:00:22. > :00:28.gardeners permission to relax. After years of tailing and
:00:28. > :00:33.cultivating it's time to give our garden as bit of slack and welcome
:00:34. > :00:40.back a touch of the world. Many exhibitors are showing a natural
:00:41. > :00:50.decide of garden, we are showing off Britain's bountiful wildlife.
:00:51. > :00:51.
:00:51. > :00:58.Coming up, Adam Frost follows in the footsteps of poet John Clare,
:00:58. > :01:05.the inspiration behindlies 2012 show garden. When you get away from
:01:05. > :01:11.the roads and people and the peace and just that connection with
:01:11. > :01:15.nature, how do you encans late that in a garden? Wild about Mary -
:01:15. > :01:18.cookery writer and judge Mary Berry introduces us to her passion,
:01:18. > :01:25.gardening. These have culture a wonderful scent. Stunning self-
:01:25. > :01:29.seeders, Carol Klein seeks out the Great Pavilion flowers that need no
:01:29. > :01:34.help in spreading. Hello and welcome to the RHS
:01:34. > :01:40.Chelsea Flower Show. Tonight the plants of Chelsea take centre stage,
:01:40. > :01:44.particularly those that provide a vital wildlife Lorder. The plight
:01:44. > :01:51.of our poinating insects has become a cause of constant concern in
:01:51. > :02:01.recent years, so tonight we provide a guide to the flowers they favour
:02:01. > :02:07.which we can all grow in our gardens. Understand this regal year
:02:07. > :02:12.I'm not sure that crown will fit the bill. But it is fun. Old Bexley
:02:12. > :02:17.Floral Arrangement Society, a family effort apparently. It is
:02:17. > :02:20.lined with roses. And the leaves on the cushion are skeletonised.
:02:20. > :02:30.didn't notice the leaves on the cushion. That's beautiful. It's a
:02:30. > :02:34.
:02:34. > :02:39.lovely piece of work. It wouldn't attract much wildlife, which is
:02:39. > :02:46.what we are concentrating on today. Plants with nectar is the thing.
:02:46. > :02:55.is. It is staggering just how much of our native wild flower meadow
:02:55. > :03:01.has been lost. Since 1930, 97% of our wild flower meadows in England
:03:01. > :03:05.and Wales have gone. And that, it is just extraordinary. And the
:03:05. > :03:10.great thing act insect and wildlife in general is they are opportunists
:03:10. > :03:16.and if we put them there, they come. They are still there. All you have
:03:16. > :03:22.to do is create a bit of your own and off you go. It is not just
:03:22. > :03:29.about native flower species. The exotics can supplement them in some
:03:29. > :03:33.circumstances. Any flowers with nectar and pollen are good. One
:03:33. > :03:37.designer celebrating the beauty of the unspoilt countryside is Adam
:03:37. > :03:43.Frost. His garden is in Northampton share. He walks the peasant walks
:03:43. > :03:47.of John Clare. Adam's been soaking up the atmosphere of Clare's home
:03:47. > :03:54.in the village of Helston as part of his research.
:03:54. > :03:58.I was inspired not only by John Clare's poetry but more by we've
:03:58. > :04:00.got these five or six well known local walks. It is this diverse
:04:00. > :04:06.countryside. That's I think what inspired me.
:04:06. > :04:16.Sweet tiny flower of darkly hue, lone dweller in the pathless shade.
:04:16. > :04:31.
:04:31. > :04:37.How much I love thy pensive blue of so beautiful, it lifts the spirits
:04:37. > :04:41.doesn't it? Even today, absolutely pouring down but there is something
:04:41. > :04:47.so calm and peaceful about this place. It's the colours. It's the
:04:47. > :04:50.uprights. It's the, it's the leaving the field and going into
:04:50. > :04:57.the and wood. A change of atmosphere. Your head spins and
:04:57. > :05:02.there's all sorts of ideas that come out of something so simple as
:05:02. > :05:10.a wood with bluebells. John Clare lived just down the road from here,
:05:10. > :05:15.so as a kid I think he would have come up into these woods and played.
:05:15. > :05:22.I've brought my children up here. We walked in the bottom end of this
:05:22. > :05:25.wood. You more or less come to the beech trees and it is a sea of
:05:25. > :05:29.bluebells with little white amen mis.
:05:29. > :05:35.-- athen mis. I love the way these canopys of
:05:35. > :05:41.beech trees are stunning. They create the dappled shade which is
:05:41. > :05:49.lovely. They lead down to these strong stems of the beech. At
:05:49. > :05:55.Chelsea I think I will replace the beech with the hornbeam. The stems
:05:55. > :06:02.are slightly greyer but you are going to get that lovely feathery
:06:02. > :06:07.feel and soft texture. At Chelsea what I want to do along the back of
:06:07. > :06:11.the garden is create an Avenue along the back. But as you leave
:06:11. > :06:17.the Avenue and drift back into the garden you will get that change of
:06:17. > :06:24.light as if you were coming to the edge of a wood. And then you escape
:06:24. > :06:27.into the field and hopefully that's what I'm trying to achieve it it is
:06:27. > :06:33.all about atmosphere. There are so many plants which grow
:06:33. > :06:37.natively in our country that we can use in our gardens. At Chelsea like
:06:37. > :06:41.the bluebells, though I can't use these because they'll be long gone,
:06:41. > :06:46.there is things like campanulas, digitalis, ferns. All the things
:06:46. > :06:54.that grow wildly but we can use them to capture a bit of this
:06:54. > :07:00.atmosphere in my Chelsea garden. What I want people to do the, when
:07:00. > :07:06.they come to Chelsea and they see this planting that's native driven,
:07:06. > :07:10.I want people to realise that that is what they've got outside their
:07:10. > :07:15.back door. I want people to open their gate, go out in the
:07:15. > :07:25.countryside and explore. And maybe explain to their kids how important
:07:25. > :07:36.
:07:36. > :07:40.of your hornbeam alley. It has really worked. This is woodland
:07:40. > :07:48.fraying out. This was the feel I was trying to achieve. When your
:07:48. > :07:54.eyes adapt to the wood and you come into the open space down to the
:07:54. > :08:01.brook. Down to the dyke. But you've adapted it into a garden. You've
:08:01. > :08:09.given the gardener some pleasure, a champagne cooler in the stone wall!
:08:09. > :08:14.There's condensation on bottle the cool wall. We'll open one.
:08:14. > :08:21.like this, underneath this robust oak shelter a roof of clover.
:08:21. > :08:27.Inspired by one of his poems, but in reality you could do that.
