Episode 3 Hampton Court Palace Flower Show

Court Flower Show. We have been going for a few days and I cannot

help but notice there are a number of themes running through the show

but the dominant one is the sense of community and we are finding it in

all corners and types of exhibits. The obvious one is this garden, a

celebration of 50 years of written in Loom. It has the conventional

wedding that we are used to and new plants, like this sunflower. It has

fabulous vegetables like you see in allotments, and all kinds of

community action coming together to make something beautiful. This

spreads out beyond the showground itself because across the River

Thames, for the last six years, residents have planted window boxes

and hanging baskets as part of the show. The R H S have sent people

across the river on the ferry to judge them. They are trying to avoid

the bribes offered by the local residents. Tonight: Mary Berry

the bribes offered by the local us for a look around the conceptual

gardens with the theme of the seven deadly sins. Joe will take a look at

an Australian garden and take us down under to rediscover the red

landscape that inspired him to become a gardener. Matthew Keightley

meets the winner of The One Show garden design competition. Some of

the summer gardens this year have celebrated ways of using really

compact spaces. We have looked at which ones have created most

interest. Cutting edge garden design, this is not, but when it

comes to gardening theatre, this is just fantastic. The way it goes up

towards the back means visitors can see it based on and do not have to

appear over each other's shoulders. We have these rusty gate which feel

like you are in a forgotten garden that has been taken over by nature.

We have foxgloves everywhere and these trees create a canopy over the

garden. The stream is so brilliantly done that it looks natural. It runs

riot through the plot. I feel like I should be sitting here with a

fishing rod. I am loving the NSPCC garden. They celebrate their 130th

anniversary. It is a journey through garden history. We start in the

1880s with lots of ferns, lots of greens. Look at the home and stick,

I like that touch. Now to the 1920s. Lots of silvery foliage and

roses. I love the Teddy. Now we come to the 1970s and there is a space

hopper hidden in the back. There is lots of leading and my favourite, a

rock garden with conifers, which I remember from my childhood. We come

to the modern age which is perennial. Soft grasses and the

Tories, a scooter. This garden is represented by this sinuous stream

going through the middle of it. It is fabulous. The planting is

absolutely yummy. This mixture of colours and textures. It is softened

by the grasses, the peculiar. I love the way the colours gradually

intensify. The Tanzanians give weight to these strong red hot poker

is. It is a delicious garden. This garden is called Alfresco

Gardening. It has a strong rectangular design. The idea is that

it has a built in kitchen, a wood-burning stove, a water feature,

and somewhere to dine as well. These are very competent designs and well

executed but I would like to see more plants. It is a bit similar

throughout, and I would like to see this area festooned with planters.

Inner city, you want to be surrounded by plants. He has done a

good job and used the space very well. On the theme of outdoor

living, there is one show garden which has got me excited. It is

called the Essence of Australia, designed by Jim Fogarty. It is an

Australian celebration of flora and the great outdoors. I travelled to

Australia to visit Melbourne, a place that designed this design and

my early work as well. I first came to Australia when I was 22 as young.

