:00:36. > :00:38.I can't say this is my choice for the most fashionable look
:00:39. > :00:44.But as we saw yesterday with Joe Swift, I'm about to enter a building
:00:45. > :00:48.site, so high visibility jackets are de rigour here at the grounds
:00:49. > :00:52.And what a sight as both garden designers and floral
:00:53. > :00:55.exhibitors are battling against the clock to get ready for next week's
:00:56. > :01:04.show, the 101st Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show.
:01:05. > :01:07.In this edition we'll see the latest progress and pitfalls
:01:08. > :01:22.Yesterday we had some rain, which meant everything was covered in
:01:23. > :01:26.tarpaulin. We are trying to waterproof things in the rain. But
:01:27. > :01:28.we've cracked on and back on schedule.
:01:29. > :01:31.We re-visit some of the craziest creations ever to
:01:32. > :01:43.And we profile the Clematis family going for gold.
:01:44. > :01:49.It's going to be a terrible disappointment for us and everybody
:01:50. > :01:52.else if one year we don't achieve that.
:01:53. > :01:55.Having designed a garden here, I know what the atmosphere is
:01:56. > :02:03.like at this point in the race to get everything ready.
:02:04. > :02:07.This is the first day the Artisan gardens are moving in, so we will
:02:08. > :02:11.see how they are getting on later. We'll be following all
:02:12. > :02:14.of the progress as the show unfolds I first came to Chelsea with
:02:15. > :02:23.my parents when I was a youngster, Unlike a lot of children,
:02:24. > :02:28.I always found plants and gardening exciting, so for me
:02:29. > :02:31.coming to Chelsea was thrilling. I remember the sense
:02:32. > :02:34.of anticipation and how impatient I felt as we joined the stream of
:02:35. > :02:37.people walking from the Tube station at Sloane Square to the show,
:02:38. > :02:40.which seemed to take an eternity. Somehow in my mind, Chelsea in the
:02:41. > :02:45.late 60s and early 70s was always dominated by the large gardens on
:02:46. > :02:49.the rock bank with their dramatic They made me feel as
:02:50. > :02:55.though I'd been transported out My dad was mad about alpine plants,
:02:56. > :03:03.which he loved seeing at the show and then introduced
:03:04. > :03:07.into our rockery at home. When I moved in to gardening
:03:08. > :03:10.professionally one of my ultimate ambitions was to design
:03:11. > :03:14.a garden for Chelsea, so in 2008 I entered the fray and brought my own
:03:15. > :03:18.ideas for a show garden here. Although it was one
:03:19. > :03:22.of the smaller gardens, I can't I reckon I was sleepwalking
:03:23. > :03:26.by the time it come to I really didn't think I was going to
:03:27. > :03:46.make it in time We've been here since the crack of
:03:47. > :03:49.dawn and it now ten to ten, when not finished. It is tweaking and trying
:03:50. > :03:54.to make everything perfect. What was incredibly encouraging,
:03:55. > :03:56.though, was the reaction of some of my fellow Chelsea presenters,
:03:57. > :04:05.like Carol Klein. She's made these terraces made of
:04:06. > :04:09.slate, inspired by paddy fields. It's a beautiful idea to copy if
:04:10. > :04:12.you've got a small garden and you love growing roses but have no space
:04:13. > :04:16.at all. I think it works wonderfully.
:04:17. > :04:19.That was particularly generous because the spring of 2008 was
:04:20. > :04:22.so cold that roses were incredibly late getting into bloom.
:04:23. > :04:24.I was desperate for more flower colour,
:04:25. > :04:28.so in the end, as others have before me and doubtless will continue to
:04:29. > :04:31.do, I begged and borrowed a few extra plants from fellow designers
:04:32. > :04:33.and exhibitors, experiencing the incredible camaraderie at the show.
:04:34. > :04:36.And, exhausted as I was, I was pleased with the results
:04:37. > :04:50.You won a silver. It did, I'm really pleased with that. For my first
:04:51. > :04:56.attempt, I am so pleased and have learnt so much.
:04:57. > :05:05.So would I do another Chelsea design garden?
