:00:21. > :00:26.and there have been more than a few surprises but we have reached the
:00:26. > :00:29.floor finale. Did cry just yet, because tonight we have boarded you
:00:29. > :00:34.a Saturday night takeaway to satisfy even the largest of
:00:34. > :00:38.appetite. We have put together a veritable buffet of highlights so
:00:38. > :00:43.you can sprinkle some Chelsea magic over your garden this opposite back,
:00:43. > :00:50.put your feet up and tuck into hour flower-filled feast. Recipe for
:00:50. > :00:55.success, we break down the ingredients of your soil. He few
:00:55. > :01:01.have a sandy soil it will allow you to grow some of these great bulbs
:01:01. > :01:11.because the winter what will not cause them to rot. We look back at
:01:11. > :01:12.
:01:12. > :01:22.the gardens that one gold. We will be in the thick of the action as
:01:22. > :01:29.
:01:29. > :01:33.the great plant sell-off begins. Flower Show. Supported by M&G
:01:33. > :01:37.Investments. It has been a momentous week, showcasing 16 large
:01:37. > :01:43.gardens, 17 small gardens and a Great Pavilion packed with some of
:01:43. > :01:48.the finest things from across the globe. Easy to be intimidated. I
:01:48. > :01:52.cannot possibly take it all in all achieve anything like this at home.
:01:52. > :01:56.I remembered the first time I came you felt you wanted to war three
:01:56. > :02:01.days to walk around. You get into the mike and set of in the Great
:02:01. > :02:05.Pavilion looking at individual blooms and flowers but step outside
:02:05. > :02:08.into the show garden and you're looking at the complexity of how
:02:08. > :02:15.are you assemble his pieces. It is a case of being quite disciplined
:02:15. > :02:21.when you walk round. It happens to us as well, not just
:02:21. > :02:25.in experienced people. It is all coming at you. Remember one or two
:02:25. > :02:30.combinations you really like. And take the show for what it is, a
:02:30. > :02:35.festival, a feast of beauty, and a celebration of everything about
:02:35. > :02:39.gardening. There is a huge diversity in terms
:02:39. > :02:43.of design style. Look at the variation in Renaissance and
:02:43. > :02:47.classically informed gardens from the more contemporary styles, to
:02:47. > :02:51.the more traditional. It is a really great way of learning a
:02:51. > :02:56.little bit about garden history, enabling yourself, and moving
:02:56. > :03:02.forward, taking ideas home. I and remembering it is up to you
:03:02. > :03:06.what you have in your garden. There is no, this is what you must have
:03:06. > :03:15.commit you do what you want. It is about personal taste.
:03:16. > :03:21.Ignore the experts. The sea air we showcased gardens
:03:21. > :03:25.that read like a horticultural who's who. For one man it was time
:03:25. > :03:31.to swap the chalk for a walk over to the main avenue. I have been
:03:31. > :03:36.nagging just twist for you to have a go of -- Joe Swift. I caught up
:03:36. > :03:42.with him on Sunday hours before the show it to get a sneaky preview and
:03:43. > :03:52.cheer him on. What do you think? is all right if you like that sort
:03:53. > :03:53.
:03:53. > :03:58.of thing. Do you know how much work goes into this? I will look at
:03:58. > :04:03.these in a whole new light. 21 days I have been here, since the 1st May,
:04:03. > :04:08.every day. It has been amazing. Private Eye it always used to use
:04:08. > :04:12.that line, tired and emotional. You have become more tired and
:04:12. > :04:18.emotional doing this above everything else, apart from getting
:04:18. > :04:21.married. It feels like my baby, designing it, being here, every
:04:21. > :04:26.little stone and plant. Are you happy with the way it has
:04:26. > :04:31.come together? I am delighted with the whole thing.
:04:31. > :04:37.This tree is coming into leaf a little bit too slow. The cold
:04:37. > :04:42.nights slowed it down a bit. I am delighted, my biggest worry was I
:04:42. > :04:49.was going to turn round at the end of the process and not like it. But
:04:49. > :04:58.I love that. I am really pleased. Big teamwork, the landscape has,
:04:58. > :05:03.Rosanna, an amazing eye for detail. It is turning into an Oscar speech.
:05:04. > :05:10.A massive team behind it. Are you going to get a gold?
:05:10. > :05:17.I cannot see it objectively any more. People like it, I love it. It
:05:17. > :05:25.would be lovely. Of course it would. It sees a change, a lot of purple
:05:25. > :05:31.and pink, it is fiery. Wonderful irises down there, the purple,
:05:31. > :05:35.Brown. That has never been in Chelsea
:05:35. > :05:40.before. The warm pay and I was looking for. I have seen a lot of
:05:40. > :05:43.purple and pink and wanted to try and warm the garden up, so even on
:05:43. > :05:50.a grey, rainy, Chelsea day it feels warm.
:05:50. > :05:54.It is reflected in the sea do you have used for these arches.
:05:54. > :05:59.The lovely structures. They said the whole tone.
:05:59. > :06:04.You a piece, just down to the judges. We do you think, honestly?
:06:04. > :06:08.Have got to be honest, I think it is brilliant and I am ever so proud
:06:08. > :06:16.of you. On Tuesday he did wake up to the
:06:16. > :06:21.news he won his very first Chelsea gold and it was a magic moment.
:06:21. > :06:24.I'm really impressed. It is no mean feat to come and after having
:06:24. > :06:28.observed for so long, to them to come in. The pressure mounts
:06:28. > :06:31.because the expectation is you're going to do very well and he has
:06:31. > :06:35.come in with something very original. Not just mimicking the
:06:35. > :06:40.trend. A very strong piece of work, great colours, very strong
:06:40. > :06:45.architecture. And Adam Frost really impressed me.
:06:45. > :06:55.He was so thrilled, I don't think he expected to get a gold. It is
:06:55. > :06:57.