Landscaping in Sydney and Melbourne, and I travelled all over the country

and took in the amazing landscape. It made me want to become a garden

designer. Australia seized my imagination then and I hope it will

do so again today. I am looking for the inspiration for one of the

gardens at Hampton Court this year. I have come to Cranborne which is

half an hour south of Melbourne. I have come to the Australian garden,

at the heart of this garden. I am doing all the filming myself,

including the Sound and video. If it is out of focus and wobbly, or the

wind catches the Mike, I can only apologise. -- microphone. Let's have

a look around. This setting is familiar to the local designer Jim

Fogarty. His garden shows how dramatically different the

Australian landscape is to our own. Literally, the first thing you see

as you come through the entrance is this incredible landscape. It is

going to become an iconic image for Cranborne itself. It is so up front

and in your face. It is very Australian with the red sand and

minimal planting. You know it is something really exciting. I love

this part of the garden, it is like a grove of grass trees. They are one

of the Australian plants that need fire to regenerate. After a

bushfire, these will send up flowers and they will grow quickly, up to

two centimetres per day. They will set seed and create another

generation. These plants have adapted to cope with the baking heat

and brochures fires which are often the result of persistent drought. In

such arid conditions, water is critical to Australian gardens. At

Cranborne, this is represented with this incredible water feature,

stylised and beautifully designed. It also recycles water. You cannot

create gardens which will need lots of watering on a daily basis. They

have had a drought here in Melbourne and plants have suffered as a

result. If you are clever with it, and you harvest it, you can reuse

it, and reuse it again. Is incredibly effective. The garden at

Cranborne explores the vast diversity of the continent, but

there is nothing like experiencing this landscape in its natural

beauty. 22 years ago, I made a road trip into this area. I am heading

back now for a place of the desert. We are 50 kilometres south of Alice

Springs. There are large that it's here, it is such a massive country.

I am surprised by the vegetation here. There are plants that survive

and do well here, including the eucalyptus trees. Every plant has

adapted to deal with the long periods of drought. I am going to

try and take this entire landscape and plants, and stylised it and turn

it into a show garden in the middle of Hampton Court. There is not a

cloud in the sky, I am glad to be out here, the Panorama is just

stunning. Not a bad place to be, despite a few flies. Such an

inspiring landscape over there. You are from Melbourne but you have been

to Chelsea many times, but this is your first time at the Hampton Court

Flower Show. What-macro it is exciting for me to be here. What

have you brought this time? You might know this as Ayers Rock. This

lives under the water and when it gets angry and stirred up, you get

thunder and lightning. That is a traditional Australian story? Yes,

and an indigenous story. We are using a Twitter hash tag. This

brings the story to life. The more people that tweet, the more action

you get? I love the red stripe around the edge. It gives definition

and read around the garden. It picks up on some of the rarer plants.

Plant wide, these are all native? Yes, 100%. Some of these you can

grow in the UK. There is the silver jubilee. There is this eucalyptus.

Fantastic. You set it all off with this red plants. Everything has been

designed to can be recycled. You have these and the rear. Yes. They

have estimated it to be 450 years old. So, you know, a good connection

with the history. It is your first time at the Hampton Court Flower

Show, and you won gold and Best in Show. It is special for us and we

are humbled. We are really impressed with the show and glad to be here.

It is lovely to see you, well done, Jim. Like Australia, we have two

make the most of every minute of our son. If you act like a movie

director and choose the right cast, you can keep your borders sizzling,

right the way through to the first frost. Dahlias are devious. They are

the ultimate exhibitionist. They demand your undivided attention,

from the time they open their first buds to the grand finale. As for the

outfits they wear, our whole range, from the demure to the ragged skirts

of the cancan dancer. They really keep it on the sizzle, right the way

through the summer. All leading ladies need their chorus

line, and look at these tropical plants. Mandeville is from the

Brazilian rainforest. Very little known but they ought to be more

widely grown. They are so simple and straightforward to look after. All

you do during the growing season is stand them in a pot, put them

outside, lavished them with water and an occasional feed. As frost

threatens, bring them indoors. They are tender plants. Give them an

occasional trickle to keep them ticking over. Then wake them up

again in the spring, ready for the summer season.

frilly to strong and dramatic. From huge he-men to magicians, pulling

the most magical silk scarfs from their sleeves or their top hats.

These come from central and South America, and from the Caribbean.

