:00:41. > :00:45.Court Flower Show. We have been going for a few days and I cannot
:00:46. > :00:49.help but notice there are a number of themes running through the show
:00:50. > :00:54.but the dominant one is the sense of community and we are finding it in
:00:55. > :00:59.all corners and types of exhibits. The obvious one is this garden, a
:01:00. > :01:05.celebration of 50 years of written in Loom. It has the conventional
:01:06. > :01:11.wedding that we are used to and new plants, like this sunflower. It has
:01:12. > :01:16.fabulous vegetables like you see in allotments, and all kinds of
:01:17. > :01:21.community action coming together to make something beautiful. This
:01:22. > :01:24.spreads out beyond the showground itself because across the River
:01:25. > :01:32.Thames, for the last six years, residents have planted window boxes
:01:33. > :01:39.and hanging baskets as part of the show. The R H S have sent people
:01:40. > :01:45.across the river on the ferry to judge them. They are trying to avoid
:01:46. > :01:50.the bribes offered by the local residents. Tonight: Mary Berry
:01:51. > :01:54.the bribes offered by the local us for a look around the conceptual
:01:55. > :01:59.gardens with the theme of the seven deadly sins. Joe will take a look at
:02:00. > :02:03.an Australian garden and take us down under to rediscover the red
:02:04. > :02:11.landscape that inspired him to become a gardener. Matthew Keightley
:02:12. > :02:17.meets the winner of The One Show garden design competition. Some of
:02:18. > :02:22.the summer gardens this year have celebrated ways of using really
:02:23. > :02:33.compact spaces. We have looked at which ones have created most
:02:34. > :02:38.interest. Cutting edge garden design, this is not, but when it
:02:39. > :02:45.comes to gardening theatre, this is just fantastic. The way it goes up
:02:46. > :02:49.towards the back means visitors can see it based on and do not have to
:02:50. > :02:56.appear over each other's shoulders. We have these rusty gate which feel
:02:57. > :03:02.like you are in a forgotten garden that has been taken over by nature.
:03:03. > :03:09.We have foxgloves everywhere and these trees create a canopy over the
:03:10. > :03:14.garden. The stream is so brilliantly done that it looks natural. It runs
:03:15. > :03:21.riot through the plot. I feel like I should be sitting here with a
:03:22. > :03:25.fishing rod. I am loving the NSPCC garden. They celebrate their 130th
:03:26. > :03:32.anniversary. It is a journey through garden history. We start in the
:03:33. > :03:37.1880s with lots of ferns, lots of greens. Look at the home and stick,
:03:38. > :03:45.I like that touch. Now to the 1920s. Lots of silvery foliage and
:03:46. > :03:49.roses. I love the Teddy. Now we come to the 1970s and there is a space
:03:50. > :03:54.hopper hidden in the back. There is lots of leading and my favourite, a
:03:55. > :03:59.rock garden with conifers, which I remember from my childhood. We come
:04:00. > :04:08.to the modern age which is perennial. Soft grasses and the
:04:09. > :04:14.Tories, a scooter. This garden is represented by this sinuous stream
:04:15. > :04:24.going through the middle of it. It is fabulous. The planting is
:04:25. > :04:33.absolutely yummy. This mixture of colours and textures. It is softened
:04:34. > :04:37.by the grasses, the peculiar. I love the way the colours gradually
:04:38. > :04:57.intensify. The Tanzanians give weight to these strong red hot poker
:04:58. > :05:01.is. It is a delicious garden. This garden is called Alfresco
:05:02. > :05:07.Gardening. It has a strong rectangular design. The idea is that
:05:08. > :05:14.it has a built in kitchen, a wood-burning stove, a water feature,
:05:15. > :05:17.and somewhere to dine as well. These are very competent designs and well
:05:18. > :05:22.executed but I would like to see more plants. It is a bit similar
:05:23. > :05:28.throughout, and I would like to see this area festooned with planters.
:05:29. > :05:32.Inner city, you want to be surrounded by plants. He has done a
:05:33. > :05:38.good job and used the space very well. On the theme of outdoor
:05:39. > :05:43.living, there is one show garden which has got me excited. It is
:05:44. > :05:49.called the Essence of Australia, designed by Jim Fogarty. It is an
:05:50. > :05:55.Australian celebration of flora and the great outdoors. I travelled to
:05:56. > :06:00.Australia to visit Melbourne, a place that designed this design and
:06:01. > :06:07.my early work as well. I first came to Australia when I was 22 as young.