:06:57. > :07:04.based on the works of John Clare. That Ali, the shady area -- that
:07:04. > :07:13.Ali way. The standard was exceptionally high. Nine out of the
:07:13. > :07:16.16 gardens winning a gold medal. And the The Laurent-Perrier
:07:16. > :07:21.Bicentenary Garden, it was a real garden, you felt it would go on for
:07:21. > :07:25.a month. The copper beech, just wonderful. To was the end of the
:07:25. > :07:31.week it really came into its own. - - towards.
:07:31. > :07:39.I'm want to go home and make some of those Hazel domes. Lovely,
:07:39. > :07:43.particularly in a small garden, good way of containing shrubs.
:07:43. > :07:47.has everything you wish about it that you wish of the garden, a
:07:47. > :07:52.wonderful architecture but doesn't dominate. The planting is
:07:52. > :07:55.beautifully soft, it draws you in. Very complex planting. If you stand
:07:55. > :08:00.and look at it it is like a tapestry revealing the details. It
:08:00. > :08:03.keeps delivering as you enter. Having the bravery to leave that
:08:03. > :08:07.big open space in the middle. But is a really brave thing for
:08:07. > :08:10.somebody to do that works so perfectly.
:08:10. > :08:19.For it would have been a bit difficult for Andy if he had not
:08:19. > :08:23.got called. Nice they got gold. Using that trick of dropping down
:08:23. > :08:27.through the levels, it changes our perception of the garden, a simple
:08:27. > :08:33.trick to play but it works every time.
:08:33. > :08:37.And he got Best in Show. All the exhibitors had an excruciating wait
:08:37. > :08:42.until Tuesday morning to find out whether they had won a medal and
:08:42. > :08:48.most importantly what colour it was. Nicki Chapman rose with the sun as
:08:48. > :08:53.she always does and with results for Beckham reduce grown men and
:08:53. > :09:03.women to tears. We are waiting for the ladies to
:09:03. > :09:18.
:09:18. > :09:28.arrive because it is about the much Just give me it, please.
:09:28. > :09:51.
:09:51. > :10:00.Congratulations, it is gold. Gold all the cases. Had you feel? Elated.
:10:00. > :10:10.We are just heading for the artisan gardens now. How do you feel?
:10:10. > :10:26.
:10:26. > :10:31.morning's work, tremendous. He was so pleased, such a lovely
:10:31. > :10:35.gentle man. He was over the main, last year he just missed out on a
:10:35. > :10:39.gold and was so disappointed. Fantastic to have him back.
:10:39. > :10:43.The best job in the world if you are handing out gold medals. The
:10:43. > :10:46.worst job if they are not gold. do not know until they are
:10:46. > :10:53.presented by the ladies. The boys, quite a few have you got very
:10:53. > :10:57.emotional. You just like making the boys cry. The suspense. Then you
:10:57. > :11:02.get people like Tom and the gentleman on the artisan gardens,
:11:02. > :11:07.that was so disappointed on missing out on the much coveted gold medal.
:11:07. > :11:12.The only gold in the category, this was the chance to push things out,
:11:12. > :11:16.do gardens that were way off beat and strange things, there was only
:11:16. > :11:21.one gold in it, and some of the gardens you may regard as being
:11:21. > :11:27.left the field in the show gardens, not many gold medals there. Are the
:11:27. > :11:31.RHS ready for this fresh look? An interesting point. You have to
:11:31. > :11:35.move forwards. Conceptually -- conceptually the idea is brilliant.
:11:35. > :11:39.You need to remember where you're coming from in the words -- world
:11:39. > :11:44.of garden design and horticulture. It is great Chelsea allows
:11:44. > :11:49.ourselves to have damage breath. We should embrace it, without being
:11:49. > :11:53.either incredibly contemporary or retrospective. I would like to see
:11:53. > :11:58.broadening of those that take part, not just garden designers, or it
:11:58. > :12:02.can become a little bit more incestuous, I would like to see
:12:02. > :12:10.artists, architects, sculptors, all the creative art.
:12:10. > :12:14.What I would Alf really like to have seen was one garden designer.
:12:14. > :12:20.We had all the arts, Mary Berry went as a cook, not one garden
:12:20. > :12:27.designer. This is art, if we haven't proved that, that is it. It
:12:27. > :12:32.is time the powers that be to garden design as an art you have
:12:32. > :12:35.got some very nice plants. They really caught my eye this year.
:12:35. > :12:42.They were not here at Chelsea you last year because of the very hot
:12:42. > :12:50.spring. This year they have loved the bad weather and they got a cold.
:12:50. > :12:55.So beautiful. -- they got a gold medal. My favourites.
:12:55. > :12:59.In the end Chelsea is just smoke and mirrors. An elaborate show,
:12:59. > :13:03.fleeting temporary perfection, smack bang in the middle of London.
:13:03. > :13:10.A total contrast to gardens that exist in the real-world were plants
:13:10. > :13:13.grow and evolve. This pyramids will be dismantled by Wednesday. But
:13:13. > :13:18.which plants should you choose, of all the ones we have looked at,
:13:18. > :13:22.there are so many? It actually it all depends on the soil. Andy
:13:22. > :13:32.Sturgeon ventured into the Great Pavilion to explain why it is all
:13:32. > :13:41.
:13:41. > :13:47.looking at some of these plants I wish I had it. This is one of my
:13:47. > :13:54.favourites. It has got wonderful foliage. At this time of year in
:13:54. > :13:59.spring you can have carpets of it in a great clay soil. And this
:13:59. > :14:03.likes damp things, the damper end of clay. They all look superb
:14:03. > :14:07.together and it is about the combination. You can have all this
:14:07. > :14:11.froth and fluff but you need something to anchor it. This is a
:14:11. > :14:15.plant that would do that. Each plant like this would but
:14:15. > :14:25.punctuation into the planting. The leaves are this wonderful bronze E.
:14:25. > :14:32.
