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Sean Morrison

Chelsea Flower Show: Sneak peek at Duchess of Cambridge's garden design plans ahead of grand unveiling

Sneak peek: The Duchess of Cambridge, right, works on her Chelsea Flower Show garden ahead of its grand unveiling (Picture: PA)

The Duchess of Cambridge has been pictured working on designs for her Chelsea Flower Show garden in previously unseen images released by Kensington Palace.

Kate has co-created a woodland wilderness garden alongside landscape architects Andree Davies and Adam White, and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).

The designs will get their grand unveiling next week when the world-renowned Chelsea Flower Show welcomes professional and amateur gardens from across the world.

Pictures taken in February of Kate and her professional colleagues working on their designs were released on the Kensington Palace Twitter on Monday.

One of the images shows a sneak peek of the plans.

Sneak peek: a close up of Kate's garden plans ahead of the Chelsea Flower Show (PA)

The Back To Nature Garden aims to highlight the benefits the natural world brings to mental and physical well-being.

Kate's involvement with the 2019 RHS Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show was first revealed earlier in the year.

And the so-called “Kate effect” sent tickets sales for the show surging.

Kate alongside Andree Davies (left) and Adam White (centre), of Davies White Landscape Architect, discussing plans for the duchess's

Kensington Palace said at the time the garden would 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's centrepiece will be a high-platform tree house, clad in stag horn oak that draws inspiration from a bird or animal nest.

It 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.

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