:06:08. > :06:10.Landscaping in Sydney and Melbourne, and I travelled all over the country
:06:11. > :06:16.and took in the amazing landscape. It made me want to become a garden
:06:17. > :06:23.designer. Australia seized my imagination then and I hope it will
:06:24. > :06:26.do so again today. I am looking for the inspiration for one of the
:06:27. > :06:33.gardens at Hampton Court this year. I have come to Cranborne which is
:06:34. > :06:37.half an hour south of Melbourne. I have come to the Australian garden,
:06:38. > :06:42.at the heart of this garden. I am doing all the filming myself,
:06:43. > :06:48.including the Sound and video. If it is out of focus and wobbly, or the
:06:49. > :06:53.wind catches the Mike, I can only apologise. -- microphone. Let's have
:06:54. > :06:58.a look around. This setting is familiar to the local designer Jim
:06:59. > :07:03.Fogarty. His garden shows how dramatically different the
:07:04. > :07:07.Australian landscape is to our own. Literally, the first thing you see
:07:08. > :07:15.as you come through the entrance is this incredible landscape. It is
:07:16. > :07:19.going to become an iconic image for Cranborne itself. It is so up front
:07:20. > :07:23.and in your face. It is very Australian with the red sand and
:07:24. > :07:39.minimal planting. You know it is something really exciting. I love
:07:40. > :07:46.this part of the garden, it is like a grove of grass trees. They are one
:07:47. > :07:52.of the Australian plants that need fire to regenerate. After a
:07:53. > :07:57.bushfire, these will send up flowers and they will grow quickly, up to
:07:58. > :08:01.two centimetres per day. They will set seed and create another
:08:02. > :08:06.generation. These plants have adapted to cope with the baking heat
:08:07. > :08:12.and brochures fires which are often the result of persistent drought. In
:08:13. > :08:16.such arid conditions, water is critical to Australian gardens. At
:08:17. > :08:21.Cranborne, this is represented with this incredible water feature,
:08:22. > :08:29.stylised and beautifully designed. It also recycles water. You cannot
:08:30. > :08:33.create gardens which will need lots of watering on a daily basis. They
:08:34. > :08:37.have had a drought here in Melbourne and plants have suffered as a
:08:38. > :08:43.result. If you are clever with it, and you harvest it, you can reuse
:08:44. > :08:51.it, and reuse it again. Is incredibly effective. The garden at
:08:52. > :08:55.Cranborne explores the vast diversity of the continent, but
:08:56. > :09:00.there is nothing like experiencing this landscape in its natural
:09:01. > :09:06.beauty. 22 years ago, I made a road trip into this area. I am heading
:09:07. > :09:14.back now for a place of the desert. We are 50 kilometres south of Alice
:09:15. > :09:19.Springs. There are large that it's here, it is such a massive country.
:09:20. > :09:26.I am surprised by the vegetation here. There are plants that survive
:09:27. > :09:29.and do well here, including the eucalyptus trees. Every plant has
:09:30. > :09:34.adapted to deal with the long periods of drought. I am going to
:09:35. > :09:38.try and take this entire landscape and plants, and stylised it and turn
:09:39. > :09:44.it into a show garden in the middle of Hampton Court. There is not a
:09:45. > :09:50.cloud in the sky, I am glad to be out here, the Panorama is just
:09:51. > :10:11.stunning. Not a bad place to be, despite a few flies. Such an
:10:12. > :10:15.inspiring landscape over there. You are from Melbourne but you have been
:10:16. > :10:18.to Chelsea many times, but this is your first time at the Hampton Court
:10:19. > :10:23.Flower Show. What-macro it is exciting for me to be here. What
:10:24. > :10:32.have you brought this time? You might know this as Ayers Rock. This
:10:33. > :10:42.lives under the water and when it gets angry and stirred up, you get
:10:43. > :10:47.thunder and lightning. That is a traditional Australian story? Yes,
:10:48. > :10:53.and an indigenous story. We are using a Twitter hash tag. This
:10:54. > :10:59.brings the story to life. The more people that tweet, the more action
:11:00. > :11:03.you get? I love the red stripe around the edge. It gives definition
:11:04. > :11:09.and read around the garden. It picks up on some of the rarer plants.
:11:10. > :11:19.Plant wide, these are all native? Yes, 100%. Some of these you can
:11:20. > :11:28.grow in the UK. There is the silver jubilee. There is this eucalyptus.
:11:29. > :11:34.Fantastic. You set it all off with this red plants. Everything has been
:11:35. > :11:44.designed to can be recycled. You have these and the rear. Yes. They
:11:45. > :11:52.have estimated it to be 450 years old. So, you know, a good connection
:11:53. > :11:56.with the history. It is your first time at the Hampton Court Flower
:11:57. > :12:02.Show, and you won gold and Best in Show. It is special for us and we
:12:03. > :12:06.are humbled. We are really impressed with the show and glad to be here.
:12:07. > :12:19.It is lovely to see you, well done, Jim. Like Australia, we have two
:12:20. > :12:26.make the most of every minute of our son. If you act like a movie
:12:27. > :12:31.director and choose the right cast, you can keep your borders sizzling,
:12:32. > :12:48.right the way through to the first frost. Dahlias are devious. They are
:12:49. > :12:51.the ultimate exhibitionist. They demand your undivided attention,
:12:52. > :13:00.from the time they open their first buds to the grand finale. As for the
:13:01. > :13:08.outfits they wear, our whole range, from the demure to the ragged skirts
:13:09. > :13:10.of the cancan dancer. They really keep it on the sizzle, right the way
:13:11. > :13:34.through the summer. All leading ladies need their chorus
:13:35. > :13:39.line, and look at these tropical plants. Mandeville is from the
:13:40. > :13:47.Brazilian rainforest. Very little known but they ought to be more
:13:48. > :13:50.widely grown. They are so simple and straightforward to look after. All
:13:51. > :13:55.you do during the growing season is stand them in a pot, put them
:13:56. > :13:59.outside, lavished them with water and an occasional feed. As frost
:14:00. > :14:05.threatens, bring them indoors. They are tender plants. Give them an
:14:06. > :14:09.occasional trickle to keep them ticking over. Then wake them up
:14:10. > :14:28.again in the spring, ready for the summer season.
:14:29. > :14:34.frilly to strong and dramatic. From huge he-men to magicians, pulling
:14:35. > :14:47.the most magical silk scarfs from their sleeves or their top hats.
:14:48. > :14:55.These come from central and South America, and from the Caribbean.