:14:32. > :14:36.Coli when they come out and fade because it is free-draining, you
:14:36. > :14:39.can grow some of these great bulbs because the winter wet will not
:14:39. > :14:43.cause them to rot. If you have grown tulips you will know some of
:14:43. > :14:47.them will last for ever, pop-up year after year, but others will
:14:47. > :14:52.slowly fade away and you have to keep the planting bulbs every two
:14:52. > :14:57.or three years. That is certainly what I find, it is such a great
:14:57. > :15:01.colour, and it has got an amazing said. As the tulips fade away the
:15:01. > :15:05.alliums pop up to take over the show. Some of these wonderful
:15:05. > :15:08.globes like this white one here. They really are spectacular and
:15:08. > :15:18.they will really thank you for giving them a well-drained sandy
:15:18. > :15:24.
:15:24. > :15:29.you can grow and this is one of them: The flush of weight. It
:15:29. > :15:36.flowers for ages. The flower was open at the bottom and die and then
:15:36. > :15:42.the ones at the top open, so it goes on for ages and ages, and it
:15:42. > :15:49.also sells seeds, which means you get plants for free, sometimes more
:15:49. > :15:57.than you want. There is a purple version as well. It looks great
:15:57. > :16:02.alongside this gigantic plant, with yellow flowers. This is something
:16:02. > :16:08.Ready special. It is good to have something special in your garden
:16:08. > :16:16.and this is from Spain. It really loves growing in chalky soil and
:16:16. > :16:22.that is a bonus. How about this? Ladybird! It is pretty easy to see
:16:22. > :16:27.why it have got that name. It is a form of our native poppy. Once you
:16:27. > :16:31.have got it, you have got it forever. It will only germinate if
:16:31. > :16:36.you disturb the ground and then it will pop up all over the place,
:16:36. > :16:43.wonderful. No matter what soil you have got, you can always turn it
:16:43. > :16:47.into an asset. You may have lime free soil which means you can grow
:16:47. > :16:52.acid loving plants like azaleas and rhododendrons, that have not made
:16:52. > :16:56.an appearance at Chelsea in bulk for 15 years, but this year that
:16:56. > :17:01.changed. Chris brought them back. You were worried people would think
:17:02. > :17:07.they were retro. I was worried they would not perform because they are
:17:07. > :17:13.so fickle. There is little you can do to make them flower well. And
:17:13. > :17:18.they are so wildly out of fashion. I have not seen them here for a
:17:18. > :17:25.long time. How will people react? They have an awful reputation among
:17:25. > :17:29.some gardeners. Were you genuinely surprised? We were stunned. We knew
:17:29. > :17:32.the garden was beautiful and that it reflected not only the Furzey
:17:32. > :17:37.garden but the ethos of the work that takes place with the adult
:17:37. > :17:41.learners, but whether the judges and the public would respond to it.
:17:41. > :17:46.It was just staggering. reaction from the people who worked
:17:46. > :17:52.on it has been astonishing from Furzey. It has obviously changed
:17:52. > :17:59.their lives for the better. Yes, it is a group of people who are
:17:59. > :18:02.sidelined for many, and to allow them to come into this wonderful
:18:02. > :18:07.place of excitement and theatre at Chelsea and to perform at the
:18:07. > :18:11.highest level and create a piece of their home so that other people can
:18:11. > :18:16.appreciate what they live with and how they enjoy their space at
:18:16. > :18:22.Furzey was extraordinary. It really does change lives. Have we had
:18:22. > :18:32.enough of this sort of floaty planting? We used to plant in
:18:32. > :18:36.drifts of plants, fives, sevens and 11s. We now have a mixture and it
:18:36. > :18:41.seems to me this year it was, we are still doing that, do we need to
:18:41. > :18:46.move on? There is nothing wrong with tapestry planting, which
:18:46. > :18:50.encompasses everything you have described, but what I want his real
:18:50. > :18:55.gardens and real combinations, so we use the theatre and get back to
:18:55. > :19:01.how people can garden. You have revealed to Rachel a side of
:19:01. > :19:06.yourself that we did not know about. There are some hidden gems. There
:19:06. > :19:11.is a few things. The students have been involved in creating stained-
:19:11. > :19:21.glass leaves hanging from the reef but I suspect you are speaking more
:19:21. > :19:21.
:19:21. > :19:25.about this varies from Furzey! -- the ferries. They hitched a ride.
:19:25. > :19:30.You can see them there. The children run through the woods and
:19:30. > :19:38.shriek with joy and leave little gifts. I'm never thought I would
:19:38. > :19:45.hear the day it! I am a believer! can't think why she was surprised.
:19:45. > :19:49.Who else least the money under your pillow? -- leaves? The great thing
:19:49. > :19:52.about having a passion for gardening, apart from it making you
:19:52. > :19:59.bonkers, he is the positive benefits on your health and well-
:19:59. > :20:04.being so it does not matter if it is a, an azalea or zantadetia That
:20:04. > :20:14.rocks your world, as long as you have chosen a specimen that fills
:20:14. > :20:21.
:20:21. > :20:27.you with joy. There are many plants through our senses. They determine
:20:27. > :20:32.the way we feel from moment to moment and how could you feel
:20:32. > :20:42.anything but choisyas surrounded by this kaleidoscopic display? -- but
:20:42. > :20:44.
:20:44. > :20:50.scintillating colour but it is for this sense that they are especially
:20:50. > :20:56.valued. The great thing about growing hyacinths is that you do
:20:56. > :20:59.not even meet a garden. You can grow them in containers -- you do
:20:59. > :21:09.not even meet the garden. You can enjoy the perfume from wherever you
:21:09. > :21:15.
:21:15. > :21:25.are in the house, and you do not soil but what they meet is the
:21:25. > :21:31.finis soil because that is what brings up the wonderful aroma --
:21:31. > :21:37.need the thinnest soil. The majority of the herbs are grown for
:21:37. > :21:42.the way this intellect our taste. This lemon herbal flavour your ice-
:21:42. > :21:52.cream perfectly. It is not just believes that we eat. Quite a lot
:21:52. > :21:57.
