical woodland garden for the Chelsea Flower Show to boost mental wellbeing after being inspired by childhood memories of the great outdoors




“With a den made of branches, a treehouse and a swing, it is a magical space filled with the spirit of adventure and play.

It’s just the sort of enchanting garden a young parent might want for their children – and it’s no surprise to discover it has been designed by a proud mother-of-three, the Dutchess of Cambridge.

As the drawings show, Kate’s creation for the Chelsea Flower Show is a fun-filled paradise inspired by childhood memories of spending time in the great outdoors.”


The sketch looks lovely, personally I would love to play in a garden like this :). :smile:

Surrey
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  • chickychicky Posts: 10,410
    Will be interesting to see how its brought to life 😀🌳🌿🍃
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    I wonder who's building it for her/them?
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    A garden design company.  See here - https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-chelsea-flower-show/news/2019/duchess-designs-rhs-garden

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Big Blue SkyBig Blue Sky Posts: 716
    The Duchess created her ‘Back to Nature’ garden with Andrée Davies and Adam White from Davies White Landscape Architects, and the Royal Horticultural Society. 
    Surrey
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    😁
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    It's a shame the picture didn't come with the key. Anyone want to chance a guess?

    1) Leaves. Come pre-fixed to the trees apparently.
    2) Tree house. For looking down on poor people.
    3) Egg swing. Because one is too posh for a tyre on a rope.
    4) Servants' quarters.
    5) Berries. Servants have to eat after all.
    6) Fire. For cooking the berries.
    7) Plants to hide servants from view.
    8) Moat. Keeps the poor out.
    9) Drawbridge.
    10) Place to meet the poor. Must be easy to clean.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I'm with you @wild edges.
    Call my an old cynic, but I can't believe she'd had much input into it.
    Why not just say she's supporting charity XYZ as they build a garden, which I'm sure is nearer the mark.
    Devon.
  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    I'm with you as well @wild edges and @Hostafan1 .. Doubt if she did much more than say 'it must have a swing' and 'a den' type of thing. To say she has 'designed it' is probably well off the mark. Why is everything so hyped up these days?
    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Don’t see why she shouldn’t have had a fair bit of input in it ... she has a degree in art history, is said to have done some particular study of depictions of Victorian childhood, which would seem relevant, and appears from the examples of her photography that we’ve seen to have ‘a good eye’. 

    Why the need to do her down just cos she’s who she is?  It’s about time the royal family had input from someone who’s been in touch with real life, but as soon as she does something with her education rather than simply being a ‘royal wife and mother’ she gets slagged off. 

    💡 Hope it’s not a touch of unconscious misogyny ...  ;)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    IMHO , having a degree in art history makes her no more a garden designer than a couturier or an architect or any other profession involves " designing " anything.
    I'm sure she's a lovely person and her heart is in the right place and I hope her "input" aids the charity.
    Devon.
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