:05:06. > :05:08.We imagine Chelsea often as the place to come for gentle
:05:09. > :05:15.Controversy and wild 'n' whacky surprises are not often
:05:16. > :05:17.experimentation with bringing unusual, sometimes even shocking
:05:18. > :05:20.But recent years have seen more and more experimentation with
:05:21. > :05:23.back at some of the most talked about and challenging design ideas
:05:24. > :05:37.We've been looking back at some of the most talked about
:05:38. > :05:48.Design ideas that really set tongues wagging. Don't be constrained by
:05:49. > :05:53.convention. This is a shipping container. The perfume Garden also
:05:54. > :05:58.got a gold, and charts the history of perfume in this country right
:05:59. > :06:02.back to Elizabethan days. But it has this futuristic nerve centre, it can
:06:03. > :06:07.be seen right across the showground. The idea is steam is. Through the
:06:08. > :06:15.rose petals and then drips down into distilled rose oil.
:06:16. > :06:24.We wanted to try and create something a bit more leather. Here
:06:25. > :06:29.it is, rock 'n' roll! This got not only got a gold but it got the most
:06:30. > :06:35.creative garden award. Whether it is recycled shipping containers or, as
:06:36. > :06:40.in this example, a heavy metal garden made out of old spades,
:06:41. > :06:41.Chelsea has never been a stranger to controversial ideas. Take this
:06:42. > :06:58.ground-breaking moment in 2009. I have a letter. It is essentially
:06:59. > :07:02.saying that the judges applied the normal criteria but because I don't
:07:03. > :07:05.have any flowers and this is a horticultural show, I'd
:07:06. > :07:10.automatically got a 30% handicap. As a result of that, the garden has
:07:11. > :07:13.failed to achieve the minimum required to make an award. They
:07:14. > :07:21.don't have a category for being original or cocky. I thought they
:07:22. > :07:24.might have been clever and given me a plasticine award. And the first
:07:25. > :07:30.time a garden that landed at Chelsea featured no flowers, it didn't stop
:07:31. > :07:37.it eventually scooping gold. Well, sort of. It's a one-off, specially
:07:38. > :07:47.commissioned overnight medal for you. The best plasticine garden in
:07:48. > :07:55.the world. It's the only plasticine RHS Gold medal. Fantastic, thank
:07:56. > :08:00.you. You've made me feel really bad now. But when it comes to
:08:01. > :08:08.revolutionaries, there's only one prime contender. Is a generation of
:08:09. > :08:11.garden designers, we have to find something new to say all different
:08:12. > :08:15.levels. There's no point being here just painting a pretty picture that
:08:16. > :08:23.I've seen a million times before. It would be utterly pointless. Guess,
:08:24. > :08:27.Irish designer Diarmuid Gavin, a man whose ambition it is to make us
:08:28. > :08:33.think again about garden design. This was his seventh design in 2011,
:08:34. > :08:38.the Irish sky garden. It is easy to see them as pure showmanship, but
:08:39. > :08:42.his execution both in structure, planting and landscaping takes the
:08:43. > :08:49.breath away. And this was the year it all changed for him. He's tried
:08:50. > :08:54.seven times and at last it came. His Irish Sky god and finally brought
:08:55. > :08:58.him that elusive gold. Such was its recognition, it also scooped the
:08:59. > :09:07.public vote for the People's choice. I'm delighted to say it's Diarmuid
:09:08. > :09:11.Gavin for his sky garden. Where else all who else would bring a flying
:09:12. > :09:16.garden to Chelsea? Only he could do that. It has captured everybody's
:09:17. > :09:20.imagination. The other thing that's important for us is the wonderful
:09:21. > :09:24.garden he has put it into. He went on the following year to go one
:09:25. > :09:30.better. An 80 foot pyramid garden complete with its own lift, shower
:09:31. > :09:35.room, vegetable floor with greenhouse and a helter-skelter for
:09:36. > :09:41.a fast escape. Was it just ego waving? It's about doing something
:09:42. > :09:45.different, pushing boundaries and exploring possibilities. The message
:09:46. > :09:52.is, can we in the future plan in an innovative way to have Gardens in an
:09:53. > :09:58.increasingly urbanised society? Can we make every use of our space and
:09:59. > :10:03.resource to create escapes for people? Even Chelsea pensioners
:10:04. > :10:07.fancied a look, as it was awarded silvergilt and most creative.
:10:08. > :10:12.Everyone was talking about it. It looks like Trumpton has gone crazy,
:10:13. > :10:23.it's fantastic. The question is, will anyone ever trump that? Those
:10:24. > :10:29.gardens had a lot of people talking. There is no Diarmuid Gavin garden at
:10:30. > :10:33.this event, but one has been inspired by the stars and
:10:34. > :10:37.constellations. It's been put together by newcomers storming Main
:10:38. > :10:43.Avenue this year, Harry and David Rich. Talk me through the design of
:10:44. > :10:48.it. Daily it's based on the stars, the constellation in the night sky.