:14:56. > :15:00.They come from a wide range of different habitats, some of them way
:15:01. > :15:06.up in the mountains, some of them the forest floor. Like human beings,
:15:07. > :15:14.although they love the sun, their complexions are actually better in
:15:15. > :15:20.the shade. They love a rich diet. What I give mine is lots of muck and
:15:21. > :15:25.compost when I put them out in the spring. Later on when frost blackens
:15:26. > :15:29.their foliage they need to be brought indoors. Put them into a
:15:30. > :15:42.tray or a box and just keep them on the moist side over winter. Whether
:15:43. > :15:48.it's dahlias, mandabillas, or these, they will keep on giving all summer
:15:49. > :15:53.long. I'm in another of the many marquees here at Hampton Court. This
:15:54. > :15:58.one is called Growing Tastes. Celebrating food in all its
:15:59. > :16:11.horticultural forms. There does seem to be a distinct Mediterranean theme
:16:12. > :16:15.this year. Nothing evokes the Mediterranean more powerfully than a
:16:16. > :16:20.vine laden with fruit. In fact they are not that difficult to grow at
:16:21. > :16:25.home. But, have you seen a vine grown as a standard before in this
:16:26. > :16:27.have you seen a vine grown as a standard before in this sums from --
:16:28. > :16:31.comes from Spain, where they are grown commercially. What a good
:16:32. > :16:40.idea. Why don't we grow standard vines in our gardens? A sun-baked
:16:41. > :16:44.Mediterranean hillside is often wonderfully fragrant with thyme. But
:16:45. > :16:50.think of that when you are growing it at home. Give it no shade at all
:16:51. > :16:56.and as much drainage as you can. Don't just mulch with stone. Grow it
:16:57. > :17:06.in stone. Treat it tough and it will be happy. Kumquats are possibly
:17:07. > :17:09.happier in the Mediterranean than they are ever going to be in this
:17:10. > :17:14.country, although you can grow them in you've got a greenhouse. But they
:17:15. > :17:18.are only hardy to about minus 1, so they do need winter protection. And
:17:19. > :17:29.you eat them whole, either cooked or raw. Not quite the taste I expected.
:17:30. > :17:34.A little bit tart, but nice, and interesting. The whole point is you
:17:35. > :17:37.may not be able to get to the Mediterranean but you can get the
:17:38. > :17:48.flavour of the Mediterranean growing in your garden at home.
:17:49. > :17:54.There are a number of specialist marquees at Hampton Court. This one,
:17:55. > :17:58.the plant heritage marquee, is for those exhibiting national
:17:59. > :18:02.collections. The youngest amongst them is only 19. We went along to
:18:03. > :18:16.find out how he became a member at his age of such an exclusive club.
:18:17. > :18:23.Since primary school I always knew that I wanted to work in
:18:24. > :18:27.horticulture. I always used to get home on Friday night and watch
:18:28. > :18:32.gardeners world and read my books on a Saturday night. I was about six
:18:33. > :18:35.years old when my family really noticed I was interested in the
:18:36. > :18:40.garden. Before that, I was really interested in the nature and the
:18:41. > :18:44.animals in the garden. Then I really started getting into the plants and
:18:45. > :18:52.telling my family what they could and couldn't do in the garden. When
:18:53. > :18:58.I was about eight, me and my grandma, and granddad, decided to
:18:59. > :19:02.take out owl the overgrown shrubs that were covering this wall and the
:19:03. > :19:12.noisy road, which gave me a great opportunity to create this flower
:19:13. > :19:18.bed that you can see behind me now. I decided I wanted a vegetable
:19:19. > :19:23.patch, so we dugle more grass and put a vegetable patch in. That's
:19:24. > :19:33.when I really started to get my green fingers. So around the busy
:19:34. > :19:41.time of GCSEs in year 11 I got a Saturday job at the nursery. Ever
:19:42. > :19:45.since then I have never looked back. When Jamie came to us for work
:19:46. > :19:50.experience, much of his personality and his keenness reminded me of
:19:51. > :19:59.myself when I was his age. There's so many opportunities now for youth
:20:00. > :20:02.to come into age. There's so many opportunities now for youth to come
:20:03. > :20:04.into nurseries with -- it has been a wonderful learning curve for him and
:20:05. > :20:08.great for us. When we applied for the national collection, we put
:20:09. > :20:13.Jamie's name on to the collection along with us. It is such a valuable
:20:14. > :20:20.organisation that hopefully a really mature and he will be rung it on his
:20:21. > :20:25.own in a couple of years' time. For the first time this year we'll be
:20:26. > :20:29.exenting at Hampton Court. I'm really excited because we've never
:20:30. > :20:39.taken them to Hampton Court solely on their own. What really attracts
:20:40. > :20:44.me to this are the bright blousy colourful flowers. They're often
:20:45. > :20:50.known as black eyed Susan. Just here I've got butter Scottish, which is
:20:51. > :20:55.our new one which Jane bred last year. It will be its first outing
:20:56. > :21:02.out at Hampton Court this year,s which really exciting for the
:21:03. > :21:06.nursery. I'm only 19 at the moment and nine years ago I first went to
:21:07. > :21:11.Hampton Court and would have never believed that I was going to go to
:21:12. > :21:21.Hampton Court to help exhibit. I've got a lot to learn but my ambition
:21:22. > :21:26.is to have my own nursery. Jamie started gardening at the age
:21:27. > :21:31.of six and at the age of nine you really got into it. How sit to be
:21:32. > :21:35.here exhibiting? So exciting. I'm so pleased to be here with Jane and
:21:36. > :21:40.Tony. Is it what you expected? It is more than I expected, to be honest.
:21:41. > :21:44.A lot of work. Yes, a lot of early mornings and late nights but I
:21:45. > :21:49.couldn't change it for the world. Which are your favourite varieties?
