By . Mia De Graaf . The Queen has arrived at this year's Chelsea Flower Show with Princess Beatrice for a first glimpse before it opens to the public tomorrow. Guided through the opulent displays at the annual horticulture show, the monarch smiled gleefully and enquired about the intricate creations. Jerry Hall, Kirstie Allsopp, and Twiggy also dropped by the exhibition, which this year marks the First World War centenary in many of the shows. But gardeners faced a battle to stop their blooms from wilting ahead of Her Majesty's arrival as temperature's soared above 25C. Scroll down to see video . Her Majesty arrives: The Queen is shown a Thailand-themed garden at the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower show before it opens tomorrow . Royal outing: She arrived with Prince Philip for their annual trip to take in the horticultural creations of the year . Family day out: Princess Beatrice accompanied her grandmother to the event where, bare-headed, the monarch explored the sprawling displays in the afternoon sunlight . Joyful: The Queen smiled gleefully as she walked through the colourful pathways guided by the various designers keen to explain the thinking behind their creations . Kirstie Allsopp (left) and Twiggy (right) were among the cluster of celebrities granted a first glimpse of the revered horticulture show today before it opens tomorrow . Actor Benedict Cumberbatch brought his mother to explore the creations on show, which will be opened to the public tomorrow . Andy Murray's girlfriend Kim Sears (left) picked a plant to take home, while Jerry Hall (right) enjoyed an ice cream in the baking heat as she surveyed the displays . This year, themes range from fashion to warfare; from star-gazing to different cultures; from myths to farming. Her Majesty beamed as she was handed a traditional Thai decoration by the designers of a 100,000-flower display inspired by Thailand. Accompanied by her granddaughter, Princess Beatrice, the monarch wore a lilac jacket and green dress without a hat, having missed the scorching weather. Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch brought his mother Wanda Ventham, 78, as his companion for the day - and she was inundated by breathless fans demanding details about his upbringing. Cumberbatch, 37, who wore a pink shirt, light grey jacket and sunglasses was not keen to discuss his horticultural skills. But his mother, who plays Sherlock's mother in the BBC series, answered on his behalf, telling fans he likes to grow plants on his roof terrace. The show gardens include a number of war-themed displays - which were opened with memorial readings by celebrities. Glamour model Amy Willerton became an exhibit herself as she donned hair extensions and stood in a shell to portray the iconic image of Venus . Bright: An exhibitor looks at a stand of chrysanthemums at the 2014 Chelsea Flower Show at Royal Hospital Chelsea in London . International: Many of the gardens took foreign horticulture as their inspiration, including this Thailand-themed exhibit made of over 100,000 flowers . Birds and traditional figurines were delicately hung amongst the blooming greens, pinks and whites in this Thailand garden, which will be presented to the Queen . The monarch bent to get a closer look at the opulent Thai decorations handed to her by one of the garden's designers who bowed and presented it on a gold cloth . Wild: From neat and vibrant flowers to over-hanging trees, the Queen was then taken into a decidedly more wild setting . Stood in a cave of sandbags, to mark the First World War centenary, the Queen laughed excitedly hearing about the efforts that went into the end result . Princess Michael of Kent joined the family in pale green as the scorching sun began to set. Meanwhile, the Queen joked with one of the organisers before their tour . Jeremy Paxman read a war-time poem, as did Stephen Fry who spoke at a garden which featured a model war horse. Actors Rowan Atkinson and Nigel Havers read poems by First . World War poets who died during the conflict, on the No Man's Land ABF . The Soldiers' Charity garden. The garden represents a landscape . marked by the fighting in northern France, including trenches, a mine . crater pond and the yew trees found in war cemeteries. Designer Charlotte Rowe said she was . inspired by her own family's involvement in the First World War, . including her grandfather, a second lieutenant with the Middlesex . Regiment. She said: 'The idea behind it is that . the land, No Man's Land, was fought over again and again with the front . line moving very little, and the land got completely messed up and . churned up. As they entered the showroom where many celebrities bought plants to take home, the Queen was introduced to some of the women running stalls . 