:00:17. > :00:20.It's the start of a truly diamond week here, at the Royal
:00:20. > :00:25.Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show. This year's glittering
:00:25. > :00:31.event, supported by M and G investment has already got people
:00:31. > :00:36.talking, from sights which range from a topiary Pyramid to a Corgi.
:00:36. > :00:40.You can join us every afternoon on BBC One, as Toby Buckland, Chris
:00:40. > :00:45.Beardshaw and I share all the news and views from this year's show.
:00:45. > :00:51.There is news to catch one the day's event with Alan Titchmarsh at
:00:51. > :00:58.8pm on BBC Two every evening. But back to today. Chelsea pays tribute
:00:58. > :01:05.to the forthcoming jubilee. Coming up: Reflecting the realm at the
:01:05. > :01:11.show garden, recreating some of the best corners of our countryside.
:01:11. > :01:17.A need for constance - Simon Lycett explains the legacy of Constance
:01:17. > :01:22.Spry. And diamond life - the new floral
:01:22. > :01:32.arrivals inspired by the jubilee. There are lots of queens at Chelsea
:01:32. > :01:34.
:01:34. > :01:40.this year and here's a fray grant Hello and welcome to Chelsea.
:01:40. > :01:44.The showground is filled with an air of anticipation this afternoon,
:01:44. > :01:48.as we prepare for the royal visitors, a tradition made extra
:01:48. > :01:55.special this year because of the jubilee. You can really feel the
:01:55. > :02:00.excite nment the year this year, can't you? -- excitement in the
:02:00. > :02:05.year this year, can't you? It is. This is the queen's 48th visit. She
:02:05. > :02:10.has not had a break since 1971. That is amazing. What a difference
:02:10. > :02:14.she must have seen over the years - the changes in these gardens.
:02:14. > :02:20.Everything in life is much more complicated. The gardens are so
:02:20. > :02:26.well worked and so intricate now. What are the special highlights?
:02:26. > :02:31.The Great Pavillion is stunning. I love the display, English, with
:02:31. > :02:38.some fencing. She is going to love it. What about
:02:39. > :02:45.other gardens - we are standing in this one by Joe Swift. A garden I
:02:45. > :02:51.think she will really enjoy is in the artisan gardens.
:02:51. > :02:56.The reason I think she will like it is it is so perfectly worked. It is
:02:56. > :03:02.like a piece of jewellery. It is wonderful. What about the fresh
:03:02. > :03:06.gardens - very thought-provoking. Maybe she'll love them. I don't
:03:06. > :03:11.know. Something for everybody. In two weeks the Diamond Jubilee
:03:11. > :03:15.celebrations come to a head with a national holiday, star-studded
:03:15. > :03:23.concert. Here at Chelsea, in a prelude to some so those
:03:23. > :03:33.celebrations some of the gardens are reflecting the scenery on offer
:03:33. > :03:42.
:03:42. > :03:46.in the The Queen's green and moment you walk in, rugged rocks
:03:46. > :03:55.and waters, you cannot be helped by be reminded of holidays and walks
:03:56. > :04:01.in the British countryside. Sarah, what a wonderful garden.
:04:01. > :04:05.Congratulations. Well done. It is a garden about memories, is it?
:04:05. > :04:09.I can't help being influenced by the landscapes I am familiar with,
:04:10. > :04:14.I have grown up with. Those often involved an element of water and
:04:14. > :04:20.rock and wild planting. It is also about the excitement of being in a
:04:20. > :04:27.landscape and experiencing the changes of scale. Say when I am in
:04:27. > :04:32.the Brecon Beacons you have gushing waterfalls. You also have the moss.
:04:32. > :04:37.I was trying to really try and replicate... The whole thing.
:04:37. > :04:42.Holding it together with this gorgeous planting. Within the
:04:42. > :04:47.planting there are details like we have orchids in the front of the
:04:48. > :04:53.meadow N the far corner of the garden, we have two lady's slipper
:04:53. > :04:58.orchids. Sitting there, hiding. The other thing about it is people
:04:58. > :05:03.say about your style it is quite a painting - do you feel it is a
:05:03. > :05:08.continuation of this. I like to make the visual links through the
:05:08. > :05:14.space. We are restricted by the plots. Looking over here, I have
:05:14. > :05:18.kind of veiled that to try and link the different spaces. And the iris,
:05:18. > :05:22.our native flag iris, you can see that repeat from the front of the
:05:22. > :05:27.garden right through to the back. You have some plants which will
:05:27. > :05:37.grow in a range of conditions. It's really important to understand
:05:37. > :05:39.