:10:49. > :10:52.We've got dry stone walls, Dapple birch trees throughout, and then
:10:53. > :11:01.they open up to prevail stargazing bowl in the back. The planting, it's
:11:02. > :11:06.predominantly white, it will echo the feeling of the Milky Way. How do
:11:07. > :11:09.you feel it's going so far? We have really enjoyed it. Every day we
:11:10. > :11:14.learn something new and something pops up, it is part of it. How do
:11:15. > :11:21.you manage to conveying the inspiration of the stars in this
:11:22. > :11:27.garden? Black. In the daytime you need to show its night. We've got a
:11:28. > :11:32.dramatic backdrop, to shine and show off the starry night. Reflection
:11:33. > :11:35.pools which will be still black, rippling black hole. So it doesn't
:11:36. > :11:40.matter too much that the garden is being seen during the day? No, we've
:11:41. > :11:44.got features in the benches where we've strolled holes in different
:11:45. > :11:49.constellations. At night time there's a box light, but they should
:11:50. > :11:55.shine and you should see the constellations picking up. Any
:11:56. > :12:00.challengers so far, is it all going perfectly smoothly? Apart from
:12:01. > :12:08.Harry, no. Many thanks a very good luck. We will see the completed
:12:09. > :12:12.garden next week. You might be surprised at the
:12:13. > :12:16.lengths people go to in order to find just the right elements for a
:12:17. > :12:19.garden here. Yesterday we introduced you to another Chelsea first time
:12:20. > :12:22.designer, Matthew Childs, on his journey in preparation for his debut
:12:23. > :12:26.here on Main Avenue. At the centre of his garden will be two birch
:12:27. > :12:29.trees. Sounds simple, but tracking down the perfect specimens was more
:12:30. > :12:52.tricky. It is mid January, it's coming up to
:12:53. > :12:55.630 p.m.. It's freezing cold and we are off to Germany to find my
:12:56. > :13:00.elusive river birch for the garden at Chelsea this year. I've been
:13:01. > :13:04.looking all over the place, the UK, lots of places around Europe and we
:13:05. > :13:11.still haven't yet found the right specimens. So we are meeting Mark, a
:13:12. > :13:16.colleague of mine that I've worked with before. He is my tree man. He
:13:17. > :13:19.has found the trees, given me the tip off and hopefully we've found
:13:20. > :13:20.the right field of trees in Germany which will do the job, so that's
:13:21. > :13:37.where we are going today. We've just arrived at Eindhoven.
:13:38. > :13:43.We're now on our way to the tree nursery in Germany, so we are
:13:44. > :13:49.crossing over the Dutch border. It is really quite grim out and rainy.
:13:50. > :13:55.But we are hoping that these are going to be the trees. They are
:13:56. > :14:01.going to be the trees. If they look good on a day like this, they will
:14:02. > :14:05.look great in May! It's not very long now until Chelsea. We are
:14:06. > :14:09.mid-January, a few months, just starting to dawn on me how quickly
:14:10. > :14:13.time is flying. This is a really important trip today for the trees,
:14:14. > :14:17.because it's such an important part of the garden. If I'm honest, I'm
:14:18. > :14:37.just full of butterflies. Great stuff.
:14:38. > :14:44.has been 300 extraordinaire! He has been looking through all of his
:14:45. > :14:48.contacts for me. It is Chelsea, so you have to go as far as you can to
:14:49. > :14:56.make sure that you have got the perfect plant. I have been doing all
:14:57. > :14:59.I can. Looking at bark detail. Chelsea is the pinnacle of
:15:00. > :15:10.horticulture. That is how far you have to go. Hopefully we will find
:15:11. > :15:14.them! Let's go! Hopefully these are going to be the trees. We could not
:15:15. > :15:20.find the streets in the UK. We looked all over. We looked in other
:15:21. > :15:24.countries around Europe as well. I suppose I have got high standards of
:15:25. > :15:29.what I am looking for. I want to achieve the best possible specimens
:15:30. > :15:32.we can. It is just so happens that maybe they are here in this
:15:33. > :15:36.particular field in Germany. What we are trying to do at the moment is
:15:37. > :15:42.look at the whole role that we have got here of the river birch. We want
:15:43. > :15:52.to pick out the ones that have the best shape and have got a good
:15:53. > :15:55.number of stems. I will also You want something like this?