:21:50. > :21:54.Probably the lemon behind me. They are so striking, the zingy yellow
:21:55. > :21:59.flower. Do you like the orange more than the red? To be honest I like
:22:00. > :22:02.them more. Jane, what is a national collection? The national
:22:03. > :22:07.collection's part of an organisation which is really the conservation for
:22:08. > :22:11.plants and gardens. There's so many new varieties coming out, new
:22:12. > :22:15.cultivars, some of them are only around two or three years, so the
:22:16. > :22:18.idea of the collection is the preservation. We catalogue them, we
:22:19. > :22:21.photograph them. We try not to lose any of them. It is about
:22:22. > :22:27.conservation and preserving garden plants. It is so important to get
:22:28. > :22:32.young people interested in gardening and horticulture. There's so few
:22:33. > :22:35.youngstersing through. It is such a wonderful organisation. Get the kids
:22:36. > :22:39.in. Get them interested when they are young. The preservation of
:22:40. > :22:42.garden plants, naturalised plants - hugely important. Growing these you
:22:43. > :22:46.can get them through the winter and grow them as a perennial. How would
:22:47. > :22:50.you do that? You can grow them into a pot. You can sink the pot into the
:22:51. > :22:53.ground in the summer. In the autumn you need to take them into a
:22:54. > :22:59.conservatory or a cool greenhouse and keep them on the dry side. But
:23:00. > :23:04.try not to drought them. They'll be fine. And are you pleased with the
:23:05. > :23:07.exhibit here? Yes. Thrilled with it actually. Are you pleased with him?
:23:08. > :23:21.He's done alright. Each year another Hampton Court
:23:22. > :23:24.there's a category of gardens called the conceptual gardens. Their main
:23:25. > :23:29.purpose is to provoke us into thinking. This year they share the
:23:30. > :23:35.theme of the seven deadly themes, with each of the seven gardens
:23:36. > :23:40.having a sin to por trail. I will ask our guess, Mary Berry, and the
:23:41. > :23:54.rest of the team to let us know what they thought.
:23:55. > :24:02.Mary, this is our first one, gluttony. The judges liked it, gave
:24:03. > :24:05.it a gold medal. Really? What do you think? Well, it's certainly
:24:06. > :24:10.different isn't it. It is about the surplus food, the food that we
:24:11. > :24:14.waste. And that we shouldn't have E numbers like 123, which are not good
:24:15. > :24:19.for us There's a strong message. I'm not sure about the execution myself.
:24:20. > :24:26.It is pop art, the whole style of it, which is quite seductive in its
:24:27. > :24:30.own way. The plants feel like an add-on for me. Is it really a
:24:31. > :24:41.garden? It is certainly making us think. That's what it's all about.
:24:42. > :24:47.For me Rachel's garden perfectly encapsulates her deadly sin. It is
:24:48. > :24:52.lust. The passionate and uncontrollable desire for something
:24:53. > :25:03.or someone. She's filled this glasshouse with the most exotic
:25:04. > :25:07.tropical plants, an their yums with their waxy flowers, and this, which
:25:08. > :25:12.you know is going to belt out this perfume. The whole thing is made
:25:13. > :25:18.more mysterious by this glorious filmy fern. Encased in this
:25:19. > :25:21.glasshouse everything becomes an object of desire. Who knows? In
:25:22. > :25:36.here, I may become one too. This garden is called greed. A
:25:37. > :25:39.dichotomy by Sarah Jane Rothwell. World Trade Center explicitly about
:25:40. > :25:44.the Catholic Church and the seven deadline sins. This area here is
:25:45. > :25:48.free, where the worker would toil, with the olive tree, which gives
:25:49. > :25:52.forth its fruits generously. And then the worker would have to go to
:25:53. > :25:57.the priest sitting behind the golden mesh and confess his sins, which may
:25:58. > :26:02.well be of agreed. And be idea accordly. But the priest is sitting
:26:03. > :26:07.on a gold chair in a garden that could only belong to the very rich.
:26:08. > :26:14.Casting judgment on the poor individual. Make of that what you
:26:15. > :26:18.will, but it is doing exactly what these gardens set out you will, but
:26:19. > :26:25.it is doing exactly what these gardens set out to do - to provoke.
:26:26. > :26:30.Envoy. This is the grass is always greener by Marcus Green. It is an
:26:31. > :26:36.elevated meadow of wild grasses. Below its centre is a Perspex box.
:26:37. > :26:40.What's in that is a manicured carpet of art federal grass. This isn't a
:26:41. > :26:47.garden about our 1970s obsession with the neighbour's grass. Oh, no.
:26:48. > :26:51.This is a garden which speaks of our modern preoccupation with perfection
:26:52. > :27:00.which is always just out of rich. At the same time the beauty around suss
:27:01. > :27:06.ignored. So simple, so poetic. This garden represents the sin of
:27:07. > :27:11.pride. It is a Stonewall garden called pride, breaking down the
:27:12. > :27:15.barriers. At the back you have a representation of the small town
:27:16. > :27:18.that Amanda grew up in this Australia, which was proud of its
:27:19. > :27:23.good standards and high moral virtues. But she knew she was gay
:27:24. > :27:29.and felt repressed and restrained and deeply unhappy. But the wall
:27:30. > :27:32.represents that she's broken through this prison-like structure and
:27:33. > :27:37.gradually, no doubt with turmoil, has established her sense of self
:27:38. > :27:47.pride and broken through more barriers until finally there's real
:27:48. > :27:52.pride in who she can be and she's blossoming.
:27:53. > :28:00.The theme of this garden is wrath. Seething, uncontrollable anger. The
:28:01. > :28:02.K The theme of this garden is wrath. Seething, uncontrollable anger. The
:28:03. > :28:09.designer is -- every bit of this perfectly encapsulates that feeling.
:28:10. > :28:14.The planting too. There are red hot pokers, which make these brilliant
:28:15. > :28:19.punctuation marks. All in just the right colour to keep everything on
:28:20. > :28:29.the boil. The whole lot just makes you feel so angry. And it works
:28:30. > :28:34.brilliantly. Doesn't it? Mary, this is our final deadly sin. This is
:28:35. > :28:39.called sloth, quarry of silence. It won a gold and Best In Show in the
:28:40. > :28:42.category. The idea is that spades represent people aiming towards
:28:43. > :28:47.their goal but they can tip over and end up in a grave, representing
:28:48. > :28:52.mind, body and soul. I think it tells the story very well and very
:28:53. > :28:58.simply. We don't always achieve great heights. However hard we work,
:28:59. > :29:03.you slip back a bit. And that's fine, but if all else fails you give
:29:04. > :29:08.up, down there the slippery slope to your grave. It is a good sculptural
:29:09. > :29:14.form. I like the pyramid of stone. It is a brilliant interpretation.