:05:39. > :05:45.those plants and use them as nature with the species. It looks like a
:05:45. > :05:50.perfect slice of landscape. Adam Frost's garden, on the other
:05:50. > :05:59.hand, takes all the softer, more pasture ral parts of the
:05:59. > :06:06.countryside and brought it into a real garden.
:06:06. > :06:10.The garden is inspired by the work a a Northamptonshire poet: We have
:06:10. > :06:14.been brought into this big round sitting area, where you can sit
:06:14. > :06:20.around a fire pit. If it is raining, another seated area, over there,
:06:20. > :06:30.covered with a roof to it. All the way around it, with this very, very
:06:30. > :06:43.
:06:43. > :06:51.Adam has done is keep the palate simple, so you can see the same
:06:51. > :06:57.colours and varieties cropping up. It is held down by three hazels and
:06:57. > :07:00.coppice willows. We have geranium here, - so what he is doing is
:07:00. > :07:04.keeping it very, very wild, then suddenly there is a contrast. We
:07:04. > :07:07.come here and it becomes very, very formal. So we have this canal which
:07:08. > :07:17.runs very strongly through the whole thing. So, it is a garden,
:07:18. > :07:18.
:07:18. > :07:21.but at the same time wh it is -- what it is the heartland of England.
:07:21. > :07:25.It's not just Northamptonshire which is represented at Chelsea
:07:25. > :07:29.this year. Arne Maynard has returned to
:07:29. > :07:33.Chelsea after a 12-year absence. His design incorporates many
:07:33. > :07:36.elements of a traditional English garden. But what is that? I can
:07:36. > :07:41.tell you for starters, it is a place where you can get your hands
:07:41. > :07:46.dirty and it is a space defined by the plants. The most you-catching
:07:46. > :07:52.plant in his garden are of course the copper beach. They give the
:07:52. > :07:57.whole place shape. Looking at them, I can only imagine his frustration
:07:57. > :08:02.at the lateness of spring. Many of them have not come into leaf yet.
:08:02. > :08:09.They still look good. That is the idea of them - to give year-round
:08:09. > :08:14.interest. In their shade he has put classic new dawn roses. If you have
:08:14. > :08:19.a shady north wall this is the flower to grow. A lovely sweet
:08:19. > :08:25.fragrance. Brustleing around at the base of the -- bustling around at
:08:25. > :08:35.the base of the trunks there are alpine strawberries and coming out
:08:35. > :08:38.
:08:38. > :08:42.into the sun valerium. One of my favourite things are these topiary
:08:42. > :08:47.balls. They will give the garden interest throughout the year. It
:08:47. > :08:50.will give the gardener something to do, clipping them and getting them
:08:50. > :08:56.into shape. My favourite shape though are the roses. That one over
:08:56. > :09:01.there is one of my favourites. You can see it is being trained over a
:09:01. > :09:05.dome of tied hazel. Now, that is a good idea. They look good
:09:05. > :09:11.themselves through the winter, but because they are tied down their
:09:11. > :09:17.buds break along their length, so you get more flowers. The hard
:09:18. > :09:24.scaping plays its part too, the pebbles are lovely. These pink
:09:24. > :09:29.pebbles give it a colour of campaign with casis in it.
:09:30. > :09:35.Being a Devon boy I love the pebbles. I love a garden with a few
:09:35. > :09:39.skimmers in it. Lovely! Floral tributes to Her Majesty's
:09:39. > :09:44.jubilee can be seen across the showground.
:09:44. > :09:51.Visitors to the floral design marquee this week will be wowed by
:09:51. > :09:55.the Royal Emblem cut in -- in cut flowers. It is fithing as flowers
:09:55. > :10:01.played an important part in the -- fitting as the flowers played an
:10:01. > :10:09.important part in the Queen's wedding. The flowers were designed
:10:09. > :10:13.by the woman often dubbed as the queen of floristry, Constance Spry.
:10:13. > :10:22.She designed the floral displays for the coronation lunch in
:10:22. > :10:29.Westminster Hall. Now it is time to welcome Simon Lycett. We get kisses
:10:29. > :10:35.- how gorgeous. Constance Spry was such a revolutionary floristry lady.
:10:35. > :10:42.What was so important about her technique? She was the Jamie Oliver
:10:42. > :10:47.of the day. A real maverick. broke and changed all the rules.