They come from a wide range of different habitats, some of them way

up in the mountains, some of them the forest floor. Like human beings,

although they love the sun, their complexions are actually better in

the shade. They love a rich diet. What I give mine is lots of muck and

compost when I put them out in the spring. Later on when frost blackens

their foliage they need to be brought indoors. Put them into a

tray or a box and just keep them on the moist side over winter. Whether

it's dahlias, mandabillas, or these, they will keep on giving all summer

long. I'm in another of the many marquees here at Hampton Court. This

one is called Growing Tastes. Celebrating food in all its

horticultural forms. There does seem to be a distinct Mediterranean theme

this year. Nothing evokes the Mediterranean more powerfully than a

vine laden with fruit. In fact they are not that difficult to grow at

home. But, have you seen a vine grown as a standard before in this

have you seen a vine grown as a standard before in this sums from --

comes from Spain, where they are grown commercially. What a good

idea. Why don't we grow standard vines in our gardens? A sun-baked

Mediterranean hillside is often wonderfully fragrant with thyme. But

think of that when you are growing it at home. Give it no shade at all

and as much drainage as you can. Don't just mulch with stone. Grow it

in stone. Treat it tough and it will be happy. Kumquats are possibly

happier in the Mediterranean than they are ever going to be in this

country, although you can grow them in you've got a greenhouse. But they

are only hardy to about minus 1, so they do need winter protection. And

you eat them whole, either cooked or raw. Not quite the taste I expected.

A little bit tart, but nice, and interesting. The whole point is you

may not be able to get to the Mediterranean but you can get the

flavour of the Mediterranean growing in your garden at home.

There are a number of specialist marquees at Hampton Court. This one,

the plant heritage marquee, is for those exhibiting national

collections. The youngest amongst them is only 19. We went along to

find out how he became a member at his age of such an exclusive club.

Since primary school I always knew that I wanted to work in

horticulture. I always used to get home on Friday night and watch

gardeners world and read my books on a Saturday night. I was about six

years old when my family really noticed I was interested in the

garden. Before that, I was really interested in the nature and the

animals in the garden. Then I really started getting into the plants and

telling my family what they could and couldn't do in the garden. When

I was about eight, me and my grandma, and granddad, decided to

take out owl the overgrown shrubs that were covering this wall and the

noisy road, which gave me a great opportunity to create this flower

bed that you can see behind me now. I decided I wanted a vegetable

patch, so we dugle more grass and put a vegetable patch in. That's

when I really started to get my green fingers. So around the busy

time of GCSEs in year 11 I got a Saturday job at the nursery. Ever

since then I have never looked back. When Jamie came to us for work

experience, much of his personality and his keenness reminded me of

myself when I was his age. There's so many opportunities now for youth

to come into age. There's so many opportunities now for youth to come

into nurseries with -- it has been a wonderful learning curve for him and

great for us. When we applied for the national collection, we put

Jamie's name on to the collection along with us. It is such a valuable

organisation that hopefully a really mature and he will be rung it on his

own in a couple of years' time. For the first time this year we'll be

exenting at Hampton Court. I'm really excited because we've never

taken them to Hampton Court solely on their own. What really attracts

me to this are the bright blousy colourful flowers. They're often

known as black eyed Susan. Just here I've got butter Scottish, which is

our new one which Jane bred last year. It will be its first outing

out at Hampton Court this year,s which really exciting for the

nursery. I'm only 19 at the moment and nine years ago I first went to

Hampton Court and would have never believed that I was going to go to

Hampton Court to help exhibit. I've got a lot to learn but my ambition

is to have my own nursery. Jamie started gardening at the age

of six and at the age of nine you really got into it. How sit to be

here exhibiting? So exciting. I'm so pleased to be here with Jane and

Tony. Is it what you expected? It is more than I expected, to be honest.

A lot of work. Yes, a lot of early mornings and late nights but I

couldn't change it for the world. Which are your favourite varieties?