:21:57. > :22:03.of flowers are edible, too. That garden centre and asking for a
:22:03. > :22:12.plant you can touch. And yet so many plants have this wonderful,
:22:12. > :22:16.tactile quality. Look at this. In fact, don't look at it, feel it. It
:22:16. > :22:22.is soft and fluffy. It is almost like having a pet animal beside
:22:22. > :22:29.you! All of these plants around me have got such text you. Like this
:22:29. > :22:39.prickly rosemary. You are surrounded by it all this wonderful
:22:39. > :22:44.sensations. It is delightful. -- surrounded by all these wonderful
:22:44. > :22:49.sensations. This garden is a feast for all the senses, including the
:22:49. > :22:55.found, as the breeze wafts gently through the leaves of the flower
:22:55. > :23:00.was below. Whether you have got a window box or a plot outside, being
:23:00. > :23:10.aware of just how plants stimulate your senses brings garden into a
:23:10. > :23:19.
:23:19. > :23:25.a new level this week is the winner of the RHS Plant of the Year. The
:23:25. > :23:31.panel of judges choose just one plant out of the thousands of delay,
:23:31. > :23:35.and this year's winner was a lovely foxtrot. The fact that it is
:23:35. > :23:39.perennial is really exciting because fox gloves can be a bit
:23:39. > :23:43.fickle in the garden. This will halt to its own in a herbaceous
:23:43. > :23:48.border in the woodland. It is already starting to flag in the
:23:48. > :23:53.heat! But the colour gets more intense with age, which is really
:23:53. > :23:58.wonderful. It is quite a strange colour. It is not to pink and not
:23:58. > :24:04.too difficult to combine. I think there will be a really good colour
:24:04. > :24:09.combination next year. We were awash with awards, as the president
:24:09. > :24:13.of the RHS, Elizabeth Banks, chose her favourite exhibit. Her
:24:13. > :24:19.President's Award can be given to any exhibitor and she chose a
:24:19. > :24:22.garden that was unfathomable and impenetrable. The Quiet Time DMZ
:24:22. > :24:27.Forbibidden commemorates the 60th anniversary of the end of the
:24:27. > :24:35.Korean conflict. James Wong went to take a look at the no man's land
:24:36. > :24:40.that nature refuses to obey. Inspired by the. Border between
:24:40. > :24:44.North and South Korea, you might imagine a garden like this to be
:24:44. > :24:54.start and oppressive, but it is beautiful and probably one of the
:24:54. > :24:58.
:24:58. > :25:04.most original gardens I have seen detail. There are discarded bullet
:25:04. > :25:11.cases, uniform buttons and the barbed wire is mirrored through
:25:11. > :25:16.trailing vines. The colour scheme is a study in the calming effects
:25:16. > :25:23.of the colour green. It has hints of colour here and there to add
:25:23. > :25:27.depth. What this garden does so incredibly well is it almost
:25:27. > :25:32.forensic level of detail with the planting. It is so naturalistic,
:25:32. > :25:39.you feel you have been pasted and dropped into the Korean countryside.
:25:39. > :25:44.Things like that flowering cherry. Any other garden would have that
:25:44. > :25:49.Cherie perfect and fuller flower was but here, it is natural and
:25:49. > :25:54.fits perfectly well with the theme -- would have the cherry tree
:25:54. > :25:58.perfect with full flowers. I know one of the hardest things to do at
:25:58. > :26:08.Chelsea is to create a genuine sense of atmosphere, and this
:26:08. > :26:10.
:26:10. > :26:15.garden has got it in bucketloads. Equally tranquil and poignant.
:26:15. > :26:23.A table for two. Stephanie Cole shares a passion for gardening.
:26:23. > :26:29.That is what I love about Chelsea, is this wonderful smelt! Diarmuid
:26:29. > :26:35.Gavin invites me to savour the seven courses of his 80 foot
:26:35. > :26:40.masterpiece. We are about to go to the Fifth Floor. And we've joined
:26:40. > :26:47.the buying frenzy, as the bell signals the great Chelsea this
:26:48. > :26:53.sell-offs. -- Chelsea sell-offs. You discover the most unlikely
:26:53. > :26:59.people interested in gardening. Bruce Force wife was here with his
:26:59. > :27:05.wife -- Bruce Forsyth. I thought the only digging he did was at
:27:05. > :27:13.Wentworth! There were others who you associate more with gardening,
:27:13. > :27:17.like Cliff Richard. My mum will be thrilled. Goldie! You would have
:27:17. > :27:22.thought he would be so interested and passionate about gardening,
:27:22. > :27:26.bringing a new audience into this subject that we love? I was able to
:27:26. > :27:32.teach Goldie a bit about gardening, and he taught me this hands signal,
:27:32. > :27:36.but I don't know what it means! Is it anything to do with Star Trek?
:27:36. > :27:41.Fascinating looking at other people's gardens because we are
:27:41. > :27:46.diverse. Whether you prefer your garden clipped or wild, there is no
:27:46. > :27:51.right and wrong. As long as you get pleasure from it. On Tuesday,
:27:51. > :27:57.Stephanie Cole came to Chelsea to pick some horticultural brains to
:27:57. > :28:04.solve some of the problems in her own garden. That is what I love
:28:04. > :28:14.about Chelsea, the wonderful smell! I can see exactly why are the glory
:28:14. > :28:23.of all of those roses... Aren't they beautiful! The deep red and
:28:23. > :28:27.the colour white. Now... That is just what I am
:28:27. > :28:37.looking for. They look as if they have just arrived there by pure
:28:37. > :28:37.
:28:38. > :28:45.chance. For one of my rather difficult places in my garden.
:28:45. > :28:52.Now, this is where I need to be. Pond. The great problem area in my
:28:52. > :28:58.garden. I will ask Linda to guide me. Something like the zebra grass.