:10:47. > :10:52.Before her everyone had arranged one type of flower, plonked in a
:10:52. > :10:57.vase in a sensible way. Did ladies often have floristry as a
:10:57. > :11:01.profession? No. She made it a legitimate career. It was this sort
:11:01. > :11:07.of creation that she pioneered. Before it had been much more
:11:07. > :11:11.uniformed, would it? One type of flowers - a vase of all roses or
:11:11. > :11:15.daffodils. She still did that. It was her use of the colour pallet.
:11:15. > :11:20.It was allowing the flowers to do the creating and the arranging
:11:20. > :11:24.themselves. This would be a typical signature style for her? A lot of
:11:24. > :11:29.people who have written about her say Chelsea was her time of year -
:11:29. > :11:34.that late spring, early summer, when we have lilac, but we still
:11:34. > :11:39.have cow parsley. What did she do that was so ground-breaking?
:11:39. > :11:47.suggested that we use this - two inch mess chicken wire, which we
:11:47. > :11:51.gather up and we roll it around and you are almost making it into,
:11:51. > :11:57.someone once described a giant shower cap. You get a network and
:11:57. > :12:03.into this you can put your stems and it will support quite a big
:12:03. > :12:06.decoration. This had never been seen before - she introduced it?
:12:06. > :12:11.She introduced it to create soft arrangements. What about the
:12:11. > :12:17.materials she used to create these amazing displays? She suggested
:12:17. > :12:22.using things we cut from our gardens. Previously beach folly
:12:22. > :12:27.yarge goes down quickly. She suggested some boiling water -
:12:27. > :12:33.about a good few inches and then stand it in, leave it for a minute,
:12:33. > :12:36.top it up with cold water. Then leave it. It will probably blow
:12:36. > :12:40.over here. What does that do? over here. What does that do?
:12:40. > :12:45.expels all the air it means it will look lovely and fresh and stay
:12:45. > :12:50.gorgeous in a vase for two or three days. So she collected lots of
:12:50. > :12:54.plants from her garden. Because we learnt this technique we were
:12:55. > :12:59.allowed to use cow parsley. She made people look beyond the cut
:12:59. > :13:04.flowers to things in the hedgerows, wonderful lilac, things like dock
:13:04. > :13:09.and things lying around in the hedgerow. This was accessible to
:13:09. > :13:13.people. Yes, it made it affordable. Before it had been for the very
:13:14. > :13:23.wealthy. She showed us wonderful top tips.
:13:24. > :13:28.
:13:28. > :13:36.One last one, very quickly. Glis serene on to cotton -- glisereen on
:13:36. > :13:38.to a cotton bud making the leafs nice and shiny. By 1963 Constance
:13:38. > :13:43.Spry's influence resulted in nurseryman David Austin naming his
:13:43. > :13:46.first ever English rose after her. It was an overnight sensation. Many
:13:46. > :13:52.other English roses followed. What was it about the character of this
:13:52. > :14:02.type of rose that delights us so much? Here's nurseryman David
:14:02. > :14:04.
:14:04. > :14:10.Austin Junior, with the grower's His idea was to create a particular
:14:10. > :14:15.type of rose he had on his mind which he went on to call English
:14:15. > :14:23.roses. His objective was to bring the best character of old fashioned
:14:23. > :14:27.roses and combine them with the best character of modern roses.
:14:27. > :14:32.An English rose is tipfyed but large blooms which catch the light
:14:32. > :14:42.in a certain way and the fragrance is very important. A couple of
:14:42. > :14:48.
:14:48. > :14:50.examples would be Crown Princess skaf Marg -- Crown Princess
:14:50. > :14:54.Margarita. Constance Spry is very significant,
:14:54. > :14:59.because it is the first rose that my father introduced. The only
:14:59. > :15:05.drawback was it only flowered once in a season. It was not until the
:15:05. > :15:09.early 80s when Graham Thomas was introduced, which is a fantastic,
:15:09. > :15:19.beautiful yellow repeat flowering English rose, which went to be
:15:19. > :15:25.
:15:26. > :15:29.garden as far as I'm concerned. They are amazing, fantastic plants.