:08:27. > :08:33.Compost it once a year. Even your accoutrements like your barbecue
:08:33. > :08:38.have become a fire pit. It is about a space that people can use. Though
:08:38. > :08:43.it is inspired by those walks it is bringing it home. Nature is outside
:08:43. > :08:47.your back door. The countryside come stpwoos the garden. That is
:08:47. > :08:51.our connection with nature isn't it, outside our back door for most of
:08:51. > :08:59.us, or it should be. You've formalised the brook with this
:08:59. > :09:06.wonderful stone edging and dirty great boulders. You know when you
:09:06. > :09:10.are walking out and suddenly you come into a stream and you find
:09:10. > :09:13.something to get that step over. Gardens like this are important
:09:13. > :09:17.wildlife corridors, like country hedgerows, leading wildlife on.
:09:17. > :09:22.Exactly. And we should have more all the time. Again, you think
:09:22. > :09:32.about the whole thing is inspired by John Clare. He was questioning
:09:32. > :09:34.
:09:34. > :09:39.at the time that we were taking away those habitats. Yes. And we
:09:39. > :09:41.are still doing it today. So some things true then are still true
:09:41. > :09:43.nowadays. Congratulations on the gold medal. Well deserved. The
:09:43. > :09:51.inspiration Adam's taken from our native countryside is echoed on the
:09:51. > :09:55.opposite of Main Avenue in a garden designed by Professor Nigel Dunnett.
:09:55. > :10:00.Nigel taken time out to design a garden that showcases different
:10:00. > :10:04.styles of meadow planting, as Chris has been discovering.
:10:04. > :10:07.How has your experience at the Olympic Park influenced what you've
:10:07. > :10:11.achieved here? It is almost the other way round, because this
:10:11. > :10:16.garden is full of my typical style of planting, which we've applied in
:10:16. > :10:19.the London Olympic Park Particular over the 2012 gardens, half a mile
:10:20. > :10:24.of these mixed naturalistic perennial plantings. What's
:10:24. > :10:28.different about these is we worked with the habitat types, from
:10:28. > :10:35.woodland and shade through to bright sun and meadows and woodland
:10:35. > :10:42.edge. So we are looking at woodland here. It is beautiful with
:10:42. > :10:51.aquilegias. Native grasses. We pint up with adding a other things in --
:10:51. > :10:57.pe pep it up with adding other things. I've used the lily
:10:57. > :11:03.throughout. The pale pink wild form coming up through grass. When you
:11:03. > :11:09.have those ephemeral plants it really excites. To have these
:11:09. > :11:15.emerging through the lower layer really gives you drama. And the
:11:15. > :11:22.canallals are bounded by narrow -- canals are bounded with narrow
:11:22. > :11:26.strips We have what we call our bio-Swale mix. This is a zero run-
:11:26. > :11:31.off garden. It is capturing all the rainwater through the Swale which
:11:31. > :11:35.is fill up with water. The water can go down slowly into the ground.
:11:35. > :11:39.It cleans the water like a reed bed and we get lovely clear water in
:11:39. > :11:45.the central pools. I love the way you take a principle which is
:11:45. > :11:53.evident out in nature, in the wild, and cleanse it and refine it and
:11:53. > :11:56.make it garden worthy. I call them evokations of nature. I look to
:11:56. > :12:00.dramatic and beautiful vegetation in different parts of the world and
:12:00. > :12:04.adapt it. For example this more dry meadow with the white form of the
:12:04. > :12:11.Lily coming through is a really nice example. We have native wild
:12:11. > :12:15.flowers, lots of grass, but the white lilies are special. I've seen
:12:15. > :12:19.the martagon lilies staining whole hillsides pink and white in
:12:19. > :12:23.southern Europe through the sheer numbers. Most people see lilies in
:12:23. > :12:27.pots but in the wild they can be so dramatic. There is so much
:12:27. > :12:31.potential to be artistic with plants and to produce visual
:12:31. > :12:34.spectacles. For me, I like to think that some of the things we are
:12:34. > :12:37.working with, particularly in the Olympic Park, people's jaws are
:12:37. > :12:41.going to drop at the spectacle of it. They are certainly dropping
:12:42. > :12:46.here at Chelsea Flower Show. It's a stunning garden. Congratulations.
:12:46. > :12:51.If you do have a ticket to the Games this summer do make time to
:12:51. > :12:54.view Nigel's work first hand. Mary Berry is one of our most
:12:54. > :12:59.respected cookery writers, with over 70 best-selling books to her
:12:59. > :13:06.name. Many of you will know her as a judge on the BBC's Great British
:13:06. > :13:09.Bake Off but what you may not know is Mary is also a passionate
:13:10. > :13:19.gardener. She's tend her garden in Buckinghamshire for 22 years. She
:13:19. > :13:24.invited us to brave the weather for our own private tour.
:13:24. > :13:30.I wasn't interested in gardening until the children had grown up a
:13:30. > :13:40.bit. As they grew up and spent more time at school, I had a bit of time
:13:40. > :13:40.
:13:40. > :13:48.on my hands. I enjoyed it. I like to have in the garden all different
:13:48. > :13:55.areas. Some formal, some informal. I love the pond. In the evening the
:13:55. > :13:59.idea is to come with a glass in hand and have the sun setting, but
:13:59. > :14:04.nearly always I'm just pulling out the odd weed around or deadheading
:14:04. > :14:11.or something. Spring is a yellow time. There is
:14:11. > :14:18.the marigold. The primulas, I picked up these seedlings and dug
:14:18. > :14:24.them out and nurtured them and brought them back. They are doing
:14:24. > :14:29.quite well. The pink is coming through. One ar rum lily, I have
:14:29. > :14:33.not had success with them. We tried to build them in the water and had
:14:33. > :14:37.half logs and earth but the ducks sit on the top of them. I've moved
:14:37. > :14:41.them up the bank a bit and I'm hoping they will get going. As the
:14:42. > :14:45.year goes on, we have in the borders lovely soft colours. I like
:14:45. > :14:49.soft colours. The one thing I cannot stand is orange.
:14:49. > :14:59.You are not going to change me. I wouldn't wear an orange jumper
:14:59. > :15:00.
:15:00. > :15:07.either. Here's the meadow. This is a real
:15:07. > :15:10.cast to the formal part of the garden -- contrast to the formal
:15:10. > :15:16.part of the garden. It's a very pleasant place to be. Lots of
:15:16. > :15:23.wildlife here. And we have the path going across and the path coming up.
:15:23. > :15:29.A few wild roses. In summer it's almost up to my waist. It looks
:15:29. > :15:39.very beautiful as the winds blue and the sun is on it. Very paefplt
:15:39. > :15:43.
:15:43. > :15:48.is to have something to pick. These make a lovely mixture, these tulips.
:15:48. > :15:58.This egrow when you put them in water, they seem to get taller.