Probably the lemon behind me. They are so striking, the zingy yellow

flower. Do you like the orange more than the red? To be honest I like

them more. Jane, what is a national collection? The national

collection's part of an organisation which is really the conservation for

plants and gardens. There's so many new varieties coming out, new

cultivars, some of them are only around two or three years, so the

idea of the collection is the preservation. We catalogue them, we

photograph them. We try not to lose any of them. It is about

conservation and preserving garden plants. It is so important to get

young people interested in gardening and horticulture. There's so few

youngstersing through. It is such a wonderful organisation. Get the kids

in. Get them interested when they are young. The preservation of

garden plants, naturalised plants - hugely important. Growing these you

can get them through the winter and grow them as a perennial. How would

you do that? You can grow them into a pot. You can sink the pot into the

ground in the summer. In the autumn you need to take them into a

conservatory or a cool greenhouse and keep them on the dry side. But

try not to drought them. They'll be fine. And are you pleased with the

exhibit here? Yes. Thrilled with it actually. Are you pleased with him?

He's done alright. Each year another Hampton Court

there's a category of gardens called the conceptual gardens. Their main

purpose is to provoke us into thinking. This year they share the

theme of the seven deadly themes, with each of the seven gardens

having a sin to por trail. I will ask our guess, Mary Berry, and the

rest of the team to let us know what they thought.

Mary, this is our first one, gluttony. The judges liked it, gave

it a gold medal. Really? What do you think? Well, it's certainly

different isn't it. It is about the surplus food, the food that we

waste. And that we shouldn't have E numbers like 123, which are not good

for us There's a strong message. I'm not sure about the execution myself.

It is pop art, the whole style of it, which is quite seductive in its

own way. The plants feel like an add-on for me. Is it really a

garden? It is certainly making us think. That's what it's all about.

For me Rachel's garden perfectly encapsulates her deadly sin. It is

lust. The passionate and uncontrollable desire for something

or someone. She's filled this glasshouse with the most exotic

tropical plants, an their yums with their waxy flowers, and this, which

you know is going to belt out this perfume. The whole thing is made

more mysterious by this glorious filmy fern. Encased in this

glasshouse everything becomes an object of desire. Who knows? In

here, I may become one too. This garden is called greed. A

dichotomy by Sarah Jane Rothwell. World Trade Center explicitly about

the Catholic Church and the seven deadline sins. This area here is

free, where the worker would toil, with the olive tree, which gives

forth its fruits generously. And then the worker would have to go to

the priest sitting behind the golden mesh and confess his sins, which may

well be of agreed. And be idea accordly. But the priest is sitting

on a gold chair in a garden that could only belong to the very rich.

Casting judgment on the poor individual. Make of that what you

will, but it is doing exactly what these gardens set out you will, but

it is doing exactly what these gardens set out to do - to provoke.

Envoy. This is the grass is always greener by Marcus Green. It is an

elevated meadow of wild grasses. Below its centre is a Perspex box.

What's in that is a manicured carpet of art federal grass. This isn't a

garden about our 1970s obsession with the neighbour's grass. Oh, no.

This is a garden which speaks of our modern preoccupation with perfection

which is always just out of rich. At the same time the beauty around suss

ignored. So simple, so poetic. This garden represents the sin of

pride. It is a Stonewall garden called pride, breaking down the

barriers. At the back you have a representation of the small town

that Amanda grew up in this Australia, which was proud of its

good standards and high moral virtues. But she knew she was gay

and felt repressed and restrained and deeply unhappy. But the wall

represents that she's broken through this prison-like structure and

gradually, no doubt with turmoil, has established her sense of self

pride and broken through more barriers until finally there's real

pride in who she can be and she's blossoming.

The theme of this garden is wrath. Seething, uncontrollable anger. The

K The theme of this garden is wrath. Seething, uncontrollable anger. The

designer is -- every bit of this perfectly encapsulates that feeling.

The planting too. There are red hot pokers, which make these brilliant

punctuation marks. All in just the right colour to keep everything on

the boil. The whole lot just makes you feel so angry. And it works

brilliantly. Doesn't it? Mary, this is our final deadly sin. This is

called sloth, quarry of silence. It won a gold and Best In Show in the

category. The idea is that spades represent people aiming towards

their goal but they can tip over and end up in a grave, representing

mind, body and soul. I think it tells the story very well and very

simply. We don't always achieve great heights. However hard we work,

you slip back a bit. And that's fine, but if all else fails you give

up, down there the slippery slope to your grave. It is a good sculptural

form. I like the pyramid of stone. It is a brilliant interpretation.