:15:56. > :16:03.Definitely. That is beautiful. That is perfect. And that one there. That
:16:04. > :16:12.has got nice narrow stems at the base as well. These early ones.
:16:13. > :16:18.Perfect. I think these are absolutely amazing. Look at the
:16:19. > :16:25.bark. Yes, you have got a beautiful maturity on the stems which gives
:16:26. > :16:31.you a beautiful peeling bark. The amount of peeling is just fantastic.
:16:32. > :16:37.It is great. It will only get better as we get closer to Chelsea. Size
:16:38. > :16:51.wise, they are great. Absolutely perfect. And a good height as well.
:16:52. > :16:57.Brilliant! High-5! Those early ones. Now we need to tag them. Let's tag
:16:58. > :17:00.what we want. We have got five trees for the garden but we have tagged
:17:01. > :17:09.seven. That gives us a few more options close to the time of Chelsea
:17:10. > :17:13.in case we get any major gales. About today, I am this happy.
:17:14. > :17:20.Really, really happy. I can sleep tonight.
:17:21. > :17:23.Well, that was back in the depths of winter.
:17:24. > :17:25.I am with Matthew now here in his garden.
:17:26. > :17:38.Where in the plan are they going to go? There is going to be one right
:17:39. > :17:42.where you are. Around the edges so they form a sense of enclosure. We
:17:43. > :17:49.wanted to get the best we possibly could. I looked everywhere. It was
:17:50. > :17:53.worth going to those lengths. Some people may say that is extraordinary
:17:54. > :17:59.lengths to go to to find some trees. Are they perfect specimens? This is
:18:00. > :18:04.Chelsea, so we are trying to put the best specimens we can into the
:18:05. > :18:10.garden. Just to see them here now with their foliage on, is fantastic.
:18:11. > :18:18.They looked like prize specimens. They are perfect. About everything
:18:19. > :18:24.else? How is going? We are right on target. Yesterday we had some rain,
:18:25. > :18:28.which made everything was covered. We are trying to waterproof things
:18:29. > :18:32.in the rain. Today the guys have cracked on and we're right on
:18:33. > :18:33.schedule. We are back with you tomorrow to see how you are getting
:18:34. > :18:41.on. This is the most exciting place for
:18:42. > :18:45.me at Chelsea, the floral pavilion Coming here as a child,
:18:46. > :18:50.I loved the sound of the canvas flapping and beams creaking like a
:18:51. > :18:53.ship in full sail, combined with the And those heady aromas will be back
:18:54. > :19:01.next week when the show opens. Every exhibitor spends months
:19:02. > :19:05.planning and preparing for the show. Then there's often quite a bit
:19:06. > :19:07.of praying that Big blooms always deliver
:19:08. > :19:13.a fabulous splash of colour, but can they be relied upon when Mother
:19:14. > :19:16.Nature may not be co-operating? We've been out to see preparations
:19:17. > :19:41.for one Essential. Tea and coffee first
:19:42. > :19:43.thing in the morning. The day does not start until you of that tea and
:19:44. > :19:53.coffee! This time of the year as we head
:19:54. > :19:59.towards Chelsea, it takes over our life. It is actually starting to get
:20:00. > :20:06.a little nerve wracking now. Lovely to have the sunshine. We do not want
:20:07. > :20:14.the Clematis to flour until the week of Chelsea. We are trying
:20:15. > :20:18.desperately to hold things back. We are full of boards and we are just
:20:19. > :20:20.over five weeks to press day when we need the plants at their absolute
:20:21. > :20:35.peak. It is quite a challenge. We started the nursery really
:20:36. > :20:40.because my dad was a hobby gardener. Dad had seen this Clematis
:20:41. > :20:48.and was just so overwhelmed. It started the whole thing. I grew up
:20:49. > :20:53.here working with my grandparents and my parents, but my grandparents
:20:54. > :20:59.especially. The plants are what brought us together. To me, they are
:21:00. > :21:06.not just a planned. Our lives are calamitous. That is a lovely way to
:21:07. > :21:14.be. -- Clement is. Our first Chelsea was 2001. Dad was helping with the
:21:15. > :21:20.show plans. To be invited to exhibit at Chelsea was just amazing,
:21:21. > :21:26.really. Scary, quite scary. We started with a silver medal and in
:21:27. > :21:31.2007 we won our first gold medal. We have had gold medals ever since. The
:21:32. > :21:37.problem is there is only one place to go after that. People often ask
:21:38. > :21:43.me which is my favourite. You cannot have favourites. You just look at
:21:44. > :21:48.each flower and they are so beautiful. One of the joys is that
:21:49. > :21:57.all the people we meet, the places we go, each time you see that
:21:58. > :22:02.flower, it reminds you of the people and the places on your trip. It is a
