:00:37. > :00:40.Hello and welcome to the Royal Horticultural Society's Hampton
:00:41. > :00:46.Court Palace Flower Show. For many gardeners, this is the high point of
:00:47. > :00:51.summer. We are at the highest point in the show itself. This is a huge
:00:52. > :00:55.exhibit. From here, you can see right across the showground. And
:00:56. > :00:59.inside, when you shut the doors, it is incredibly quiet. The idea is
:01:00. > :01:04.that you can look across nature, trees, birds. Here, we are looking
:01:05. > :01:09.across the show. It is a great vantage point. Looking down from
:01:10. > :01:13.here, what you see is that although it is big, there are certain things
:01:14. > :01:19.that are popping up like lots of planting to encourage wildlife. Long
:01:20. > :01:25.grasses, open flowers to encourage bees, as well as these hotels. It is
:01:26. > :01:29.a gardener's responds pretty. A few years ago, you would see these
:01:30. > :01:35.contemporary gardens with minimal planting. I think now, people are
:01:36. > :01:39.always thinking about biodiversity and sustainability. You can create a
:01:40. > :01:44.very slick looking garden with a huge variety of plants and a higher
:01:45. > :01:48.volume of plants, and that is what it is about. One of the things at
:01:49. > :01:52.Hampton Court is that people take risks. They are not frightened to
:01:53. > :01:58.have a go, and they are being rewarded. A conceptual garden could
:01:59. > :02:03.not be more than from a wildlife garden. I can see the Thetford
:02:04. > :02:09.garden over there. The designer had to work with the crazy women we saw
:02:10. > :02:14.on Monday night, they got themselves a silver medal. We will come back
:02:15. > :02:20.with more medals later. In the next hour, the insect expert
:02:21. > :02:25.George McGavin puts a garden under the microscope to reveal the
:02:26. > :02:31.incredible range of creatures that live alongside us in our backyards.
:02:32. > :02:37.Carol is seeking out the best flowers to attract pollinators to
:02:38. > :02:40.your borders. And Toby Buckland is on the lookout for solutions to
:02:41. > :02:48.keeping your pots and containers in peak condition this summer.
:02:49. > :02:52.Hampton Court flower show coincides with the peak of the Rose season.
:02:53. > :02:59.And as usual, there is a dedicated Rose Maki at the show -- a Rose
:03:00. > :03:06.Maki. Rachel has headed straight the to indulge in her favourite flower
:03:07. > :03:11.and look for new introductions. Roll up, roll up. This year, the Rose
:03:12. > :03:14.tent has become a big top. The circus has come to town, and the
:03:15. > :03:24.festival of roses is full of brand-new stars. We are going to
:03:25. > :03:28.start with one of my favourites. This is one of the David Austin
:03:29. > :03:32.English roses. It is called the poet's wife, and has all the
:03:33. > :03:37.beautiful characteristics of an old rose, but with good disease
:03:38. > :03:42.resistance and good repeat flowering. It is perfect for the
:03:43. > :03:54.front of a border. This one is making its way into my garden. This
:03:55. > :03:59.beauty, called celebrating life, is being introduced by another company.
:04:00. > :04:03.Wonderful colouring. I love this being introduced by another company.
:04:04. > :04:08.lilac that moves into pink. And it is a floribunda, so you get these
:04:09. > :04:13.clusters of flowers and this lovely, sweet fragrance. It is a strong
:04:14. > :04:21.grower, perfect to beds and borders. And there is a bonus. It makes a
:04:22. > :04:27.good cut flower. Welcome to the big top! Every circus big top needs a
:04:28. > :04:35.ringmaster wearing a bright red jacket, and here, taking centre
:04:36. > :04:40.stage is this rose, a lovely lipstick red. Large flowers, said
:04:41. > :04:45.the double so you see the centres clearly. They are a fantastic
:04:46. > :04:57.contrast with the lovely, Rossi and dark foliage. -- glossy. Definitely
:04:58. > :05:00.going up in the world. This is a cracker, Orange Blossom special.
:05:01. > :05:07.That burnt it got colouring is really attractive. It is a climber
:05:08. > :05:11.and goes up to six to eight feet, so the flowers are not too high and I
:05:12. > :05:14.love the contrast between the colour of the flower and the slightly
:05:15. > :05:27.reddish tinge on the stems. Stunning. These roses have stolen
:05:28. > :05:33.the show with this collection of five new bees' paradise roses, in a
:05:34. > :05:38.range from purest white to dark red. They are no growing and compact, so
:05:39. > :05:42.they make great groundcover in a small garden and are also perfectly
:05:43. > :05:45.containers, baby a window box as well. And it is not only me that
:05:46. > :05:55.loves them, because temp B and hover flies can get right in the -- bees
:05:56. > :06:00.and hover flies can get in. Taking centres the age is disco
:06:01. > :06:07.queen, named after the late, great Donna summer. And this really is hot
:06:08. > :06:10.stuff. That sizzling colour, economic feel the heat radiating off
:06:11. > :06:15.it. It has a nice, compact growth habit, so it would be perfect in a
:06:16. > :06:21.mixed order with other hot and spicy colours. Disco queen is being
:06:22. > :06:26.introduced by a specialist nursery run by a man who grew up on a farm
:06:27. > :06:30.that was bizarrely also used as the base for a travelling circus. Now he
:06:31. > :06:32.has all grown up, Stuart Pocock makes sure he does not waste a
:06:33. > :06:35.single rose petal. When I was about four or five,
:06:36. > :06:44.one Sunday night, Gerry Cottle and Michael Austin rolled in to the
:06:45. > :06:49.farm and were looking for somewhere My memories were of weird
:06:50. > :06:59.and wonderful animals running We had monkeys running
:07:00. > :07:03.around the farm, and sometimes we would have people driving along the
:07:04. > :07:07.road who would stop at the farm and say "I've just seen a monkey running
:07:08. > :07:10.across the road", thinking it was a We started growing