And that's why it won it. I have with me Sue Bigs be, Director

General of the RMS, and Mary Berry, who needs no introduction. But I

would be fascinated to know what you make of the conceptual

smoke, I was quite frightened about it. They all made me then. That is

exactly why they are here. Mary is here as an ambassador. She has

agreed to do everything she can to promote the work done here, and

promote growing your own food and learning how to cook it. We want to

get over the fact that growing your own food is brilliant. How can we do

that? First of all, through cooking programmes, that inspires people,

and I think they realise that there is a great difference in flavour,

and satisfaction when you grow it yourself. I think people are

realising that you can grow in small spaces. Raised beds are great for

all age groups. I think the young, if they produce something, well one

the whole family to see it. Young children are very enthusiastic but

it disappears. How can we get teenagers interested? I think

through our campaign in secondary schools, you know, we want the

government to get gardening on the curriculum. We should get our

politicians growing. Yes! Yes! . My feeling is that nobody ever gave up

gardening, so if we can get them started... You learn, through books

and television, if you have that Basil plant, if you nibble at it, it

grows again. All those little tips, we need to tell everybody. We need

to start symbol. What-macro thank you very much. -- symbol. The idea

of impassive 's and mentors encouraging people into horticulture

is essential. Luke Whiting got his passion from his parents who had a

lifelong devotion. They do have a fuddy-duddy image and he is

determined to change that. We went to his family nursery in

Cambridgeshire. The first memory I have is being taken to the nursery.

I was left to wander around a little bit. I remember walking through the

Alpine House, greenhouses. I started working at the nursery at the age of

19, full-time. I have been working here for four years. I remember

thinking that I love the rock garden and I want to get out and explore

the world a little bit and see the alpines. On the age of 23, I decided

I would go travelling. Alpines can be all over the world, and they are

mainly above the tree line. Above that is considered Alpine. I can

share these stories with customers. It is mainly younger couples, people

in their 20s, people going away for the weekend who have seen the

alpines. Quite often, they will ask us for the plants they have seen.

They can put that into their garden and that is a memory for as long as

it's lives. They can be very easy to low, low maintenance. Traditionally,

they were grown in stone planters that you can do similar things with

a plastic container. Prague botanical Gardens have pioneered

vertical gardens, and it is slabs of rock side by side which creates a

natural position for them. You have a whole mountains -- mountain scape

in a small area. This tends to creep, so it is grown in crevices to

limit its. Some of these go right the way down into the base. You can

get the species really close together. The Latin meaning of this

plant is, always lives. You can put it on a matched roof or a dry stone

wall and it will always survive. It does not like too much moisture. --

thatched. This is really great because you can have the tiny, white

flowers which are the size of a 5p piece. This will give you all year

round colour. A crevice garden for your balcony. For me, alpines is the

number one thing. I get people saying it is really hard to grow but

it is dead easy. You only have to grow one and you will get it for

life. I love this display, in the containers. This mini landscape. You

can go on holiday and come back and they will be fine. Yes, once you

have the drainage, they will be fine. These will still be going.

What is this one? It is planted around the rock. It is a Mongolian

high altitude Alpine. The orange flower? Yes, that grows from April

to September. What is another one that is easy to grow? At good one to

grow is the neon pink one just here. I may need to get my wallet out!

Yes, that is a good one for the garden. What Medel did you get? I

got one off the gold. Are you pleased with that? I was pleased

that I did have a discussion with the judges! Hampton Court has

offered inspiration for recycling. Even the borders are filled with

flowers that are so easy to grow from seed. You can fill your garden

with colour. Foxgloves are a case in point. You see them, you want them

on and you can have them because they are easy to grow. In hedgerows

and dappled woodlands, they rise up from the ground and as the flowers

Mitchell, they drop this dust around their feet, and you just have two by

a pack of seeds and scatter it it in the garden and it will flower for

next year. You will have a population of plants that keeps

coming back some of the summer. There are foxgloves for son as well.