:22:03. > :22:07.very personal memory. It is always difficult to pick one favourite. I
:22:08. > :22:12.tend to think of Louise Roe as my favourite, because of the delicate
:22:13. > :22:18.flavour. It is a beautiful frilly flower as well. Both of my parents
:22:19. > :22:28.have got a Clematis named after them. My mum, Dorothy told her, her
:22:29. > :22:35.as flowers really well through September and October. The one named
:22:36. > :22:41.after dad is a beautiful purple one. They are very special, yes. And I
:22:42. > :22:46.can usually get mum, Dorothy, into flour for Chelsea. Although mummy is
:22:47. > :22:55.not here any more, her plant can come to Chelsea with us. She would
:22:56. > :22:58.be so pleased. We are in the hothouse know where we
:22:59. > :23:06.keep the temperature higher. Less ventilation. That brings on the
:23:07. > :23:09.later flowering clematis. I am pretty confident we will be all
:23:10. > :23:16.right with some. Others, it is too early to tell. Will there be enough
:23:17. > :23:23.to make a reasonable display? We end up using around roundabout six to
:23:24. > :23:33.700 plans during Chelsea week. -- 600 to 700 plans. You have worked so
:23:34. > :23:41.hard, having had seven gold medals in succession. It would be our
:23:42. > :23:48.absolute joy to get an A. It would mean a lot to us. It will be a
:23:49. > :23:51.terrible disappointment for us and everybody else if one year we do not
:23:52. > :23:57.achieve that. People just really expected. Even if we did not get a
:23:58. > :24:01.medal at all, as long as the visitors came to our exhibit and
:24:02. > :24:13.just stood there and looked and admired the flowers, that is worth
:24:14. > :24:15.all the work. It really is. We will be looking out for that
:24:16. > :24:17.display next week. As well
:24:18. > :24:20.as the high profile gardens on main avenue there are just as captivating
:24:21. > :24:23.but smaller artisan gardens being created on Ranelagh Avenue on the
:24:24. > :24:26.bandstand side of the show ground. It's where some
:24:27. > :24:29.of the freshest ideas can emerge. A few years ago, a keen interest was
:24:30. > :24:32.taken in a garden inspired by a wild landscape familiar to many of
:24:33. > :24:36.us from days of childhood reading. In our spotlight on
:24:37. > :24:40.Inspirational Spaces for Designers, we followed Tracy Foster
:24:41. > :24:43.as she went on her quest back in 2012 to create a corner of
:24:44. > :25:06.Chelsea inspired by Bronte country. I would say three of the great loves
:25:07. > :25:12.of my life are Yorkshire, gardening and literature. So I am really,
:25:13. > :25:26.really excited to be able to produce a garden at Chelsea based on that.
:25:27. > :25:32.The Brontes lived in that direction, probably about two and a half miles
:25:33. > :25:36.from here. They lived in the Parsonage, which is now the the
:25:37. > :25:41.Bronte Parsonage Museum. When I come up here, I feel a real sense of how
:25:42. > :25:46.wild it is. It is incredibly beautiful scenery. But then at the
:25:47. > :25:51.same time it is very bleak and there is a kind of tension between the
:25:52. > :25:56.beauty and the bleakness. I think it was very special to them. I think
:25:57. > :26:00.this was their escape. Life at home must have been very difficult and I
:26:01. > :26:09.think this is where they came for their freedom and to let their
:26:10. > :26:13.imaginations run riot. There isn't just the literature that the family
:26:14. > :26:17.have left. There is a legacy of other things. That includes the
:26:18. > :26:23.paintings they did. They were quite accomplished painters and did
:26:24. > :26:27.studies of all sorts of things, including botanical studies, which
:26:28. > :26:34.are very useful. This is a painting that Charlotte did of a pansy. I am
:26:35. > :26:39.hoping that I will be able to include this in the garden at
:26:40. > :26:45.Chelsea. It shows really that as well as observing the landscape,
:26:46. > :26:50.Charlotte has homed in on the detail. I have also selected some
:26:51. > :26:56.books to indicate the sort of books that the judge would have read. I
:26:57. > :26:59.have picked out two volumes along with a pair of Victorian spectacle
:27:00. > :27:07.of the time similar to the one that Charlotte would have worn. There may
:27:08. > :27:12.be no flowers out at this time of the year but it is still absolutely
:27:13. > :27:21.stunning scenery. It has a certain magic. It is the sort of place woody
:27:22. > :27:27.vegetation -- where the vegetation gives it a certain smell, a certain
:27:28. > :27:35.feel. It is completely unique to this place. These days I am getting
:27:36. > :27:38.so close to landscape, I have been leaning over and photographing.
