:00:00. > :00:00.If there's one thing us Brits do well, it's a good
:00:07. > :00:13.All you really need is a great big field, passionate
:00:14. > :00:16.plants men and women, some talented garden designers and,
:00:17. > :00:21.of course, thousands of plants from all over the world.
:00:22. > :00:27.But if you add the rather regal Hampton Court Palace as a backdrop
:00:28. > :00:33.and open its gates to the largest annual flower show in the world -
:00:34. > :00:37.well, then you've got something very, very special.
:00:38. > :01:12.Hello, and welcome back to the RHS Hampton
:01:13. > :01:20.We, of course, are highly privileged to be here all week,
:01:21. > :01:22.and having spent three days now, it's the floral
:01:23. > :01:28.marquee that pulls me in with its floral magnestism.
:01:29. > :01:41.I dissed keep discovering new things there. Has anything stood out for
:01:42. > :01:48.you? You like it is beautiful in and fast. There is a Dutch nursery and
:01:49. > :01:56.the way the exhibit them is stunning. It's like a sweet shop,
:01:57. > :02:08.lollipops on sticks. I wish it could grow them like that on my garden.
:02:09. > :02:12.This is the oldest known version and the tourist, and it got lost to a
:02:13. > :02:21.virus that was rediscovered in Italy three years ago. It's being shown
:02:22. > :02:27.again for the first time in ages. That has to go. There are some
:02:28. > :02:29.fabulous plants here. for you tonight, so sit back,
:02:30. > :02:33.get yourself comfy, and let us bring you the very best of the RHS
:02:34. > :02:36.Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, an event supported
:02:37. > :02:41.by Viking Cruises. Coming up, Adam Frost seeks out
:02:42. > :02:44.the never seen before plants being launched
:02:45. > :02:46.right here at the show. Carol's got clever cottage garden
:02:47. > :02:48.ideas to bring new life And Rachel will be
:02:49. > :02:51.meeting some first time a name for themselves
:02:52. > :02:56.in the floral marquee. This year, there's 47 show gardens
:02:57. > :02:59.across seven different categories, taking up space as big
:03:00. > :03:03.as a football pitch. Earlier, gold medal-winning Chelsea
:03:04. > :03:07.garden designer Adam Frost and I went to take a look
:03:08. > :03:21.at a few causing a stir. This garden is about trying to in
:03:22. > :03:28.gauge young people into gardening, especially in the city. We have a
:03:29. > :03:31.microclimate to grow a range of exotics and architectural plans, the
:03:32. > :03:38.plants I really got into an I first started designing. With plans like
:03:39. > :03:49.this jelly Palm, who needs sculpture in the garden. Make sure you bivvies
:03:50. > :03:59.turns the size you want because they grow so slowly you will be waiting
:04:00. > :04:06.an eternity. -- by these firms the size you want. As this grows up,
:04:07. > :04:15.they start turning upwards to the sky and turn a darker green. None of
:04:16. > :04:19.these plants are particularly rare but they combined so nicely
:04:20. > :04:33.together. The judges loved it as well. They gave it a gold in best
:04:34. > :04:37.summer garden. Sometimes show gardens are designed to make you
:04:38. > :04:40.stop and think. That is exactly what designer John Warland has done here.
:04:41. > :04:46.I first saw this at the Chelsea Flower Show in the fresh section. It
:04:47. > :04:50.was a lot smaller, but here at Hampton Court, given more room, it
:04:51. > :04:59.really feels a lot better. I love the way it has a sense of movement,
:05:00. > :05:04.moving under these turf ribbons. At the end of each pass, a really
:05:05. > :05:11.simple reflective pool. As you get to it, it pulls you in. You want to
:05:12. > :05:14.have a moment, look and stop. It's actually the planting that takes me
:05:15. > :05:23.back to childhood memories of laying in amend a meadow making daisy
:05:24. > :05:29.chains. The bees will also be pulled into this space. It's quite a simple
:05:30. > :05:39.design but actually it has been really cleverly put together.
:05:40. > :05:45.This garden is called summer retreat, it's not meant to be
:05:46. > :05:49.challenging, innovative or breaking any rules, it's meant to be
:05:50. > :05:59.accessible and packed full of take-home ideas. Which I think it
:06:00. > :06:02.is. I think it succeeds. It's about British craftsmanship and putting
:06:03. > :06:08.together in a nice and simple way. This garden really work us, and this
:06:09. > :06:11.is key to the design. So many gardens have an empty space in the
:06:12. > :06:17.middle, or something sitting at ground level. But by bringing the
:06:18. > :06:22.water feature up to eye level, it's a wonderful simple reflective pool
:06:23. > :06:34.to give a hub to the whole space and a movement around that works nicely.