:28:58. > :29:05.Nice and bright. And then to complement that, perhaps this one.
:29:05. > :29:10.It has got to that spoke arrangement, which gives you that
:29:10. > :29:17.strong shape. And this one, something a little and detailed
:29:17. > :29:24.that will give you a little interest. -- something a little.
:29:24. > :29:31.Now, this is my sort of garden. It is kind of organic and the look
:29:31. > :29:36.here! I can actually sit down, Heaven on wheels. Seriously, this
:29:36. > :29:40.is the most beautiful garden. I grew that in my garden for a few
:29:40. > :29:46.years and it suddenly disappeared and I do not know why. It is
:29:46. > :29:50.breathtakingly beautiful and very moving actually. I just think this
:29:51. > :29:56.is the most beautiful garden and it's so deserves its prize. It
:29:56. > :30:06.really does. I love the guy who created it and I am going to meet
:30:06. > :30:12.
:30:12. > :30:22.garden? I'm pretty pushed for time at the moment. I have had the most
:30:22. > :30:25.
:30:25. > :30:30.wonderful day here. I have learnt a have to be broken off to work. She
:30:30. > :30:36.is a lovely lady. If you watch or come to Chelsea for inspiration
:30:36. > :30:40.after 11 hours coverage I hope you are brimming with ideas. If you are
:30:40. > :30:49.still stuck you will not go wrong with and called favourite. A plant
:30:49. > :30:59.that can always add a splash of colour, they will always going down
:30:59. > :31:06.
:31:06. > :31:10.British side keep and use either of the steamed over the Mediterranean.
:31:10. > :31:20.-- festooned. Most people only grow one or two. There are hundreds of
:31:20. > :31:26.
:31:26. > :31:33.that will get wiped out by the first frost. We have got several
:31:33. > :31:38.groups. The recalls, the scented, the very beautiful I'd be leaf, or
:31:38. > :31:48.making fantastic plants for general garden use. Cascading over walls,
:31:48. > :31:59.
:31:59. > :32:04.beautiful, easy to grow plants. pelargoniums, the royalty,
:32:04. > :32:14.considered big, beautiful plants, excellent as a house plants and
:32:14. > :32:21.
:32:21. > :32:28.beautiful in a container on the their aromatic leaves, things like
:32:29. > :32:33.Lady Plymouth, mint. For that romantic evening. Lemon-scented
:32:33. > :32:39.ones, plant them where you can brush by them to release that a
:32:39. > :32:49.Rover. Otherwise it there -- otherwise they sit there looking
:32:49. > :32:49.
:32:49. > :32:56.pretty but do not smile. -- smell. The ivy leaved pelargoniums, have
:32:56. > :33:03.them cascading over hanging baskets. Keep them regularly dead-head eat
:33:03. > :33:09.and fed soap they will stay in flower for ages. For those of you
:33:09. > :33:14.who don't want to the contemporary and traditional go for the
:33:14. > :33:20.razzmatazz. Modern, vigorous and very spiky. For those that want a
:33:20. > :33:30.bit of subtlety and calm, and the plants that set my heart of fire,
:33:30. > :33:32.
:33:32. > :33:37.love growing them, but also fruit and veg. The grow your own movement
:33:37. > :33:42.is still alive and well at Chelsea. He is also the key ways in which
:33:42. > :33:47.most young children get involved in gardening. The poll of cress, it is
:33:47. > :33:55.how I got started. 4th birthday present, cress seed, watering can,
:33:55. > :33:59.away you go. I have ruined many a flower with cress. It is vital we
:33:59. > :34:05.get children interested. If you lead them to it they will run with
:34:05. > :34:09.it. You don't have to make them garden, just lead them out there.
:34:09. > :34:13.We're not expecting every child that grows cress to be a gardener,
:34:13. > :34:17.it is about a weakening their senses, encouraging them to think
:34:17. > :34:22.about the external environment in a different way and what area of the
:34:22. > :34:26.syllabus cannot be taught out in the garden, and that is the key.
:34:26. > :34:34.I would to a wonderful community college last week which has got it
:34:34. > :34:41.a little farm, cattle, sheep, thick -- pigs, garden, they'll weaned
:34:41. > :34:47.lambs and doing their maths lesson, working around them. -- they are
:34:47. > :34:53.weighing the Lambs. With all the fruit and veg growing around the
:34:53. > :34:59.ground plenty were falling under the grow Euro and spell. Picking
:34:59. > :35:09.your dibber from your own back garden is only does of the
:35:09. > :35:13.
:35:13. > :35:19.lot more exciting this year at Chelsea because there are some
:35:19. > :35:24.truly bizarre and interesting edibles like this one. You can eat
:35:24. > :35:28.the bulb, it rested, much like he would a potato, full of starch. --
:35:28. > :35:32.roast it. It is an extravagant plant because it will be more
:35:32. > :35:39.expensive than a potato, but so pretty and if you have a container,
:35:39. > :35:44.somewhere sunny, it is worth a try. Unusual Ed Balls can be difficult
:35:44. > :35:52.to identify. If you don't know what it is please do not eat it --
:35:52. > :36:00.edibles. This is a quirky one, the world's only a double or lupin. The
:36:00. > :36:04.seeds are rich in protein. It comes from Bolivia. It has extraordinary
:36:04. > :36:08.length it and got bigger deep process to take it from something
:36:08. > :36:11.that is very poisonous to something that is edible. Although it is
:36:11. > :36:20.pretty and I would love to have a go at think I will stick with
:36:20. > :36:25.something you can eat immediately. This is a farm and -- far more
:36:25. > :36:28.commonplace been, a broad bean, but elevated from at ordinary position
:36:28. > :36:33.with these beautiful crimson flowers. If your broad beans have
:36:33. > :36:37.got this tall it is time to pinch out the tips, and you take that top
:36:37. > :36:42.it off to discourage the black flowers. Don't waste it because it
:36:42. > :36:50.tastes delicious. And mild broad been played there. You steam it
:36:50. > :36:57.with a bit of butter. You may not get what this is, it is actually a
:36:57. > :37:00.King -- a cucumber although it is actually called a lemon. It is a
:37:00. > :37:08.heritage variety. It tastes like an ordinary cucumber but looks rather
:37:08. > :37:13.bizarre. Cucumbers often get quite a bad rap. They are easy to grow,
:37:13. > :37:17.they are suited to our climate. The plant doesn't want to sit in wet
:37:17. > :37:22.ground, eight wet feet, so as long as you did over water it you will
:37:22. > :37:25.get lots of these. -- it hates wet feet. You could either way back and
:37:25. > :37:29.forth across this garden because there is just so much to choose
:37:29. > :37:33.from. Really interesting things is the way they are growing their
:37:33. > :37:37.vegetables. These beans are being grown up a shepherd's crook and the
:37:37. > :37:47.beetroot being grown in an old chest is just perfect for this
:37:47. > :37:51.little garden. This year's Chelsea hasn't just been about unusual Ed
:37:51. > :37:56.Balls. It has also been about showing you how to grow vegetables,
:37:56. > :37:59.wherever you are, even if it is four floors up on the pyramids is
:37:59. > :38:03.showing you can grow your five a day wherever you are.
