The Duchess did her first public engagement since March yesterday when she visited a local garden center. 
She went to the Fakenham Garden Centre not far from the family’s country home, Anmer Hall. 
More from this Hello! story by Emily Nash.
Keen gardener Kate wanted to encourage people to visit local businesses as they start to reopen. She said: “I’ve been food shopping, but I have to say I haven’t been out a huge amount more but it’s good and so important, now as things start to ease, people know they can go out and particularly to places like this.”
The Duchess said George loves playing with Venus fly trap plants and that he and his siblings have been growing tomato plants at home. “They were very excited to grow them from seeds and now they’re as tall as them,” she added.
Below, the Duchess speaking with the center’s owners, Martin and Jennie Turner.
The Garden Centre reopened in mid-May, and Kate heard from the Turners about the challenges they experienced dealing with the pandemic. Hannah Furness reports in the Daily Telegraph that Mr. Turner, “…told her about some of the difficulties…the last three months, having to shut completely for a time, furlough 15 out of 50 staff and make redundancies….”. 
But the Turners say business has been good since they reopened. We return to The Telegraph article:
“There’s been a massive upsurge hasn’t there as people have been spending so much time outdoors and in their gardens,” said the Duchess.
She was delighted when Mr Turner told her that they had seen a lot of people who had never gardened before.
“Really?’ she smiled. ‘That’s great. And now people have the time to do it.”
The Turners also spoke about some of the operating changes they have made as a result of the pandemic. 
As a refresher, the last public outing for the Duchess was back on March 19 when they visited a London Ambulance call center. 
Now for our look at what Kate wore yesterday. 
She had on a new vest by Fjällräven, the Women’s Sormland Padded Vest ($217) in the Dark Olive colorway.
The piece is made of polyester and Fjällräven’s G-1000 fabric. It features two spacious front bellows pockets with flaps, a snap front, and a pocket on the back. Our thanks to Irish Sara for her speedy identification of the vest.
And it looks like she also wore Massimo Dutti, the brand’s Skinny Fit High-Rise Satin Trousers ($69.90). 
The trousers are made of a cotton/lyocell blend with a polished finish, 5 pockets, zip front, belt loops, and a snug fit. The product description points out the fabric is “TENCEL®Lyocell…. made of wood sourced from sustainably managed forests that guarantee reforestation.” Many thanks to Innominate for this ID.
We saw the return of Kate’s Superga Cotu sneakers in the ‘Sherwood Gum’ colorway.
And she brought back her Siren Wire Earrings ($175) in Green Onyx from Monica Vinader. 
The earrings are also available at Selfridges ($124, but shipping is £25) and at Farfetch ($175).
It was terrific seeing the Duchess out and about! 
For anyone wondering, masks are not required in England with the exception of specific circumstances (public transport, hospitals); they “are encouraged in certain situations where social distancing is more difficult, such as in small shops”. (Let’s refrain from commenting about face masks policies; that is not a path I want to go down in this space. Many thanks in advance for your help on this!)
LINKAGE:
- The Daily Express story is here; the Daily Telegraph piece by Hannah Furness is here; The Daily Mail’s coverage is here; the Evening Standard’s story and photo gallery are here
- A Hello! piece by Emily Nash is here; Simon Perry’s People story is here
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