:15:29. > :15:34.We are halfway through our afternoon coverage of the RHS
:15:34. > :15:38.Chelsea Flower Show, and there's plenty more to come. Floral
:15:38. > :15:46.diamonds. We meet the new plants named in honour of this year's
:15:46. > :15:54.jubilee. And fresh ideas. Toby looks at a new category of garden
:15:54. > :15:58.It is the first official day here at Chelsea. The press have been
:15:58. > :16:03.allowed in with a handful of celebrities. What has caught your
:16:03. > :16:07.eye? I think the fact that spring is still coming outside the
:16:07. > :16:13.showground but in Chelsea it has arrived. Everything is looking so
:16:13. > :16:18.alive. Any particular gardens that have caught your eye? Cleve West,
:16:18. > :16:23.it's got so much soul. It's like being in the land of the gods.
:16:23. > :16:28.Something scary and awesome about it. The planting is divine.
:16:28. > :16:33.entices you in. You just want to walk through and absorb it. What
:16:33. > :16:37.about our duty boys, Joe and Andy? Very good. I was chatting to Andy
:16:37. > :16:44.earlier, he's got an Imperial quality to his gardens. Its
:16:44. > :16:49.Romanesque with those steps and heavy stone. What about Joe Swift?
:16:49. > :16:53.I was worried when I saw his plan. But on the ground it is fabulous.
:16:53. > :16:59.The colours are beautiful and it is innovative. Everyone else looks
:16:59. > :17:04.exhausted, Joel is just radiating. Diamuid Gavin, our naughty boy of
:17:04. > :17:08.gardening. I just walked past the Chelsea pensioners lined up on his
:17:08. > :17:12.huge pagoda gardened standing to attention, just looking fantastic.
:17:12. > :17:17.He knows how to make gardens that people talk about. Whenever he is
:17:17. > :17:20.here, it raises everybody else's game. If you want any publicity at
:17:20. > :17:25.all, you've got to do something extra special to get a look-in
:17:25. > :17:30.because he is a genius. The great pavilion, a firm favourite with the
:17:30. > :17:35.public. What has caught your eye in there? So much. The Cliff Richard
:17:36. > :17:41.stand. A apparently he is here today. I saw him. He looks well.
:17:41. > :17:47.He's got his own stand, summer holiday. He looks like he is from
:17:47. > :17:51.Barbados. He has a house there. Taiwanese orchid grower Association,
:17:51. > :17:56.very special. They've created these lanterns as a dedication to the
:17:56. > :18:01.Queen in the jubilee year. The name of the garden is the universal
:18:01. > :18:07.Glory Of the Dragon. It loses something when it translates from
:18:07. > :18:09.Taiwanese into English. But it is beautiful. Those beautiful lanterns
:18:09. > :18:12.are not the only Jubilee celebrations taking place in the
:18:12. > :18:16.great pavilion this year. Everywhere you look there are
:18:16. > :18:24.glittering tributes to Her Majesty's diamond anniversary, as
:18:24. > :18:29.Carol Klein has been discovering. There's no doubt Chelsea has gone
:18:29. > :18:38.Jubilee crazy. And it's a great opportunity to discover new plants
:18:38. > :18:42.bred especially for the Diamond Jubilee. And what better flower to
:18:42. > :18:47.celebrate the diamond jubilee than a rose - and what a beautiful rose,
:18:48. > :18:54.too! This is a modern classic roles. It's one of the brand new series
:18:54. > :18:58.which combines all the qualities of the old roses, that sense of
:18:58. > :19:03.romance and softness, with the robustness and solidity that you
:19:03. > :19:09.come to expect from modern roses. The Rose itself is called the
:19:09. > :19:15.Queen's Jubilee roles. It has got it shining green foliage and the
:19:15. > :19:19.most gorgeous, scented flowers. It's a real belter. This rose is
:19:19. > :19:23.not just for Chelsea. It's going to be planted all along the Jubilee
:19:23. > :19:33.Greenway, so people will be able to enjoy it this year and it will go
:19:33. > :19:35.
:19:35. > :19:41.on giving them pleasure for years I was lucky enough to be sent a few
:19:41. > :19:46.sample seeds of this brand new variety of sweet pea. It is called,
:19:46. > :19:51.of course, Diamond Jubilee. It really is one of the most beautiful
:19:51. > :19:55.Swede people macro I've seen. It's got these pale pink flowers with a
:19:55. > :20:01.gorgeous pink edge. Although the flowers have this delicate, fragile
:20:01. > :20:06.air, the plants themselves of robust and give these long-stemmed
:20:06. > :20:12.stalks with may be four or five flowers to each stem a. The colour
:20:12. > :20:22.is divine. But when you lean over and smelt... Bears the most
:20:22. > :20:22.