:38:03. > :38:13.The was a new man on the block in the Great Pavilion this year, Paul
:38:13. > :38:14.
:38:14. > :38:22.bonnie exhibited his exotic fruit and veg. He will be back next year.
:38:22. > :38:26.This tutor rhubarb to on two feet. -- huge rebuff. You cannot fail to
:38:26. > :38:33.miss the 80 ft pyramid with seven floors to explore, and it dominates
:38:33. > :38:39.the show. Designed by Dimmock Gavin, a one -- a man who likes to cause a
:38:39. > :38:44.stir. -- don't let. Alliums and hostas, silver birches and
:38:44. > :38:50.rhododendrons, his wing and scaffolding. It is gardening,
:38:50. > :38:55.Scotty, but not as we know that. It has had Chelsea pensioners on the
:38:55. > :39:03.outside and ladies shrieking as they come down that steel sheet to
:39:03. > :39:10.escape. It is the magic pyramid. Enough of this, what is it all
:39:10. > :39:14.about? Is it a serious point? Exploring the notion of a multi-
:39:14. > :39:21.storey garden in an urban society. People live in cities like London,
:39:21. > :39:29.not a lot of green space so an experiment in gardening. He reckons
:39:29. > :39:35.this could work on a tower block? It could be permanent in the plaza.
:39:35. > :39:40.We have created from the 16 by 60 meter bays 576 metres of gardens
:39:40. > :39:46.based so if there is enough light coming in, I do see why not. Let's
:39:46. > :39:51.go and have a look. This is fabulous. Past the shed.
:39:51. > :39:57.practical garden shed. Lots of sheds, or water butt, we want to
:39:57. > :40:00.show a sustainable garden. This is the communal terrace, the meet and
:40:00. > :40:10.greet area where everybody will come together. There are seven
:40:10. > :40:17.
:40:17. > :40:23.allowed in? You are an ordinary member. Oriental style pavilion,
:40:23. > :40:32.half Irish. We have this circular opening leading into the secret
:40:32. > :40:42.garden. It is magical. You just disappear from one area. He keeps
:40:42. > :40:43.
:40:43. > :40:48.you moving. I love this tree top bamboo walk. The black ones start
:40:48. > :40:58.from here. You walk past this shady plant and then some rhododendrons.
:40:58. > :41:01.
:41:01. > :41:04.Walk up around the pink shed. the shed collect water, uses the
:41:04. > :41:14.Wash machine, you do your washing as your gardening and handed out to
:41:14. > :41:17.
:41:17. > :41:21.dry. A good dying day. -- drying day. Elevated on the 4th floor.
:41:21. > :41:27.Rosemary, thyme. Good light levels up here. The Victorian-style
:41:27. > :41:33.greenhouse. These old industrial containers used to plant our fruit
:41:34. > :41:43.and veg. We shall level are you now? We are on Level 4, we are
:41:44. > :41:51.
:41:51. > :41:55.going to five, men's hosiery. your body up here. -- codes. This
:41:55. > :42:01.is a shell and a bath. Water is collected and fed to the barrel
:42:01. > :42:08.down below and used for the fruit and vegetables. I reckon I could
:42:08. > :42:17.just stay here. Are we still going up? There are two more levels.
:42:17. > :42:20.Great vantage point. From here I can see what you have for breakfast.
:42:20. > :42:30.From here a lot of people would see their own breakfast. Getting very
:42:30. > :42:33.
:42:33. > :42:38.high. Rather fitting that on top of the pyramids is this birch. It is a
:42:38. > :42:44.heritage, has fantastic bark. We wanted to cram it with the plant
:42:44. > :42:47.and it is in a bed of Mediterranean plants. There is full sun so it
:42:47. > :42:52.will enjoy it here. There's could not be a better day to see this.
:42:52. > :42:57.Absolutely wonderful, the London skyline, the bridge is there,
:42:57. > :43:02.Battersea Power Station. Well done, lovely job, can get traditions. --
:43:02. > :43:06.congratulations. He didn't get a gold medal but one most creative in
:43:06. > :43:09.show, I don't think anybody would argue with that.
:43:09. > :43:13.He may be looks a little out of place that when you put it in the
:43:13. > :43:17.context of contemporary architecture, urban planning, it is
:43:17. > :43:22.bang on the mark. Architects and planners are looking at the best
:43:22. > :43:26.way of using the decreasing amount of space we have got in our cities.
:43:26. > :43:31.Actually, green blocks of flats, clothing buildings in green
:43:31. > :43:35.material, using them as green farms, that is absolutely contemporary.