'The concept is the healing of the land after severe conflict, and relating it to the human body and spirit.' Plants used in the garden have been . grown by injured soldiers at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre . at Headley Court as part of horticultural therapy. The . war in Afghanistan inspired first-time Chelsea designer Matthew . Keightley to design the Hope on the Horizon garden for Help For . Heroes,which charts the path to recovery for wounded personnel. Mr . Keightley's brother Michael serves with the RAF Regiment and is on his . fifth tour of Afghanistan. On his last tour, he formed part of a medical . evacuation crew, which led the designer to explore the recovery . process. Blooming: Photographers were given early access to capture the vibrant daffodils and other blooms on display at the show this year . This is a wild, farmer-themed garden with a farmer grown out of leafy flowers standing over tall and sprouting blooms . Foliage Is A Girl's Best Friend: An actress posing as Marilyn Monroe took to a very funny stage to launch Bosch's new leaf blower . Final touches: An organisers tweaks some of the flower bunches as it gets closer to Her Majesty's arrival . Mr Keightley . said of the experience of creating his first garden at Chelsea: 'It's . the first time since being involved in team sport I've felt that feeling . of camaraderie, not just with my own blokes but the greater community.' The garden will be used to help service personnel at one of Help For Heroes recovery centres after Chelsea ends. The . scorching weekend had not been a problem for the garden, he said, as it . had been designed for sunny weather - but he would be getting in to . water it as soon as the judges had been round. Many took to covering plants, particularly peonies and irises, in muslin to keep off the rays. Others tied up their flowers and watered them repeatedly to stop them opening too early. The baking temperatures left gardeners at the London show – which opens this week – more than a little hot under the collar. Andrew . Wilson, 55, who designed a wine-themed garden costing tens of thousands . of pounds, said: ‘Last year it was freezing and this year it’s too hot. 'My irises have started to go over. I’ll have to substitute some of them with roses.’ VIP preview: Strictly Come Dancing's Brendan Cole (far left) and former . Strictly judge Arlene Phillips (far right) enjoyed an ice cream at the . show with actresses Jennifer Saunders (centre) and Anna Maxwell-Martin . (second left) at the RNIB's multi-sensory Mind's Eye Garden . A feast for the senses: Jennifer Saunders enjoys an ice cream at the RNIB's display in the fresh gardens section of the show . Ground Force's Charlie Dimmock (left) attended the horticultural highlight of the year in green, as did Susanna Reid (right) who pranced through a garden in bright pink . Piers Morgan made a trip over to the UK for the event - where he posed with Vikings outside a historical garden . Jerry Hall and her companion also took to the vikings with a glamourous pose before heading off to explore the plethora of displays . Elizabetta . Clementel, who has designed a garden for Country Life magazine, said . she was worried about whether her Irises would hold out. The 55-year-old, from Spain, added: ‘It’s a bit of a panic but we’ll do our best.’ Many designs . are based on foreign horticulture: a Cleve West creation is inspired by . ancient Persian gardens, and another exhibit looks like an Italian-style . formal garden. Organisers have this year celebrated a wave of new young talent. TV presenter and gardener Dan Pearson picked 'nuturing potential' as the theme for his garden. Having been discouraged from pursuing . a career in horticulture as a youngster, he said he wants to encourage . today's children to stick to their guns. 'The way to attract more young people . into horticultural industries is for these careers to be seen as . valuable and remunerated appropriately,' he urged. A wooden horse puppet visited the ABF: The Soldiers' Charity No Man's Land garden, where a number of celebrities marked the centenary of the First World War . Jeremy Paxman read WWI poetry at the Soldiers’ Charity No Man’s Land garden that he attended along with Stephen Fry, Rowan Atkinson and Caroline Quentin . Red coat: A Chelsea pensioner in front of a flower stand at the 101st event of the prestigious gardening show, which opens to the public tomorrow . But he said: 'This year it is . noteworthy the number of young designers who are here. There are four of . them at least under the age of 30, that's tremendously inspiring.' Elsewhere at the show are dresses . made of flowers, a garden that was being tended by Vikings and a 1914 . Potter's Garden, representing a rural potter going to war in France. Amid the immaculate arrangement of . blooms and endless horticultural varieties is one garden which . celebrates a much more natural display - ancient woodlands. The Woodland Trust 'Beauty Sleeping' garden takes visitors on a journey through an enclosed exhibit, complete . with woodland plants, sounds and smells, which highlights the potential . for restoring conifer plantations to their natural state as native . woodland. Woodland Trust chief executive Beccy . Speight said: 'It's about a really threatened habitat, only 2% of the . UK is ancient woodland, and quite a lot of that has been planted over . with conifers. 'If you restore it in the right way, you get a fantastic resurgence of this kind of habitat.'
The Queen, Mary Berry, Jerry Hall, Kirstie Allsopp among the cluster given a preview of the annual horticulture show .
As temperatures soar past 25C - hotter than Rio de Janeiro - gardeners are scrambling to protect their blooms .
The plethora of exhibits includes tributes to First World War, fashion-themed gardens, and a wave of young talent .