-- sun. This love is a sunny spot and free draining soil. -- this love

is. This time next July, they will be looking this good. The floral

marquee is the place to come to find flowers with vibrancy, and they

offer fantastic value for money. They come with such wonderful

colours from blacks to yellows and reds. I love them. This is my

favourite. Isn't it gorgeous? It is a species that is resistant to rust

and disease. Whatever variety you go for, keep sewing them because young

plants are more vigorous and rust resistant, and it so happens that

they sow the seed here. ?2 50, I mean, come on! You cannot go wrong

with that. When it comes to home-grown flowers, this is a

fabulous opportunity to find out what gardeners will be sewing in

their gardens next spring have you had any big sellers at Hampton

Court? You get the white, the hot pink, the soft pink with hot pink.

It is big as well. And they are beautiful and you can see them from

far away. You heard it here first! 2014 is the centenary of the start

of World War I. There are lots of exhibits commemorating that event

this year. This one is called lest we forget. It is a future garden so

it is not eligible for medals but it has attracted interest from

visitors. Hello, Steve. Hello. This is extraordinary. Where did you get

the idea for this? It was my great grandad, drawing the war, he was

told to attend to the vegetable beds. So, there were gardens behind

the enemy lines? Yes. We have the vegetables growing with the guns

right next to them? Yes. What has been the public reaction? Absolutely

fantastic, and the majority of people do not know how it happened.

This will move, will it? Yes, that is right. You have this tank, where

did that come from? It is a working replica, weighing six tonnes. The

real one would be 38 tonnes. What you brought back was man's

irrepressible desire to grow things in the most difficult of

circumstances. That is right, yes. I'm glad so many people have seen

it. Thank you. Now, you may remember at Chelsea that we covered pictures

and memories of the internment camp in Germany where British civilians

were returned to rout the war. They had a flower show there. --

throughout the war. We would love to discover more, so if any member of

your family was there or received letters or postcards, then do

contact sun -- the RHS. You can get details on the website. Flowers have

been associated with significant events like war, peace and love. We

might know their Latin names and how to grow them, but when you give

flowers, did you know that you are delivering a message with a single

word? It is the language of flowers and was loved by the Victorians. The

jewellery expert from the Antiques Roadshow has been ring the petals

with Rachel. -- has been translating. What that place to talk

the language of flowers and surrounded by an abundance of them?

-- what better place? It is like a Renaissance palace where this

language was understood so it is a delight to come here and see these

wonderful roses. They have many meanings. We know the power of

giving arose but surely a red rose would signify love? It goes back to

classical and quit city. -- antiquity. There is a hint of danger

and pain because you can smell them and it is essential experience.

message to a sweet matter, flowers had to be chosen very carefully. So

what would a young lady expect to brief from a young gentleman? One

like this, which was prepared earlier. It is absolutely oozing

with sentimental illusions. Some of them darker and more gritty. For

instance the ones on the right we might call pink or carnations. They

were called gilly flowers in the past. I was fascinated to see this

and found it was an emblem against dying on the scaffold. Her mother

lived here at Hampton Court and had died for marrying Henry VIII, so she

carried this in her portrait. What about the violas here? They are

important, because they stand for think of the giver. In French it

means to think of the giver when that giver has gone away. Away. This

language of flowers could continue. It absolutely should. It is possible

to make up a bouquet of flowers like this to give away and hope that the

recipient will understand it. But be careful, the colour yellow or

orange, anything slightly sulphurous, is dangerous. This is

the marigold and it stands for jealousy. I think I might hand that

one back! Thank you. The assumption is always that a man is going to

give a woman flowers. But what if you want to reverse that and send a

message to a man? It might be a bit rare. I'm thinking that sweet

William means for gallantry, so perhaps it would be appropriate to

do that. But I think it is jolly rare that way around. What about

something for the office bully, someone you don't like investment

What about poisonous, foxgloves, digitalis. It stands for

insincerity. And what about you? Campanul actions. They are on their

way to you. Fantastic. You hear of people talking to their plants, but

maybe we should listen to the language of which flowers more.

