Her head’s in the clouds! Duchess of Cambridge helps design new log seat to help sunbathers watch the world go by without worrying about grass stains
- Kate is a fan of creating things and was keen to develop the design
- Carved log provides an angle to look up at clouds from comfortable position
- Experts say the duchess has a natural talent for design: ‘She has this vision and knows how to do it’
Cloudwatchers no longer need to worry about getting their backs stained with grass as they lie back to enjoy the view – thanks to a charming invention from the Duchess of Cambridge.
The 37-year-old Royal helped design a carved log that’s perfectly angled to provide a comfortable position from which you can gaze at the sky.
Unveiled at the garden she helped create for the Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, the seat was designed with landscape architects Adam White and Andree Davies.
Charming invention: The duchess has come up with a log seat to ensure cloudwatchers avoid grass stains on their backs
Mr White told The Mail on Sunday: ‘The idea is that it makes you sit back and look at the clouds. Instead of looking at a screen, you have got to use your imagination to think what you can see in the sky. It is something that the Duchess said she really enjoyed doing.’
‘The idea of creating something from nothing was something the Duchess enjoys with her family.’
That includes an activity she used to do as a child – ‘making little boats out of reeds from the stream, which she now does with her children’, Mr White added: ‘Andree and I had a go at making them. I’ll be honest, they were awful. We were put to shame!’
Talent for design: Kate’s vision has led to the idea for the seat to come about
Ms Davies added that Kate has a natural talent for design: ‘She has this vision and knows how to do it.’
After the festival finishes today, the garden – which the Duchess and Davies White Ltd created for the Royal Horticultural Society – will move to Dewnans Centre, a mental health centre in Devon.