By . Mia De Graaf . The Queen has arrived at this year's Chelsea Flower Show with Princess Beatrice for a first glimpse before it opens to the public tomorrow. Guided through the opulent displays at the annual horticulture show, the monarch smiled gleefully and enquired about the intricate creations. Jerry Hall, Kirstie Allsopp, and Twiggy also dropped by the exhibition, which this year marks the First World War centenary in many of the shows. But gardeners faced a battle to stop their blooms from wilting ahead of Her Majesty's arrival as temperature's soared above 25C. Scroll down to see video . Her Majesty arrives: The Queen is shown a Thailand-themed garden at the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower show before it opens tomorrow . Royal outing: She arrived with Prince Philip for their annual trip to take in the horticultural creations of the year . Family day out: Princess Beatrice accompanied her grandmother to the event where, bare-headed, the monarch explored the sprawling displays in the afternoon sunlight . Joyful: The Queen smiled gleefully as she walked through the colourful pathways guided by the various designers keen to explain the thinking behind their creations . Kirstie Allsopp (left) and Twiggy (right) were among the cluster of celebrities granted a first glimpse of the revered horticulture show today before it opens tomorrow . Actor Benedict Cumberbatch brought his mother to explore the creations on show, which will be opened to the public tomorrow . Andy Murray's girlfriend Kim Sears (left) picked a plant to take home, while Jerry Hall (right) enjoyed an ice cream in the baking heat as she surveyed the displays . This year, themes range from fashion to warfare; from star-gazing to different cultures; from myths to farming. Her Majesty beamed as she was handed a traditional Thai decoration by the designers of a 100,000-flower display inspired by Thailand. Accompanied by her granddaughter, Princess Beatrice, the monarch wore a lilac jacket and green dress without a hat, having missed the scorching weather. Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch brought his mother Wanda Ventham, 78, as his companion for the day - and she was inundated by breathless fans demanding details about his upbringing. Cumberbatch, 37, who wore a pink shirt, light grey jacket and sunglasses was not keen to discuss his horticultural skills. But his mother, who plays Sherlock's mother in the BBC series, answered on his behalf, telling fans he likes to grow plants on his roof terrace. The show gardens include a number of war-themed displays - which were opened with memorial readings by celebrities. Glamour model Amy Willerton became an exhibit herself as she donned hair extensions and stood in a shell to portray the iconic image of Venus . Bright: An exhibitor looks at a stand of chrysanthemums at the 2014 Chelsea Flower Show at Royal Hospital Chelsea in London . International: Many of the gardens took foreign horticulture as their inspiration, including this Thailand-themed exhibit made of over 100,000 flowers . Birds and traditional figurines were delicately hung amongst the blooming greens, pinks and whites in this Thailand garden, which will be presented to the Queen . The monarch bent to get a closer look at the opulent Thai decorations handed to her by one of the garden's designers who bowed and presented it on a gold cloth . Wild: From neat and vibrant flowers to over-hanging trees, the Queen was then taken into a decidedly more wild setting . Stood in a cave of sandbags, to mark the First World War centenary, the Queen laughed excitedly hearing about the efforts that went into the end result . Princess Michael of Kent joined the family in pale green as the scorching sun began to set. Meanwhile, the Queen joked with one of the organisers before their tour . Jeremy Paxman read a war-time poem, as did Stephen Fry who spoke at a garden which featured a model war horse. Actors Rowan Atkinson and Nigel Havers read poems by First . World War poets who died during the conflict, on the No Man's Land ABF . The Soldiers' Charity garden. The garden represents a landscape . marked by the fighting in northern France, including trenches, a mine . crater pond and the yew trees found in war cemeteries. Designer Charlotte Rowe said she was . inspired by her own family's involvement in the First World War, . including her grandfather, a second lieutenant with the Middlesex . Regiment. She said: 'The idea behind it is that . the land, No Man's Land, was fought over again and again with the front . line moving very little, and the land got completely messed up and . churned up. As they entered the showroom where many celebrities bought plants to take home, the Queen was introduced to some of the women running stalls . 