RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019: In pictures

A woodland wilderness garden with a royal touch is one of the highlights of this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

The annual display of cutting-edge floral designs offered an early viewing for special guests and the media before the show opens to the general public from Tuesday to Saturday this week.

Dame Judi Dench, whose outfit blended in beautifully, was among the famous visitors who got an early look at the horticultural sights at this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

Prince George and Prince Louis spent an hour playing in the Back to Nature garden with their parents

A rustic treehouse was at the heart of the Duchess of Cambridge's garden

The duke and duchess gave the Queen a guided tour

A model blends in with a display of peonies

Chelsea Pensioners walk past a floral display celebrating the children's TV show Rainbow

The actress and TV presenter Baroness Floella Benjamin created a display called Floella's Future

The Facebook Garden: Beyond the Screen, designed by Joe Perkins, is intended to show how gardening and social media can connect people

A Chelsea Pensioner stops to appreciate a display of roses

Jazz singer Natalie Rushdie poses as the Lady of the Lake in the Savills and David Harber Garden, designed by Andrew Duff, which celebrates the beauty of trees, plants and grass in urban spaces

A model wears a flower crown by Dean Sharpe's Floral Studio

Children play in the Montessori Centenary Children's Garden, designed by Jody Lidgard

Gardening Will Save The World by designer Tom Dixon and Ikea presents a vision of the future of urban farming

A visitor rests in the Harmonious Garden of Life, designed by Laurelie de la Salle to be calming and environmentally sustainable

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