Chelsea Flower Show 2025: James Middleton and Lady Amelia Windsor lead Royal arrivals at the annual gardening event

The Chelsea Flower Show The opening day is always one of the most stars -lined events of the year – with a sprinkling of royalties for a good measure.

The first day of this year’s event, run by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) did not disappoint as Royals flowed to Chelsea Hospital, West LondonTo get the first glimpse of this year’s gardens.

The Princess of Walesbrother James Middleton and lady Amelia Windsor Walked the road for the glamorous guests who attended the VIP and Press Day.

James shone when he arrived at the gardens with seven -year -old Mabel and two -year -old Isla of his two Golden Retriever’s seven -year -old Mabel.

The father of one, 38, looked smart in a cream blazer and navy chinos that he combined with a kaki shirt and brown shoes.

In the meantime, Lady Amelia Windsor looked glamorous in a black -flowing skirt and matching crop top.

The granddaughter of the Duke of Kent completed her look with brown shoes and she accessorized with Bedles Raintance Jewelery.

Later today, the king and the queen will arrive at the event where they will see the names of their dogs registered on the brick paths of the dog garden of Monty Don when they visit the world -famous horticultural event later today.

The Duke of Edinburgh and Duke and Duchess of Gloucester are expected to join the king and queen.

The first garden for the King’s Trust, designed by Joe Perkins, is a focus on adapting to climate change and the ability of ‘pioneering’ plants to thrive in extreme rainfall and drought.

The rainforest garden of Wildlife Trusts shows the endangered Atlantic moderate rainforest habitat that once surprised the western coasts of Great Britain.

This year, garden designers had to contend with plants that did not flower in time for the show due to the dry and sunny weather, because England has been starting to jump the driest for decades.

That is why displays must be adjusted to be able to handle the extreme dry conditions.

Also present this morning there is in the past BBC Omroep Kate Silverton, 54, looked elegant in a long cream -colored skirt and oversized blue and white striped clock sleeve blouse.

She completed her chic look with a crème fedora hat, wigsandals and a glamorous silver necklace.

Gavin and Stacey actress Alison Steadman got out in white pants and a matching blouse that she combined with a pink blazer.

Actor Paul Whitehouse also arrived at the annual event in a great spirit when he posed for a whole series of snaps.

The world presenter of BBC Gardeners, Monty Don, who collaborated with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) for his first garden in Chelsea filled with functions for dogs, including a lawn, water to wallow and trees to throw shadow was also spotted.

The horticulturist looked brave in a navy suit when he arrived with his golden retriever Ned.

Yesterday, Monty defended the absorption of plants that can be toxic to dogs In the garden, such as Alliums and Foxgloves, who say they were flowers that he had next to his pets without problems in his own garden.

The RHS and Radio 2 Hondentuin, which will not be assessed, will be moved to nearby Battersea Dogs & Cats Home after the world -famous event.

Don, 69, said they would remove plants that the charity did not want to have as part of the planting.

The horticulturist, who has been presented at Chelsea since 1990 and has treated the show for the BBC without a break for more than a decade, also said that creating the garden was a ‘humiliating’ process that respected him ‘huge’ and makers of gardens at RHS Chelsea.

Onsite speaking where his garden is being held under wrappers while it is being built, he said: “It doesn’t matter what kind of garden or how good or bad it is, it is an almost unimaginable amount of work because of the details you have to take care of.”

He said he looked forward to returning to presenting the coverage for next week after his stint as a designer, which he described as ‘moonlight’.

‘I now really have insight into the entire process. I didn’t know I needed that and I do that, it’s humiliating. ‘

Don, originally approached by the RHS to design a dog -friendly garden, said he didn’t want the project, created with horticulturist Jamie Butterworth, a message except that they are about dogs.

“I wanted to see a garden in Chelsea who had no message that did not qualify in an exotic situation, in 2025 in England was absolutely fair and square and that was full of plants that I had or that everyone could buy at their local garden center, and with trees or bushes that were native or long adapted to this country.”

The lawn is central to the plot, surrounded by plants that can create changing paths for dogs to take the garden, and a large open advocated ‘dog house’ with an old bank for the animals to withdraw.

The garden also has long meadow grass for dogs to lie in, while Radio 2 presenter Jo Wiley proposed an area of ​​water for dogs to wallow in, based on experience with her pets, Don said.

There is a playfulness in the garden, with the use of dogwood, round-headed alliums who call for balls, like to play dogs to play with, and Terracotta pots are made with leg prints from Don’s Dog Ned who can regularly be seen to follow him around his garden in the world of the gardeners.

But although the lawn was made to look as if it was used by dogs and people, the team stopped having holes dug or ‘pee rings’.

And Don said: ‘There are plants in the garden that are technically toxic to dogs.

‘However, there are no plants that I don’t have in my own garden and I have always had dogs.

‘My opinion about this is actually the most important plant I am worried about is Yew and we don’t have that in the garden.

“In my experience, dogs are wise and his owners wise.”

Don added: ‘We have a short to make a beautiful garden for Chelsea. The only dogs that are allowed here are specifically invited to me or others and on a lead and under control.

“If it goes to Battersea, it doesn’t have any plants that Battersea does not want to be, we will remove one that they think they are toxic to their dogs,” he said.

‘We do not say that these are plants that are completely safe, what are you worried about? What I say is in my experience that I have had no problems with these plants, and I have had dogs for the past 65 years. ‘

Many daily activities of cutting with knives in the kitchen to driving a car or crossing the road were more dangerous than these plants for dogs, he said.

And he added: “Just be wise, don’t get hysterical, but don’t take it off at the same time.”

He also said that dog owners who are enthusiastic that gardeners cannot expect a perfect lawn, because ‘that is not compatible with dogs’, and encouraged those who did not want their animals to crash through the flower beds to create low fences or hedge boundaries or corners to stop them.

A RHS spokesperson said that the dog garden “was mainly designed to bring joy and pleasure.”

‘Since RHS Chelsea is also a great place to inspire and train, with some people who may not realize that a number of common garden plants can be harmful to dogs if it is eaten, the RHS and Monty encourage people to be aware, but also to be wise, about dogs in their gardens at home.

‘The garden increases the consciousness to monitor pets between plants. Don’t let them eat or dig them in boundaries and, as with something, if you see them eating something in the garden and you change in behavior whether you worry or have doubts, call the veterinarians. ‘

They added: “The garden will live on in Battersea, where experts from the charity will select dog-friendly, non-toxic plants to live from which life dogs can enjoy for years.”