:29:15. > :29:21.And that's why it won it. I have with me Sue Bigs be, Director
:29:22. > :29:26.General of the RMS, and Mary Berry, who needs no introduction. But I
:29:27. > :29:42.would be fascinated to know what you make of the conceptual
:29:43. > :29:49.smoke, I was quite frightened about it. They all made me then. That is
:29:50. > :29:55.exactly why they are here. Mary is here as an ambassador. She has
:29:56. > :29:59.agreed to do everything she can to promote the work done here, and
:30:00. > :30:06.promote growing your own food and learning how to cook it. We want to
:30:07. > :30:14.get over the fact that growing your own food is brilliant. How can we do
:30:15. > :30:18.that? First of all, through cooking programmes, that inspires people,
:30:19. > :30:22.and I think they realise that there is a great difference in flavour,
:30:23. > :30:27.and satisfaction when you grow it yourself. I think people are
:30:28. > :30:40.realising that you can grow in small spaces. Raised beds are great for
:30:41. > :30:45.all age groups. I think the young, if they produce something, well one
:30:46. > :30:50.the whole family to see it. Young children are very enthusiastic but
:30:51. > :31:00.it disappears. How can we get teenagers interested? I think
:31:01. > :31:04.through our campaign in secondary schools, you know, we want the
:31:05. > :31:12.government to get gardening on the curriculum. We should get our
:31:13. > :31:17.politicians growing. Yes! Yes! . My feeling is that nobody ever gave up
:31:18. > :31:25.gardening, so if we can get them started... You learn, through books
:31:26. > :31:31.and television, if you have that Basil plant, if you nibble at it, it
:31:32. > :31:37.grows again. All those little tips, we need to tell everybody. We need
:31:38. > :31:44.to start symbol. What-macro thank you very much. -- symbol. The idea
:31:45. > :31:52.of impassive 's and mentors encouraging people into horticulture
:31:53. > :32:02.is essential. Luke Whiting got his passion from his parents who had a
:32:03. > :32:05.lifelong devotion. They do have a fuddy-duddy image and he is
:32:06. > :32:11.determined to change that. We went to his family nursery in
:32:12. > :32:17.Cambridgeshire. The first memory I have is being taken to the nursery.
:32:18. > :32:28.I was left to wander around a little bit. I remember walking through the
:32:29. > :32:32.Alpine House, greenhouses. I started working at the nursery at the age of
:32:33. > :32:37.19, full-time. I have been working here for four years. I remember
:32:38. > :32:44.thinking that I love the rock garden and I want to get out and explore
:32:45. > :32:52.the world a little bit and see the alpines. On the age of 23, I decided
:32:53. > :32:59.I would go travelling. Alpines can be all over the world, and they are
:33:00. > :33:06.mainly above the tree line. Above that is considered Alpine. I can
:33:07. > :33:12.share these stories with customers. It is mainly younger couples, people
:33:13. > :33:23.in their 20s, people going away for the weekend who have seen the
:33:24. > :33:27.alpines. Quite often, they will ask us for the plants they have seen.
:33:28. > :33:41.They can put that into their garden and that is a memory for as long as
:33:42. > :33:46.it's lives. They can be very easy to low, low maintenance. Traditionally,
:33:47. > :33:59.they were grown in stone planters that you can do similar things with
:34:00. > :34:06.a plastic container. Prague botanical Gardens have pioneered
:34:07. > :34:09.vertical gardens, and it is slabs of rock side by side which creates a
:34:10. > :34:25.natural position for them. You have a whole mountains -- mountain scape
:34:26. > :34:32.in a small area. This tends to creep, so it is grown in crevices to
:34:33. > :34:39.limit its. Some of these go right the way down into the base. You can
:34:40. > :34:57.get the species really close together. The Latin meaning of this
:34:58. > :35:04.plant is, always lives. You can put it on a matched roof or a dry stone
:35:05. > :35:16.wall and it will always survive. It does not like too much moisture. --
:35:17. > :35:23.thatched. This is really great because you can have the tiny, white
:35:24. > :35:31.flowers which are the size of a 5p piece. This will give you all year
:35:32. > :35:43.round colour. A crevice garden for your balcony. For me, alpines is the
:35:44. > :35:50.number one thing. I get people saying it is really hard to grow but
:35:51. > :35:57.it is dead easy. You only have to grow one and you will get it for
:35:58. > :36:03.life. I love this display, in the containers. This mini landscape. You
:36:04. > :36:07.can go on holiday and come back and they will be fine. Yes, once you
:36:08. > :36:12.have the drainage, they will be fine. These will still be going.
:36:13. > :36:21.What is this one? It is planted around the rock. It is a Mongolian
:36:22. > :36:28.high altitude Alpine. The orange flower? Yes, that grows from April
:36:29. > :36:38.to September. What is another one that is easy to grow? At good one to
:36:39. > :36:43.grow is the neon pink one just here. I may need to get my wallet out!
:36:44. > :36:50.Yes, that is a good one for the garden. What Medel did you get? I
:36:51. > :36:54.got one off the gold. Are you pleased with that? I was pleased
:36:55. > :37:05.that I did have a discussion with the judges! Hampton Court has
:37:06. > :37:10.offered inspiration for recycling. Even the borders are filled with
:37:11. > :37:17.flowers that are so easy to grow from seed. You can fill your garden
:37:18. > :37:22.with colour. Foxgloves are a case in point. You see them, you want them
:37:23. > :37:29.on and you can have them because they are easy to grow. In hedgerows
:37:30. > :37:33.and dappled woodlands, they rise up from the ground and as the flowers
:37:34. > :37:42.Mitchell, they drop this dust around their feet, and you just have two by
:37:43. > :37:47.a pack of seeds and scatter it it in the garden and it will flower for
:37:48. > :37:52.next year. You will have a population of plants that keeps
:37:53. > :38:02.coming back some of the summer. There are foxgloves for son as well.