:07:11. > :07:18.our roses where the circus started, on the same farm, and then it slowly
:07:19. > :07:24.sort of grew and worked for us. We have got a field full of all
:07:25. > :07:37.these roses, and the flowers are, So what we are actually doing is,
:07:38. > :07:44.we are picking them to distil them We're trying to capture the perfume
:07:45. > :07:50.from the roses in the rosewater, so that when we have made the
:07:51. > :07:55.rosewater, it will smell nice and that will be the flavouring we use
:07:56. > :08:00.for adding to products we make like Turkish delight and hand creams
:08:01. > :08:02.and face creams. The fragrance You will get some that will smell
:08:03. > :08:07.spicy, some that smell citrusy, But the fragrance varies
:08:08. > :08:14.from one variety to another. We use varieties such as A Whiter
:08:15. > :08:23.Shade Of Pale, Birthday Boy and this Got a lovely fragrance,
:08:24. > :08:37.that one has. We are loading the petals that we
:08:38. > :08:43.picked earlier from our rose field. We need five buckets
:08:44. > :08:48.like this to be loaded in here, and then we press it down nice
:08:49. > :08:51.and tightly, and then we will be distilling for the next four or five
:08:52. > :08:56.hours or so, and from that process We are now at the stage where
:08:57. > :09:05.the rosewater is coming out, and it smells more like stewed
:09:06. > :09:09.apples than actual rosewater. After a couple of weeks
:09:10. > :09:12.of maturing in plastic containers in a dark place, it will then turn
:09:13. > :09:16.into proper rosewater, thereby making the most use of our
:09:17. > :09:20.roses and having a lovely reminder We never really know
:09:21. > :09:38.for sure what the quality If we have a heavy hail shower or
:09:39. > :09:44.a storm or a gale or something like that a few days before, the roses
:09:45. > :09:50.can look in a very tattered state. We would then fall back
:09:51. > :10:00.onto having potted roses. When you see a field of roses
:10:01. > :10:05.and the smell of the roses, It is a lovely experience, and it
:10:06. > :10:31.gives you a bit of a warm glow Your stand is looking great. But
:10:32. > :10:34.before we look at the Rose of themselves, I'm intrigued by the
:10:35. > :10:41.rose water and how you use it. We use it to make Turkish delight and
:10:42. > :10:44.hand creams and things. Here is some of the Turkish delight. Made with
:10:45. > :10:51.our roses. See if you can taste them. It is rosy and fruity and
:10:52. > :10:57.sweet and sticky. You can't eat too much of it. But lovely, and
:10:58. > :11:01.fascinating. You said you could not really tell how show is going to go
:11:02. > :11:05.because you were so dependent on the weather. How did it go this year? A
:11:06. > :11:10.few weeks ago, we thought we would be doing container roses and have a
:11:11. > :11:15.display of those. And we have a warm June and all of the flowers went
:11:16. > :11:19.over, so we went back to plant B, which was cut roses. But the field
:11:20. > :11:23.was not far advanced, so suddenly we were hoping for warm weather, and
:11:24. > :11:27.fortunately at the weekend, we were able to cut armfuls of quality
:11:28. > :11:32.roses. Does that mean you have more in cold storage? We have loads for
:11:33. > :11:37.the rest of this week. As these go over, we will put new blooms in. As
:11:38. > :11:41.the week goes on, we will put some potted roses out. Well, they all
:11:42. > :11:47.look fantastic. It is a great display. Thank you very much.
:11:48. > :11:52.This year, the Royal Horticultural Society is a liberating 50 years of
:11:53. > :11:54.This year, the Royal Horticultural Britain in bloom, and they have
:11:55. > :12:00.created this wonderful exhibit. It is probably the biggest garden here,
:12:01. > :12:06.and it charts the history from 50 years ago up to the present day. And
:12:07. > :12:13.what Britain in bloom means to us. This garden is completely created
:12:14. > :12:18.from annual plants. This would have been a very common sight. I remember
:12:19. > :12:20.it myself, keep off the grass. But the planting here is such high
:12:21. > :12:23.maintenance. It has all got to the planting here is such high
:12:24. > :12:28.maintenance. It be grown annually and planted out. An incredible
:12:29. > :12:36.amount of work and money. But things have changed. Britain in bloom is
:12:37. > :12:40.now interested in the community and sustainability, so this planting
:12:41. > :12:43.represents that, because it is made from perennial plants that will die
:12:44. > :12:47.down in the winter and come back each year. There has been a school
:12:48. > :12:52.that has grown all of these sunflowers full of that is another
:12:53. > :12:56.element, engaging schools and kids with gardening. It seems like a
:12:57. > :13:01.natural thing to do, moving Britain in bloom on and bringing it up to
:13:02. > :13:06.the present day. Here, we have grow your own. We have vineyards and some
:13:07. > :13:11.fantastic cabbages. These are one of the best plants at the show. Britain
:13:12. > :13:24.in bloom over the last 50 years has changed so much and is particularly
:13:25. > :13:28.relevant today. This garden is exactly the reason
:13:29. > :13:32.why I come to flower shows. I have seen pretty much everything. But
:13:33. > :13:38.with a garden like this, I feel the same rush of enthusiasm and pleasure
:13:39. > :13:43.is the first time I ever saw any beautiful garden. It is a garden
:13:44. > :13:49.called a space to connect and grow. It uses predominantly recycled
:13:50. > :13:55.materials and deservedly won a gold medal. The detail is fabulous. There
:13:56. > :13:59.is cherry, with the fantastic shape made from reinforcing rods, the
:14:00. > :14:05.cosmos coming through. A water feature. It is fun and bright. At
:14:06. > :14:11.the back, very decorative, but also fantastic for insects. But it does
:14:12. > :14:14.not feel busy, it feels coherent. The key thing for me with the show
:14:15. > :14:27.garden like this is that it makes you want to go back home and garden.
