Episode 6 RHS Chelsea Flower Show

For one week of the year, a small pocket of busy Central London

ferments a scent so strong you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd

wandered into paradise. Right now the Royal Hospital Grounds are

bursting with the finest plants, flowers, shrubs and trees on the

planet. And for the folk that brought them here, today is the

most important day of the year, if not their career. Because behind

the blooms and the buzz lies an ultimate prize that every single

exhibitor in this showground craves... A Chelsea gold. It's

medals day, and we know who's woken up to the sweet smell of success.

Growing for gold - we'll be revealing who's wowed the judges in

the show gardens and Great Pavilion. Why are you weeping? I don't know.

Chelsea upstaged - actress Stephanie Cole shares her love of

gardening. And we meet the design duo causing

a few ripples. We are aiming for emotional engagement.

Welcome to the RHS Chelsea flower show supported by M&G investments.

The sunshine has come out and everyone is happy. There is a real

carnival atmosphere. A have never sat at Chelsea before with a

fairground helter-skelter behind me. Their skirts are riding up rather

high. How you had a go yet? I am walking down. He got a special

award for it, the silver-gilt medal. Most creative garden in the show.

don't think anybody would dispute that. When the pensioners lined up

for it, it was quite aside. It's been a rollercoaster of a day

because emotions run high when medals are at stake. Nicki Chapman

rose with the sun to share the joy and pain across the showground as

the RHS results were hand delivered. We are just waiting for the car RHS

ladies to arrive because this is what it is all about a day - the

much coveted gold medal. Congratulations.

Well done. Has it been a really hard Chelsi? Everybody knows it has.

It's been a nightmare. Thanks. medal. This means a lot, doesn't

How did you do? Fantastic, we won gold. A congratulations. You got

cold. Alan will be delighted. can stop winding me up about it now.

Congratulations - gold medal. done. I love this job. I get all

the kisses. How do you feel? Elated. We are just heading for the artisan

gardens now. Howard do you feel? If gutted. Are you? A to be honest,

What an amazing morning's work, tremendous.

It's been a bumper year for golds in the Great Pavilion, with 58

exhibits impressing the judges. And the same goes for the show gardens

where nine out of the 16 won gold this year. Earlier, Carol and I

went to take a look at two that couldn't be more different. Jihae

Hwangs was over the moon when she discovered she had won a medal for

the demilitarised zone, celebrating the anniversary of the Korean War.

Some symbolic gardens I can take or leave, but this one really works.

It is the area of no man's land between two frontiers. It is a

savage area, but one which is silent. There are also lots of

buttons sprinkled through the path and the stream, there is Barb Wire,

but throughout it all, nature is conquering where man can't. The

stream runs through, linking the areas. Barbed-wire it is there, but

so are climbing plants, which scramble over them. As you look

down, you can seashells in the past that have been abandoned. It shows

that although man might be involved in conflict, nature doesn't

understand and it grows on regardless. If you looked for a

common theme in the gold medal gardens in Chelsea, it would be

attention to detail, and this garden has it in abundance from the

rusted wire netting to the plans pushing up through the detritus of

war. It is incredibly moving. This is Adam Frost's rural news

garden, inspired by the poet John Clare's country walks. It is a

gold-medal exhibit and it is hardly surprising. There is a wonderful

This effect has been achieved by the gravelly path, but it is in the

planting... The garden really gets its character. Plants like this - a

double version of our meadow buttercup. Here it is living in

close harmony, mingling with geranium, aquilegias, and one of my

favourite grassy plants. The whole thing is planted naturally, and

there are colonies of plants mingling together everywhere. The

geranium over here, which is a native, it is really pulling in the

bumble bees because the real purpose of this garden is to supply

food and shelter for wildlife. It really does that. There is close

observation of nature here, even though a lot of the plants that are

used are cultivated plants, and everywhere there are these native

trees. Things like hazels and beech trees, and wild cherry. Once you

want to -- what you want to do is enjoy their shade.