:38:03. > :38:12.-- sun. This love is a sunny spot and free draining soil. -- this love
:38:13. > :38:24.is. This time next July, they will be looking this good. The floral
:38:25. > :38:29.marquee is the place to come to find flowers with vibrancy, and they
:38:30. > :38:34.offer fantastic value for money. They come with such wonderful
:38:35. > :38:44.colours from blacks to yellows and reds. I love them. This is my
:38:45. > :38:50.favourite. Isn't it gorgeous? It is a species that is resistant to rust
:38:51. > :38:56.and disease. Whatever variety you go for, keep sewing them because young
:38:57. > :39:05.plants are more vigorous and rust resistant, and it so happens that
:39:06. > :39:11.they sow the seed here. ?2 50, I mean, come on! You cannot go wrong
:39:12. > :39:19.with that. When it comes to home-grown flowers, this is a
:39:20. > :39:23.fabulous opportunity to find out what gardeners will be sewing in
:39:24. > :39:29.their gardens next spring have you had any big sellers at Hampton
:39:30. > :39:35.Court? You get the white, the hot pink, the soft pink with hot pink.
:39:36. > :39:44.It is big as well. And they are beautiful and you can see them from
:39:45. > :39:51.far away. You heard it here first! 2014 is the centenary of the start
:39:52. > :40:04.of World War I. There are lots of exhibits commemorating that event
:40:05. > :40:12.this year. This one is called lest we forget. It is a future garden so
:40:13. > :40:34.it is not eligible for medals but it has attracted interest from
:40:35. > :40:39.visitors. Hello, Steve. Hello. This is extraordinary. Where did you get
:40:40. > :40:45.the idea for this? It was my great grandad, drawing the war, he was
:40:46. > :40:54.told to attend to the vegetable beds. So, there were gardens behind
:40:55. > :40:58.the enemy lines? Yes. We have the vegetables growing with the guns
:40:59. > :41:06.right next to them? Yes. What has been the public reaction? Absolutely
:41:07. > :41:13.fantastic, and the majority of people do not know how it happened.
:41:14. > :41:23.This will move, will it? Yes, that is right. You have this tank, where
:41:24. > :41:30.did that come from? It is a working replica, weighing six tonnes. The
:41:31. > :41:37.real one would be 38 tonnes. What you brought back was man's
:41:38. > :41:41.irrepressible desire to grow things in the most difficult of
:41:42. > :41:52.circumstances. That is right, yes. I'm glad so many people have seen
:41:53. > :41:58.it. Thank you. Now, you may remember at Chelsea that we covered pictures
:41:59. > :42:03.and memories of the internment camp in Germany where British civilians
:42:04. > :42:14.were returned to rout the war. They had a flower show there. --
:42:15. > :42:18.throughout the war. We would love to discover more, so if any member of
:42:19. > :42:33.your family was there or received letters or postcards, then do
:42:34. > :42:39.contact sun -- the RHS. You can get details on the website. Flowers have
:42:40. > :42:44.been associated with significant events like war, peace and love. We
:42:45. > :42:49.might know their Latin names and how to grow them, but when you give
:42:50. > :42:53.flowers, did you know that you are delivering a message with a single
:42:54. > :42:58.word? It is the language of flowers and was loved by the Victorians. The
:42:59. > :43:04.jewellery expert from the Antiques Roadshow has been ring the petals
:43:05. > :43:21.with Rachel. -- has been translating. What that place to talk
:43:22. > :43:29.the language of flowers and surrounded by an abundance of them?
:43:30. > :43:32.-- what better place? It is like a Renaissance palace where this
:43:33. > :43:37.language was understood so it is a delight to come here and see these
:43:38. > :43:42.wonderful roses. They have many meanings. We know the power of
:43:43. > :43:50.giving arose but surely a red rose would signify love? It goes back to
:43:51. > :43:54.classical and quit city. -- antiquity. There is a hint of danger
:43:55. > :44:09.and pain because you can smell them and it is essential experience.
:44:10. > :44:16.message to a sweet matter, flowers had to be chosen very carefully. So
:44:17. > :44:21.what would a young lady expect to brief from a young gentleman? One
:44:22. > :44:27.like this, which was prepared earlier. It is absolutely oozing
:44:28. > :44:32.with sentimental illusions. Some of them darker and more gritty. For
:44:33. > :44:37.instance the ones on the right we might call pink or carnations. They
:44:38. > :44:43.were called gilly flowers in the past. I was fascinated to see this
:44:44. > :44:48.and found it was an emblem against dying on the scaffold. Her mother
:44:49. > :44:55.lived here at Hampton Court and had died for marrying Henry VIII, so she
:44:56. > :45:01.carried this in her portrait. What about the violas here? They are
:45:02. > :45:08.important, because they stand for think of the giver. In French it
:45:09. > :45:16.means to think of the giver when that giver has gone away. Away. This
:45:17. > :45:21.language of flowers could continue. It absolutely should. It is possible
:45:22. > :45:27.to make up a bouquet of flowers like this to give away and hope that the
:45:28. > :45:32.recipient will understand it. But be careful, the colour yellow or
:45:33. > :45:36.orange, anything slightly sulphurous, is dangerous. This is
:45:37. > :45:50.the marigold and it stands for jealousy. I think I might hand that
:45:51. > :45:54.one back! Thank you. The assumption is always that a man is going to
:45:55. > :46:00.give a woman flowers. But what if you want to reverse that and send a
:46:01. > :46:04.message to a man? It might be a bit rare. I'm thinking that sweet
:46:05. > :46:07.William means for gallantry, so perhaps it would be appropriate to
:46:08. > :46:12.do that. But I think it is jolly rare that way around. What about
:46:13. > :46:20.something for the office bully, someone you don't like investment
:46:21. > :46:31.What about poisonous, foxgloves, digitalis. It stands for
:46:32. > :46:36.insincerity. And what about you? Campanul actions. They are on their
:46:37. > :46:40.way to you. Fantastic. You hear of people talking to their plants, but
:46:41. > :46:46.maybe we should listen to the language of which flowers more.