:43:35. > :43:39.Not just a gimmick, something to say. All the medals awarded here I
:43:39. > :43:42.decided by the judges but gardening is a subjective matter. On Tuesday
:43:42. > :43:46.when the medals were announced anyone and everyone had an opinion
:43:46. > :43:51.on which medal was deserved and he was robbed. There was a public vote,
:43:51. > :43:55.earlier in the week the array it just launched their RHS Peoples'
:43:55. > :44:01.Award -- the RHS. You could vote for your favourite garden, large or
:44:01. > :44:06.small. And third you did. You, the people, it decided that, wait for
:44:06. > :44:13.it because I have got to do a TV dramatic pause. The overall winner
:44:13. > :44:21.of the small garden category was the The Brontes Yorkshire Garden
:44:21. > :44:25.designed by Tracy Foster. This is just fantastic. It has police make
:44:25. > :44:31.so much, then before voting for me and welcome to Yorkshire -- pleased
:44:31. > :44:35.me. The small gardens were all lovely. Huge variety between the
:44:35. > :44:39.design styles. You very often forget how complicated it is to
:44:39. > :44:44.distil a grand idea, bringing it Yorkshire down to just a few square
:44:44. > :44:54.metres. What TV that is more important than what you include. It
:44:54. > :44:58.
:44:58. > :45:03.is a greater challenge than doing a perfectly and many of those were so
:45:03. > :45:09.strong. I think it was a particularly strong year for small
:45:09. > :45:13.gardens. Those little artisan gardens, as they are called. They
:45:13. > :45:21.take you away. They are little areas of make believe, rather like
:45:21. > :45:25.yours at the back. Just after the award for small gardens was made,
:45:25. > :45:33.by a joint Alex Denman, Shame manager, to announce the winner of
:45:33. > :45:38.your favourite larger garden -- show a manager. Ladies and
:45:38. > :45:46.gentlemen, I can't tell you how pleased the entire RHS and all who
:45:46. > :45:51.supported, not only the designer but also Arthritis Research for a
:45:51. > :46:01.fantastic garden. They have won the People's Choice award for the best
:46:01. > :46:04.
:46:04. > :46:11.show garden. APPLAUSE. Tom, there of gold medal-winning gardens.
:46:11. > :46:16.There is a garden which has been voted Best in Show. But the award
:46:17. > :46:21.to have is the people's choice. All the viewers at home, on the website,
:46:21. > :46:27.coming and saying, this is the garden we like best. How does it
:46:27. > :46:32.feel? I really can't believe it. It is so wonderful that the people
:46:32. > :46:37.think this is the best garden. It means so much to me and it might
:46:37. > :46:46.give me enough energy to want to do this again! That is what we wanted
:46:46. > :46:51.to hear! Thank you very much! That is wonderful. This final award
:46:51. > :46:57.means Tommy is ending the week with even more excitement, but the start
:46:57. > :47:02.of the week began much the same, because that Chelsea gates swung
:47:02. > :47:07.open at 7am on Monday and there was a steady celebrity scrum to be the
:47:07. > :47:11.first to soak up the glamour, but they come on the understanding that
:47:11. > :47:20.their egos must take a back seat. Attention is reserved for the stock
:47:20. > :47:23.of the show: The gardens. -- star of the show. I love the Chelsea
:47:23. > :47:27.Flower Show and this is a particularly fantastic one. I saw
:47:27. > :47:31.it on television last night and it looks great so I am going to go and
:47:31. > :47:36.look at it instead of talking to journalists.
:47:36. > :47:39.You are late! The organisation of it is
:47:40. > :47:44.fascinating and the fact they come 20 days before and make things look
:47:44. > :47:49.like they have been here for 60 years is absolutely brilliant.
:47:49. > :47:53.thing about gardening is it is about the long term. It is the
:47:53. > :47:58.diametrically opposite to X-factor, get rich quick, I want it now
:47:58. > :48:02.society. It is about things that take Investment and patience and
:48:02. > :48:11.time and those are the most infinitely rewarding things that
:48:11. > :48:15.you could ever have. It looks like someone has gone
:48:15. > :48:21.crazy. Something to do with Diarmuid Gavin, right? Typical of
:48:21. > :48:28.Chelsea Flower Show. I have a garden and I have a team of about
:48:28. > :48:38.20 its staff. That is not true. I just let it grow. -- 20 staff.
:48:38. > :48:38.
:48:38. > :48:41.a vegetarian and weak rose 70% of our food. -- we grow. I have got
:48:41. > :48:47.join me age where I have really started to notice trees. That
:48:47. > :48:53.sounds crazy. I can stop and look at a tree and it is beautiful.
:48:53. > :48:57.I like most about it is that it seems to be made of offcut us.
:48:57. > :49:03.Everybody in England loves gardening. There is nothing like it.
:49:03. > :49:10.It is just an institution. I love gardening. And anything to do with
:49:10. > :49:18.Alan Titchmarsh! He is the patron saint of gardening. Thank you,
:49:18. > :49:23.Nigel. Chelsea always starts out so dignified. With the Queen and the
:49:24. > :49:28.champagne flowing. But the mood changed at 4pm. Etiquette was
:49:28. > :49:32.forgotten as calm was replaced by mania when everyone clambered to
:49:32. > :49:42.take home a little bit of Chelsea. We were joined by Nicki Chapman as
:49:42. > :49:43.
:49:43. > :49:53.the bell signalled the start of the famous plant sell-off. The sell-off
:49:53. > :50:14.
:50:14. > :50:18.plant taller than he is! What are the chances of you getting this
:50:18. > :50:26.home in one piece? I brought my car this year but we need to get the
:50:26. > :50:34.bus to get to the cart so we don't really know. No! Any more for the
:50:34. > :50:39.poppy? �5? Lovely lady. You are absolutely dripping with flowers.
:50:39. > :50:42.Yes. I have some orchids. I now have got to try to transport them
:50:43. > :50:52.back to Swansea on the bus so hopefully I won't get charged
:50:53. > :50:59.