The pressure to produce the next big design in horticulture is

paramount here at Chelsea. Design team John Warland and Sim Flemons

may be strangers to Main Avenue but they've made a bit of a name for

themselves at Hampton Court with their thought provoking and brave

conceptual gardens. After pocketing four golds, they've now set their

sights on pushing the boundaries here. We joined them earlier in the

month in Cornwall, a land of labyrinths and lush tree ferns to

talk about their very first Chelsea show garden. Labyrinth is extremely

special, they have been with us for thousands of years. Everyone thinks

a labyrinth and a maze is the same thing but they are very different.

The Maze has many choices, but in a labyrinth there is only one way it

in and one way out. You mind is opening to being part of the ripple.

It is a place to be safe and to be alone with your thoughts, a place

of balance. Myself and Sim went to study garden design many years ago.

It is in the show gardens where we collaborate and create more thought

provoking, inspiring, challenging and possibly controversial spaces.

In general it is probably more myself that comes up with a stream

of crazy ideas, and Sim has good taste, rings it in, puts in the

fine details and get his hands dirtier than me. John is the one

with the ideas. My strength is in the plants, how they relate to the

garden and relate to each other. The main principle of the design is

the ripple Poole, and how the ripple effect can cause perpetual

motion, and that is the start of the garden. The garden is designed

as a personal space, really designed for almost one person to

enjoy their time. If you are going to walk the labyrinth path, it

would be alone, it is a place to contemplate and reflect, and

consider your own actions. Hopefully to create a sense of calm

where you can really open your mind. We have been lucky enough to come

to Cornwall to see these beautiful tree ferns, probably some of the

oldest in the country. When we have been walking through the tree ferns,

just to stop and look up, it is emotionally resonant and peaceful

to enjoy the light. It is a sense of nurture and end closure, and

that is the essence that we would like to translate the Chelsea

Garden. Where possible with our planting, we aim for the most

naturalistic style as well. Something you might see here in the

Lost Gardens, but we are trying to capture that essence and style, and

it is to create a calming atmosphere within the space.

main plant is the tree fern, which we have used to give the sense of

an closure and protection. though we enjoy the filter of light,

it is the trunks slightly quirky and off-centre, and that is what we

are looking for. Imperfect nature. It is our first Chelsea and the

pressure is quite high. We have been told the garden is quite small,

we have got to do a lot of landscaping and to his exquisite

which puts a lot of pressure on. The medal is not everything. It is

always lovely to get a gold medal. We put everything into our gardens,

but at the end of the day it is actually rising the design that

gives us pleasure. We are not trying to design what I call a

vanilla garden, we are hoping to create something of beauty but it

is about the ripple effect as a whole, and whether the garden goes

on to create a ripple effect amongst the viewer. An emotional

engagement, that is what we are hoping for. Here at the centre of

the labyrinth, a pulsating water. Are you happy with how it came

together? Pleased with the result, the medal could have been better

but this garden is all about the message. Silver is... Everyone

wants gold. It is frustrating. had won four golds at Hampton Court

so maybe it our expectations were high but it has been a great

learning curve. Tell me about its transportation here it - does it

always come as a surprise when it comes together? As a prize, but

mainly a relief to see the dream come true. It is just a massive

relief. The ethos from your point of view - what you want people to

feel when they come inside here? Starting with the labyrinth garden,

you only walk one way. So it leaves you to the middle? Yes, then you

can contemplate and watched the ripple effect. What do people think

to it? They love it. It is a time to think, to contemplate, to

contemplate an act of kindness. talk about the triumph of winning

gold, but we have to talk about people who do not win gold. Will

you come back? Come will definitely come back but we won't compromise

the way we do it. We like to innovate and provoke thought, and

debate, and not everyone loves it but we will be back with gusto next

year. Using the power of flowers to highlight charitable causes through

horticulture is an innovative way of delivering thought provoking

messages, and at Chelsea you have the world as an audience. This year,

to celebrate their 90th birthday, the charity Furzey Gardens has been

working with Chris Beardshaw to create a garden that celebrates the

achievements of its learning and disability garden team. Rachel went

to find out if he and the students Chris, you said that you thought

this garden wouldn't do well, it wouldn't be liked, because it had

rhododendrons and azaleas and they are out of fashion and it who won a

gold medal. Everybody loved it. know. I should have had more faith.