:06:35. > :06:40.The planting is incredibly simple. It's all working nicely with the
:06:41. > :06:44.rusty steel, tying into the borders around the outside. A lot of people
:06:45. > :06:48.go to shows and buy things, then get them home and wonder what they will
:06:49. > :06:55.do with it. This garden shows how to integrate them. The seats are recess
:06:56. > :06:59.to into the planting. This sculpture already has a home waiting for it to
:07:00. > :07:05.be placed, so it holds the space around it as a piece of art would in
:07:06. > :07:10.an art gallery. This garden is ultimately cohesive, wrote together
:07:11. > :07:12.because it has been nicely planned and nicely thought through. That's
:07:13. > :07:18.why it got a gold medal. Nothing conjures up early summer
:07:19. > :07:21.more than the elegant rose. But for these varied fragrant
:07:22. > :07:28.flowers to work in your borders, sometimes the planting
:07:29. > :07:31.around your prized blooms needs work Carol's been taking a look at how
:07:32. > :08:01.to avoid a game of thorns. Think of a traditional Rose garden
:08:02. > :08:06.and what springs to mind? This is it, small shrubs with beautiful
:08:07. > :08:15.blooms, Perfect Poison and elegance. Look at the bear legs and all the
:08:16. > :08:18.soil in between. This is the perfect way to grow them if you want the
:08:19. > :08:21.classical look, but there are otherwise that really reflect the
:08:22. > :08:38.Rose's sociable nature. A more modern take is to combine
:08:39. > :08:43.your roses with other plants. If you choose plants that enhance the
:08:44. > :08:51.roses, you can elevate your planting to a whole new level. There are so
:08:52. > :08:56.many plants to choose from. Things like Crane's bills, hardy geraniums,
:08:57. > :09:03.a natural choice for these situations. The geranium will spread
:09:04. > :09:12.itself around between the roses. You could go for these stiff, solid
:09:13. > :09:17.spikes, and after the flowers have fallen, a glorious ground cover from
:09:18. > :09:27.these deep dark green leaves. And then you have the pretty rude, plans
:09:28. > :09:31.that will frolic around the roses, penstemons, dainty grasses. They all
:09:32. > :09:41.enhance the beautiful pale pink rose.
:09:42. > :09:49.Some roses are just made to live among other plants. Many of the
:09:50. > :09:50.modern shrub roses have this lovely relaxed habit and these soft
:09:51. > :10:10.flowers. Like this frilly cuffs. Isn't this just the perfect sort of
:10:11. > :10:23.rows for this mixed planting? It is a modern shrub rose, employed with
:10:24. > :10:29.all these lovely perennials, and the sprinkling of cosmos that runs right
:10:30. > :10:33.the way through. Dainty and delicate grasses, the sort of situation that
:10:34. > :10:36.roses find themselves in in the wild. And it works so brilliantly
:10:37. > :10:47.well in the garden setting. We'll be coming up rosy once again
:10:48. > :10:50.on tomorrow night's programme when we will be revealing Rose
:10:51. > :10:52.of the Year! This year at Hampton there's a brand
:10:53. > :10:55.new category of garden inspired by the 300th anniversary
:10:56. > :11:00.of the birth of famous landscape We asked Alan Power,
:11:01. > :11:07.Head Gardener at Stour Head and fully paid up member
:11:08. > :11:10.of the Capability fan club, to find out why Hampton Court played
:11:11. > :11:20.a part in his rise to fame. If you think of a classical English
:11:21. > :11:25.landscape, what do you see? These landscapes that we know
:11:26. > :11:39.and love owe a huge debt to one man, Lancelot Capability Brown,
:11:40. > :11:42.one of the followers Lancelot Capability Brown changed
:11:43. > :11:52.the face of garden design in 18th-century England,
:11:53. > :11:58.transforming the landscapes of some of the country's
:11:59. > :12:11.grandest stately homes. In 1764, at the age of 48,
:12:12. > :12:14.he arrived here at Hampton Court Palace where he had been appointed,
:12:15. > :12:17.not as designer but chief gardener. I am meeting up with one
:12:18. > :12:19.of his successors, head And, he coined the name "Capability"
:12:20. > :12:28.because he was constantly talking to the clients and saying,
:12:29. > :12:31."Well, sir, your site has It was really his sort
:12:32. > :12:36.of calling card. Almost a very polite way of saying,
:12:37. > :12:40."I am not really keen on your garden now but I can make it much
:12:41. > :12:42.better than it looks." Of course he was sought
:12:43. > :12:45.after because he was Capability Brown didn't come
:12:46. > :12:49.here as a landscape designer, I believe he did that
:12:50. > :12:56.because he wanted the royal patronage and also what
:12:57. > :13:00.opportunities managing that Really, he did not change
:13:01. > :13:05.the gardens, he managed a contract that more or less had been set up
:13:06. > :13:08.by his predecessors. So, it did his CV and his business
:13:09. > :13:18.an awful lot of good. Oh, Terry, what an amazing view
:13:19. > :13:21.you get from up here on the terrace! What was it like when Brown
:13:22. > :13:25.was here as a gardener? Fortunately, we have
:13:26. > :13:28.this fantastic record. Here you can see the Georgian
:13:29. > :13:30.members of the court This is actually
:13:31. > :13:36.Capability Brown's yard. He wasn't just the head gardener -
:13:37. > :13:47.he lived here. He moved into Wilderness House,
:13:48. > :13:50.which was a house he had as a perk of the job, and it was
:13:51. > :13:53.his home for 19 years. What a nice address
:13:54. > :13:56.to have for your business! Planted during the tenure
:13:57. > :14:11.of Lancelot Capability Brown. Everything comes from this
:14:12. > :14:21.wonderful, old, gnarled trunk. As head gardener, have
:14:22. > :14:23.I got your permission just It's a living memory of Brown's time
:14:24. > :14:32.here, isn't it? I might be here for a while,
:14:33. > :14:37.just touching it. This was part of his contract,
:14:38. > :14:42.wasn't it, fruit production? He was responsible,
:14:43. > :14:45.amongst other things, for growing fruit out of season
:14:46. > :14:49.for the King's table. And we allow this pleasure now to be
:14:50. > :14:53.given to the public. We actually sell all these
:14:54. > :15:00.grapes to our visitors. They are eating the grapes
:15:01. > :15:03.that the King ate, produced by Capability Brown and his team
:15:04. > :15:05.300 years ago. They are eating a piece
:15:06. > :15:07.of history, aren't they? What a magnificent connection
:15:08. > :15:18.to the past! Capability Brown lived
:15:19. > :15:21.at Hampton Court until his death During his time at the Palace,
:15:22. > :15:26.Capability Brown was at the height of his career and, for almost 20
:15:27. > :15:29.years, he combined his royal duties with running the landscaping
:15:30. > :15:48.business that was to During his time at the Palace, Brown
:15:49. > :15:53.kept meticulous records and they are kept at the RHS lending library.