:14:28. > :14:31.I have closely followed this man's garden design career since he was 14
:14:32. > :14:35.and he is now 21. He is getting more confident with his designs. This is
:14:36. > :14:41.his most accomplished one ever. My favourite feature is these stone
:14:42. > :14:47.windows, set into the EU hedges. The planting here is strong, confident
:14:48. > :14:53.blocks of agapanthus and then this classic lavender hedge. The concept
:14:54. > :14:57.behind this garden is that it is the road to retirement. And the straight
:14:58. > :15:05.path down the middle, there is an inevitability about it. He got a
:15:06. > :15:14.silver this time. He has had a few marks off the elusive gold. Every
:15:15. > :15:22.morning I really surprise walking the garden. I find my calm. I find
:15:23. > :15:28.myself. My footsteps are like those of our ancestors, and the Earth has
:15:29. > :15:34.not changed. Those are the words written on the
:15:35. > :15:39.stone here of this garden. The central piece, the garden he has
:15:40. > :15:48.designed and made, has this music that he recorded in woods near Lake
:15:49. > :15:51.Como. All credit to the RHS forgiving it a gold medal, because
:15:52. > :15:57.this is quite a tricky subject for a flower show, but it is beautiful.
:15:58. > :16:00.The planting is subtle and delicate, and everything here, from the last
:16:01. > :16:06.dried leaf to the soil that coats the sculpture has been brought over
:16:07. > :16:09.from Tuscany. Above all, this is a garden that says, stop. Give
:16:10. > :16:25.yourself to nature. Contemplate. Well, you can tell from the table
:16:26. > :16:28.styling here this garden is all about lifestyle, and it is a garden
:16:29. > :16:32.that a lot of visitors to the show will want to lift up, take home and
:16:33. > :16:35.have in their own plot. Paul Martin has done a great job, because the
:16:36. > :16:42.hard landscaping is sharp and crisp, but there are 20 of plants,
:16:43. > :16:52.too. We have a fantastic verbena here. And then this dark Angelica.
:16:53. > :17:01.The planting is in the very heart of the garden, and this water feature
:17:02. > :17:08.fluting here is an elegant feature. One mistake I have noticed is that
:17:09. > :17:15.the lavender here is planted next to hostel, drive plants next to
:17:16. > :17:23.moisture lovers. He got away with it, because he has a gold medal.
:17:24. > :17:32.Of course, show gardens are brilliant way of getting inspiration
:17:33. > :17:35.for our own garden at home. But this year at Hampton Court there is an
:17:36. > :17:40.important message which is that we need to share our guard is with as
:17:41. > :17:43.much wildlife as possible. There is no wild creature that needs our help
:17:44. > :17:49.more than hedgehogs, which are in dire straits. A few weeks ago, we
:17:50. > :17:56.joined Henry Johnson at the trust endangered species to find out why.
:17:57. > :18:00.We believe that we've lost about a third of our British hedgehogs
:18:01. > :18:03.in the last ten years, and the hedgehogs are currently declining
:18:04. > :18:06.in Britain at the same rate as tigers are around the world.
:18:07. > :18:08.But there's great news in the fact that hedgehogs love gardens.
:18:09. > :18:10.They love suburbia, and in somewhere like this area
:18:11. > :18:13.in Bracknell, you can find ten times the density of hedgehogs as
:18:14. > :18:18.This garden we are going to visit is a perfect hedgehog garden,
:18:19. > :18:20.and a perfect example of the inspiration behind our
:18:21. > :18:41.These prickly little fellows here, this is our wild hedgehog species,
:18:42. > :18:45.We are lucky to have a few animals here today from a
:18:46. > :18:50.If you want to live in a world where you and your children can see wild
:18:51. > :18:53.hedgehogs in the garden, you need to start thinking of the garden as part
:18:54. > :18:56.of the wider landscape, and the Hedgehog Street Garden at Hampton
:18:57. > :19:00.Court Flower Show will show you how easy it is to do that.
:19:01. > :19:02.It is thought that modern hedgehogs first evolved
:19:03. > :19:05.about 20 million years ago, and since then, they have out-survived
:19:06. > :19:09.things like sabre-toothed tigers and woolly mammoths.
:19:10. > :19:11.They are still here, still in modern Britain,
:19:12. > :19:19.When people first started studying hedgehogs in the 1980s, before then,
:19:20. > :19:23.we really had no idea what they got up to at night time.
:19:24. > :19:26.And when we put radio transmitters on adult hedgehogs,
:19:27. > :19:30.we found that hedgehogs were going one or two kilometres per night.
:19:31. > :19:34.The word humble is often used to describe hedgehogs, perhaps because
:19:35. > :19:38.humble hedgehog sounds like it works, but I think it is a really
:19:39. > :19:51.perhaps 2-300 gardens locally, and that is where the
:19:52. > :20:03.It is about connecting your garden to your neighbours'.
:20:04. > :20:05.There are some great ways you can make
:20:06. > :20:07.your garden more hedgehog-friendly, really simple ones, too.
:20:08. > :20:09.Number one, most important, really, really easy, make sure there is
:20:10. > :20:19.You can see two great hedgehog friendly features here.
:20:20. > :20:23.On the one hand, we have got this fantastic hedgehog house.
:20:24. > :20:29.Even better in a way, you can see in the corner here, this logpile.
:20:30. > :20:35.Hedgehogs will also nest in something like this,
:20:36. > :20:38.and the benefit of this over this is that the logpile also encourages all
:20:39. > :20:42.of the things hedgehogs eat, beetles and worms.
:20:43. > :20:44.So, a little known fact about hedgehogs
:20:45. > :20:49.Hedgehogs have been tracked crossing quite major rivers.
:20:50. > :20:52.But they can drown in ponds if they can't get out of them,
:20:53. > :20:55.or swimming pools, so a pond like this is ideal, because it has
:20:56. > :20:58.a nicely shallow sloping edge, and hedgehogs can get out of it.
:20:59. > :21:01.Particularly in very dry times of the year as well, water is critical.
:21:02. > :21:07.You can put out a water dish like this.
:21:08. > :21:11.Through my work on the Hedgehog Street Project, I have learned a lot
:21:12. > :21:14.about how to advise people on how to manage their gardens for hedgehogs.
:21:15. > :21:15.But I'm no good at designing gardens,
:21:16. > :21:18.so we involved Tracy Foster because she is a fantastic garden designer
:21:19. > :21:28.And she's very passionate about conservation.
