20/05/2013 ‹ BBC News at One

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Hello. Welcome to the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea	:29:33.	:29:38.
Flower Show. The event, supported by M and G	:29:38.	:29:45.
investments is celebrating its 100th anniversary and we are join	:29:45.	:29:51.
in the festivities through the week. In 1912 nurseryman Harry Veitch	:29:51.	:29:54.
transformed the grounds of the hospital when he staged the The	:29:54.	:29:58.
Royal International Horticultural Exhibition. A year later, the Royal	:29:58.	:30:04.
Horticultural Society stepped in and changed its name and the RHS	:30:04.	:30:08.
Chelsea Flower Show was born. Coming up - show stoppers. We look	:30:08.	:30:14.
at two of the flamboyant Main Avenue gardens, designed to stop	:30:14.	:30:19.
the crowds. Prize-winning plants - your chance to vote for the flower	:30:19.	:30:25.
which symbolises the past 100 years of Chelsea and the far pavilion. It	:30:25.	:30:31.
has been wowing the crowds for 100 years, with many displays. Carol	:30:31.	:30:35.
Klein will look at the face of the changing marquee. Until about 30	:30:35.	:30:43.
years ago, you would never have seen a display of this kind.	:30:43.	:30:47.
So, we are celebrating 100 years here at Chelsea. Can you remember	:30:47.	:30:52.
the first time you came? I remember it like it was yesterday. It was	:30:52.	:31:00.
1984. My brother was working on a garden, a moorish garden. I was	:31:00.	:31:04.
blown away the way that gardening could be exciting. I can remember	:31:04.	:31:09.
the first day I walked through the gates. What about the first time	:31:09.	:31:15.
you designed a garden? It was here on this spot. It was 2001. It was a	:31:15.	:31:21.
wet year. It was sponsored by a shampoo for men with thinning hair.	:31:21.	:31:25.

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