:15:54. > :15:58.Fiona Davidson has brought his accounts book to show you. I have a
:15:59. > :16:06.copy of his account book, it's the only surviving ones, covering 1759
:16:07. > :16:12.until his death, it is a Who's Who. You have the K, for the King? He
:16:13. > :16:18.knew which one he meant! He didn't have to write George III. I want to
:16:19. > :16:25.see the details. April 26, received the King's most excellent Majesty,
:16:26. > :16:35.?500. It was due in March! Is very interesting. We know he had some
:16:36. > :16:38.run-ins with the Royal household, and he was very assertive that he
:16:39. > :16:42.was good value for money and he knew his business, he had managed large
:16:43. > :16:46.garden staff and he knew how to improve the estate. He is
:16:47. > :16:50.recommending things like planting Green Clover because it will provide
:16:51. > :16:54.a green lawn and you can feed cattle. I wish we had longer because
:16:55. > :17:00.he's a fascinating man. Thanks for bringing them along.
:17:01. > :17:02.This year, to mark the 300 years since his birth,
:17:03. > :17:17.There is a special category of show gardens inspired by his three teams
:17:18. > :17:20.have tackled his work difficult to distilled these landscapes into a
:17:21. > :17:24.small space but oh has been to speak to one.
:17:25. > :17:31.This is the Capable of Reinvention garden, and you are one of the team
:17:32. > :17:38.who put it together, Zaidee. There are five of us, we tried to work
:17:39. > :17:42.collaboratively but it was difficult. Designing by committee!
:17:43. > :17:48.What are the key features? The water features came from the idea that
:17:49. > :17:53.used lakes and rivers with some of his follies and bridges, to create
:17:54. > :17:57.the open space, so we have a bridge that reflects into the water and we
:17:58. > :18:01.have the oakleaf as welcomer half, so that it forms the whole image in
:18:02. > :18:06.the reflection. And this shadow coming down onto the paving is
:18:07. > :18:10.supposed to be similar to if you were being reflected as well.
:18:11. > :18:19.Congratulations. Thank you, we are thrilled. Reflecting the landscape,
:18:20. > :18:24.a contemporary take on Brown's enormous skill in reshaping the form
:18:25. > :18:31.of the landscape, adding artfully positioned trees to make it look as
:18:32. > :18:35.natural as possible. It's a brave attempt, but perhaps lacks some of
:18:36. > :18:40.the elegance of the true Brown landscape.
:18:41. > :18:55.Mind the Gap focuses here on allowing the eye to sweep from the
:18:56. > :18:59.manicure grass to the landscape. It is the essence of Brown but it also
:19:00. > :19:09.gives something contemporary and inspiring. When Brown died in 1783
:19:10. > :19:13.866 he was a master of his craft and he has remained the byword for
:19:14. > :19:19.landscape design ever since. But even he was a novice once. Here at
:19:20. > :19:25.Hampton Court every year, there are people setting out on their show
:19:26. > :19:33.career and Rachel has been to speak to some of them.
:19:34. > :19:39.You walk across here and you pass a lot of very conventional, beautiful
:19:40. > :19:45.looking stands, and then, there a Land Rover! Is this part of a fresh
:19:46. > :19:48.approach as a first-time exhibitor? Yes, we wanted something that was
:19:49. > :19:53.fun and different, to catch the imagination. The first time we have
:19:54. > :19:58.shown these plants, they are quite fun, big and bold. I love Land
:19:59. > :20:02.Rovers soap mixing them something that we enjoy. Some exotic looking
:20:03. > :20:09.plants, were they straightforward to bring? Some of them are easier. This
:20:10. > :20:12.is flowering at this time of year, it is doable, but the big one at the
:20:13. > :20:19.bank does not flower until it is eight feet tall. They get a lot of
:20:20. > :20:24.attention -- at the back. So they flowered too soon. I love this one.
:20:25. > :20:32.It hurts a bit when you have to clean them, they bite back. Enjoy
:20:33. > :20:38.the show, I think it looks fantastic. Thanks very much.
:20:39. > :20:45.Christopher, such a beautiful, classic display. It is a national
:20:46. > :20:57.collection but it is very specific. It is a collection of historical
:20:58. > :21:01.fuchsias, introduced by a hybridist. It is crucial for the visitors do
:21:02. > :21:05.see the plant in its natural state, you want to see the transition. Like
:21:06. > :21:10.the fact that you flagged up that these are edible. Something not many
:21:11. > :21:17.people know, they have a great texture and taste. Jam is worth
:21:18. > :21:26.having a go at. I absolutely love it. Thank you very much. Benedict
:21:27. > :21:32.is, you have brought your beautiful collection all the way from Cornwall
:21:33. > :21:38.to Hampton Court. I have seen an outside come is this your first time
:21:39. > :21:43.inside the floral -- the Floral Marquee? Yes. Can you pick out a
:21:44. > :21:49.feud varieties. One of my favourites is this little white one, and I like
:21:50. > :21:55.cracker because it is very bright and it flowers early in the season.
:21:56. > :21:58.That is an unusual colour. Yes, it is relatively new, it has a delicate
:21:59. > :22:04.perfume and a very long flowering period. It is beautiful. Will you be
:22:05. > :22:10.in the Floral Marquee next year? If they had us, yes. I'm sure they will
:22:11. > :22:14.have you! It looks sensational. It is wonderful to meet some of the new
:22:15. > :22:20.faces at Hampton Court but there are lots of new plants making their
:22:21. > :22:33.first appearance at the show. A lot to get excited about and Adam Frost
:22:34. > :22:36.couldn't wait to take a look. This is the perfect setting to see plants
:22:37. > :22:50.that you have not seen before and I'm going to see what I can find.