When was the last time you saw rode ded Rons -- rhododendrons and

azaleas. It is not just about the big and blousey ones. This one has

a wonderful fragrance. And more subtle ones. There is one for every

spot if you have the right soil. Let's hope they are looked on more

favourably. How have the students responded to the success you've had

with the garden? The project started last year. We walked around

the garden, we selected the plant material. Tried to give them an

idea of the pressures of growing and even just delivering into the

Chelsea showground. The whole thing is a logistics nightmare. They

propagated plants for us, tended plants. They helped us plant and

collect pots and thatch the roof. To then be able to turn around this

morning and say, we've got a gold medal, breathtaking. Priceless.

Wonderful. I've heard there are some hidden gems on this garden.

Where are they? What's hidden? There are a few things. The

students have been involved in creating the stained glass leaves

hanging from the roof, but I suspect you are talking about the

fairies from Furzey. They are secreted around the garden at

Furzey, so we brought a few of them with us. They hitched a ride. If

you look at that tree stump, there's a fairy door. The children

run through the woods and leave a gift outside the fairy doors.

never thought I would hear the day when I heard you say you believed

in fairies. I'm a believer! have to hand it to the designers

who exhibit here for putting themselves through the stress of

building a Chelsea garden. It's hard going for those who do it year

after year, never mind a first timer. One man knows this only too

well. He's usually standing with me commenting on everyone else's

gardens. This year, after years of deliberating, he's finally designed

his own. Joe, tell them what you've got. I've got a gold Alan. Excuse

me... I know! My first Chelsea, and I've done it. You can't rib me

about it any more. You have got to stop now, because we are equal.

There is only one way down from here - down. So, are you happy with

it, that's the thing. Did it turn out the way you wanted to?

course I'm happy. I'm so happy, I couldn't have dreamed for a better

turnout. The plants were great. The build was really good. Can I do my

Oscar-winning speech? No, the people will switch off. I know you

are grateful. It couldn't have looked better. I Amex at that

timeic about my garden. The judges often want to know who the garden

is for. I want people to project themselves into this garden. That

was one of the feed-back from the judges, I didn't put on my brief it

was for a young couple, a married couple or whatever. I wanted people

who come to the show to imagine themselves in this space and

hopefully think they might want it. If there is bravery about this

garden it is these arches, which are quite dominant. And bright.

Brave. Were you determined to push the boundaries? You've got to be

bold. That's what the Chelsea gardens are about. It is no good

coming and doing what every we've seen before. I like bold, masculine

designs. It always looks so harsh with the boulders and the trees,

but as soon as you put the plants in you have a strong framework to

soften it up and get movement into it. And in this case you've got a

gold medal-winning garden. Well done. I taught him all I know. When

you show a garden at Chelsea, you When you show a garden at Chelsea,

you have to be prepared for it to be viewed by the world's media and

to listen to anyone and everyone having an opinion on a design

you've sweated over for months. But it can be just as daunting showing

someone your own back garden for the first time. After all, it's a

personal space. Last week we persuaded actress Stephanie Cole to

let us take a look over her garden fence and what we found was a

garden very much like her - utterly I live in a malt house. The main

bit of which is 17th century and the other bit is 18th century.

About a third of the garden is wild, then probably just under a third is

vegetable and fruit. The rest is lawn and flower beds. I have a

swimming pool. Through this arch we come into my wild bit of my garden.

When it's sunny it's wonderful lying here in the dappled shade.

The birds come into the trees and they don't know you're there and

you can watch them very quietly as they go about their business. I

feel as if I'm part of their world when I'm quietly here lying on my

hammock or just sitting. Passing my log pile, specifically for bugs and

insects of all sorts, this is the hawthorn, which grows cheek by jowl

with the white beam. They are both wonderful British plants. Look how

beautiful that is. All the blue of the forget-me-nots. They are so

vigorous. You pull them up and there they are next year looking

Albright and glorious just at a time when you need it. For me it is

a joy and delight. This is the sort of fruit and veg section. You can

see two pears and a lovely Victoria plum, apples, fig free, rhubarb.