:21:29. > :21:31.The garden at Hampton Court essentially is sectioned through
:21:32. > :21:33.three suburban gardens, each with a different style, to show
:21:34. > :21:40.that whatever your gardening style, you can still be hedgehog-friendly.
:21:41. > :21:42.It would be absolutely fantastic if the garden won a medal,
:21:43. > :21:46.but personally, I don't think that's the main reason for doing it.
:21:47. > :21:49.I think the most important thing is to get the message out there
:21:50. > :21:55.that hedgehogs are in trouble, and this is how we can help them, and
:21:56. > :22:20.They are such wonderful creatures, but they are nocturnal. Yes, those
:22:21. > :22:27.ones we had earlier rescue animals. Your design to this garden has three
:22:28. > :22:32.areas, run me through it. We wanted to show that whatever your gardening
:22:33. > :22:38.style, you could have a hedgehog friendly garden. That is more of a
:22:39. > :22:43.wild garden, slightly untidy, a bit like mine, where there are plenty of
:22:44. > :22:49.things that you would associate with hedgehogs such as a log pile and a
:22:50. > :22:55.hedgehog hibernating home. This one here is much more contemporary, but
:22:56. > :22:58.still more hedgehog friendly. This would probably appeal to a
:22:59. > :23:03.completely different sort of person, but it is still great for the
:23:04. > :23:07.hedgehog with plenty of grass and cover, water that is safe for them
:23:08. > :23:13.to drink from, and a water feature that they can get in and out of. And
:23:14. > :23:15.I like the hole in the wall. It is very important, isn't it? It is for
:23:16. > :23:26.the hedgehog. This one is much more traditional.
:23:27. > :23:29.There are lots of things in there still that will be good for the
:23:30. > :23:33.hedgehog, and just growing vegetables alone is enough to
:23:34. > :23:37.attract them. You have done a fantastic job and demonstrated that
:23:38. > :23:39.any style of garden you can make hedgehog friendly, and you have a
:23:40. > :23:44.gold-medal. We were absolutely overjoyed.
:23:45. > :23:45.If you want to find out how you can encourage more hedgehogs into your
:23:46. > :23:59.neighbourhood, go to our website. Gardens of England Wales contribute
:24:00. > :24:04.more green space than all of our national nature reserve is put
:24:05. > :24:09.together, and provide sanctuary for insects. We asked the experts George
:24:10. > :24:14.McGavin to put some of them under the microscope.
:24:15. > :24:21.Gardens offer us humans the chance to get outside, get some fresh air
:24:22. > :24:28.and even have the sun on our face. Our lives without them would be
:24:29. > :24:31.poorer. But we are not the only creatures to benefit from these
:24:32. > :24:36.decorative spaces. They are full of amazing wildlife, and with so many
:24:37. > :24:38.of us leading hectic lives, these incredible creatures had simply
:24:39. > :24:50.become invisible to us. Here, the RHS is designed to spaces
:24:51. > :24:55.to reminders of the wildlife we share our gardens with, and they are
:24:56. > :24:56.giving the public the opportunity to discover this hidden world
:24:57. > :25:05.first-hand. All around me are instruments that
:25:06. > :25:11.allow you a very privileged view of some extraordinary creatures. Under
:25:12. > :25:16.the microscope here I have a water there. They are just part of the
:25:17. > :25:19.incredible diversity of creatures that you will find in an average
:25:20. > :25:25.garden, and they are the most remarkable things. They graze among
:25:26. > :25:30.little patches of garden moss, and they have a remarkable ability to
:25:31. > :25:38.survive. You could even see its eyes and its feet. Many of you I know are
:25:39. > :25:45.plagued with aphids, but you have a whole army of friends in your
:25:46. > :25:57.garden, one of which is the laugh lather of lacewings. They consume
:25:58. > :26:01.the aphids. When it has finished this one, it will move onto a new
:26:02. > :26:05.one, see you don't need to use a pesticide. Encourage the other
:26:06. > :26:12.insects in your garden and they will do the job for you.
:26:13. > :26:17.Whilst technology allows us an insight into the invisible garden,
:26:18. > :26:22.the RHS has also made a visible garden here. It is a small space,
:26:23. > :26:28.but it is packed with all sorts of ways in which you can encourage
:26:29. > :26:36.wildlife. A pond, it doesn't have to be big, but that will attract water
:26:37. > :26:40.beetles, dragonflies, allsorts. Flowers and various heights for
:26:41. > :26:45.bees. A compost heap is one of my favourite habitats. And down here,
:26:46. > :26:52.in a few months, this will be heaving with all kinds of bugs. That
:26:53. > :27:01.is home to thousands of invertebrate s. Why bother about these insects?
:27:02. > :27:07.They recycle, they pollinate plants, they control our pests. They make
:27:08. > :27:13.your garden work. Why should we give so much attention
:27:14. > :27:16.to insect life? Insects are the most interesting animals on earth. They
:27:17. > :27:21.have been around for 400 million years. The interaction between them
:27:22. > :27:29.and plants is over 300 million years old. They are what makes all of this
:27:30. > :27:35.work. So we need? Absolutely. The world can do very well with a lot --
:27:36. > :27:50.without lots of large animals, but it couldn't survive without bees or
:27:51. > :27:54.an all -- ants. If the plants are there, the right plants, you will
:27:55. > :28:02.get the right insects. And this is fantastic for insects. In an average
:28:03. > :28:06.size garden, you might find 1500 species of insect over a year, but
:28:07. > :28:12.even a tiny patch like this, there are probably millions of individual
:28:13. > :28:18.invertebrates in this patch. Encouraging insects should be
:28:19. > :28:24.uppermost in everybody's mind. A garden without insects isn't a
:28:25. > :28:29.garden. So what you are saying is that we need to be indiscriminate
:28:30. > :28:35.about insects, let them all in and they will sort themselves out? You
:28:36. > :28:43.may have pests from time to time, but don't reach for the bug gun.