:22:51. > :22:56.Takes me back to being 16 years old, North Devon Parks Department, and we
:22:57. > :23:00.used them as spotting plants. You have two new varieties. They've been
:23:01. > :23:04.developed over the last couple of years, the darkest, lightest and
:23:05. > :23:11.brightest ones we have developed. We have this dark rich one here, and a
:23:12. > :23:15.beautiful white large flower with a pink blush, called White Dove. They
:23:16. > :23:19.are stunning, if I wanted to buy one, give me some tips how I'd look
:23:20. > :23:25.after it. Really easy, three ingredients is all you need. One, a
:23:26. > :23:29.bit of shade. Second, soil that is very nutritious and number three,
:23:30. > :23:35.you want to be savaged to them, cut them often and harshly. Do they all
:23:36. > :23:39.need to be inside? Not at all, some of them are very hardy and others
:23:40. > :23:49.need that protection, a blanket in the winter. I'm sure people will
:23:50. > :23:55.love them. Thank you very much. David, you have a new variety,
:23:56. > :24:01.summer flowering. This is one we found when we had an awayday on the
:24:02. > :24:05.Isle of land. We took a couple of cuttings, they looked unusual, we
:24:06. > :24:12.brought back the cuttings and eight years later we're at this stage just
:24:13. > :24:17.off the North Devon coast, very exposed. That plant is obviously
:24:18. > :24:21.quite tough. It is a very hardy plant, Lundy is somewhere you stay
:24:22. > :24:27.outside in the wind and rain, it is very exposed in the Bristol Channel,
:24:28. > :24:33.but this plant was quite happy. The name, creepy Cauley, how did it get
:24:34. > :24:36.the name? It was a nickname, it accurately describes it because it
:24:37. > :24:48.creeps and calls over the rocks and borders. It couldn't have any other
:24:49. > :24:53.name. I think it's beautiful. Simon, a little bird tells me that on this
:24:54. > :25:00.stand, there is how many of these flowers? About 3 million individual
:25:01. > :25:04.flowers. Wow! Am I right in saying you have 400 different varieties in
:25:05. > :25:07.the national collection? Yes, about one tenth on the stand, we probably
:25:08. > :25:14.have the most comprehensive range on the planet. And you have a new one?
:25:15. > :25:18.The anniversary bouquet, named after our 25th anniversary in business
:25:19. > :25:28.this year. A cracking plant, perfect for making bouquets, a good, strong,
:25:29. > :25:32.but she even flower head. -- bushie. When do I prune my lavenders? On
:25:33. > :25:39.that kind, early September. Flower off, stem off, to stop them from
:25:40. > :25:42.going woody. Good luck. Thank you very much.
:25:43. > :25:45.There's nothing like huge swathes of lavender to convey a sense
:25:46. > :25:49.of calm, and wow, do they hit you in the nose.
:25:50. > :25:55.The aroma hits you in the nose. Fragrance is a natural wonder,
:25:56. > :25:59.something that perfume is have always striven to capture.
:26:00. > :26:02.This year, designer Jade Goto has been working on a garden that
:26:03. > :26:07.We joined her in Brighton to find out why the success of her gardens
:26:08. > :26:23.hung on the survival of humble seaweed.
:26:24. > :26:31.To me, perfume can be about nostalgia. It can transport you back
:26:32. > :26:37.to a specific time or place or remind you of a person. I think it's
:26:38. > :26:40.quite emotive. And that's what I wanted to capture within the garden,
:26:41. > :26:55.the power to evoke those feelings. I wanted the structure of the garden
:26:56. > :27:05.to mimic the fragrance pyramid. So you have the base note, the heart
:27:06. > :27:11.note and a top note. The top note of pay-per-view is the first
:27:12. > :27:24.impression. -- of a perfume. It is normally herb or citrus. This is
:27:25. > :27:29.amazing. The heart note is the note you get when the top note
:27:30. > :27:33.evaporates. This is where you get the big floral hits, the heady
:27:34. > :27:48.aromas. Using lilies and jasmine. The bass note of the garden is made
:27:49. > :27:52.up of two ingredients, one of them is moss and the second is seaweed.
:27:53. > :27:57.The seaweed is going to be in a large glass tank which logistically
:27:58. > :28:04.is proving quite difficult to get right.
:28:05. > :28:12.Because seaweed is such a key ingredient in the garden I've come
:28:13. > :28:16.to the aquatic design centre workshops. We need ten days at
:28:17. > :28:21.Hampton Court for the seaweed to look fresh and show ready, the
:28:22. > :28:26.colour and water needs to be right and it must look beautiful. We need
:28:27. > :28:31.to get it right because timewise, we are getting close to Hampton Court.
:28:32. > :28:40.This is our second attempt at our seaweed. And as you can see,
:28:41. > :28:42.disaster. You want it to be as good as that one. It's got to be, you
:28:43. > :28:54.know. This is the tank with the pump in,
:28:55. > :29:00.this is the pump free tank and they both look murky. It is decomposing.
:29:01. > :29:13.So is this more of a problem compared... We thought? Definitely,
:29:14. > :29:17.yeah! We'll get there, we've got to. You can smell it, definitely
:29:18. > :29:22.something wrong with that. Could the smell be a problem as well? It's
:29:23. > :29:30.decomposing, yeah, that's what that is. That won't be good. Not good at
:29:31. > :29:39.all! It really smells. It does smell. It smells horrible! Oh, it's
:29:40. > :29:55.rancid! decomposing seaweed in a garden
:29:56. > :30:02.about fragrance is a problem! It probably isn't the smell you want to
:30:03. > :30:06.be portraying to the public. I would like to say at this point we are
:30:07. > :30:10.still confident we can get it to work. We are just going to have to
:30:11. > :30:13.do a lot more testing. Quite confident. We have to make it work,
:30:14. > :30:39.so it's not really an option. That was quite a run-up to the show.