I've just seen how well my gooseberries are doing, and

raspberries. And down there strawberries. My mother was a great

gardener, which tends to occasionally put you off, but I did

love helping with picking the fruit. So I just feel I have an affinity

with fruit trees. This is my magic apple tree. It's very, very old.

It's two apple trees. Obviously the rootstock has grown from one of

them. This side is a very old sheep's head apple. You know what a

green pepper looks like. That's what they look like but slightly

paler green. The other side has tiny deep red, very sweet apples. I

have no idea what sort they are but I love them. In the spring hate a

wonderful hat of clematis.S that dies back the apple blossom comes.

I adore it. It's my pride and joy. What am I hoping to see at Chelsea

this year? Well, all of the obvious things, but I do have my problem

areas. Here we have one of the big problems in my garden. There was

this huge willow. This gradually over the winter rotted. The nettles,

the sweet nettles and cowslips and things love it, but nothing else. I

don't know what to do here. I'm very keen to get ideas about that.

Both plant ideas and structural ideas. We now come to the next

slightly smaller problem area. For the first few years I had frogs and

all sorts of things, but now I don't quite know what I've done

wrong. It is a bit niminy isn't it, a bit niminy piminy. Again Chelsea

will give me great ideas I think. And I'm determined to keep all my

nettles and dandy lions, because they're so beautiful when they come

out. I love leaving things to come up where they grow naturally. If

they like growing there, that's great by me, because they are all

Stephanie, this garden is very clearly very important to you, an

important part of your life. It is actually. I really love it. I

particularly love the wild part, because when I was a child, I was

brought up in the country, and I remember learning at a very young

age the name of wild flowers, like herb Robert and things like that,

and that wonderful smell. God, I love that smell. Some people hate

it. I know they do, but the scents of Devon covered lanes, I love it.

I've got piles of log where is all The Beatles and things can go. It

is really important to me and I love it. Is it important in your

work that you have that to go back to? Actors are always away a lot.

know, and that's one of the problems. When I get back I do go

into panic mode, as the task seems to enormous. Die have someone to

help me, thank God, or it would be a wilderness. Sometimes I have to

admit to you and the viewers that I do suspect myself of not having

green fingers but black thumbs. I will put things in lovingly and

with great care. They might flourish for a while and then

suddenly... But I don't despair. If they are not dead I will try and

coax them back into life. I'm not a good gardener. But you love it,

that's the important thing. I do love it. A gardener said to me

yesterday, he said, "I've realised the difference between an expensive

plant and a weed." I said, "What's that?" And he said if you pull up

back whereas a weed will. I've seen you in Coronation Street. Are you

having a ball? I've been very lucky in my 50-odd years but Corrie is

the icing on the cake. Everybody is, I love them. I love them to bits.

And my character is so beautifully written for. I have a ball. It is a

bit, I was going to say something I don't think I can say, but very

fast working. KBS I think we call it. That's the one. It is faction,

but that's OK, because something strange happens, and you will

understand this, as you love acting. When you have a long rehearsal time,

that's what we all want but with Corrie it is very fast. What

happens, particularly if you have had a lot of experience, it happens

in the back part of your brain, so you come out with it like that and

actually it's better. Chris per. Extraordinary. We let you loose on

this showground here with all the goodies. We will find out later

exactly what you got out of it. For now, Stephanie Cole, thank you.

Bless you. Whilst many gasp at the grand

garden designs outside, the die- hard plantsmen and women head

straight for the Great Pavilion to gush over the floral glories. It's

the size of two football pitches and full of premiership plantsmen

and women who, like everyone else on Medals Day, are eager to impress

the judges. Some of them have been exhibiting here for decades and can

boast a gold every year, because theyve become the masters at

Blackmore and Langdon have been exhibiting at Chelsea since the

show first began in 1913. That makes next year their centenary.