:28:44. > :28:49.Lots of gardeners kill wasps. But they will do the whole job of pest
:28:50. > :28:53.control for free. If there was one thing we could do to improve the
:28:54. > :29:02.quality of both insect life and human relations with insects? Get a
:29:03. > :29:08.simple lens, and go out and look at things up close. It opens up a whole
:29:09. > :29:15.hidden world that you never knew was there. Thank you very much.
:29:16. > :29:22.Attracting pollinating insects, butterflies, birds into our gardens
:29:23. > :29:25.is vital, because they will give us the flowers and fruit and seeds that
:29:26. > :29:34.we need. And Carol husband looking for the best plants to attract those
:29:35. > :29:41.pollinators -- has been looking. If I was a beat, the first place I
:29:42. > :29:47.would head for. Indigenous insects have involved alongside indigenous
:29:48. > :30:03.plants. They are rich in pollen and nectar.
:30:04. > :30:12.stop, but they are not the only choice. Although you probably grow a
:30:13. > :30:16.few wild flowers in your garden, the majority of flowers in most of our
:30:17. > :30:24.gardens, we grow for the ornamental value. Here is one. So close to our
:30:25. > :30:30.own white yarrow, and get, in this sumptuous range of colours, and
:30:31. > :30:36.still just as perfect for all manner of insects as the yarrow itself. And
:30:37. > :30:39.what they love is that each of these plateau is easy to land on and easy
:30:40. > :30:46.to feed from. This whole wonderful flower head is actually made up of a
:30:47. > :30:50.myriad of tiny little flowers, each with its own nectar or pollen
:30:51. > :31:08.treat. Just as good as the wild flower, and very beautiful for us to
:31:09. > :31:11.look at. These are daisies. They belong to arguably the biggest
:31:12. > :31:16.family of flowering plants in the world. Normally, daisies have got a
:31:17. > :31:22.plane, straightforward centre, but not in this righty. This one has
:31:23. > :31:29.been so over bread that the centre is hard and solid. All those petals
:31:30. > :31:37.are completely compressed. No self-respecting bee good possibly
:31:38. > :31:45.penetrate it. But when it comes to this delightful stockist, it is easy
:31:46. > :31:49.access for all comers. These spikes are composed of a series of little
:31:50. > :31:57.flowers for up each one is full of pollen and nectar. Each individual
:31:58. > :32:04.flower has its own little landing stage. There are so many plants in
:32:05. > :32:22.this family. Lots of garden favourites, things like lavender,
:32:23. > :32:25.rosemary and sage. And as dusk descends, the night shift moves in.
:32:26. > :32:32.Moths in the millions visit our garden is, specifically to feed on
:32:33. > :32:36.plants like this, jasmine and honeysuckle have these longitudes
:32:37. > :32:42.which match exactly the proboscis of them. It can delve in and feast on
:32:43. > :32:48.that wonderful nectar. It is vital in our garden that we cater for
:32:49. > :33:05.every kind of visitor. Whether they call by day or night. If you are
:33:06. > :33:10.after a flower that just keeps on and on, why not consider these?
:33:11. > :33:28.There are hundreds of different varieties, and at this nursery, the
:33:29. > :33:31.grower can't get enough of them. These are wonderful shrubs. They
:33:32. > :33:36.come in a range of colours. They flower eight to ten months of year.
:33:37. > :33:44.I love them. But... You have got to trim, knit and cut them. Do not be
:33:45. > :33:51.bullied. Show them who is lost. -- who is boss. Trim them to make them
:33:52. > :33:56.ranch, and they will give hundreds of flowers. It is what we want.
:33:57. > :34:08.Punish them, and they will give us more. -- make them branch. These
:34:09. > :34:11.flowers came into this country 200 years ago. The Victorian hunters
:34:12. > :34:14.used to bring them back from the wonderful adventures all over the
:34:15. > :34:18.world, but the Victorians never got the best out of them. They never
:34:19. > :34:22.really flourished, because they were keeping them too hot. They really
:34:23. > :34:33.want some dappled shade during the day. They will relax and flower so
:34:34. > :34:36.much more. I am a biochemist and geneticist by trade, so we love the
:34:37. > :34:41.idea of mixing those bloodlines are getting the best from different
:34:42. > :34:46.plants and breeding the new ones. This one is a great species, good
:34:47. > :34:50.and strong, but it is the only one with a blue lilac flower. We would
:34:51. > :34:57.love to get that through into another variety, a bigger Dell
:34:58. > :35:08.variety. That is a challenge. I am going to rob pollen onto each of the
:35:09. > :35:10.stigmas. That should be enough. We have the national collection of
:35:11. > :35:14.these flowers here. It means that we have not only the largest
:35:15. > :35:17.collection, but we have some here that you will not find anywhere else
:35:18. > :35:24.in Europe. Our breeding programme is extensive. We have 18 different
:35:25. > :35:34.varieties at the moment on trial, and we have an absolute forest of
:35:35. > :35:38.seedlings coming up as we speak. All of our cultivated plants stem from
:35:39. > :35:42.four maim other plants. We take a matriarch plant like this one here,
:35:43. > :35:47.process it to be slightly more branched. Then we need to inject
:35:48. > :35:53.some colour into it by mixing it with this one. We now need to get
:35:54. > :36:01.some real colour going. But again, we are not big and blowsy full up
:36:02. > :36:06.this one has been bred from all of these in the line. Hardy, branching,
:36:07. > :36:10.lovely, big flower. But I wanted more, a bigger flower. That is what
:36:11. > :36:14.brings us to this one at the end here, which has got everything. Big
:36:15. > :36:21.flowers, lovely colour, good branch nature. From the new varieties that
:36:22. > :36:26.we produce, the family line can be echoed all the way up to the
:36:27. > :36:37.matriarch, the grandmother of the plant. The bloodline continues, but
:36:38. > :36:40.in a better variety. We breed a new cultivar of abutilon on the nursery,
:36:41. > :36:47.we named them after our family man is. This one here is Milly Haupt,
:36:48. > :36:54.named after my grandmother. This one has been named after my mother. We
:36:55. > :37:09.named this one after my daughter, Sophia Jackson. She's eight now, and
:37:10. > :37:13.she absolutely adores it. So to date, I have not named on after
:37:14. > :37:18.myself yet, Leila Jackson. That it will have to be a good one, a one, a
:37:19. > :37:27.white one, a bold one, one that is really going to steal the show.