:30:40. > :30:45.At beautifully clear water in the tanks with lots of plants. What
:30:46. > :30:49.happened? Logistically the seaweed was quite difficult. They rushed it
:30:50. > :30:53.up from Cornwall and we got it in on Sunday, but because of the heat on
:30:54. > :30:57.Tuesday it was clouding up and not looking fresh so we made the
:30:58. > :31:01.decision to put in freshwater plans for the rest of the show. Now it
:31:02. > :31:06.looks beautiful so it works both ways. You have the Moss in the
:31:07. > :31:11.copper containers and you step up through the garden, so the base
:31:12. > :31:16.notes are the components of the perfume. On this level we have the
:31:17. > :31:23.masts, the seaweed, in the centre we have the floral heart note, and in
:31:24. > :31:29.the top, the citrus. It has worked well. In the heart of the garden you
:31:30. > :31:38.have this still. It's a modern-day still room celebrating each plant in
:31:39. > :31:41.its true form as an ingredient. It's the most wonderfully aromatic place
:31:42. > :31:48.to stand. You get the perfume wafting up at you. Well done on your
:31:49. > :31:50.silver gold medal in. Will you do any more gardens in the future with
:31:51. > :31:56.seaweed? No we won't! There's still plenty
:31:57. > :31:58.to come on the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show,
:31:59. > :31:59.an event supported Joe's dipping in and out of this
:32:00. > :32:09.year's water gardens. And Toby Buckland has
:32:10. > :32:12.all the plants you need to avoid But first Carol is in
:32:13. > :32:21.the Floral Marquee with one of summer's most striking
:32:22. > :32:33.plants, the agapanthus. There's nothing ordinary about
:32:34. > :32:43.Agapanthus. They are big, bold, blue and beautiful.
:32:44. > :32:47.They always stand out from the crowd. And they are surrounded by
:32:48. > :33:00.their own mystique. Many gardeners and regard them with
:33:01. > :33:06.awe, they look at them but feel they just can't grow them. I feel it's
:33:07. > :33:18.about time we dispel a few of the Agapanthus myths.
:33:19. > :33:25.Firstly, people think Agapanthus art difficult to grow. No they are not.
:33:26. > :33:31.When you get your first planned, it's probably small like this. Good
:33:32. > :33:35.routes, but just a baby. What it needs is to be crowded in its part,
:33:36. > :33:42.keep it in the pot for the first couple of years until it gets much
:33:43. > :33:46.bigger. After a couple of years you get a fine big plants like this, and
:33:47. > :33:51.at that stage you can think about putting it out into the garden. Just
:33:52. > :33:57.give it what it needs, a really sunny place with brilliant drainage.
:33:58. > :34:02.Feed it with a high potash feed. People think they are not hardy.
:34:03. > :34:08.Some of them are and some of them aren't. These ones with broad strap
:34:09. > :34:11.like leaves are evergreen, tender, and they need to be brought under
:34:12. > :34:17.cover during the winter and then brought out again the next spring.
:34:18. > :34:23.On the other hand, these refined leaves are herbaceous, they bed in
:34:24. > :34:26.the winter. These are the ones that are totally hardy. These are the
:34:27. > :34:39.ones to go for to grow in your borders. Thirdly, people think they
:34:40. > :34:45.are all blue. Yes, but some of them are deep blue, some bright blue,
:34:46. > :34:49.some pale blue. Some of them are white touched with blue, or blue
:34:50. > :34:55.touched with white. They are all beauties in their own right, but
:34:56. > :34:57.they are not unapproachable. There's bound to be an Agapanthus just made
:34:58. > :35:09.for you. One of the show's most controversial
:35:10. > :35:11.design categories has to be Celebrating their 10th year,
:35:12. > :35:17.they are designed to provoke opinion They tread the line between
:35:18. > :35:39.conventional garden and land art. This is Wormhole, one of the most
:35:40. > :35:46.striking designs here, designed by John Humphrys and Andy Hyde. Just
:35:47. > :35:52.hours before the show opened, disaster struck. What happened? One
:35:53. > :35:56.side of the pyramid collapsed, a land slip. Conditions in the last
:35:57. > :36:01.couple of weeks have been so bad, we were sitting in mud. A pond around
:36:02. > :36:06.it was leaking, and it sheared off the turf when we watered it. The
:36:07. > :36:13.soil collapsed. You must be devastated. The design was around a
:36:14. > :36:17.dying star. The idea was the pyramid was sliding into the black hole of
:36:18. > :36:20.the universe, and that's exactly what happened. We should have kept
:36:21. > :36:26.it as it was because it was telling the story in real time. We explained
:36:27. > :36:30.to the judges what happened and they said under the circumstances that
:36:31. > :36:36.they wouldn't judge, how could you judge a garden that is incomplete?
:36:37. > :36:39.They assessed us before the accident, and then they came to tell
:36:40. > :36:44.us yesterday that they had assessed us as gold. It's a conceptual gold,
:36:45. > :37:00.here you go. Thank you very much. This is a garden called the Red
:37:01. > :37:04.Thread, designed by Robert Barker, which seems to exemplify all that's
:37:05. > :37:14.ingesting about conceptual gardens. The judges agreed with me because
:37:15. > :37:19.they awarded it a gold medal. It's based upon an ancient Chinese idea
:37:20. > :37:26.that when we are born, a Red Thread connects us to all the other people
:37:27. > :37:29.we meet. It becomes incredibly complex, but never breaks. Red
:37:30. > :37:36.Thread makes this visible, tangling its weight above and through a
:37:37. > :37:41.conventional garden. It makes you think, ideas that you can accept or
:37:42. > :37:43.reject. The important thing is, it makes us look at our world and
:37:44. > :37:54.gardens with fresh eyes. Not everything at Hampton is pretty.