This year has been especially difficult, with cold temperatures

and lowlight levels, but nonetheless their plants are as

good as ever. In fact they've all been given a sort of freshness just

by the lateness of the season. Avon Bulbs have been coming here

for 33 years and during that time they've won more than 25 gold

medals. One of the best things about their stand is this

incredible combinations that they make. I really love this one. These

big blue spikes of camassia, in contrast with that orange tulip.

Not only does it have this immensely graceful shape but it

also has perfume. Sometimes it is all about shade.

These intimate beautiful woodland areas, crammed full with delicious

plants. These are woodland edges recreate it, thick with some of the

most special plants you could ever wish to meet. One of them in

wish to meet. One of them in wish to meet. One of them in

particular - this orchid. In the winter it doesn't like to paddle,

so well-drained soil, but in the summer it means loads of water.

Difficult conditions to recreate What a wonderful job they have made

of this. It is a special place where you display your most

important possessions. In pride of place is this gorgeous PNA. --

peony. This is one of the most inspiring stands I have ever seen.

The Great Pavilion, it is all about reputation and achieving floral

perfection. That is something that Christine Skelmersdale off

Broadleigh Gardens knows all about. She has been exhibiting here for 39

years and she has had a lot to do with the development of this world

class floral marquee. But this year is to be her last. We caught up

with her as she prepared for her floral finale to reflect on a life

of beautiful bulb growing. 1972 was a momentous year, a year of huge

change. We got married in 1972 and came here to live. We start of the

nursery knowing absolutely nothing about bulbs. We ploughed the field

and planted daffodils are out here, so for years we had daffodils

rotating outside the front of the house. In May that year I was taken

to my first Chelsea Flower Show. Things were very different then.

You had to wear a hat and gloves, you're photographed, and little to

do I realise that next year I would be doing my first Chelsea Flower

Show. When we started, it was very easy. You grew the plants in pots

and brought and displayed them in their containers, or you did cut

flowers. Now it is so much more difficult. You have props, you have

got to try and make it look like a garden, you have got to cover the

pots and hide them. You are judged not so much on the plans as

artistic designs. One of the big decisions was to dispose of the old

Marquee. It creaked and groaned like a sailing ship. It was full of

tent poles holding it up so you never quite knew where that would

turn up in your stand. There was limited height, but it was also hot

and dark. We had to make a decision, and so we went with this wonderful

new marquee, which we now call the pavilion. I am sitting on a small

piece of the old one now. I have some lovely cushions made from the

canvas of the old Marquee so it is still with me. Although we don't

normally have themes, we felt that this year, being my 40th Chelsea,

and my ruby wedding, we should have a coloured theme. On one side of

the stand we have gone for Ruby, so we are not going for gold, we are

going for Ruby this year. We have supporting plants, and coming

through we will have a whole host of purple alliums and a mass of

different coloured Ruby juleps thought every shape, think through

to read, and pink cut daffodils, and we have been very fortunate

this year to have a wonderful new enemy. -- anenome. I have no idea

how I will feel when I finish this, my last Chelsea. I will miss the

wonderful smell, the adrenalin rush, the panic of trying to finish and

get it all done on time. I suspect when we walk out the door at the

end I will feel sad and tearful. It is the end of an era, but there are

so many other things I want to do and this will free up my time to do

other exciting things. Are you happy with your 40th

Chelsea display? Yes, I really think I will go out on a big one. I

was worried that I have been planning it three years, but I

think we have achieved it. No anti- climax here, everyone is enthralled

with it. It is as good quality as I have ever seen you produce. It is

certainly very colourful. The tulips, finally, I didn't think

they would make it but they have come to perfection on the day.

Aren't you going to feel a bit strange not coming to Chelsea any

more? Yes, I will miss you and my fellow exhibitors. I will miss

meeting the customers. I won't miss the three am panic, wondering what

the weather will be like. I have turned the lights on, I have turned

the lights off, I have watered them - I won't miss that. What will you

be doing in the future? preparing pops for Chelsea, I will

have time to grow miniature daffodils. I want to grow my other

passion, these peonies. I want to raise a lot more of these from seed.