:20:22. > :20:27.beautiful perfume. What more could With sweet peas and roses, it's all
:20:27. > :20:34.about flowers. But on this stand there's hardly a flower in sight.
:20:34. > :20:39.Here, its foliage that is important. And what foliage it is! Dark,
:20:39. > :20:46.dramatic - truly exciting. And there's one new introduction. It is
:20:46. > :20:53.diamond queen. There are lots of Queens at Chelsea this year, and he
:20:53. > :20:58.is a fragrant one. It is hosta Fragrant Queen. It has delight all,
:20:58. > :21:04.lily like, pale lilac flowers full of cent. But the real reason you
:21:04. > :21:09.grow hostas is for their magnificent foliage. In this case,
:21:09. > :21:13.big, variegated, heart-shaped leaves. One of the problems with
:21:13. > :21:19.growing hostas is that they are very prone to attack by slugs. But
:21:19. > :21:23.in this case - off with their heads!
:21:23. > :21:27.Her Majesty will be able to see all those floral tributes to herself
:21:27. > :21:30.when she visits the show this afternoon. You can see coverage of
:21:30. > :21:34.her tour this evening in our highlights programme on BBC Two.
:21:34. > :21:37.Nude to Chelsea this year are the Fresh Gardens. A cutting edge
:21:37. > :21:40.category that is challenging designers to experiment with
:21:40. > :21:45.different approaches to garden design. It has attracted innovators
:21:45. > :21:48.like Tony Smith, Will you may remember for his Chelsea garden
:21:49. > :21:55.back in 2009 that stopped visitors in their tracks with its bold use
:21:55. > :22:01.of bedding plants. This year he is back with a garden cold Green With
:22:01. > :22:07.Envy. It is a very different garden. Yes, I think the new Fresh Gardens
:22:07. > :22:12.category has given us a whole new opportunity. Not to compromise but
:22:12. > :22:18.really go for it. People look at this and say, I don't see a garden
:22:18. > :22:24.there. Take us through the concept. Yes. It is a cage, the structure is
:22:24. > :22:30.a cage. All of these Perspex Robbs are past. Within the cage are three
:22:30. > :22:35.types of plant which in the past have been subject of collecting
:22:35. > :22:40.frenzies or crazes. We have tulips, the 17th century tulip mania with
:22:40. > :22:44.people losing their houses over single tulip bulbs. Because of the
:22:44. > :22:50.expense. And because of the envy and desire to own them. The whole
:22:50. > :22:53.thing is wrapped up in envy and desire. The ferns, the Victorians
:22:53. > :22:59.collected versions almost into extinction. And in the centre we
:22:59. > :23:06.have the orchids, which even today are being collected in the wild and
:23:06. > :23:14.made extinct. But the red colour is for desire and green is for NB. The
:23:14. > :23:17.title leads you, when you say green with... Envy. It is very green. The
:23:17. > :23:22.artificial grass is green. It could possibly be the subject of over the
:23:22. > :23:26.garden fence envy from neighbours. All day yesterday I saw you giving
:23:26. > :23:31.this a little rub, trying to bring it up. Do you think the garden will
:23:31. > :23:35.be understood? I think so. I don't think it's that difficult to get
:23:35. > :23:40.Forster most people I've talked to have been there or thereabouts.
:23:40. > :23:45.What I always hope any weight, even if you don't get it at all, it's an
:23:45. > :23:49.interesting thing to look at. I think that is what flower shows are
:23:49. > :23:54.about. Do you think it's a welcome addition to have some conceptual
:23:54. > :23:58.garden design here at Chelsea, something different? I think every
:23:58. > :24:01.show will only survive if it revolves. If the public come and
:24:01. > :24:05.see different things each time, if you go to a show of any description
:24:05. > :24:11.and you see the same thing year after year, you won't keep going.