:46:47. > :46:51.Back in Chelsea, a group of which young designers did really well.
:46:52. > :46:55.None better perhaps than Matt, who won a silver gilt medal for his
:46:56. > :47:00.first show garden, hope on the horizon, and also won the People's
:47:01. > :47:05.Choice Award. So we've asked him to go and talk to Alexandra Noble.
:47:06. > :47:22.She's won The One Show competition to make a show garden here at
:47:23. > :47:26.Hampton Court. Alexandra from one show garden to another, I know how
:47:27. > :47:31.it feels. It is such a surreal experience. I'm having the time of
:47:32. > :47:36.my life here. I'm having to pinch myself that I'm here at Hampton
:47:37. > :47:42.Court. It's been a whirlwind. How did it begin? How did you end up
:47:43. > :47:47.here at Hampton? I heard about it through Twitter. He to put together
:47:48. > :47:51.a plan, a 3D visual, a budget list and an outline. I got a call from
:47:52. > :47:55.the produce tore say I was through to the final short-list. What
:47:56. > :48:04.inspired this design? It was inspired by the Roman baths in the
:48:05. > :48:10.city of Bath. The remans designed a system, an early form of underfloor
:48:11. > :48:14.heating. I've tried to mimic that as if the floor had been cut away. But
:48:15. > :48:19.when you are on that walkway you get the opportunity to look down on the
:48:20. > :48:23.plants and see them from an otherwise unseen view. I agree. It
:48:24. > :48:27.is an unusual way of appreciating all of these different species. You
:48:28. > :48:31.do see the garden as a whole a lot more. All the plants work together
:48:32. > :48:35.as if it was a painting or something like that. Is structure of the
:48:36. > :48:40.planting he was give depth and feeling to the space. I particularly
:48:41. > :48:45.like the way the agapanthus links to the colour of the paving. It I think
:48:46. > :48:50.it is a lovely contrast with the copper beech hedge behind it. And
:48:51. > :48:54.that works really nicely. It makes the beautiful paving stand out a
:48:55. > :49:04.mile away. The grasses throughout the garden really form a fantastic
:49:05. > :49:10.structure. I really love this. This gives the effect of steamy
:49:11. > :49:16.cloud-like frothy movement. I've noticed some steam coming out from
:49:17. > :49:20.this. Can you explain about this? This looks intriguing. The steam is
:49:21. > :49:27.water vapour and the intention was to link back to the concept, which
:49:28. > :49:31.was centred around Bath and the Roman baths. Amazing. Maybe one day
:49:32. > :49:39.in the future we'll be on neighbouring plots at Chelsea. I
:49:40. > :49:43.hope so. I think we'll be seeing more of those two in the future.
:49:44. > :49:48.Whether you're knew to garden design or an old hand, cost is always a key
:49:49. > :49:52.consideration. This year at Hampton Court there's a design category
:49:53. > :50:00.called your garden your Budget, where each garden design has a fixed
:50:01. > :50:06.price. The top end design costs ?15,000. Representing by this, the
:50:07. > :50:10.Garden of Solitude. You might be thinking, ?15,000? That's a lot of
:50:11. > :50:14.money to spend on a garden. You get it in the here and now. You are
:50:15. > :50:18.buying time too. I think it's lovely. Let me tell you where the
:50:19. > :50:23.money went. Water features are costly. So are bespoke pergolas and
:50:24. > :50:29.tall walls. A large proportion of your money goes on the footings, the
:50:30. > :50:33.underground parts you don't see. You can sit here and be surrounded by
:50:34. > :50:39.tower blocks and you wouldn't know. I also like the materials that are
:50:40. > :50:46.used here. The glass is recycled and this bar code boundary is made from
:50:47. > :50:50.old scaffold boards. The paving? Chrisply cut concrete. The planting
:50:51. > :50:56.is modern and homely at the same time. It deserves its best in
:50:57. > :51:01.category. Stuart's design came in at ?13,000.
:51:02. > :51:05.That's good for the money, because he delivered a lot of designer chic.
:51:06. > :51:10.If you bought it there would be no-one on your neighbourhood with a
:51:11. > :51:14.bespoke halo. This is inspired by the Greek islands, hence the gravel
:51:15. > :51:19.and the sparkling planting. He's used lots of clever tricks to keep
:51:20. > :51:26.down the cost. The paving is crazy stone, so there's no cutting. The
:51:27. > :51:32.joints have gravel cut in. And the seating is just stacked stone can a
:51:33. > :51:35.polished Marshall top. What I oints have gravel cut in. And the seating
:51:36. > :51:38.is just stacked stone can a polished Marshall top. What I like -- marble
:51:39. > :51:46.top. Circles draw your eye into the centre of the site, distracting you
:51:47. > :51:50.if you have ugly boundaries. This garden had a fixed Budget of
:51:51. > :51:53.?10,000.ive got have ugly boundaries. This garden had a fixed
:51:54. > :51:55.Budget of ?10,000.ive got to -- it got a silver medal. That's because
:51:56. > :52:01.the judges thought it was pushing the envelope with all this cut stone
:52:02. > :52:11.on that 10 K mark. It is an elevated garden. It gets rid of the expense
:52:12. > :52:18.of deep excavation. It is a garden with lovely touches. Baccus was the
:52:19. > :52:20.God of wine. It is coherent and looks lovely. The planting is
:52:21. > :52:36.joyous. A real crowd pleaser. This picture postcard garden of the
:52:37. > :52:48.forests of Canada is the design that most caught my eye. A first-time
:52:49. > :53:02.designer who had the thin end of the budget with just ?7,000 to spend.