:15:58. > :16:04.
:16:04. > :16:12.These have such a wonderful scent. I think this is lovely, the proper
:16:12. > :16:21.name I can't say, I call it Japonica. I usually snip it off
:16:21. > :16:28.there and have five or six in a tall vase, it looks wonderful.
:16:28. > :16:35.I feel totally at home here in the herb garden. I have lovely bay and
:16:35. > :16:41.then I use all sorts of sages. I suppose I use chives more than
:16:41. > :16:46.anything else. Then we've got the marjoram here, golden and plain.
:16:46. > :16:56.And many thymes. I never use a dried herb noi, just fresh herbs
:16:56. > :17:02.from the garden. I really like a garden which is
:17:02. > :17:05.full of colour and tidy. And it's just the same in the kitchen. I
:17:05. > :17:15.like a tidy kitchen. I like things to look good. I think you could say
:17:15. > :17:18.
:17:18. > :17:23.Mary, it was a rotten day, rotten weather, but a wonderful garden.
:17:23. > :17:29.is. It's a great joy to us. Favourite spot? I like by the pond.
:17:29. > :17:36.On that day it was raining so hard. I've enjoyed renewing the marginal
:17:36. > :17:40.plants. We've got lovely primula at the moment and arum lilies not too
:17:40. > :17:44.successful. Now you've moved it up the bank a bit, I reckon it might
:17:44. > :17:47.be more successful. You need to keept ducks off it. Ducks and
:17:47. > :17:54.gardens don't go together.. They were sitting right on the top.
:17:54. > :18:00.There are you! I think you'll be OK with that. I shall tend it well.
:18:00. > :18:05.The wildlife is ofg -- obviously important, we're featuring wildlife
:18:05. > :18:10.guard nds, it means something to you. We have a meadow. Sadly, there
:18:10. > :18:18.are not very glamorous plnts in it, because it is all going back to
:18:18. > :18:27.grasses. We're not replanting it. After many years of that it goes
:18:27. > :18:33.back to grasses, doesn't it? I have exactly the same on talk down and
:18:33. > :18:37.Cricklade mixture. I also put in yellow rattle, which weakens grass.
:18:37. > :18:42.Generally you don't scatter seed on grass to make a meadow because it's
:18:42. > :18:47.just beaten by the grass, but you can scatter yellow rattle seed
:18:47. > :18:53.among it to weaken the grass. This wasn't intended to be a dlinic, but
:18:53. > :18:57.I'm happy to turn it into one! try that. It's a semi-parasite. It
:18:57. > :19:02.weakens the grass and you get the yellow flowers as well. When it's
:19:02. > :19:07.clear I can plant more interesting things. Can you put in some plugs
:19:07. > :19:12.in. Especially near the edge so everybody can admire it. Yes. You
:19:12. > :19:17.must have a good kitchen garden. We saw the herb there's. On that day,
:19:17. > :19:22.very, very wot, very little growing. But now every row is ready to come
:19:22. > :19:27.up. I always plant in the vegetable garden things that we enjoy eating.
:19:27. > :19:30.The herb garden is a huge joy. I hate dried herbs. Now you have them
:19:30. > :19:34.all the year round in the garden. It's been a delight to talk to you.
:19:34. > :19:37.What are you doing back there? Lavender biscuits. Oh, I say!
:19:37. > :19:43.Especially made for you. Bless your heart, this will be eaten within
:19:43. > :19:49.about 15 seconds now. Nts and the lavender I put in was just the leaf.
:19:49. > :19:53.I chop today exceedingly finely and into a shortbread biscuit. That's a
:19:53. > :19:58.fair reck pence for gardening advice, baking advice. We look
:19:58. > :20:02.forward to see you on our screens soon. We're sending Mary out to
:20:02. > :20:05.find the answers to her questions. We'll catch up with you later.
:20:05. > :20:09.Thank you very much, Mary Berry. Mary was talking about it as well,
:20:09. > :20:13.we prop gait plants madly, we take cuttings of this and shoots of that
:20:13. > :20:18.and root them. Some plants don't need us involved at all. They're
:20:18. > :20:22.very good at self-seeding. They spread themselves everywhere,
:20:22. > :20:28.sometimes where you don't want them. Carol's been finding out the most
:20:28. > :20:32.successful self-seeders. There are myriad different ways
:20:32. > :20:36.that plants have evolved to distribute their seeds, depending
:20:36. > :20:40.on the prevailing conditions and their situation. As kids we're all
:20:40. > :20:47.used to doing that familiar thing where you blow away the dandelion
:20:47. > :20:52.clock. First of all the flower is polinated and it closes in and
:20:52. > :20:58.inside here lots is going on. That seed is set. Finally, when it's
:20:58. > :21:08.ripe and on a dry, sunny day, the clock emerges and at the perfect
:21:08. > :21:10.
:21:10. > :21:17.further. In the case of lupins, when the flowers have fallen the
:21:17. > :21:23.seed pod swells, gets really dry and crisp. On a hot, sunny day, the
:21:23. > :21:29.whole thing twists and explodes. Other legumes, plants in the pea
:21:29. > :21:39.family, use the same method. A lot of them are very familiar to us.
:21:39. > :21:49.
:21:49. > :21:54.Sweetpeas, peas themselves and is the euphorbia. If you happen to
:21:54. > :22:04.be nearby, you can sometimes hear their seeds as they are catapoulted
:22:04. > :22:04.
:22:04. > :22:09.into the air. In some cases, third parties are employed. Strawberries,
:22:10. > :22:17.for instance use birds, animals to distribute their seed. Strawberries
:22:17. > :22:22.belong to the rose family. There are so many members of the family
:22:22. > :22:29.that we're familiar with including giums. In their case, the seed has
:22:30. > :22:36.no capsule at all. It's completely open. But what it does have is a
:22:36. > :22:42.velcro mechanism, so an animal or huemon or bird walks by, the seeds
:22:42. > :22:46.attach themselves and are carried off. Any plant that lives in or
:22:46. > :22:52.beside water is liable to have evolved with that water and use it
:22:52. > :22:57.to spread its seed. The coconut is a perfect example. These huge seeds
:22:57. > :23:00.will tumble into the sea and be swept away to land up on a distant
:23:00. > :23:06.shore and make yet another coconut palm.