:37:28. > :37:34.Now, have you found a plant that lives up to all the qualities needed
:37:35. > :37:40.to represent your name? Of course I have. Abutilon Leila Jackson, here
:37:41. > :37:44.she is. A beautiful Belle, beautiful inside colour. The main reason we
:37:45. > :37:52.chose her is because she is hardy and vigorous. Have a fondle of the
:37:53. > :37:55.leaf. Nice and shiny and glossy. Abutilons that have glossy leaves
:37:56. > :38:00.will give you that hardiness and vigour. They will be great outdoors
:38:01. > :38:04.in our winters. Where as if we go it over to this one here, which is
:38:05. > :38:09.beautiful, this one is Eric Turner, named after my father but we call it
:38:10. > :38:13.Eric whatsit on the nursery. Have a feel of this leaf. I am sure Eric
:38:14. > :38:19.will not mind. It is fluffy. A bit like my dad, a bit bearded, but that
:38:20. > :38:23.fluffy nature means it will not be as hardy as the shiny leaf
:38:24. > :38:28.varieties. So in Herefordshire, where I live, we will have to take
:38:29. > :38:33.him in. What makes her her and him him? Why have you given them those
:38:34. > :38:40.very personalised characters? Well, she is witty and elegant. She is
:38:41. > :38:45.graceful in her habits, and she has a downward facing lantern. All the
:38:46. > :38:51.lantern forms, we tend to give a she personality. But Eric here is squat,
:38:52. > :38:56.compact, robust. He is pink, I grant you, but he is definitely a he.
:38:57. > :39:04.Thank you very much. You are extremely welcome.
:39:05. > :39:07.Now, let's go back from Hampton Court a few weeks to the Chelsea
:39:08. > :39:13.Flower Show at the end of May. One of the things that made Chelsea
:39:14. > :39:17.special for me was the success of a group of young designers. And
:39:18. > :39:23.certainly one of them that caught the public's eye most clearly was
:39:24. > :39:28.Matthew Keightley. If 29, and he won the People's Choice award for his
:39:29. > :39:36.garden, Help For Heroes hop on the horizon. -- hop on the horizon. It
:39:37. > :39:40.is a subject that is very close to my heart. My brother is currently on
:39:41. > :39:44.a tour of duty in Afghanistan. He formed part of a group that was
:39:45. > :39:48.picking guys up of the front line who were injured. In the media, we
:39:49. > :39:52.are in the media, devastation at one end and the miracle story at the
:39:53. > :39:54.other if we are lucky. I set out to explore what happens in between and
:39:55. > :40:00.how they get through recovery. The garden represents recovery and will
:40:01. > :40:09.also be used as a recovery Centre for the guys. The winner of the
:40:10. > :40:18.People's Choice award is Matthew Keightley! Conger adulation is. --
:40:19. > :40:26.congratulations. Thank you. Have you come down to earth? Not yet. I could
:40:27. > :40:32.not have asked for more. That really was the icing on the cake for us.
:40:33. > :40:36.You could not tell you were a first-time gardener. Did you feel
:40:37. > :40:39.confident? I did. My attitude was to aim high and hope for the best. I
:40:40. > :40:42.had to follow through with conviction and believe in the
:40:43. > :40:50.concept I came up with. But I know it was not plain sailing. It was not
:40:51. > :40:55.without its dramas. At the last minute, something happens. For us,
:40:56. > :40:59.it was the planting. A lot of stuff just was not show quality for us. We
:41:00. > :41:02.had to do the best we could as quickly as possible. We ended up
:41:03. > :41:08.using social media to try and pull in as we could and scrape together
:41:09. > :41:12.enough to work with the planting scene I had created for the Help For
:41:13. > :41:16.Heroes garden. It is appropriate that social media is being used by a
:41:17. > :41:19.young designer. I know you have not had a chance to look around the
:41:20. > :41:25.show, but did anything catch your eye? The One Show garden by
:41:26. > :41:28.Alexandra Noble is a really nice garden and it is her first show
:41:29. > :41:32.garden as well, so I can relate to what she has been through. I can
:41:33. > :41:36.tell you what would be William, would be if you could interview her.
:41:37. > :41:43.I would love the opportunity to do that. You can share notes. We will
:41:44. > :41:47.see that interview tomorrow night. What has happened since Chelsea? It
:41:48. > :41:53.has been bonkers. I have now got a two-week-old daughter called Poppy.
:41:54. > :41:57.Congratulations! So it is onto a new adventure. It has been a whirlwind
:41:58. > :42:00.and I can't wait to see what happens next. I can tell you what will come
:42:01. > :42:04.next here. We will send you off to have a better look around and to
:42:05. > :42:09.give us your take on the show. I would love that.
:42:10. > :42:13.Now, it is that time of year when for a lot of us, we are thinking of
:42:14. > :42:20.going on holiday and having a nice time in the sun. But that doesn't
:42:21. > :42:26.mean leaving our plans and pots and containers of any kind also in the
:42:27. > :42:31.sun, unattended and perhaps suffering. So how do we make sure
:42:32. > :42:33.that when we come home, they are looking happy and thriving? To be
:42:34. > :42:37.buckling has been going around the show, looking for solutions.