Back in Chelsea, a group of which young designers did really well.

None better perhaps than Matt, who won a silver gilt medal for his

first show garden, hope on the horizon, and also won the People's

Choice Award. So we've asked him to go and talk to Alexandra Noble.

She's won The One Show competition to make a show garden here at

Hampton Court. Alexandra from one show garden to another, I know how

it feels. It is such a surreal experience. I'm having the time of

my life here. I'm having to pinch myself that I'm here at Hampton

Court. It's been a whirlwind. How did it begin? How did you end up

here at Hampton? I heard about it through Twitter. He to put together

a plan, a 3D visual, a budget list and an outline. I got a call from

the produce tore say I was through to the final short-list. What

inspired this design? It was inspired by the Roman baths in the

city of Bath. The remans designed a system, an early form of underfloor

heating. I've tried to mimic that as if the floor had been cut away. But

when you are on that walkway you get the opportunity to look down on the

plants and see them from an otherwise unseen view. I agree. It

is an unusual way of appreciating all of these different species. You

do see the garden as a whole a lot more. All the plants work together

as if it was a painting or something like that. Is structure of the

planting he was give depth and feeling to the space. I particularly

like the way the agapanthus links to the colour of the paving. It I think

it is a lovely contrast with the copper beech hedge behind it. And

that works really nicely. It makes the beautiful paving stand out a

mile away. The grasses throughout the garden really form a fantastic

structure. I really love this. This gives the effect of steamy

cloud-like frothy movement. I've noticed some steam coming out from

this. Can you explain about this? This looks intriguing. The steam is

water vapour and the intention was to link back to the concept, which

was centred around Bath and the Roman baths. Amazing. Maybe one day

in the future we'll be on neighbouring plots at Chelsea. I

hope so. I think we'll be seeing more of those two in the future.

Whether you're knew to garden design or an old hand, cost is always a key

consideration. This year at Hampton Court there's a design category

called your garden your Budget, where each garden design has a fixed

price. The top end design costs ?15,000. Representing by this, the

Garden of Solitude. You might be thinking, ?15,000? That's a lot of

money to spend on a garden. You get it in the here and now. You are

buying time too. I think it's lovely. Let me tell you where the

money went. Water features are costly. So are bespoke pergolas and

tall walls. A large proportion of your money goes on the footings, the

underground parts you don't see. You can sit here and be surrounded by

tower blocks and you wouldn't know. I also like the materials that are

used here. The glass is recycled and this bar code boundary is made from

old scaffold boards. The paving? Chrisply cut concrete. The planting

is modern and homely at the same time. It deserves its best in

category. Stuart's design came in at ?13,000.

That's good for the money, because he delivered a lot of designer chic.

If you bought it there would be no-one on your neighbourhood with a

bespoke halo. This is inspired by the Greek islands, hence the gravel

and the sparkling planting. He's used lots of clever tricks to keep

down the cost. The paving is crazy stone, so there's no cutting. The

joints have gravel cut in. And the seating is just stacked stone can a

polished Marshall top. What I oints have gravel cut in. And the seating

is just stacked stone can a polished Marshall top. What I like -- marble

top. Circles draw your eye into the centre of the site, distracting you

if you have ugly boundaries. This garden had a fixed Budget of

?10,000.ive got have ugly boundaries. This garden had a fixed

Budget of ?10,000.ive got to -- it got a silver medal. That's because

the judges thought it was pushing the envelope with all this cut stone

on that 10 K mark. It is an elevated garden. It gets rid of the expense

of deep excavation. It is a garden with lovely touches. Baccus was the

God of wine. It is coherent and looks lovely. The planting is

joyous. A real crowd pleaser. This picture postcard garden of the

forests of Canada is the design that most caught my eye. A first-time

designer who had the thin end of the budget with just ?7,000 to spend.