:23:06. > :23:11.Of course, not many of us have coconuts in our garden, but we do
:23:11. > :23:21.have water and in it we grow plants like water lilies which employ
:23:21. > :23:25.exactly the same method to move their seeds around. As gardeners we
:23:25. > :23:30.grow lots of plants from seed. But occasionally plants take it upon
:23:30. > :23:34.themselves to join in. And it's those self-seeders that can make
:23:34. > :23:42.all the difference between a monotonous gathering and a
:23:42. > :23:43.deplorious garden party. Tonight we're looking at the
:23:43. > :23:47.benefit of wildflowers in the benefit of wildflowers in the
:23:47. > :23:52.gardens. It's clear that one huge benefit is because of the
:23:52. > :23:56.polinating insects they attract. One insect often seen as a cut
:23:56. > :24:01.above the rest is the bumblebee. One man who knows all about them is
:24:01. > :24:05.Dr Ben Darvill from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. So bumblebees
:24:05. > :24:09.as distinct from honeybees? honeybees maybe people wouldn't
:24:09. > :24:13.notice in their gardens. They're small and brown and not distinctive.
:24:13. > :24:16.Bumblebees are the stripey things we love to see on our irises
:24:16. > :24:20.amongst other things. These are the ones we're looking for. These are
:24:20. > :24:22.the ones we need to take care of. Why? Why are they so important?
:24:22. > :24:27.Why? Why are they so important? They polinate a huge variety of
:24:27. > :24:32.different things. They help the flowers produce seeds or fruit. In
:24:32. > :24:34.the garden that gives us seed. In farmland something like 84% of
:24:34. > :24:38.Europe's crops need bees to polinate them. Yeah, they're very
:24:39. > :24:45.important. Why are they in danger then? Are they in danger? They are
:24:45. > :24:49.I'm afraid. There have been huge declines across the UK, we've lost
:24:49. > :24:54.two species and many species are seriously in decline. How many do
:24:54. > :24:58.we have all together? There are 24 species. But most people will
:24:58. > :25:01.struggle to see more than six or seven in the garden. The others are
:25:01. > :25:05.very rare. There are far fewer flowers in the countryside than
:25:05. > :25:11.there used to be. You have watching this programme millions who would
:25:11. > :25:13.like to do something about it. What can we do to redress the balance?
:25:13. > :25:17.Masses. Gardens cover a vast area Masses. Gardens cover a vast area
:25:17. > :25:21.in the UK. Well over a million acres. If everybody in the UK did a
:25:21. > :25:24.bit to help bees it would make a significant difference. It's about
:25:24. > :25:29.planting the right flowers. It's very important that people choose
:25:29. > :25:35.appropriately. How can we find out? I can list a few, but the easier
:25:35. > :25:39.thing would be for people to go onto our website. We have a brand
:25:39. > :25:43.new app, which allows people to choose the plants in their gardens
:25:43. > :25:46.already that are good for bees, find out a score for their garden
:25:46. > :25:49.and get further recommendations to make it even better. These are
:25:49. > :25:54.plants rich in nectar and in pollen. That's right and flowering
:25:54. > :25:58.throughout the year as well, so that the bees are left without
:25:58. > :26:04.anything to feed from. Thank you Ben. We're answering the call of
:26:04. > :26:09.the wild tonight. This year's event supported by M&G Investments boast
:26:09. > :26:12.a host of exhibits promosting the importance of wildlife friendly
:26:12. > :26:20.gardens. Still to come: A meadow in minutes, the turf that does all
:26:20. > :26:25.your hard work for you. Towering ambition - Diarmuid Gavin
:26:25. > :26:29.tells us how his plant rich pyramid could inspire cities to go green.
:26:29. > :26:32.From here I can see what you had for breakfast. From here a lot of
:26:32. > :26:35.people would see their own breakfast. And Mary's mission,
:26:35. > :26:39.we'll find out if cookery writer Mary Berry has had a great day out
:26:39. > :26:46.at Chelsea. Oh, gosh, it's a myriad of
:26:46. > :26:51.different plants and colours. There's been lots of interest in
:26:51. > :26:55.the painted pots we showed yesterday. The RHS are auctioning
:26:55. > :26:59.these online. Go to their website, in aid of their schools gardening
:26:59. > :27:06.campaign. Here are three of them. The one on the left is the top
:27:06. > :27:10.price at the moment at �285. That's Judi Dench's pot. The middle is �82,
:27:11. > :27:14.that's Mary Berry. One on the right is mine, at the moment at �200.
:27:14. > :27:18.Mary's is nicer than mine. Go online and bid for a pot. It's all
:27:18. > :27:22.in the cause of getting children gardening. What's all this about
:27:22. > :27:27.you and a taxi with a garden in the back? I came out of the hotel the
:27:27. > :27:31.other morning, I was greeted by a floral bounty that was a black cab.
:27:31. > :27:36.I thought it was going to be the outside, but inside was like
:27:36. > :27:39.walking into a glass house, it had tomatoes, strawberries and potted
:27:40. > :27:45.plants and little he isian cushions. It was just extraordinary. Why?
:27:45. > :27:51.you know, I think it's all part of the black cab in bloom. It's urban
:27:51. > :27:59.greening. I have to say the cushions were a bit itchy. I don't
:27:59. > :28:04.recommend he isian. One man who was advocating the benefits of wildlife
:28:04. > :28:10.gardening in the 1980s was the late Geoff Hamilton. He encouraged
:28:10. > :28:17.viewers to create outdoor spaces to attract polinating insects. After
:28:17. > :28:24.his death in 1996 his son Nick took over his gardens at Barnsdale. We
:28:24. > :28:34.caught up with him a few weeks ago. He spoke about the ethos that's
:28:34. > :28:39.
:28:39. > :28:49.When my father was setting up the gardens here his ethos was very
:28:49. > :28:50.
:28:50. > :28:53.much to be organic and therefore to be wildlife friendly. It had had a
:28:53. > :28:56.hippie image before then. That's something that he definitely wasn't.
:28:56. > :29:00.He was somebody, I know for a fact from talking to lots of people, he
:29:00. > :29:02.was somebody that if he told people that this was the thing to do on
:29:02. > :29:08.the television, that they'd all rush out first thing Saturday
:29:08. > :29:12.morning and doing it. The 39 individual gardens and features
:29:12. > :29:15.that are created here were created very much with wildlife in mind.
:29:15. > :29:20.Obviously we've gardened over the years on organic principles. This
:29:20. > :29:24.is one of the last ones that my father created. This is the
:29:24. > :29:31.wildlife pond and stream, created to encourage people how to attract
:29:31. > :29:34.to encourage people how to attract wildlife into a garden. It evokes
:29:35. > :29:39.great memories of my father. This was something he really enjoyed
:29:39. > :29:42.doing. He didn't enjoy digging the pond very much I have to say. But
:29:42. > :29:49.it was something that summed him up and has done everything that he
:29:49. > :29:52.ever want today to do. It's nice when a plan comes together. Now the
:29:52. > :29:56.great stream project continues. You'll remember last week I
:29:56. > :29:59.finished off the stream and the pond and I got the water moving too.