:37:55. > :38:01.In fact, the outside of this garden is far from it. This is the Border
:38:02. > :38:09.Control garden. We see rubble and plans struggling to survive among
:38:10. > :38:14.the odd life jacket. It's not somewhere you want to hang around.
:38:15. > :38:20.Standing here, I really get the sense I want to be inside. And as
:38:21. > :38:24.you move through the transition, things do change. It gets more
:38:25. > :38:31.beautiful, more ordered, and there is a sense of shelter with this
:38:32. > :38:36.structure in the middle. This garden is all about raising awareness, and
:38:37. > :38:42.those who see it questioning the plight of the refugees. With that it
:38:43. > :38:46.sings wholeheartedly. For me, the garden is a little too literal. I
:38:47. > :38:51.like one I need to work out for myself, but the message is really
:38:52. > :38:58.clear and they have executed it fantastically. The judges loved it
:38:59. > :39:05.and gave it a gold medal and best conceptual garden and I can see why.
:39:06. > :39:07.This is the Greenhouse Effect by designer Sheena Seeks,
:39:08. > :39:12.and its aim is to demonstrate the simple requirements that
:39:13. > :39:17.plants need to thrive - air, water and soil.
:39:18. > :39:19.Climate change is probably one of the biggest challenges facing
:39:20. > :39:22.the planet so it's no surprise that another conceptual garden called
:39:23. > :39:24.Near Future has this message at its heart.
:39:25. > :39:27.It's been designed by a relatively new garden designer,
:39:28. > :39:29.Arit Anderson, who collaborated with Deborah Scott Anderson
:39:30. > :39:34.from an organisation called Climate Gardens.
:39:35. > :39:36.We caught up with Arit in the Lake District
:39:37. > :39:41.as she prepared her garden for the show.
:39:42. > :39:52.I've been coming to the lakes since I was little. It's a place I'd
:39:53. > :39:53.genuinely love. I drive up the M6, hit a certain spot, and think, I'm
:39:54. > :40:04.home. It's really only a couple of colours
:40:05. > :40:12.but so many different tones, it gives you a palette of its own.
:40:13. > :40:20.I'm so passionate about climate change and the effect it's having at
:40:21. > :40:26.the moment. The design is really centred around the carbon cycle and
:40:27. > :40:31.stopping using fossil fuels. It's all about turning to renewable
:40:32. > :40:35.energies. We have the sun, we have wind and water, and it's putting all
:40:36. > :40:36.those natural resources to power our energy now that we could help our
:40:37. > :40:50.future. Charlie Winnie is an amazing wood
:40:51. > :40:54.sculptor in the Lake District. His work is very organic and
:40:55. > :41:00.free-flowing. We didn't work for what of technical drawings. Just
:41:01. > :41:07.some sketches and ideas. -- work off a lot of technical drawings. Can you
:41:08. > :41:18.just hold that? You need to really push down. This forms part of the
:41:19. > :41:24.sons sculptor. I think this will be, dare I say it, the most iconic. We
:41:25. > :41:27.wanted to use all the different processes Charlie uses, lamination
:41:28. > :41:35.and steam bending, so we make sure this one really has a power to it.
:41:36. > :41:39.As gardeners, we see the climate every day. We are always focus on
:41:40. > :41:44.what the weather is doing and what we can get done in the garden. But
:41:45. > :41:50.we really need to think about how our gardens might change for the
:41:51. > :41:54.future. That's why I have not done a planting palette that is sympathetic
:41:55. > :41:58.to the usual English landscape. I've tried to put something in that
:41:59. > :42:03.people aren't familiar with, that they don't recognise. Plants in the
:42:04. > :42:13.garden all have different drought tolerance levels. The whole thing
:42:14. > :42:18.with climatic change is that it is water that is at the key of this.
:42:19. > :42:27.Too much or too little. I want to inspire people to think differently
:42:28. > :42:31.about plants. This is my first show garden. I feel incredibly
:42:32. > :42:35.privileged, but there are butterflies going in my tummy. I'm a
:42:36. > :42:53.bit nervous but also excited to get out there as well.
:42:54. > :43:00.Here you are, first time at Hampton Court. How does it feel? Really
:43:01. > :43:05.strange but really exciting. The garden has come together and looks
:43:06. > :43:13.fabulous. Thank you. Remind me what eat of the sculptures means. You
:43:14. > :43:18.look at it from two angles. First of all the UCB figurine of a man, and
:43:19. > :43:24.from 90 degrees it's an element. You might see the a wind turbine, and
:43:25. > :43:27.another sculpture is the clouds with rain coming down. Charlie has done
:43:28. > :43:33.amazing job and the public have really engaged with it. This vortex
:43:34. > :43:37.is a great centrepiece. I wasn't expecting it. It represents the
:43:38. > :43:45.amount of fossil fuels we use and how we are draining it out of the
:43:46. > :43:52.Earth. The planting is very dry. Some really interesting stuff
:43:53. > :43:56.though. This is drought tolerant, and it likes free draining soil. If
:43:57. > :44:01.we are in a drought moment, and then we go into heavy rain, how will
:44:02. > :44:08.plants survive? The orange one over there with the really nice foliage?
:44:09. > :44:12.It has been very popular, people have really enjoyed that. For the
:44:13. > :44:20.future we need to think about how we will plants the extreme of drought
:44:21. > :44:21.of or flooding. It is to provoke a reaction from visitors. We hope to
:44:22. > :44:27.see you again. The impact of a changing climate
:44:28. > :44:30.across the world is now firmly at the top of scientific,
:44:31. > :44:35.political and environmental agendas. I'm joined by Eleanor Webster
:44:36. > :44:40.from the RHS science team, who have been undertaking research
:44:41. > :44:56.as to how it will affect us I know you have a lot of work to do
:44:57. > :45:01.and you are publishing a report next year, but in terms of what you have
:45:02. > :45:06.learned, how should gardeners be reacting? One thing to take away,
:45:07. > :45:09.the extreme events we have experienced, a lot of rain and
:45:10. > :45:15.drought, that's going to affect gardening over the coming years.
