The Duchess of Cambridge Catherine visited Robin Hood Primary School to celebrate 10 years of the Royal Horticultural Society Campaign for School Gardening.
Royal Horticultural Society Campaign for School Gardening programme provides children with gardening opportunities to enhance their skills & boost development. Duchess of Cambridge herself is a passionate gardener.
On arrival, The Duchess was welcomed by a group of eager school children with beautiful flowers.
The Duchess of Cambridge was briefed on the RHS national campaign and the many benefits of gardening to young people by RHS manager Alana Tapsell.
Kate taking part in some gardening with west London school children pic.twitter.com/bVXlS9CaaL
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Catherine joined children at the Sensory Garden in some bulb planting, that has been supported by RHS and has been shown to benefit children’s physical and mental well-being.
After planting daffodil (Narcissus ‘February Gold’) and fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris) bulbs with children The Duchess moved to the Outdoor Learning area.
Kate hears about a gardening project in a west London school pic.twitter.com/o6sSxpGiXL
— Victoria Murphy (@byQueenVic) November 29, 2017
Here children are taught how to whittle to make bug homes. These tasks help build life skills such as confidence, teamwork and communication.
When the homes are completed they form part of ‘Bug-Ingham Palace’.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the RHS campaign, The Duchess of Cambridge cut a cake and congratulates all the teachers, volunteers, and pupils at Robin Hood on their hard work in the garden.
Video: The Duchess of Cambridge tells school children that she has "fond memories" of being outdoors as a child and is passing that passion on to George and Charlotte. pic.twitter.com/OqAkgGGQJV
— Catherine Wylie (@wyliecatherine) November 29, 2017
During the outing, Catherine said, “I’ve got such fond memories of being in the garden and being outside from my own childhood and I’m sharing that with my own children George and Charlotte”.
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For the freezing cold activity, Duchess brought the best of casuals together today. The Duchess of Cambridge wore a trusty Barbour Ladies Waxed Defence Jacket. The jacket is not available anymore but similar styles can be bought on Nordstrom.
The Duchess paired the jacket with her black Temperley London Honeycomb Tunic Sweater and black skinny jeans.
Today again we saw the comeback of Penelope Chilvers Long Tassel Boots that remained a loyal part of The Duchess’ closet for more than a decade. They can be bought on Penelope for £475.00.
Duchess finished her look with Kiki ‘Lauren’ Yellow Gold Pave Diamond Leaf Earrings.