:29:59. > :30:05.The sound of running water in the garden really does make a
:30:05. > :30:09.difference. I love it. Water is essential in any sort of garden and
:30:09. > :30:15.particularly a wildlife garden, because obviously, everything that
:30:15. > :30:25.lives needs water. It creates part of the whole ecosystem of a
:30:25. > :30:27.
:30:28. > :30:35.wildlife environment. It's created in 1996, one of the first
:30:35. > :30:40.things my father planted in here was the classic bog garden plant,
:30:41. > :30:47.the marsh marigold. It is fantastically inspirational with
:30:47. > :30:56.the bright yellow cups, which is suitable for insects. It has
:30:56. > :31:00.gradually started to work its way into the pond.
:31:00. > :31:05.This is our wildlife garden, which is situated right at the very top
:31:05. > :31:09.of the gardens here at Barnsdale and has been designed not only to
:31:09. > :31:13.be of interest 12 months of the year but more importantly to be
:31:13. > :31:20.sustainable for wildlife through the 12 months. Things like this
:31:20. > :31:27.winter box have finished flowering now. The usage now has been tone
:31:27. > :31:33.over by the pulmonaria and the euphorbia, so the wildlife have
:31:33. > :31:37.something else to move to. There is no doubt that if you conserve and
:31:37. > :31:41.maintain that delicate balance of wildlife in the garden you will
:31:41. > :31:46.solve your pest problems without having to lift a finger. At Chelsea
:31:46. > :31:51.this year we are looking to bring a little piece of Barnsdale to
:31:51. > :31:56.Chelsea and also to try and focus on that wildlife aspect. We'll be
:31:56. > :32:03.using a lot of plants that attract wildlife. Certainly the more nectar
:32:03. > :32:08.plants. We are looking at hissup, geraniums, the campanulas and the
:32:08. > :32:14.bell flower. Chelsea being the most prestigious show in the world, it
:32:14. > :32:17.is a fantastic window to take Barnsdale to. Barnsdale is the most
:32:17. > :32:26.fantastic place to be in the world, so what better combination can I
:32:26. > :32:31.have? Good to hear Geoff's voice again.
:32:31. > :32:36.Your dad's work still goes on. Absolutely. He will never die will
:32:36. > :32:41.he? That wildlife and organic element at Barnsdale it is shot
:32:41. > :32:46.through the place. Very much so Alan. We've been organic for 25
:32:46. > :32:51.years and we need the wildlife to do a lot of the work for us. It
:32:51. > :32:55.doesn't enable us to sit back and take it easily. We have it very
:32:55. > :32:59.much as a running through throughout the garden. What are the
:32:59. > :33:01.difficulties of running a garden and a nursery. You are selling the
:33:01. > :33:07.plants and keeping the garden looking good. It's a double
:33:07. > :33:11.pressure in a way. It is. I love it. I can Potter about in the nursery
:33:11. > :33:14.and then I'm in the garden. The biggest problem I find is that
:33:14. > :33:19.we'll never ever grow everything we have in the garden. People see
:33:19. > :33:23.something in the garden and then want it. We spend a lot of time
:33:23. > :33:28.directing them to other nurseries, like here at Chelsea. You must be
:33:28. > :33:30.heartened by this whole urban greening thing. There is always an
:33:31. > :33:34.opportunity isn't there? I think there is. People don't quite
:33:34. > :33:38.realise what benefit they have themselves. They bring the fields
:33:38. > :33:43.and the surrounding area into their own garden and it does enlighten
:33:43. > :33:47.your life. It's fantastic to see the insects buzzing about and the
:33:47. > :33:55.other wildlife that it brings. about the plants you would
:33:55. > :34:01.recommend. You have a lovely little stand, a jewel stand. Picks out a
:34:01. > :34:07.couple you think ech wildlife garden should have. The valerian,
:34:07. > :34:12.that's a fantastic pollinator for insects, as is the white robin. It
:34:12. > :34:18.is the white form of the ragged robin and very good pollinating
:34:18. > :34:25.plants for the insects. But it is not just about that but the other
:34:25. > :34:30.wildlife. The firns and the heuch actions give cover. And you can't
:34:30. > :34:33.choose the wildlife, it chooses you. Exactly. Without the pest you don't
:34:34. > :34:38.get the predator, which are the ones we want It's a balance between
:34:38. > :34:43.the two. Lovely to see you and to remember Geoff.
:34:43. > :34:46.Alys Fowler has been here too. She's been visiting the show today.
:34:46. > :34:49.Alys's own gardening style is always in tune with her natural
:34:49. > :34:53.surroundings so Chris caught up with her to find out what was
:34:53. > :34:57.inspiring her about this year's cheap.
:34:57. > :35:01.I have completely fall no-one love with the Korean garden. For me that
:35:01. > :35:06.planting plan is exquisite and it had so many things I really wasn't
:35:06. > :35:10.aware of, so it is exciting to see new stuff. There is huge variety in
:35:10. > :35:15.subtle flower there is, which is great for wildlife. It is going to
:35:15. > :35:22.give that diverse delivery of nectar. And it is all native. I
:35:22. > :35:25.guess across the gardens in general there's been so much, a really
:35:25. > :35:29.relaxed planting style. There is so much that's good for wildlife. It
:35:29. > :35:33.is quite a joy to see all the gardens buzzing with insects.
:35:33. > :35:38.difficult for people visiting the show, when they look at a bloom to
:35:38. > :35:43.think, well, is that going to be great for wildlife or not? What
:35:43. > :35:48.broad rules should we be applying? Simple flowers. Stay clear of
:35:48. > :35:51.anything that is double. Anything that repeat flowers or has a strong
:35:51. > :35:57.presence. If the bees are visiting it, it is probably a good indicator
:35:57. > :36:02.that they like it. It is about creating a matrix, not just one
:36:02. > :36:07.level of floral interest. Have trees, climbers and shrubs. That
:36:07. > :36:11.increases the insects activity. insects are essentially the base of
:36:11. > :36:17.the food chain. They perform not only poll ination but they are
:36:17. > :36:22.above that level. Get the insnects and every else comes to behind.
:36:22. > :36:27.When you have all the others, the birds and the bats, they help
:36:27. > :36:30.control your pest problems. It works to your benefit to get this
:36:31. > :36:33.insects The message many exhibitors are
:36:34. > :36:37.keen to get across this year is that a nectar-rich meadow doesn't
:36:37. > :36:40.have to stretch for acres. They can start in your own back garden. It's
:36:40. > :36:43.just a question of deciding what particular flower mixes you want to
:36:43. > :36:52.sow. To help you decide, Alys has been to meet students from Capel
:36:52. > :36:59.Manor College who are staging a beginner's guide to meadows. Hello
:36:59. > :37:06.Tom. I believe you are a student at Capel Manor. That's right: There is
:37:06. > :37:13.something special about this turf? Yes, all of these plants tract bats.