Your nursery in Devon is not as warm as you might think, is it?

the temperature is five degrees below what it might be here. And do

won a gold. How confident were you when you came? I never believed we

would be standing here with the gold medal, just unbelievable.

super collection of primulas and aquilegias. Have the remarks being

good? The have been positive, everyone has loved it. We have been

so pleased to get this amount of colour and the exceptional weather

we have had. My congratulations, you deserve your gold. Thank you.

There's still plenty to come from the RHS Chelsea flower show

supported by M&G investments. Coming up: Best man's speech - we

talk to the designer whose scooped the highest prize in horticulture.

Waiting for Chelsea - Stephanie Cole asks the best minds in

gardening for some inspirational advice. This is where I need to be.

The pond, a great problem area in my garden, and I will be asking

lender to guide me. -- asking Linda. And Jubilee

jubilation - we talk to the nursery that's scooped the Diamond Jubillee

Award in the Great Pavilion. For those looking for inspiration

in their modest patch, there's the small garden category. They may be

Main Avenue show gardens in miniature, but they're big on

inspiration and ideas. This year there are 17 of them competing for

medals and they're split into two categories - fresh and artisan.

Earlier, Toby Buckland went to take a look at who had caught the judges

eye and why. If you go to the woods at the back

of the Showground today, you are in for a very pleasant surprise. That

is because this is the home of the artisan gardens, a relatively new

category here, and one that is based on sustainability and natural

materials. There are eight gardens this year, and two got gold. One of

the winners is the Bronte Yorkshire garden and I can see why. The hard

landscaping is good and the naturalistic planting is lovely and

soft but it is not those things that give this garden the X Factor.

It is the fact it captures the spirit of the Yorkshire moors.

Sometimes soft, sometimes dangerous. The Gothic wall paints a picture of

the gloom in the Bronte books and the window gives the whole patch

and uncomfortable feel. The second was Ishihara's garden, who were

also won Best In Category. The best at his own garden. Thanks very

TRANSLATION: Last year the tsunami and the earthquake destroyed

everything and he was very pleased to get the chance to recreate this

beautiful scenery. Andrew, you were the chairman of the assessors who

judged this garden. Why do think it is the best in the category? At the

reason it stands head and shoulders above the other gardens is that it

has this amazing flow around the garden. Your eyes are drawn to the

different elements of it and the devil is in the detail. We have

these incredible details, like the Stones and the Morse so you get the

feeling this garden has always -- stones and moss. The remaining nine

gardens were competing in a brand new category this year called Fresh,

and it's a little controversial as the RHS ripped up the rule book and

told the designers anything goes. The controversy doesn't end there,

because only one won gold and Best In Category, and it went to Tony

Smith with his "Green With" garden. What makes this garden better than

the others? It is all about envy and desire. It really draws you win,

it is an amazing garden that brings you win it as an individual, even

if there are 100 people standing round the I'd -- outside. Did the

other gardens not deliver for the judges? We have a lot of new

exhibitors so it is only ever going to get better.

Earlier we chatted to the wonderful Stephanie Cole about her passion

for gardening. She's a huge fan of Chelsea and wanted to use her trip

to get some advice for solving some dilemmas in her own garden. We

followed her round as she took picked the horticultural brains of

the floral folk here, who really do know what they're talking about.

That is what I love about Chelsea, this wonderful smile and I could

see exactly why the glory of all those roses. Look, aren't they

beautiful. The deep red and the White, beautiful. Now, that is just

what I am looking for. They look as if they have just arrived together

by pure chance. This is a rather difficult place in my garden. Now,

this is where I need to be. The pond, a difficult area in my garden,

and I will be asking Linda to guide me. So unlike the zebra grass, nice

and bright, and to complement that, this has an arrangement that gives

you the lovely strong shape. And the miniature Equus C -- Equisetum.

This is my kind of garden, lovely and organic. I can actually sit

down. Seriously, this is a wonderful garden. I grew this in my

garden for a few years and it disappeared, I don't know why. It

is very breathtaking, moving actually. I just think this is the

most beautiful garden, and it's so deserves its prize. It really does.

I love the man who created it and I'm going to meet him. Joe,

congratulations. Thanks. It is fabulous. When have you got time to

do my garden? Now - I am pretty pushed for time. I would love to do.