:24:11. > :24:14.This is a garden to see at night, spectacular. We'll be doing that on
:24:14. > :24:18.the red button. Over in the Main Avenue, designer Cleve West is also
:24:18. > :24:22.breaking some of the rules of Traditional Garden Design. You can
:24:22. > :24:27.find out how by switching over to our red button coverage after this
:24:27. > :24:30.programme. Tony may be breaking boundaries now,
:24:30. > :24:34.but Florence -- florist Constance spry was breaking some of her own
:24:34. > :24:41.over 60 years ago. You are going to give us a demonstration of her
:24:41. > :24:44.signature displayed. Yes. She was a pioneering, she didn't just used
:24:44. > :24:51.vases. Household items from her kitchen cupboards, the gravy boat,
:24:51. > :24:55.baking tins, we created that in a footbath. This, I'm going to do in
:24:55. > :24:59.my role that largest teapot. Inside, I've got a bit of screwed-up
:24:59. > :25:04.chicken-wire, some water. We will create a decoration. Talk me
:25:04. > :25:07.through what we've got. We have wonderful, fragrant mint. She was a
:25:07. > :25:11.great fan of using things that you could grow with your garden and
:25:11. > :25:16.easily get hold of. She was a maverick. She wanted to use
:25:16. > :25:19.everything, she didn't want to be too elitist. No, she wanted to use
:25:19. > :25:24.that everyone could get hold of. She wanted to make it something
:25:24. > :25:27.everybody could do. She started out as a head teacher in a school where
:25:27. > :25:32.children used to come on day release that will working in
:25:32. > :25:34.factories. She was teaching them domestic science, cookery and
:25:34. > :25:37.household management, but she noticed they were more interested
:25:37. > :25:42.in the flower arrangement she had on her desk. That is what started
:25:42. > :25:46.it off for her. The mint it smells gorgeous. Did she exited at
:25:47. > :25:50.Chelsea? She did, she was famous for her stand that used to be on
:25:50. > :25:54.sundries Avenue. She used to get very frustrated because people
:25:54. > :25:58.would say to her that there was nothing small and modest that would
:25:58. > :26:02.fit in their own lounges at home. She always used to say they would
:26:02. > :26:06.never have been seen above the heads of Chelsea crowds. This is
:26:06. > :26:10.about the body. In goes the greenery to give us the bones for
:26:10. > :26:16.our decoration, then we start to put in our rather wonderful sweet
:26:16. > :26:20.peas. Can you use anything or is this a great combination? You can
:26:20. > :26:23.use anything but I like it because you can put peas and mint together
:26:23. > :26:28.in the kitchen, so I'm putting them together in my flower arrangement.
:26:28. > :26:33.It looks a bit like a sculpture as well. Her arrangements were always
:26:33. > :26:37.very striking, often for their simplicity. She was famous ones for
:26:37. > :26:40.creating an arrangement of just kale. Vegetables and berries
:26:40. > :26:45.featured large in a lot of the decorations. It's something we
:26:45. > :26:48.still do again today. For her to be commissioned to do the flowers for
:26:48. > :26:53.the Royal Family and the Coronation and wedding, that must have been a
:26:53. > :26:57.huge thing for her. It was quite an honour. She was a very famous
:26:57. > :27:02.person at her time. She was a household name. She was one of the
:27:02. > :27:06.top female designers. It was a phenomenal accolade for her. A nod
:27:06. > :27:10.from the establishment, the royal seal of approval. You've done a
:27:10. > :27:13.Royal Wedding. Yes, we were lucky enough to work for the Queen on a
:27:14. > :27:22.dinner that took place the night before the Royal Wedding. Look at
:27:22. > :27:27.that. Final piece. Last stem in. They smell magnificent.
:27:27. > :27:32.beautiful! Something we could all do at home. Easily. Toby, come and
:27:32. > :27:37.join me. Look at this. Stanning. Simon has delivered again. Have you
:27:37. > :27:41.ever done a floral display like that? No, I haven't, but I've grown
:27:41. > :27:48.a lot of cut flowers. You can have quite gaudy blooms, but they look
:27:48. > :27:52.lovely in a buyer's -- bars. Tomorrow, it is metal stake, an
:27:52. > :27:56.important date. We are going to be with the courageous ladies giving
:27:56. > :28:02.out the metals, finding out who's won. Who's your money on? There
:28:02. > :28:09.will be a lot of gold. In the Artisan Gardens... Amongst the
:28:09. > :28:12.runners and riders, it could be Joe Swift. Chris Beardshaw is not too
:28:12. > :28:17.sure how he's going to do this year. He took a risk but it's a lovely
:28:17. > :28:21.garden. The day tomorrow. There is more coverage of the first day here
:28:21. > :28:26.at Chelsea tonight. You can join Alan Titchmarsh for a 30 minute
:28:26. > :28:31.round-up of the day's events here on BBC One at 7:30pm. Alan will
:28:31. > :28:35.also be back on BBC Two for a one- hour programme at 8pm, when there
:28:35. > :28:40.will be full coverage of today's celebrity visitors, as well as the