:42:38. > :42:40.-- Toby Buckland. As far as contenders go, I will respect the
:42:41. > :42:45.summer is divided into two parts. There is the early part you are full
:42:46. > :42:48.of hope and planting them up, and then the other summer holidays, when
:42:49. > :42:51.there is every danger that they will die on drought and loneliness. But
:42:52. > :42:55.it does not have to be like that. The simple things you can do to keep
:42:56. > :42:59.your pots and Basque is looking good. As with so much in life, it is
:43:00. > :43:05.the simple ideas that are the best. For example, take down your hanging
:43:06. > :43:10.baskets and put them somewhere she did. If they are in a pot, they will
:43:11. > :43:14.be growing less and being less demanding for water. The same goes
:43:15. > :43:19.for containers. Move them together into a nice, dappled spot. If you
:43:20. > :43:23.have your neighbours popping over to look after them while you are away,
:43:24. > :43:37.keeping them together will make it an easier job. But what if you are
:43:38. > :43:43.not getting on with your neighbours? Well, you will need a little kit. At
:43:44. > :43:49.the low-tech end, there are basins of water. I use these for wee
:43:50. > :43:52.hydrating dried out plants. -- rehydrating plants. They are also
:43:53. > :43:56.good for weekends away, particularly for small pots like these African
:43:57. > :44:00.marigolds and tomatoes in the greenhouse. You would not want to
:44:01. > :44:04.leave your dance in the too long, but a few days, sitting in the drink
:44:05. > :44:10.and they will be fine. But for pots outdoors, you need something else.
:44:11. > :44:15.The pots that are too big to move or put on a tray, water bottles come in
:44:16. > :44:22.handy. Cut the bottom of, fill them with a bit of water. And as long as
:44:23. > :44:27.you have got the lid, you can unwind that until the water just dribbles
:44:28. > :44:32.out from the base, and then set that into your pot to dribble away and
:44:33. > :44:37.keep it hydrated. To be honest, mucking around with the lid is a bit
:44:38. > :44:40.of a fiddle. For less than a fiver, there are these natty systems that
:44:41. > :44:46.you plug into the base of your bottle. That goes into your compost,
:44:47. > :44:49.and then you have got a little valve on the end of it that you can adjust
:44:50. > :44:54.the amount of water that goes to your pots. If you have got lots of
:44:55. > :45:13.containers that need looking after why you are away, it the way to go.
:45:14. > :45:21.Another tip with bedding plants, before you go away, prune them. What
:45:22. > :45:25.I do is I getting amongst them and give them quite a severe haircut.
:45:26. > :45:29.After a couple of weeks resting, they will be back full of Word and
:45:30. > :45:44.ready to flower feel return. Of course, it is your lawn that
:45:45. > :45:48.suffers most. If it turns a bit brown, it is nothing to worry about.
:45:49. > :45:53.The plant survival mechanism, it goes back to is root to wait from
:45:54. > :46:00.rain, and grass is big news here, because for the first time, there is
:46:01. > :46:02.a turf sculpting competition. Five competitors have only had two days
:46:03. > :46:15.to create masterpieces. We have five plots and five people
:46:16. > :46:19.making things, and the only difference between them is the
:46:20. > :46:24.imagination. We are going to make turf sculptures. It is the first
:46:25. > :46:28.time that the RHS have ever allowed an exhibit that isn't planned. You
:46:29. > :46:37.Matthew Briggs of gardeners question want, free range. Go!
:46:38. > :46:44.Matthew Briggs of gardeners question Time fame, trained at Kew. I have
:46:45. > :46:54.scribbled it down on a piece of paper. Adam Frost, gardens designed
:46:55. > :47:00.by abstract art. Andy Hyde and John Humphrys, Andy is a gardener. John
:47:01. > :47:10.is a fine art sculpture. We are going to attempt to build a snake.
:47:11. > :47:12.Saint Clements, has designed many gardens at Hampton Court and
:47:13. > :47:19.Chelsea. Paul Jones is the head groundsman at
:47:20. > :47:21.Tottenham Hotspur football club. We have turned up with a pack of
:47:22. > :47:38.sandwiches and a spade! A lot of it involves putting a fine
:47:39. > :47:44.layer of soil on and packing it in. The soil is dry and crumbly, so we
:47:45. > :47:52.are spraying it a little bit to try to get it to hold its form. One half
:47:53. > :48:01.of the ZZ Top just looked over the bank. They are taking the Mickey! I
:48:02. > :48:04.have created a centrepiece, and even though we are breaking some of the
:48:05. > :48:13.rules of turfing, some things don't change. You have to get it well
:48:14. > :48:14.pressed down. If it is floating and there are gaps, it won't route, it
:48:15. > :48:35.will dry out. Who is using spray marker? Mr
:48:36. > :48:45.frost? I don't want to tell tales, but I think it is easy. A rough
:48:46. > :48:51.diamond. Everyone else has been using green, so we have decided to
:48:52. > :48:55.world our walls with a technique for creating bunkers on a golf course,
:48:56. > :48:57.literally building up the turf in layers, but each time you just keep
:48:58. > :49:14.one back, so it is a slight camber. We have broken the back of it now,
:49:15. > :49:17.we are reaching the end. You can see how all of the different sculptures
:49:18. > :49:22.will come together. Everyone seems to have enjoyed themselves. All that
:49:23. > :49:31.remains now is to see what the public make of it at the show.
:49:32. > :49:35.I am here with the sculptors and their creators. Visitors can vote
:49:36. > :49:42.for their favourite, and we will tell you who has won on Thursday.
:49:43. > :49:48.There are five sculptures, and each one has a penny box, so the public
:49:49. > :49:52.can put a coin in. The money goes towards the RHS's campaign for
:49:53. > :49:55.school gardening. You look like you have had great fun with them. They
:49:56. > :50:00.work very well. Have you enjoyed doing it? I have never done
:50:01. > :50:04.work very well. Have you enjoyed like this in my life, and I will
:50:05. > :50:12.never forget when we arrived here with just a rate. I hadn't initially
:50:13. > :50:19.got a clue what I was doing, but it ended up relentlessly. They all look
:50:20. > :50:25.fantastic. There is such a rioting here, and different techniques.
:50:26. > :50:31.John, you are a fine artist. How was it working in this medium? Very
:50:32. > :50:34.difficult. I don't normally sculpt with soil and turf, but it was a
:50:35. > :50:42.very interesting experience, and it was great fun making our snake in
:50:43. > :50:46.the grass sculpture. How have they changed throughout the week? We
:50:47. > :50:52.finished eight days ago, and you can hardly see the lines, they have come
:50:53. > :50:58.together. Have you had to do a lot of trimming or mowing? Yes, because
:50:59. > :51:02.the eyes get a little shaggy and the definition is not there. The most
:51:03. > :51:09.extraordinary thing was to see the change from when it was soil to now
:51:10. > :51:13.it has hair on. It is soft and quite extraordinary.