'The concept is the healing of the land after severe conflict, and relating it to the human body and spirit.' Plants used in the garden have been . grown by injured soldiers at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre . at Headley Court as part of horticultural therapy. The . war in Afghanistan inspired first-time Chelsea designer Matthew . Keightley to design the Hope on the Horizon garden for Help For . Heroes,which charts the path to recovery for wounded personnel. Mr . Keightley's brother Michael serves with the RAF Regiment and is on his . fifth tour of Afghanistan. On his last tour, he formed part of a medical . evacuation crew, which led the designer to explore the recovery . process. Blooming: Photographers were given early access to capture the vibrant daffodils and other blooms on display at the show this year . This is a wild, farmer-themed garden with a farmer grown out of leafy flowers standing over tall and sprouting blooms . Foliage Is A Girl's Best Friend: An actress posing as Marilyn Monroe took to a very funny stage to launch Bosch's new leaf blower . Final touches: An organisers tweaks some of the flower bunches as it gets closer to Her Majesty's arrival . Mr Keightley . said of the experience of creating his first garden at Chelsea: 'It's . the first time since being involved in team sport I've felt that feeling . of camaraderie, not just with my own blokes but the greater community.' The garden will be used to help service personnel at one of Help For Heroes recovery centres after Chelsea ends. The . scorching weekend had not been a problem for the garden, he said, as it . had been designed for sunny weather - but he would be getting in to . water it as soon as the judges had been round. Many took to covering plants, particularly peonies and irises, in muslin to keep off the rays. Others tied up their flowers and watered them repeatedly to stop them opening too early. The baking temperatures left gardeners at the London show – which opens this week – more than a little hot under the collar. Andrew . Wilson, 55, who designed a wine-themed garden costing tens of thousands . of pounds, said: ‘Last year it was freezing and this year it’s too hot. 'My irises have started to go over. I’ll have to substitute some of them with roses.’ VIP preview: Strictly Come Dancing's Brendan Cole (far left) and former . Strictly judge Arlene Phillips (far right) enjoyed an ice cream at the . show with actresses Jennifer Saunders (centre) and Anna Maxwell-Martin . (second left) at the RNIB's multi-sensory Mind's Eye Garden . A feast for the senses: Jennifer Saunders enjoys an ice cream at the RNIB's display in the fresh gardens section of the show . Ground Force's Charlie Dimmock (left) attended the horticultural highlight of the year in green, as did Susanna Reid (right) who pranced through a garden in bright pink . Piers Morgan made a trip over to the UK for the event - where he posed with Vikings outside a historical garden . Jerry Hall and her companion also took to the vikings with a glamourous pose before heading off to explore the plethora of displays . Elizabetta . Clementel, who has designed a garden for Country Life magazine, said . she was worried about whether her Irises would hold out. The 55-year-old, from Spain, added: ‘It’s a bit of a panic but we’ll do our best.’ Many designs . are based on foreign horticulture: a Cleve West creation is inspired by . ancient Persian gardens, and another exhibit looks like an Italian-style . formal garden. Organisers have this year celebrated a wave of new young talent. TV presenter and gardener Dan Pearson picked 'nuturing potential' as the theme for his garden. Having been discouraged from pursuing . a career in horticulture as a youngster, he said he wants to encourage . today's children to stick to their guns. 'The way to attract more young people . into horticultural industries is for these careers to be seen as . valuable and remunerated appropriately,' he urged. A wooden horse puppet visited the ABF: The Soldiers' Charity No Man's Land garden, where a number of celebrities marked the centenary of the First World War . Jeremy Paxman read WWI poetry at the Soldiers’ Charity No Man’s Land garden that he attended along with Stephen Fry, Rowan Atkinson and Caroline Quentin . Red coat: A Chelsea pensioner in front of a flower stand at the 101st event of the prestigious gardening show, which opens to the public tomorrow . But he said: 'This year it is . noteworthy the number of young designers who are here. There are four of . them at least under the age of 30, that's tremendously inspiring.' Elsewhere at the show are dresses . made of flowers, a garden that was being tended by Vikings and a 1914 . Potter's Garden, representing a rural potter going to war in France. Amid the immaculate arrangement of . blooms and endless horticultural varieties is one garden which . celebrates a much more natural display - ancient woodlands. The Woodland Trust 'Beauty Sleeping' garden takes visitors on a journey through an enclosed exhibit, complete . with woodland plants, sounds and smells, which highlights the potential . for restoring conifer plantations to their natural state as native . woodland. Woodland Trust chief executive Beccy . Speight said: 'It's about a really threatened habitat, only 2% of the . UK is ancient woodland, and quite a lot of that has been planted over . with conifers. 'If you restore it in the right way, you get a fantastic resurgence of this kind of habitat.'
the annual horticulture show, the monarch smiled creations. Jerry Hall, Kirstie Allsopp, and of the shows. But gardeners faced a battle to stop their blooms from wilting ahead of Her arrives: The Queen is shown a Thailand-themed and Twiggy (right) were among the cluster of First World War, . including her grandfather, a plethora of displays . Elizabetta . Clementel, Organisers have this year celebrated a wave of