:37:13. > :37:17.How will this bring a bat to your garden? It brings in the moths that
:37:17. > :37:23.the bats like the eat. Fantastic. And this bit here is something
:37:23. > :37:27.that's familiar to me. You've used rubble? All repsycheled from
:37:27. > :37:31.brownfield sites. Will it self colonise with annuals, and we've
:37:31. > :37:36.put some perennials as well. Will it look after itself. Have a patio
:37:36. > :37:41.that I took up and underneath was a huge amount of rubble. I did pretty
:37:41. > :37:49.much the same thing. What flowers have you got in there? Thymes and
:37:49. > :37:55.Nigella and a bit of flax. It is a really simple, elegant solution.
:37:55. > :38:03.love the contrast between the urban gritty waste and these delicate
:38:03. > :38:08.pretty wild flowers. If you want your own slice of urban meadow, all
:38:08. > :38:13.you need to do is pick the right mixes. These mixes here have been
:38:13. > :38:23.chosen for their long-flowering interest. They are a mixture of
:38:23. > :38:23.
:38:23. > :38:26.native and non-natives. Native poppies, toad flax and lots of
:38:26. > :38:32.cosmos. You begin to realise how long the flourg period is going to
:38:32. > :38:36.be. There is more and more flowers coming up and each mix is a
:38:36. > :38:41.different colour scheme. This is a riotous pastel. This is going to
:38:41. > :38:45.turn into a lot of hot pinks. There's a really beautiful kind of
:38:45. > :38:49.rich yellow version. The wonderful thing about these is that they've
:38:49. > :38:56.been specifically designed for garden soil, so you don't have to
:38:56. > :38:58.impoverish your soil. All you need is a patch and you too can sow
:38:58. > :39:05.something fantastic for wildlife and to give you a long period of
:39:05. > :39:08.colour. What I love here is a spied hear already decided to move in.
:39:08. > :39:15.Two weeks ago, John Wilson had no idea he was coming to Chelsea.
:39:15. > :39:21.Today he's standing here with a prestigious gold medal. What's
:39:21. > :39:26.story, John? I got a phone call just over two weeks ago saying they
:39:26. > :39:32.had a cancellation at Chelsea and Iowa on the waiting list. Would I
:39:32. > :39:36.be able to fill in? You don't say no, do you? I said yes and
:39:36. > :39:41.immediately got on with preparing for Malvern the following week and
:39:41. > :39:48.where I was all last week. So effectively I had about one week to
:39:48. > :39:53.get ready for this. It is a Jew ill of a stand, this. Thank you. Ferns
:39:53. > :40:00.it seems to me are so useful in the garden, the damp, shady spots.
:40:00. > :40:05.gaits no other plant will do. The bits that no other plants will
:40:05. > :40:11.do. All firms love moisture and shade, but there are a lot of
:40:11. > :40:15.varieties that are tolerate drier conditions and some sun. There is
:40:15. > :40:20.hardly anywhere apart from those areas that are in full sun that are
:40:20. > :40:25.not suitable for tern ferns But when you plant them, dig in plenty
:40:25. > :40:29.of organic stuff. Your own garden compost, well-rotted manure or leaf
:40:29. > :40:35.mould. That's the stuff they love. I ger you gave Joe one for his
:40:35. > :40:39.garden? No, I sold him one. Good man. There's a nurseryman!
:40:39. > :40:44.Congratulations. Thank you. Tonight we've been taking a look at
:40:44. > :40:47.the benefits of wild flower meadows. However, if you do want to create
:40:47. > :40:51.one in your garden, remember they do take a bit of time - until now.
:40:51. > :40:54.I say that because some of the meadows you see at Chelsea this
:40:54. > :40:56.week are created from strips of wild flower turf. These roll out
:40:56. > :41:06.meadows have been produced by Yorkshire-based turf grower Stephen
:41:06. > :41:13.
:41:13. > :41:17.Fell, who earlier this month agreed 25 years now. What we are trying to
:41:17. > :41:21.do for our customeres is truce a nice attractive roll they can lay
:41:21. > :41:27.out in their gardens. I wanted to be able to do the same thing with
:41:27. > :41:30.wild flowers. We've moved some to which technology to move across to
:41:30. > :41:34.growing wild flowers that can be rolled out in somebody's garden or
:41:34. > :41:39.a roof garden. Well people typically try to establish a wild
:41:39. > :41:43.flower area in their garden, often that soil will be too fertile. Wild
:41:43. > :41:49.flower seed takes a long time to germinate. The danger is there are
:41:49. > :41:54.other seeds and roots or rhizomes for previous vegetation which will
:41:54. > :42:01.overtake that and establish before the flowers get going. We've got
:42:01. > :42:07.nettles taking over, ground sell, which will spread very fast, as it
:42:07. > :42:10.seeds prolificly. Cleavers, docks and vigorous rye grasses. You can
:42:10. > :42:17.imagine a poor wild flower plant here trying to survive. It doesn't
:42:17. > :42:22.have a chance. Growing wild flower turf on a mat
:42:22. > :42:28.gives us huge advantage, that it is going to suppress vegetation from
:42:28. > :42:32.coming you through. This is how we start growing wild flower turf. We
:42:32. > :42:40.lay down a plastic sheet to stop the roots growing into the soil.
:42:40. > :42:44.And then we have a layer of felt from re cycled textiles. We have a
:42:44. > :42:49.substraight of green waste compost and recycled brick. Having got this
:42:49. > :42:54.level, we put the seed on at just the right seed rate.
:42:54. > :42:59.It is important to keep that seed moist so that it can germinate
:42:59. > :43:05.rapidly. We have specialist irrigation to keep it damp, but
:43:05. > :43:09.equally we must be careful not to overdo it. Wild flowers don't like
:43:09. > :43:14.waterlogged conditions. Once the wild flower turf has grown to a
:43:14. > :43:19.stage of maturity that we can sell sit, we cut into it rolls and put
:43:19. > :43:23.it on to a palate. When you look at it you might think it doesn't look
:43:23. > :43:33.exciting, but looking into it there are lots of small plants. That's
:43:33. > :43:37.
:43:37. > :43:41.good time to put wild flower-type turf down. Growing wild flowers and
:43:41. > :43:45.having them flowering in time for Chelsea is very challenging, so we
:43:45. > :43:48.need to bring them in where it is warmer. We have various mixtures
:43:48. > :43:51.flowering probably six weeks earlier than they would normally.