:50:59. > :51:09.little tiny allium. But he seems to be shrugging his responsibility a
:51:09. > :51:14.
:51:14. > :51:17.bit! What attracted you to this unwieldy plant? The price. LAUGHTER.
:51:17. > :51:24.What I want to know was, did they only bring you so that they could
:51:24. > :51:34.use your wheelchair as a trolley? Probably! Are you ready for this?
:51:34. > :51:45.
:51:46. > :51:53.coach? He will let me get that in there. A fiver. I will go and get
:51:53. > :51:58.one myself, see you later! You have got both thumbs for. How will you
:51:58. > :52:08.get your purse out of your pocket. I can't, I will get the bus home
:52:08. > :52:16.thankfully. You got the foxglove! Aren't I lucky? It is very heavy
:52:16. > :52:21.but how beautiful is it! Hold this microphone. I can't see a woman's
:52:21. > :52:25.struggle. Such a gentleman. See you next year!
:52:25. > :52:29.It has been an incredible week but it seems to have gone by in the
:52:29. > :52:33.twinkling of an eye. We have met some amazing people and spoken to
:52:33. > :52:38.almost anyone who is anyone in horticulture and we hope you have
:52:38. > :52:42.taken away great inspiration for your own garden. But inevitably,
:52:42. > :52:46.not everything goes smoothly. We thought we would share with you
:52:46. > :52:56.some moments that did not quite go to plan. I don't know what is
:52:56. > :53:00.
:53:00. > :53:10.coming! We are professionals, and I just can't get rid of it!
:53:10. > :53:12.
:53:12. > :53:19.is happy! LAUGHTER. I will do the chest! If walking around a show
:53:19. > :53:28.garden... Show ground... Sorry! Best... Sorry! Have I got a tree
:53:28. > :53:35.growing out of my head? LAUGHTER. You know it is going to happen.
:53:35. > :53:42.Anyone with even a little space can have a grow at growing... Have a go
:53:42. > :53:51.at rowing... Sorry! Walking around a show garden... My gosh, I am
:53:51. > :53:55.sorry! There is always one. LAUGHTER. It is Captain Kirk, I
:53:55. > :54:05.have just found the most amazing arrangement a flower was. Beam Me
:54:05. > :54:05.
:54:05. > :54:11.Up Scotty. I need to be told things at least twice! In that patronising
:54:11. > :54:17.way. I am doing this for England, let's go! The first time I will not
:54:17. > :54:22.be paying attention. And I am a woman so we have to say it twice!
:54:22. > :54:32.have never walked on water before. The show garden... That is not
:54:32. > :54:34.
:54:34. > :54:44.handy! LAUGHTER. Do they know we are using that camera? I got an
:54:44. > :54:46.
:54:46. > :54:56.award!! You keep going... Be quiet. And Toby has been out in the
:54:56. > :54:58.
:54:58. > :55:05.gardens to pick up the colours When we have to make things like
:55:05. > :55:15.that public, I do not know. You got all right! We couldn't end the week
:55:15. > :55:18.
:55:18. > :55:28.without a final glimpse of the that her blackberry eyes may have
:55:28. > :55:36.
:55:36. > :55:42.to be replaced. She has brought her lavish shows that we learn
:55:42. > :55:47.anything? Or is it just a floral festival, let's go and get on with
:55:47. > :55:52.garden in? Does Chelsea change the way we garden? I think it does but
:55:52. > :55:58.I think it does it in a very steady and reassuring way. I don't think
:55:58. > :56:03.we see it many radical shifts. For instance, the shift in planting
:56:03. > :56:08.style, it is becoming much more floral and much less reliant on
:56:08. > :56:12.architecture. If you look immigrate pavilion, the way people are
:56:12. > :56:17.exhibiting individual plants but also using them -- in a great
:56:17. > :56:22.pavilion. The urban green initiative is really fantastic.
:56:22. > :56:27.Things do move and change. What is interesting for me is that
:56:27. > :56:33.generally, the People's Choice award goes to usually a cottage
:56:33. > :56:40.garden, something very traditional. This year, you chose Tom, who was
:56:40. > :56:47.doing a villa garden with fountains everywhere, quite formal. I thought
:56:47. > :56:51.that surprise to me. Perhaps our tastes as a nation are moving and
:56:51. > :56:55.getting a bit more sophisticated. The idea of introducing formality
:56:55. > :56:59.in a garden and celebrating the heritage of gardening, that is
:56:59. > :57:04.something that more and more people are beginning to connect with. It
:57:04. > :57:10.isn't just about big floral beds, it is a but genuinely making that
:57:10. > :57:15.space outside, an architectural and horticultural work of splendour.
:57:15. > :57:20.And this has probably been the sunniest Chelsea we have ever had.
:57:20. > :57:25.Sunday and Monday, thermal underwear, but now we are reluctant
:57:25. > :57:31.to let this go! That is all from tonight's show. The gates have
:57:31. > :57:36.closed for another year but there is so much to look forward to. The
:57:36. > :57:40.Chelsea French are staging garden in related events for the next week.
:57:40. > :57:45.There is a floating Forest of 600 tree trunks on the Grand Union
:57:45. > :57:48.Canal at Portobello docks, and so and lens church in Shoreditch,
:57:48. > :57:53.which is featured in the nursery rhyme, will be decorated with
:57:53. > :57:58.oranges and lemons -- St Leonards church. You can check them out on
:57:58. > :58:03.our website. Have you ever wondered what Chelsea looks like at night
:58:03. > :58:07.when all the crowds have gone home? If you press the red buttons
:58:07. > :58:11.straight after the show, Toby Buckland has exclusive treat as you
:58:11. > :58:15.reveals what Andy Sturgeon's garden looks like in all its illuminated
:58:15. > :58:20.glory and the man himself will be talking in depth about how and why
:58:20. > :58:24.he introduced lighting to reveal another dimension to the garden.
:58:24. > :58:29.also have a special highlights programme tomorrow at 5:20pm,