:53:03. > :53:12.This is the first RHS show garden that we've ever designed and
:53:13. > :53:17.created. We want to create a garden that will be talked about and that
:53:18. > :53:25.people appreciate and that people can be inspired by. The initialness
:53:26. > :53:30.operation for this design has actually come from a visit to I made
:53:31. > :53:40.to eastern Canada a couple of years ago. A vast forestland escape. How
:53:41. > :53:46.could I distil it down to a small domestic garden scale? So the
:53:47. > :53:51.intention of the design is to create a woodland glade, an image of nature
:53:52. > :53:58.inspired by the forests of eastern Canada. We are working a lot with
:53:59. > :54:05.conifers, which people don't always do. Conifers have maybe got put in
:54:06. > :54:09.the back closet since the '70s. We thought we could try something new
:54:10. > :54:14.with them. The garden has to strictly adhere to the ?7,000
:54:15. > :54:18.budget. We are also trying to make it a workable, liveable garden. I
:54:19. > :54:22.think to a lot of people that sounds like a lot of money to spend on
:54:23. > :54:27.their garden. And obviously you have to think that that's all the plants.
:54:28. > :54:31.It's the labour. It's all the materials. But when you think that
:54:32. > :54:36.you would spend probably more than that on fitting out a new kitchen or
:54:37. > :54:42.another room in your house, if you think of your garden as an outdoor
:54:43. > :54:46.room. And if you do even just some of the things that we are doing in
:54:47. > :54:53.this garden, you'll be able to use that space in ways that maybe you
:54:54. > :54:58.hadn't before. One of the ways that we have looked at for reducing the
:54:59. > :55:04.overall cost of the garden is in the material choices. We've used wood
:55:05. > :55:09.locally sourced from a coppice woodland. The stone has also been
:55:10. > :55:16.sourced from a local quarry. That reduces the transport costs and in
:55:17. > :55:25.terms of sustain about it is great that's not coming from the four
:55:26. > :55:30.corners of the world. One of the things that we were aiming for the
:55:31. > :55:36.public to be able to take away from this garden is that it is still
:55:37. > :55:42.possible to create a big impact on a small budget and in a small space.
:55:43. > :55:49.You can create a fantastic outdoor space by choosing the right plants
:55:50. > :55:56.and combining them in the right way. There's a whole wealth of
:55:57. > :56:00.possibilities. I love this wall. It is a mainly
:56:01. > :56:06.feature of the show and one of the my favourites. It has a little stove
:56:07. > :56:10.over there. A book shelf, this seat, and visits can look through this
:56:11. > :56:15.window on to the garden. It is a window and a seat but it is framing
:56:16. > :56:20.this view. People are walking up the main Avenue from Hampton Court and
:56:21. > :56:25.they get a glimpse of this image of nature. Conifers, do you really love
:56:26. > :56:30.them Before I started working on the design for this garden I wasn't a
:56:31. > :56:34.fan of conifers. We felt that conifers got a bad name for
:56:35. > :56:40.themselves in the '70s and maybe there was another way of reworking
:56:41. > :56:43.with different confer species. Re was another way of reworking with
:56:44. > :56:49.different confer species -- conifer species. What's that? This is small,
:56:50. > :56:56.it won't get bigger than a metre I love the corner planting. It is like
:56:57. > :57:00.a mini landscape. We've been inspired by the huge forests of
:57:01. > :57:06.Canada. We've tried to condense it into a postage-sized garden. And
:57:07. > :57:11.you've done it for ?7,000. We were in the lowest budget category.
:57:12. > :57:15.Sometimes when you have a more restrictive budget you have to be
:57:16. > :57:19.creative. So it is the price of a small car, a kitchen or a small
:57:20. > :57:23.garden. I know which I would rather have. You have silver gilt medal.
:57:24. > :57:26.Congratulations. Thank you. There is no question that with a show like
:57:27. > :57:30.this you will find something that not only is nice but transforms
:57:31. > :57:34.things, that changes your garden. It doesn't matter how much money you've
:57:35. > :57:41.got. What have you seen? You are putting me on the spot. I have to
:57:42. > :57:45.say, I've fallen in love with fox tail lilies this year. In the middle
:57:46. > :57:49.of the floor marquee. They are like fireworks. They are brilliant. What
:57:50. > :57:55.would you choose? I've seen a plant I really want. It has a great
:57:56. > :58:00.Scottish name. It is really delicate. Lovely spires of flowers.
:58:01. > :58:05.And it flowers all summer long. I have to get one of those. Monty? I
:58:06. > :58:09.have chosen something modest but I think it will fit in well. This
:58:10. > :58:14.entire garden. You can't do that ensures; Modest? That's greedy! I
:58:15. > :58:21.like the energy and the enthusiasm and the sheer pleasure that is
:58:22. > :58:29.clearly being had in making it. The public have been voting, putting
:58:30. > :58:35.coins in boxes. The winners are John Humphrys and Andy Hyde. That's it
:58:36. > :58:40.for tonight. Hampton Court is still going until Sunday night, so do come
:58:41. > :58:46.along to the show if you can. You will find all the details on our
:58:47. > :58:52.website. I will be back at our next RHS show at Tatton Park on 24th and
:58:53. > :59:16.25th of this month. Until then, bye-bye.
:59:17. > :59:29.Everybody was there for one reason only, and that was the music.
:59:30. > :59:33.I'm going to have a good time and leave all my pain behind.