:51:14. > :51:20.I can see that you are getting addicted to turf. Grass is the new
:51:21. > :51:23.plants! You could always try something new and experiment, and
:51:24. > :51:27.you will be surprised at what happens. I'm quite glad that the
:51:28. > :51:35.Tottenham groundsman isn't here, being an Arsenal fan. Would you all
:51:36. > :51:45.come and do this again? Definitely. Great.
:51:46. > :51:52.Earlier, I met Matt Kightly, the winner of the people's choice award
:51:53. > :51:54.at Chelsea, and he has been taking a look around the show to find some of
:51:55. > :52:07.his favourite things. My introduction into horticulture
:52:08. > :52:12.was with these, cacti. Mum used to drag us round the garden centres
:52:13. > :52:16.which I hated, until we got to the souvenir shop at the end, mum used
:52:17. > :52:24.to letters choose a plant, and I always came back to cacti. The
:52:25. > :52:28.reason why I love them so much is because there are so many different
:52:29. > :52:32.varieties to choose from, and if you were given a choice between a
:52:33. > :52:36.flouncy plant and an angry looking cactus as a boy, you would go for
:52:37. > :52:41.the captors every time. Collecting them became hobby of mine. I started
:52:42. > :52:46.receiving presents for my birthday, getting different varieties. Cacti
:52:47. > :52:50.really got me excited about horticulture, but with the window
:52:51. > :52:55.ledge full, it was time to go outside, something a bit different.
:52:56. > :53:01.That was when I got given my first succulent. With this plant here, I
:53:02. > :53:07.had my first basic lesson in propagation. Succulents are very
:53:08. > :53:11.basic level plants, which is why you will see them in Hillside,
:53:12. > :53:16.countrysides, dry stone walls, cracks in the pavement. All we need
:53:17. > :53:22.to do is ease out the younger looking rose from the soil, reveal a
:53:23. > :53:30.robust root system, repot it and it will generate in no time at all.
:53:31. > :53:38.Cacti and succulents were very much a starting point for me. Nowadays I
:53:39. > :53:45.like to use grasses throughout my design work. This one in particular
:53:46. > :53:52.has beautiful, gentle movement. It works well in all planting schemes.
:53:53. > :53:54.This is another of my favourites, you will spot it a mile away in any
:53:55. > :54:13.garden. Something else really exciting by
:54:14. > :54:16.the ferns. For any codes out there looking to get into horticulture,
:54:17. > :54:23.this could be the place to start. Some of these are beautiful. I
:54:24. > :54:28.recommend this one in particular, an excellent, Hardy fern that will give
:54:29. > :54:33.you satisfaction year-on-year. And for me, it has got to be the grasses
:54:34. > :54:39.and ferns that the show stoppers at Hampton this year.
:54:40. > :54:46.Matt will be back tomorrow, one new designer meeting another as he chats
:54:47. > :54:49.to Alexandra Noble. During this week, thousands of people are going
:54:50. > :54:54.to come flooding through those gates, and I want to know exactly
:54:55. > :54:56.which plants and flowers they are attracted to. And also seeing which
:54:57. > :55:13.flowers catch my eye. I'm in the plant village, which is
:55:14. > :55:17.amazing, because not only do you have all of the nurseries they're
:55:18. > :55:21.selling the plants, but many have this planting area in front, almost
:55:22. > :55:24.a miniature show garden, see the individual plants, and how they work
:55:25. > :55:27.together. So there individual plants, and how they work
:55:28. > :55:44.really great ideas in here. individual plants, and how they work
:55:45. > :55:56.these roses, hydrangeas. We like pretty things. Pretty and girly. I
:55:57. > :56:00.didn't realise I was on television! We got you.
:56:01. > :56:11.Somebody has chosen something beautiful.
:56:12. > :56:16.Where are you going to put those? That is a good question!
:56:17. > :56:24.Ultramarine, really beautiful, good choice. You know exactly where it is
:56:25. > :56:29.going? I know exactly. I have a spot for it.
:56:30. > :56:38.I think you should so seed, and you will have masses of poppies.
:56:39. > :56:45.Tell me why you chose it. I didn't actually choose it, my wife did. You
:56:46. > :56:52.can't blame her! I have to ask you, these hydrangeas
:56:53. > :56:56.they are stunning. Is everyone stopping you as you're going around,
:56:57. > :57:08.saying, where do I get that? Over there! And I would like to get this
:57:09. > :57:10.one, please. Perfect. That is the wonderful thing about Hampton Court
:57:11. > :57:15.Flower Show, you can come here, see the show gardens, and then you come
:57:16. > :57:21.out, and take the plants home with you that day. I have been wanting
:57:22. > :57:25.one of these from while, and I thought, I have to have it. I will
:57:26. > :57:30.propagate from this and have many, many plants in a few years. So I am
:57:31. > :57:45.a very happy girl. Well, that's it for tonight. We will
:57:46. > :57:50.be back tomorrow, because this is a big show, and you can't see it in
:57:51. > :57:56.one day. You can spend all week here, and still not see all of it.
:57:57. > :58:00.It is relaxed and fairly informal, but there are lots of things not
:58:01. > :58:07.just admire, but to inspire you and Fayoum and take home with you. One
:58:08. > :58:11.thing we're looking forward to tomorrow is your trip to Australia.
:58:12. > :58:16.There is a fantastic Australian garden here, and I will be showing
:58:17. > :58:21.you my recent road trip actor Australia. It inspired me to become
:58:22. > :58:25.a garden designer. And we also have a visit from the great Mary Berry,
:58:26. > :58:32.who is coming here to see, amongst other things, these conceptual
:58:33. > :58:36.gardens. So I will be very interested to see what she makes of
:58:37. > :58:39.lust and gluttony. See you tomorrow. Goodbye.