A Chelsea Flower Show garden co-designed by the Duchess of Cambridge will highlight the benefits the natural world brings to mental and physical well-being.
Plans were unveiled today for the “Back to Nature Garden” showing in May.
The Duchess has co-designed the woodland wilderness garden alongside landscape architects Andree Davies and Adam White, ad the Royal Horticultural Society.
Its centrepiece will be a high platform tree house, clad in stag horn oak that draws inspiration from a bird or animal nest.
Kensington Palace said in a statement the garden will help "inspire families to get outside and explore nature together".
It added: "The garden hopes to trigger memories of time spent in nature, and encourage others to go out and create new experiences in the great outdoors."
The garden will also feature a swing seat, rustic den and a campfire as well as tree stumps, stepping stones and a hollow log for children to play on.
Interaction with the natural environment will be encouraged through the garden's "multi-sensory", green and blue plant scheme.
The design also includes "incredible edibles", plants for craft activities, "forest scents" and a range of plants, shrubs and trees of different heights and textures.
A waterfall and stream will provide an opportunity for children to paddle and play.
In creating the garden, Kate is following in the footsteps of her father-in-law the Prince of Wales, whose passion for horticulture is well known.
Her involvement with the 2019 RHS Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show was first revealed in January.