:43:52. > :43:57.It is really interesting that once we open the doors we get a whole
:43:57. > :44:01.range of pollinating insects, not only bees and bumblebees but
:44:01. > :44:06.hoverflys, butterflies and a range of other insects.
:44:06. > :44:10.At Chelsea I hope the effect we have is that people can see they
:44:10. > :44:15.can bring wildlife to small areas. That it can be attractive and it
:44:15. > :44:19.doesn't need to be complicated. They don't need to know a lot about
:44:19. > :44:24.plants and flowers. They can lay down this and sit back and enjoy
:44:24. > :44:28.this and let the insects enjoy it as well.
:44:28. > :44:33.One designer making the headlines this week is Diarmuid Gavin. His
:44:33. > :44:39.pyramid garden takes urban Greening to a new level. Quite literally.
:44:39. > :44:43.The garden was created in a you Rica moment. He was walking to the
:44:43. > :44:53.Royal Hospital grounds. We caught up with him a couple of weeks ago
:44:53. > :44:57.
:44:57. > :45:01.main is contemporary architecture. I quite like scaffolding. You saw
:45:01. > :45:05.Albert bridge covered in scaffolding and it seemed to be
:45:05. > :45:09.stepping up on different layers. I've always wanted to do a hanging
:45:09. > :45:13.gardens of Babylon to show how people in an urban environment,
:45:13. > :45:20.where space is limited could possibly garden on top of each
:45:20. > :45:27.other that. Seemed to be the answer. I can see the shark from here.
:45:27. > :45:32.Very similar. Wu then you have the more sober architect churl
:45:32. > :45:35.inspiration, this amazing park that is built on an old railway line in
:45:35. > :45:41.an urban environment like this, that snakes through the city and
:45:41. > :45:45.this new building, that's covered in an urban forest in the centre of
:45:45. > :45:48.Milan. All these things go into inform different steps, different
:45:48. > :45:58.decisions that you make when creating this tower that reaches
:45:58. > :45:59.
:45:59. > :46:03.upwards. I hope that Chelsea, that people come to Chelsea will enjoy
:46:03. > :46:08.it. It's kind of provocative. When you do something so big, you're
:46:08. > :46:12.making a big statement, for me oddly enough it's not about going
:46:12. > :46:15.big, it's about doing something different, pushing boundaries and
:46:15. > :46:22.exploring possibilities. The message is: Can we in the future,
:46:22. > :46:25.plan in an innovative way to have gardens in an increasingly
:46:25. > :46:29.urbanised society? Can we make every use of our space and resource
:46:29. > :46:33.to create gardens that make the most use of light, to create guard
:46:33. > :46:36.thans are on top of each other, quite as simple as this, when you
:46:36. > :46:43.water one on the top it drips through everything, to allow plants
:46:43. > :46:49.to go up and hang down, to create escapes for people. It only becomes
:46:49. > :46:53.valid and becomes a garden if it drips with plants. If you can be on
:46:53. > :47:03.that structure and it feels like you're floating in a garden in the
:47:03. > :47:09.air, I hope it will look structured but dreamy and very, very green.
:47:09. > :47:17.Alliums and hostas, Silver Birchs and rhododendrons, a swing and
:47:17. > :47:22.saflding, it's gardening Scotty, but not as we know it. Ladies have
:47:22. > :47:30.been shrieking as they come down the steel shoot to escape, it is of
:47:30. > :47:34.course, Diarmuid Gavin's magic peer mud. But what is it -- pyramid. But
:47:34. > :47:37.what's it all about? There must be a serious point. There is. It's
:47:37. > :47:40.exploring the notion of a multistory garden in an
:47:40. > :47:44.increasingly urban society. Lots of people live in cities like London.
:47:44. > :47:47.There's not a lot of green space. It's an experiment in garden, lots
:47:47. > :47:53.of different people garden on top of each other. You reckon this
:47:53. > :48:00.could work on say, a tower block? Well, it's a scaffolding pyramid
:48:00. > :48:04.that could be permanent in a plaza. We've created by a 60 by 60 metre
:48:04. > :48:08.space, 576 square metres of usable garden space. If there's enough
:48:08. > :48:14.light, yeah, I don't see why not. Let's look at some of it. This is a
:48:14. > :48:18.fabulous swing seat. I'm reluctant to leave that. Past the shed.
:48:18. > :48:22.practical garden sheds. We have lots of water butts and sheds. We
:48:22. > :48:24.want to show sustainable gardening. This is a terrace, the meet-and-
:48:25. > :48:34.greet area where everybody who gardens here would come together.
:48:34. > :48:38.How many floors all together? floors. Wow. Residents, members
:48:38. > :48:47.club, I'm in the a member, am I allowed in? You're an honorary
:48:47. > :48:51.member. Oh, look! Oriental style Pavilion. It's rustic in nature and
:48:51. > :48:55.then we have this circular opening leading into a secret garden.
:48:55. > :48:59.walk into a secret garden. It is magical. You said it was and indeed
:49:00. > :49:06.it is. You disappear from one area into another. It's a garden that
:49:06. > :49:12.keeps you moving. It does. I love the tree top bamboo walk. Those
:49:12. > :49:16.ones, I can't believe we've kept on coming up. The black ones start
:49:16. > :49:24.from here. This shady plant and then rhododendrons. Walk up around
:49:24. > :49:27.the pink shed to Another Level. Look at it! There's a pond here.
:49:27. > :49:30.The roof of the shed collects water. It's used in the washing machine.
:49:30. > :49:37.Do you your washing as you're gardening and you hang it out to
:49:37. > :49:45.dry, like most people don't. Good drying day. Very good, isn't it?
:49:45. > :49:51.really is your washing! It is. On the floor floor, Rosemary, thyme,
:49:51. > :49:54.good light levels up here. We have a Victorian style greenhouse and
:49:55. > :50:00.these old industrial containers used to plant the fruit and veg.
:50:00. > :50:10.And still we go. Which level are we on? Four, about to go to five,
:50:10. > :50:11.
:50:11. > :50:15.which is men's hosery. Oh, thank you! And vegetables. Going up.
:50:15. > :50:22.You wash your clothes down below and your body and abluegss up here
:50:22. > :50:27.then. -- ablutions up here then. The water is collected fed to a
:50:27. > :50:33.barrel down below and used for the fruit and vegetables. I could have
:50:34. > :50:39.stayed here instead of a hotel. Magical. Are we going up? Yes, up
:50:39. > :50:43.and up. Two more. Great vantage points here. Across the river.
:50:43. > :50:46.Absolutely. From here I can see what you had for breakfast. From
:50:46. > :50:51.here a lot of people would see their own breakfast.
