The King is viewing the Curious Garden at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

The King and Queen at RHS Chelsea Flower show (Image: PA)

King Charles has reunited with two of his King’s Foundation ambassadors, Sir David Beckham and Alan Titchmarsh, at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The three men greeted each other like old friends as they arrived at The RHS and The King’s Foundation Curious Garden, the special display they worked on together.

The Curious Garden, designed by horticulturist Frances Tophill, is a showpiece designed to spark curiosity in gardening and encourage more people, particularly younger generations, to spend time in nature. It features a beautiful oak building representing a ‘museum of curiosities’; seven raised plant beds as a nod to Sir David’s iconic shirt number; one of the King’s favourite flowers, delphiniums, and an Artist’s Easel created by The King’s Foundation’s Snowdon School of Furniture.

It also features four gnomes painted for Sir David Beckham, King Charles, garden designer Frances Tophill and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh, who all form part of the team behind The RHS and The King’s Foundation Curious Garden.

King Charles speaks with Sir David Beckham (Image: PA)

The King looked dapper in a navy suit (Image: Getty)

King Charles greets Sir David (Image: Getty)

King Charles speaks to Sir David and Sir Alan (Image: PA)

King Charles meets Zinc, a cocker spaniel dog (Image: Getty)

The King, dressed in a navy suit, Sir David and Sir Alan toured the garden together, stopping to admire different parts of the display, which were planted by apprentices and garden trainees from both the RHS and The King’s Foundation charities.

Some of the garden’s highlights included the King’s Rose and Sir David’s Rose, the latter of which marks its debut this year at the world-renowned horticultural show.

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The King’s Rose is a pink and white striped English shrub rose and was introduced at Chelsea last year.

Sir David’s rose is a shrub rose, with buds featuring a soft hint of pink that open into luminous white flowers with touches of blush and yellow.

The garden aims to encourage the nation to discover the joy of curiosity in gardening and the vital contribution plants make to the health of people, places and the planet.

Aside from the King’s garden, the annual gardening event features show gardens containing everything from a Barbara Hepworth sculpture to a huge wooden carving of a Mother Nature figure from a fallen mature tree, among the array of flowers and trees.

Princess Anne with Sir Timothy Laurence (Image: Getty)

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh (Image: Getty)

The King’s Rose (Image: Getty)

Sir David Beckham’s Rose (Image: Getty)

King Charles smells a Sir David Beckham Rose (Image: Getty)

King Charles with Dame Judi Dench (Image: Getty)

The monarch was seen having a sweet interaction with a dog named Zinc, trained to detect plant diseases.

Meanwhile, the Queen, dressed in black and white, was pictured examining exhibits in the Highgrove shop. Her sister, Annabel Elliot, was also there and posed for pictures with Sir David.

A host of celebrities attended the preview day, ahead of the official opening on Tuesday, and wore their best floral outfits to the London event.

Princess Anne, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were also present, and toured the garden displays separately.

Much of the thinking behind the Curious Garden draws on The King’s philosophy of Harmony, which is protected and promoted by The King’s Foundation, and encourages us to see ourselves as part of nature – not apart from it – and celebrate all that nature is capable of.

The Queen looks at exhibits in the Highgrove shop (Image: Getty)

The King with designer Sarah Eberle in The Campaign to Protect Rural England’s ‘On the Edge garden (Image: Getty)

King Charles looks at a display of The King’s Rose (Image: Getty)

The King visits the Tokonoma Garden (Image: Getty)

Following the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026, the garden will live on at a college supporting young adults, extending its educational and environmental legacy beyond the showground.

Sir David Beckham said of the garden: “I want to help encourage a new generation to appreciate the benefits of nature and get involved in gardening. It’s been fun to be a part of creating the Curious Garden and I’m excited for people to see it at RHS Chelsea Flower Show.”

“My love for the countryside started when I was a child visiting my grandparents. I’ve experienced how rewarding gardening can be… I hope we inspire people to get outside into nature and to try something new.”