:45:16. > :45:19.More floods, more wind and more drought? Yes, exactly. Should we be
:45:20. > :45:24.making long-term plans instead of just reacting? Gardeners can
:45:25. > :45:30.potentially do a lot to slow down the trends we are observing. Such
:45:31. > :45:35.as? The more we plant, the more carbon dioxide which is good -- the
:45:36. > :45:41.less carbon dioxide which is good for the atmosphere. I was brought up
:45:42. > :45:51.to think of double digging as a moral virtue, should we be doing
:45:52. > :45:55.that? Certainly it can disturb the soil. Mulch rather than digging.
:45:56. > :46:02.Yes, and it can keep the temperatures down, which will slow
:46:03. > :46:07.down the soil respiration. How influential in terms of affecting
:46:08. > :46:12.global climate change do you think gardeners can be? No single thing
:46:13. > :46:17.will reverse climate change. Small things can help to reverse it for
:46:18. > :46:26.future generations, so it's up to each person. However good our
:46:27. > :46:33.gardens and borders are looking right now, inevitably, there is a
:46:34. > :46:37.slump that happens round about the end of this month into August.
:46:38. > :46:45.Sometimes, things can deteriorate quite dramatically, however Toby has
:46:46. > :46:48.been looking for plants that will carry you through that and keep your
:46:49. > :47:02.board is looking fantastic through to the end of summer. -- borders.
:47:03. > :47:14.This is a beautiful border, it has a lovely femininity, some wild carrot
:47:15. > :47:20.and some summer Mane -- summer mainstays such as foxgloves. This is
:47:21. > :47:25.like a floral party. Sadly a party that is about to come to a very
:47:26. > :47:29.abrupt end. It is a natural consequence of these plants being
:47:30. > :47:34.tuned to the seasons. They grow in the spring when there is moisture in
:47:35. > :47:39.the soil, setting flowers when the sunshine is, the seeds then fall
:47:40. > :47:44.onto the soil just in time for the autumn rain. It means in terms of
:47:45. > :47:53.the party, they are waiting for the taxi home! One way to keep the
:47:54. > :47:58.colour and interest going right through summer is not to think about
:47:59. > :48:02.flowers at all, but foliage. I won't pretend this is easy to do because
:48:03. > :48:07.we are all beguiled by beautiful blooms, but if you think about the
:48:08. > :48:15.leaf shape, the texture, combining plants with interesting foliage like
:48:16. > :48:17.this Japanese battler fern, you can create a tapestry that looks good
:48:18. > :48:28.even when the blooms of high summer are over -- butler. But if it's
:48:29. > :48:32.colour you are after, there is a raft of plants that do really well
:48:33. > :48:38.in our gardens in the UK, coming from hotter climates. So for them,
:48:39. > :48:42.high summer, it is like that spring, so they have blooms to come until
:48:43. > :48:49.the end of autumn -- it is like their spring. These are from North
:48:50. > :48:53.American prairies, they are just getting going, they are used to
:48:54. > :49:03.extreme temperatures. Then the South Americans, the dahlias. Most of us
:49:04. > :49:07.grow this tall and wiry plants, but there is also this variety called
:49:08. > :49:11.Lollipop, growing to waist height, which is easier to live with. It is
:49:12. > :49:18.full of flour and it will be for months to come. -- flower.
:49:19. > :49:25.If you aren't in the market for new plants there is plenty you can do
:49:26. > :49:30.with your existing borders. Cottage garden classics like Camilla can be
:49:31. > :49:34.cut back to ground level without any harm, especially if you give them
:49:35. > :49:41.water. If you do that they may flour before the autumn. -- flower. A
:49:42. > :49:45.bucket every week is far better than a cupful every day because it soaks
:49:46. > :49:57.down to the roots and keeps the flower buds coming. After an
:49:58. > :50:02.eight-year absence, the water garden category is back. These gardens have
:50:03. > :50:04.water at their heart and I'm glad to say that I'm so pleased, I've really
:50:05. > :50:22.missed them. This is the Working Wetlands Garden
:50:23. > :50:25.and it is so relevant, today. The unpredictability of the weather and
:50:26. > :50:31.think how much rain we've had this year already. This garden could be
:50:32. > :50:34.the answer. It's all about catching all the water that lands on the
:50:35. > :50:40.footprints of your house and garden and trying to use it as a feature
:50:41. > :50:45.and also get it back to the water table. If you imagine this is the
:50:46. > :50:48.roof of the house, it is raining, the water comes through this feature
:50:49. > :50:54.and then it goes through the containers, and gravel in the
:50:55. > :51:00.plants, so it's getting filtered through. And then it goes over this
:51:01. > :51:04.bridge and it ends up in the pond. I like the way the pond is at the
:51:05. > :51:08.heart of the garden, it's the main feature rather than being on the
:51:09. > :51:14.edge. It's all about planting, don't have sterile edges because more
:51:15. > :51:21.plants will be a wildlife for -- a magnet for wildlife. You can plot it
:51:22. > :51:26.like a herbaceous border, things like this flowering rush, this
:51:27. > :51:30.delicate water plant and the architectural foliage of the
:51:31. > :51:38.Arrowhead. The planting here looks really lush and exotic too. What
:51:39. > :51:44.happens if your garden is full and it rains again? This is the bog
:51:45. > :51:48.garden, acting as a soap away and then the water will go back into the
:51:49. > :51:53.ground. These plants must be able to cope with wet conditions but drier
:51:54. > :52:01.conditions too, like this ragged robin, finely cut, and this purple
:52:02. > :52:04.flour also. What I love about the garden, it is self-contained and it
:52:05. > :52:12.can cope with anything the weather throws at it.