I have had the most wonderful day. The sun is shining, I have seen

some glorious gardens, it has been Celebrities flock here every year

like bees to nectar. Who'd have thought gardening could create such

glamour? It all adds to the magic of Chelsea, because this is the

show that has the power to create household names, and today a new

one has been added. A star is born. Sarah, welcome. With your Daily

Telegraph Garden. Tell me about the history of this. What have you done

before in terms of show gardens and what have you won in terms of

medals? My first show garden was at Hampton Court Palace and I wonder a

gold, which I was completely shocked and amazed at. When was

that? In 2006. Gosh! I came to Chelsea in 2007-08 with smaller

gardens and won silver. So now this is a big garden on Main Avenue and

a big prize. Did you expect it? I've had a really amazing team

behind me, Crocus. And also the Telegraph let you design what you

wanted to. Designers always say this. If they give you a brief it

is con Tricketted but if they let you have your head it's wonderful.

So from your point of view freedom was wonderful? Absolutely. They

could sense I was toning myself down for Chelsea and they said, "Go

with it." You need that support, that encouragement. Do you like it?

I do. I like, I feel like I'm starting to get to know it. It

sounds ridiculous when you visualise nit your head, but the

light is changing, we've had sun, and the plants are opening. And by

the end of the week it's a garden. Many congratulations. Thank you.

You can find out more about the thinking behind Sarah's design over

on the Red Button, but don't press it yet. Wait until after the show.

Now, Medals Day can be joyous or heartbreaking for designers. It

takes months, even years of work to get here, never mind the added

pressure of winning a medal, so you'd be forgiven for taking a

break. Arne Maynard's break has lasted 12 years. Carol went to find

out what it was like for him to be back. You've won two golds.

Absolutely brilliant. Thank you very much. Very well deserved. I

have to say straight away that what I love about the garden is the

planting. It is so accomplished and it is so clever. Yet it looks

completely natural. What I wanted to do with the planting, I wanted

it to feel like a garden that everyone could take away a little

bit from it. I wanted a garden that was created by plants and planted

material, so we had the copper beech trees which formed the axis

in the garden. They have become a beautiful backdrop with all the

planting, with the roses and the perennials and the delphiniums. And

we've got the opium poppies and cornflowers to. Me that's a real

garden, a garden where things do migrate around. Exactly, because

some of it looks almost accidental. That's the intention. But very

difficult to get. The colouring is so subtle but it works so

brilliantly. I love all the pinks and whites. And big accents of dark

colours. The roses really provide that accent. What I'm particularly

pleased about is the way I've trained them, on these hazel domes.

That's what die in my garden and clients' gardens. We've had used a

number of varieties. That sharp pink compliments the dusky look.

is very sculptural and signature Arne Maynard, are we going to see

another one next year? Maybe not next year. Between now and ten

years. I hope so. There are so many facets in Arne

Maynard's garden, you can lose yourself. Good for him.

Over in the Great Pavilion, the gold medal-winning nurseries are

competing to win their equivalent of Best in Show. And this year the

presentation has become all the more regal. Rachel went to

investigate. Here in the Great Pavilion from now on exhibits are

not only competing for gold but to be crowned with the equivalent of

Best in Show. This is the Diamond Jubilee Award and it's renamed to

coincide with the Jubilee. The winner is literally royally

anointed, as the prist idgeous prize is presented by the Queen

herself. But how do you you begin to choose who should win? The

person with all the answers RHS judge Jekka McVicar. What's it that

the judges are looking for? This beautiful display by HW Hyde has

got everything right. It is the most wonderful specimens, and a

huge variety. Attention to detail with the labels and all the edging.

And that is what makes it just superb. I must say, Richard, it

does look absolutely immaculate to me. What does this mean to you as a

nursery? We have a vision of what it should look like. It worked out

exactly how it worked in our heads, so for nursery, for us, the

exhibitor, this is the pinnacle. Have you won Best in Show before,

or anything similar at Chelsea? at Chelsea. It is really exciting.