:27:39. > :27:43.People have been asking me what I am doing. I am looking for a level of
:27:44. > :27:48.detail. Coming here again and again is helping me to soak that up and
:27:49. > :27:54.get that feeling. Hopefully when I am at Chelsea, I will be able to
:27:55. > :28:04.recreate the of being here. -- the feeling. And that idea came
:28:05. > :28:07.to fruition for Tracey in 2012 as we saw on the programme when Toby took
:28:08. > :28:13.a tour. Tracy, you have made it? Yes, I'm
:28:14. > :28:18.here. I have built it. Everything went really well and I am really
:28:19. > :28:22.pleased with it. It is a bit of a moody garden, I think. It seems to
:28:23. > :28:27.have picked up that moodiness, which is absolutely brilliant. The
:28:28. > :28:35.atmosphere in the garden very much depends on the weather.
:28:36. > :28:39.No gardens inspired by the Bronte 's this year. Amongst this year 's art
:28:40. > :28:47.Gardens is a different celebration of Yorkshire. It is designed by
:28:48. > :28:51.Alistair Baldwin. It is called to add a Yorkshire. That suggests a
:28:52. > :28:56.cycling connection Kilmer --? Yellow macro yes, you're right. The Tour de
:28:57. > :29:01.France starts in Yorkshire for the first time this year. We are looking
:29:02. > :29:04.to represent that. What are you homing in on what these aspects of
:29:05. > :29:11.Yorkshire? What are you looking to capture? So many people know the
:29:12. > :29:14.rugged countryside of Yorkshire, particularly new North Yorkshire,
:29:15. > :29:19.the mourners. So part of the garden will be rugged and wild in its
:29:20. > :29:23.field. By contrast, the rest of the garden will interject into the rural
:29:24. > :29:37.landscape and be more engineered and polished. You've just come on site
:29:38. > :29:43.to date, how is it going so far? Very good. I'm in safe hands, it is
:29:44. > :29:47.the lads' fifth or sixth garden. We've had it planned for months,
:29:48. > :29:52.it's a question of bringing the path down and assembling them into the
:29:53. > :29:56.garden. That sounds good in theory. I'm sure it will be good in practice
:29:57. > :30:01.as well. I hope it goes well and I will keep a sharp eye on you.
:30:02. > :30:03.Every day we are following the backstage team who are
:30:04. > :30:07.From the caterers who will be pouring thousands of cups
:30:08. > :30:10.of tea next week, to the drivers delivering delicate plants to the
:30:11. > :30:13.show, there are hundreds of people we are calling Chelsea Champions.
:30:14. > :30:17.We are about to join one of the unsung heroes.
:30:18. > :30:22.It's Gemma Price, she manages an all-female team in managing the
:30:23. > :30:31.construction and building of the site. My name is Gemma Price and I'm
:30:32. > :30:35.the operations manager for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. I'm ultimately
:30:36. > :30:40.responsible for the build of this show, the tents, making sure they
:30:41. > :30:44.are built to schedules on time, the likes of the catering arriving. I
:30:45. > :30:47.generally catch up with all my contractors, plumbers and
:30:48. > :30:53.electricians. It's reacting to any problems and issues as and when
:30:54. > :30:57.things crop up. No day is the same. What is your location, and after a
:30:58. > :31:03.progress update? We are down here every day from 7am until 8pm or
:31:04. > :31:10.9pm. It's quite intense, but there are three of us, myself, my deputy,
:31:11. > :31:14.Joey, and Rachel, my assistant. It's very exciting. I don't think people
:31:15. > :31:17.understand that when we first come in there are just a couple of
:31:18. > :31:22.fields. We have to build a little town and then we put the flower show
:31:23. > :31:25.in the town. It doesn't appear spontaneously. It's lovely to see it
:31:26. > :31:36.being built and the finished product. The width of the slats on
:31:37. > :31:43.the stepping are a bit worrying. When you see them in situ, my finger
:31:44. > :31:48.can go down that. Someone in high heels will go straight through that.