This is the first RHS show garden that we've ever designed and

created. We want to create a garden that will be talked about and that

people appreciate and that people can be inspired by. The initialness

operation for this design has actually come from a visit to I made

to eastern Canada a couple of years ago. A vast forestland escape. How

could I distil it down to a small domestic garden scale? So the

intention of the design is to create a woodland glade, an image of nature

inspired by the forests of eastern Canada. We are working a lot with

conifers, which people don't always do. Conifers have maybe got put in

the back closet since the '70s. We thought we could try something new

with them. The garden has to strictly adhere to the ?7,000

budget. We are also trying to make it a workable, liveable garden. I

think to a lot of people that sounds like a lot of money to spend on

their garden. And obviously you have to think that that's all the plants.

It's the labour. It's all the materials. But when you think that

you would spend probably more than that on fitting out a new kitchen or

another room in your house, if you think of your garden as an outdoor

room. And if you do even just some of the things that we are doing in

this garden, you'll be able to use that space in ways that maybe you

hadn't before. One of the ways that we have looked at for reducing the

overall cost of the garden is in the material choices. We've used wood

locally sourced from a coppice woodland. The stone has also been

sourced from a local quarry. That reduces the transport costs and in

terms of sustain about it is great that's not coming from the four

corners of the world. One of the things that we were aiming for the

public to be able to take away from this garden is that it is still

possible to create a big impact on a small budget and in a small space.

You can create a fantastic outdoor space by choosing the right plants

and combining them in the right way. There's a whole wealth of

possibilities. I love this wall. It is a mainly

feature of the show and one of the my favourites. It has a little stove

over there. A book shelf, this seat, and visits can look through this

window on to the garden. It is a window and a seat but it is framing

this view. People are walking up the main Avenue from Hampton Court and

they get a glimpse of this image of nature. Conifers, do you really love

them Before I started working on the design for this garden I wasn't a

fan of conifers. We felt that conifers got a bad name for

themselves in the '70s and maybe there was another way of reworking

with different confer species. Re was another way of reworking with

different confer species -- conifer species. What's that? This is small,

it won't get bigger than a metre I love the corner planting. It is like

a mini landscape. We've been inspired by the huge forests of

Canada. We've tried to condense it into a postage-sized garden. And

you've done it for ?7,000. We were in the lowest budget category.

Sometimes when you have a more restrictive budget you have to be

creative. So it is the price of a small car, a kitchen or a small

garden. I know which I would rather have. You have silver gilt medal.

Congratulations. Thank you. There is no question that with a show like

this you will find something that not only is nice but transforms

things, that changes your garden. It doesn't matter how much money you've

got. What have you seen? You are putting me on the spot. I have to

say, I've fallen in love with fox tail lilies this year. In the middle

of the floor marquee. They are like fireworks. They are brilliant. What

would you choose? I've seen a plant I really want. It has a great

Scottish name. It is really delicate. Lovely spires of flowers.

And it flowers all summer long. I have to get one of those. Monty? I

have chosen something modest but I think it will fit in well. This

entire garden. You can't do that ensures; Modest? That's greedy! I

like the energy and the enthusiasm and the sheer pleasure that is

clearly being had in making it. The public have been voting, putting

coins in boxes. The winners are John Humphrys and Andy Hyde. That's it

for tonight. Hampton Court is still going until Sunday night, so do come

along to the show if you can. You will find all the details on our

website. I will be back at our next RHS show at Tatton Park on 24th and

25th of this month. Until then, bye-bye.

Everybody was there for one reason only, and that was the music.

I'm going to have a good time and leave all my pain behind.