The Princess of Wales has joined pupils from schools taking part in Chelsea Flower Show’s first children’s picnic.
The Princess of Wales, in a pink dress, sat on a blanket as she talked to schoolchildren (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
Kate has championed people getting more in touch with nature (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
The picnic initiative aims to help bring gardening and nature into the lives of more children, something that has been championed by Kate.
The Princess of Wales speaks to Chelsea Pensioners after meeting pupils (Jordan Pettit/PA)
The princess felt more children should be involved in the annual show.
Clive Gillmor and Manoj Malde take part in the first wedding ceremony to be held at the Chelsea Flower Show (James Manning/PA)
Manoj Malde and Clive Gillmor held a traditional Hindu Indian wedding in the RHS and Eastern Eye Garden of Unity, which Mr Malde designed, on Monday.
Clive Gillmor and Manoj Malde, both centre, are now married (James Manning/PA)
Recorded music from a sitar and flute wafted over the wood smoke from a fire pit in the centre of the garden while bees bobbed among the flowers.
A Chelsea Pensioner admires a driftwood sculpture (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
Chelsea Flower Show’s youngest designer, Lucy Vail, unveils her creation for the show’s main entrance (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
Elsewhere, huge bursts of colour remain in the Great Pavilion, while first-time exhibitors include mushroom growers the Caley Bros.
Designer Jihae Hwang in her Korean-inspired garden, A Letter From a Million Years Past (James Manning/PA)
A visitor poses for a photograph in the Balcony Garden (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
“Right across the show, the inference is that nature’s taking control… maybe that it’s OK to let weeds grow and let things get a little bit ruinous.
A bubble artist performs (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
The Savills Garden, the show’s first working kitchen garden (James Manning/PA)
“Is this the place to be showing that? It’s arguably the world’s best flower show, so this is the place.”
Designer Tom Massey outside the Royal Entomological Society Garden (James Manning/PA)