:31:49. > :31:57.And we will have high heels here because it's a corporate space. Are
:31:58. > :32:01.you thinking the same? Absolutely. We are troubleshooters. We are
:32:02. > :32:05.responding to problems as they arise. General snapping, picking up
:32:06. > :32:09.on any small issues we can rectify now as it is in build, because once
:32:10. > :32:18.it's built we can't always rectify every single problem. We are still
:32:19. > :32:23.halfway through the build phase, but so far so good. We've had some good
:32:24. > :32:27.weather behind us, apart from today when it rained. We've got a leak in
:32:28. > :32:31.the roof, so we are going to try and find out where the problem is and
:32:32. > :32:39.how long it's going to take to fix. I'm looking for Gavin, he's possibly
:32:40. > :32:51.up on the roof. Gavin, are you all right? How long is that going to
:32:52. > :32:57.take? Five minutes. Cheers, guys. Looking at my watch, it's just past
:32:58. > :33:04.4pm, we missed our tea slot. The best part of the day! One of the
:33:05. > :33:12.stands want to bring three hedgehogs. They are arriving at 11
:33:13. > :33:15.and leaving at 230. Health and safety, they had hedgehogs at
:33:16. > :33:20.Hampton Court Stakes tour, we need to check the regulations. We get
:33:21. > :33:25.some really odd requests, we couldn't even dream them up
:33:26. > :33:29.sometimes. Lulu has sent an e-mail over asking for a ticket. Shall we
:33:30. > :33:38.ask her to sing for it on the bandstand? We are going over to our
:33:39. > :33:41.hospitality area, our private catering. There's been an incident,
:33:42. > :33:49.so I'm going to see what's happening. Last night there was some
:33:50. > :33:53.damage to the wall up near the Royal Hospital. It was probably done by
:33:54. > :33:57.one of the forklift drivers. We are having a look at what damage there
:33:58. > :34:01.is, because we need to let the hospital note there is damage to
:34:02. > :34:09.their property. What happened? It's clearly done by a forklift with a
:34:10. > :34:15.big wheel. It's totally annihilated. Gemma to Ken. Can you get him to
:34:16. > :34:19.meet us by the wall that's damaged? It's not that straightforward of a
:34:20. > :34:23.job to fix, it's not like a brick wall. These things do happen, we
:34:24. > :34:27.just need to make it safe. We just need to make sure we find out who's
:34:28. > :34:31.done it and have a word with them about safe driving. There are so
:34:32. > :34:36.many forklifts on site that these things do happen, but it is to take
:34:37. > :34:40.care and respect to the hospital because it is part of their garden.
:34:41. > :34:43.This is a pretty typical day. Things like this happen all the time. I'm
:34:44. > :34:49.hoping there's going to be nothing major to date, so this is a normal
:34:50. > :34:53.day for me. OK, guys, we are going to make a start. Thank you everyone
:34:54. > :34:58.for coming today. It's been quite a busy day, so we've got a couple of
:34:59. > :35:02.reminders for you from myself, Joey and Rachel. There has been some
:35:03. > :35:07.damage to the wall last night on a wall. It will require one of Ken's
:35:08. > :35:12.guys have the data fix the wall again. If there is an accident, it's
:35:13. > :35:15.much better that you tell us. It's not a witch hunt, but the sooner we
:35:16. > :35:23.know about the problem, the sooner we can fix it. I absolutely love my
:35:24. > :35:27.job. I'm very lucky to be in this role but now I think I've reached
:35:28. > :35:38.the peak of my career with this show, because where can you go from
:35:39. > :35:42.here? It's pretty special. We mustn't forget that this place is a
:35:43. > :35:45.home to the hundreds of Chelsea pensioners resident in the Royal
:35:46. > :35:48.Hospital, just a stones throw from here.
:35:49. > :35:51.They're always keen visitors to the show, as we saw earlier
:35:52. > :35:53.when they climbed Diarmuid's towering triangular triumph.
:35:54. > :35:56.Some of them are pretty keen gardeners too, as we discovered when
:35:57. > :36:04.we followed them to their nearby allotment a couple of years back.
:36:05. > :37:12.everything up and start again. But how could I?