I know your sister picked up the award from the Queen herself. Got

that feel like? Amazing, she said. Many congratulations. It's the most

beautiful display. I can't fault it. Clearly the judges couldn't either.

Congratulations. Thank you very much.

A bit of a thrill there meeting the Queen. If she was here right now I

think Her Majesty could approve of this corgi? You do approve?

haven't made up my mind. Anne Brook made it to meet the Queen. It is

made of chrysanthemums with black ris for its eyes. Have you seen

what the nose is made of? Pussy willow. I expect it to roll over at

any moment. And tiblg its tummy. It has -- and tickle its tummy. It has

a bowl of blueberries and a bone. Peter Dowell's L'Occitane garden

and Andy Sturgeon's garden for M&G Investments. This weather is

exactly what's needed to bring out all those scents and perfumes. It

is a lot cheaper than a Mediterranean holiday. And you have

no for passport control. Andy has won a few at Chelsea, it is still a

pressure. I think there's a certain amount of relief, but also surely

this exhilaration, he looked happy to me today, and no wonder. To

maintain that kind of standard year after year and always do something

new. I love that bronzey sculpture, thatlb Serpentine slithering

through the water. I love the stone. To be brave and push the boat out

financially, to have these big pieces. Smooth stone is wonderful

in a garden, it gives peace and certainty. It is lovely. When you

want to be cool, it is lovely to have a lie down. The RHS may be

judge and jury medal-wise but it is a subjective matter and you may

have your own opinion of who was robbed and who deserved gold. You

can vote for your favourite show garden in the RHS People's Choice

Award. We'll be looking at all the show gardens across the week to.

Take part, go to our website - bbc.co.uk/chelsea.

Follow the link to the RHS peel's award. We'll announce the result on

Saturday on BBC Two at 7.15 pm. Every year the RHS judges choose

one medal-winning show garden to award the Best in Show award. This

is the highest prize and receiving it can take careers to the next

level. Earlier the President of the RHS, Elizabeth Banks, presented the

trophy to this year's winner. have got the greatest pleasure to

give you, to the Brewin Dolphin garden, the Best in Show award.

Thank you very much. It is just wonderful and so many

congratulations to you and actually all the team.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Hooray! This is fabulous. Absolutely fabulous.

It is a little light the Cup Final. This is more useful. You can put

port in there. Two years running Best in Show. Is that a record?

don't know many others two years Best in Show. I really done. It is

quite something. I hate that question, how you do feel? But I

have to ask you. It's genuinely overwhelming. I was going to put a

bet on someone else yesterday. us through what you were trying to

do here. Brewin Dolphin, 250 th year of one of the founding members

of the London Stock Exchange. gave me an open brief but we

decided on something that was traditional with a contemporary

twist, so we can reference history but bring it up to the present day.

This wellhead became our focal point. It is used in a contemporary

context. You have used topiary. Each year there'll be a Zeitgeist,

a mood of the moment, and it will pop up in several gardens. We get

desperate thinking what hasn't been done for several years. Where did

they come from? A nursery in Belgium. They've got so many

presence. The garden is reflecting that 250 years. 250 year agos ago

topiary was being ripped out by people like "Capability" Brown.

can celebrate it now with a nice glass of port. Cleve West, best

garden in show. APPLAUSE It's been a momentous day here in

the Royal Hospital ground. We've had a fair share of laughter and

tears. The sun has come out. Nothing can bring out a smile quite

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

SONG: You Can Get It If You Really One of the great things the sun has

done is bring out all the flowers that have been held back so far.

And what's more in the show gardens the judges haven't penalised people

for the fact that that knowledge this season, for the fact that

things were backward. It is a really good sign. It's a

recognition of the fact that gardening is all about cycle and

change. It is not saying alright we'll let you off this year,

because they are. It is being realistic that the sun is bringing

them all out. Opening the flowers and making them brighter. That's

all for tonight's Chelsea. Nicki Chapman and Toby Buckland will be

back tomorrow at 12.30pm on BBC One. I'll be joined by Chris Beardshaw

tomorrow night on BBC One and BBC Two for a bumper 90 minutes of

Chelsea coverage. If you simply can't wait, you can press the red

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