:52:13. > :52:21.I think it must be my age, but this garden really appeals to me. A
:52:22. > :52:27.traditional Scandinavian turf hut, only room for one, with a bench
:52:28. > :52:30.outside on the edge of a lake. This is a Scandinavian Garden and it
:52:31. > :52:39.connects you with the great outdoors. Is that a bite? This is
:52:40. > :52:45.what I would call a stage set garden, trying to capture a moment
:52:46. > :52:49.and recreating it. It isn't easy to do but they have done it very well.
:52:50. > :52:54.We have the planting, the wild look is tricky but it looks as if this
:52:55. > :53:01.has been here for ever. If you catch a fish, Cook it on the fire and you
:53:02. > :53:13.are surrounded by nature. I wish! LAUGHTER
:53:14. > :53:22.Water has been used in gardens the centuries and why? Because it is an
:53:23. > :53:28.element like no other, it brings movement, it brings the reflective
:53:29. > :53:37.quality. When it rains, the top dances, and it also brings a lovely,
:53:38. > :53:42.cooling presence. I've seen walls of water like this before and they've
:53:43. > :53:44.been completely silent. To me, that's a missed opportunity because
:53:45. > :53:50.the sound of water can be so fantastic. Get the sound right, like
:53:51. > :53:52.they have here, and it can be a wonderful, soothing quality to this
:53:53. > :54:08.space. The drought garden, designed by
:54:09. > :54:14.Steve Dimmock,, narrating the great drought we had in the summer of
:54:15. > :54:21.1976. --, narrating. I can remember it clearly, I was 21 and all summer
:54:22. > :54:27.long I was working outside in this blazing heat. I had a garden from
:54:28. > :54:32.spring to summer and by this time of year, the lawn was Brown, apart from
:54:33. > :54:36.a few plants, and this is what we can see here. Plants that have
:54:37. > :54:41.evolved and adapted to cope with searing heat and long periods of
:54:42. > :54:46.drought. They tend to be Mediterranean. The colour palette is
:54:47. > :54:56.very blue. You catch the you have things like rosemary, which
:54:57. > :55:03.can resist drought by being tied to not much surface area. And these
:55:04. > :55:06.plants which are furry and can hold water. And what's really interesting
:55:07. > :55:11.is that instead of beefing up the moisture content, sometimes you had
:55:12. > :55:15.to increase the drainage because the plants that could cope with drought
:55:16. > :55:28.had evolved in areas of poor soil, and very fast drainage.
:55:29. > :55:36.I can remember the drought of 76 very well, the grass was dried to a
:55:37. > :55:39.crisp. It's easy to forget in the middle of summer that many of the
:55:40. > :55:43.plants we love growing in our gardens need a bit of extra care and
:55:44. > :55:52.understanding to get them through a British winter.
:55:53. > :55:57.These are classic drought tolerant plants, I love seeing them grow like
:55:58. > :56:01.this on their own, when you can appreciate the architectural shape,
:56:02. > :56:06.but lovely to mix them with something colourful, some flowers
:56:07. > :56:10.that aren't hardy, so they need protection over the winter. Ideally
:56:11. > :56:15.you put them somewhere that is frost free, but not heated, like a cold
:56:16. > :56:19.greenhouse. If you want to bring them into the house, make sure that
:56:20. > :56:25.you give them a little bit of water through the winter and put them
:56:26. > :56:29.somewhere light. There's nothing quite like the array of colour that
:56:30. > :56:36.you get from these, they are fabulous. Bold beacon, shining away.
:56:37. > :56:40.Important to be aware that they are susceptible to frost, so before the
:56:41. > :56:43.temperatures really drop, you must bring them somewhere with
:56:44. > :56:49.protection, meaning somewhere fairly bright, but frost free. And minimise
:56:50. > :56:50.the watering through the winter and just let them sit there and bide
:56:51. > :57:05.their time. And don't let concerns about low
:57:06. > :57:10.temperatures or winter wet limit the plants you grow in your garden. A
:57:11. > :57:20.bit of extra care and attention and you can have displays like this
:57:21. > :57:25.through the summer. Monty and I are in this lymphoedema garden. Cut
:57:26. > :57:30.flower garden, packed with old favourites like the chocolate
:57:31. > :57:38.cosmos. One of my favourites, this one at the back, very easy to grow,
:57:39. > :57:42.but it is another of these gardens that is heavily sponsored, with a
:57:43. > :57:48.very worthy cause and a trend you are seeing not just at Hampton
:57:49. > :57:53.Court, the weight of sponsorship from corporate sponsors is starting
:57:54. > :57:57.to press down on the gardens. I agree, as a designer it is important
:57:58. > :58:02.to focus but when the message takes over, that every plant must have a
:58:03. > :58:07.meaning, the journey through has to be a journey through life, it
:58:08. > :58:11.doesn't help the garden, ultimately. Certain plants and colours and you
:58:12. > :58:17.think, what is that colour doing there, and it turns out to be the
:58:18. > :58:22.colour of the charity. Yes, branding. The bowel cancer garden,
:58:23. > :58:26.it is somebody suffering with that disease but it is ultimately about
:58:27. > :58:34.the plants that can be grown. I think that gardens that are done
:58:35. > :58:38.well must be the best advert for any sponsor. Absolutely, tomorrow we
:58:39. > :58:46.will look at a garden that does it pretty well too and some that have
:58:47. > :58:50.been dwarfed. That's it for tonight, join us tomorrow. Goodbye.