:37:13. > :37:20.IM higgledy-piggledy. I have got no pattern. I just stick things in and
:37:21. > :37:30.they seem to grow. I love my roses. My special ones, Royal William. What
:37:31. > :37:42.do you think of my sweet peas? Don't forget the weeding. Look at all the
:37:43. > :37:48.parts. When you get perfectionists like Lee, everything has to be
:37:49. > :37:53.perfect. The others grow things for vegetables which they can give to
:37:54. > :37:58.the nurses if they wish. It is nice to give the nurses some flowers. The
:37:59. > :38:09.girls who look after us so well. A bunch of flowers goes a long way.
:38:10. > :38:16.Rosemary for remembrance, of course. My jasmine smells nice. That is my
:38:17. > :38:25.Glenfiddich rose, the colour of my whiskey.
:38:26. > :38:38.If I pick them, I give them to the first pretty girl I made. They are
:38:39. > :38:43.gorgeous, Paddy. Thanks. I wish I could talk about football something
:38:44. > :38:51.else. But my topic of conversation is Army, and perhaps a bit of
:38:52. > :38:55.gardening. That's me. And with me now is Paddy Fox, who
:38:56. > :39:02.lives here at the Royal Chelsea Hospital. What was your reaction to
:39:03. > :39:09.the film? Yellow macro is fantastic. I have never been filmed before. To
:39:10. > :39:14.show my beautiful flowers in my allotment... I had the most
:39:15. > :39:21.wonderful dahlias and irises. How is it looking good? I have moved to a
:39:22. > :39:26.smaller allotment now. I have transferred everything over. Again
:39:27. > :39:29.it is looking very good. My camellias are looking better over
:39:30. > :39:35.there than they were in the other one. What does the Chelsea Flower
:39:36. > :39:38.Show mean to you? It is one of the highlights of the year to see it go
:39:39. > :39:42.up from nothing, and to meet people from all over the world and see the
:39:43. > :39:48.most fantastic floral arrangements. And then to see it all come down to
:39:49. > :39:50.nothing. What is it like almost -- having such a big event almost
:39:51. > :39:53.landing in your own garden having such a big event almost
:39:54. > :39:59.landing in your own every year? It keeps us busy. If you come you will
:40:00. > :40:04.see Chelsea pensioners wondering around. It is a great interest to
:40:05. > :40:12.all of us. Do you like the traditional gardens are the modern
:40:13. > :40:18.designs? All, yes. Traditional. I hope you getting free? We do. Just
:40:19. > :40:22.like this? That is wonderful, Paddy. Thank you very much. We will be
:40:23. > :40:26.watching out to see if the residents bring any their own products to the
:40:27. > :40:30.show next week. I cannot wait until the show gets underway. We will be
:40:31. > :40:36.on air in this time slot next Monday. There is a preview the
:40:37. > :40:40.finished show on Monday -- Sunday. Wildie Gardens live up to
:40:41. > :40:44.expectation? Join us to find out. If I were choosing some of my favourite
:40:45. > :40:52.gardens from Chelsea's past, here are some caucus.
:40:53. > :40:59.-- corkers. Hats off to top designer Andy Sturgeon. His 2010 garden was
:41:00. > :41:06.exceptionally well deserving of its best in show award. I am absolutely
:41:07. > :41:07.thrilled that I have won it finally. It was a powerfully masculine
:41:08. > :41:27.garden. in 2009 made me admire her canny use
:41:28. > :41:30.of a tiny budget. The total cost
:41:31. > :41:32.of three gardens was just ?15,000, which is minimal compared to the
:41:33. > :41:36.six figure budgets on Main Avenue. The first was the Banker's Garden
:41:37. > :41:43.that borrowed ideas from a well-known board game,
:41:44. > :41:46.like water works which represented Then there was the Offshore Garden
:41:47. > :41:50.representing attempts by some to conceal assets away
:41:51. > :42:02.from the tax man. How have the public reacted to this
:42:03. > :42:05.garden? They love it and see it as great fun.
:42:06. > :42:10.And the Overdrawn Artists Garden completed the trilogy featuring
:42:11. > :42:16.materials gleaned from scrapyards and borrowed planting.
:42:17. > :42:23.And Andy Sturgeon will be with us this time tomorrow for his own take
:42:24. > :42:27.on Chelsea. I hope you've enjoyed the behind-the-scenes tour. It looks
:42:28. > :42:30.set to be an interesting year. We will bow out in musical style with a
:42:31. > :43:19.celebration of something we are all hoping to see next week... Sunshine!
:43:20. > :43:42.A new era blooms at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show,
:43:43. > :43:52.with a fresh crop of exciting young designers.
:43:53. > :43:54.And you must be the famous Dr Quirke.