:50:51. > :50:58.You're very high. It's rather fitting that on top of
:50:58. > :51:03.your pyramid is a plant and it's a fabulous birch, wonderful peeling
:51:03. > :51:07.bark. It's heritage. It has fantastic bark and yeah, we wanted
:51:07. > :51:11.to crown it with a plant and it's in a bed of bell lowing
:51:11. > :51:15.Mediterranean style planting, where there's full sun. There could not
:51:15. > :51:19.be a better day to see this. It's wonderful. The London skyline
:51:19. > :51:23.around us, the bridge is there and all into London and Battersea Power
:51:23. > :51:27.Station. Well done mate, it's a lovely job. Congratulations.
:51:27. > :51:31.Everybody enjoys this. We've enjoyed today hugely, the company
:51:31. > :51:34.of Mary Berry, who was right down there looking at it. She's been in
:51:34. > :51:39.the show ground. I hope she's had a good time and discovered some
:51:39. > :51:49.exciting things because as far as I'm concerned, Mary Berry is the
:51:49. > :51:49.
:51:49. > :51:53.cherry on top of my cake. I've just come in the gates and I'm
:51:53. > :51:57.so excited. I've been looking forward to this day so much. It
:51:57. > :52:06.really gives me inspiration for my planting. I get lots of new ideas
:52:06. > :52:13.and I have one or two questions to ask some of the growers.
:52:13. > :52:20.Gosh, it's a myriad of different plants and colours.
:52:20. > :52:25.Oh, here's a friend, we've grown these for three years. They are
:52:25. > :52:29.wonderful smell, lovely for picking, healthy foliage. We prune them in
:52:29. > :52:31.March, really hard, took everything out as thin as a pencil. They're
:52:31. > :52:41.looking very good now. But here they are in bloom.
:52:41. > :52:43.
:52:43. > :52:48.What a joy. I just love this because you can
:52:48. > :52:58.see how big the actual hostas grow. There are little miniature ones,
:52:58. > :53:04.
:53:04. > :53:07.big ones. I always go for the big but what I want to know about are
:53:07. > :53:11.hardy freesias. There is a new range of prepared freesias which
:53:11. > :53:16.means they've been given the cold treatment, because freesias are a
:53:16. > :53:20.native of South Africa, from the cape province. So they can be grown.
:53:20. > :53:23.The biggest problem is drainage. They like well drained soil and
:53:23. > :53:26.they need the cold period. Best to plant in the Autumn time. Let them
:53:26. > :53:30.sit in the cold soil over the winter, then they'll germinate in
:53:30. > :53:40.spring and the new growth will start to come through. Oh, I can't
:53:40. > :53:41.
:53:41. > :53:45.wait to order some. It will be exciting. Thank you. You're welcome.
:53:45. > :53:50.This is my favourite garden. It's got wonderful structure. I think
:53:50. > :53:54.this would be lovely throughout all seasons. I like the way they've
:53:54. > :53:59.grown their roses. I like the idea that you can weave Hazel into a
:53:59. > :54:04.nice dome. I might have a go at making those.
:54:04. > :54:08.I've had such a wonderful day. This must be the best Chelsea ever! I've
:54:08. > :54:18.got lots of new ideas, all my questions answered and I can't wait
:54:18. > :54:22.to get in the garden this weekend. Last year at Chelsea the RHS in
:54:22. > :54:26.conjunction with the writer and broadcaster Sarah Raven launched
:54:26. > :54:30.their perfect for polinators initiative. There you are. And I am.
:54:30. > :54:34.It's a campaign destined to help gardeners identify plants
:54:34. > :54:41.specifically good for wildlife. 12 months have gone by, so has that
:54:41. > :54:44.initiative been successful? We're joined by Helen Bostock.
:54:44. > :54:47.Successful? Incredibly. We can't believe the response that we've had
:54:47. > :54:51.believe the response that we've had from everybody. The message is
:54:51. > :54:54.definitely getting out there. plants are leaving the garden
:54:54. > :54:58.centres. They are. We know that the plant centre at Wisley, we've
:54:58. > :55:03.doubled the sales in the plants on the list. We've been working with
:55:03. > :55:06.all sorts of members in the trade, public guard nds, gardening
:55:06. > :55:11.societies, really to raise awareness about it. I think you
:55:11. > :55:14.have. The big sign there is put on banks of plants which are good for
:55:14. > :55:21.bees. They get the buzzing sign. The large labels on the pots
:55:21. > :55:25.identify them. As do the smaller dangling labels which have a little
:55:25. > :55:31.logo in the bottom corner, which says it's good for bees and it's a
:55:31. > :55:35.perfect polinator. So, it's working. What's the way forward? Well, the
:55:35. > :55:40.whole idea of the list is that it continues to evolve and grow and so
:55:40. > :55:50.what we've been doing is well, as we speak, ourent moll jists are
:55:50. > :55:50.
:55:50. > :55:55.working on a new cat Goring -- our entomologiss are working on a new
:55:55. > :55:58.cat Goring -- gat gory of lists. Rather than by season, we'll do it
:55:58. > :56:04.by garden condition. Whether it's a wet garden, chalky, whatever
:56:04. > :56:07.there'll be a list for you. We'll be announcing that on July 4 at RHS
:56:07. > :56:11.Hampton Court Flower Show. Good for you. We'll do our bit. It's nice to
:56:11. > :56:15.know we can bring them back in. Hopefully tonight we've given you a
:56:15. > :56:20.small insight into the importance of our wildflower heritage and how
:56:20. > :56:28.we can all do something to preserve it like growing a few of these in
:56:28. > :56:32.# I grew up fast and wild # I never felt right in a garden so
:56:32. > :56:37.# I never felt right in a garden so different from me.
:56:37. > :56:47.# I just never belonged # I just longed to be gone
:56:47. > :56:56.# So the garden one day set me free # I hitched ride with the wind
:56:56. > :57:04.# I just let him desire where we go # When a flower grows wild
:57:04. > :57:07.# It can always survive # Wildflowers don't care where they
:57:07. > :57:13.grow # Just a wild rambling rose seeking
:57:13. > :57:16.mysteries untold # No regret for the path that I
:57:16. > :57:26.chose # When a flower grows wild
:57:26. > :57:28.
:57:28. > :57:34.# It can always survive # Wildflowers don't care where they
:57:34. > :57:36.grow # Lots and lots of flowers. This
:57:36. > :57:41.Lots and lots of flowers. This weather's been great. When I sat
:57:41. > :57:44.down here on Monday, these were in tight bud. Look at them now. It's
:57:44. > :57:47.not surprising. All of these plants, several weeks of chill at the
:57:47. > :57:53.beginning of the month and they've just become so turgid, so excited
:57:53. > :57:58.now the sun's come out. They've all gone pop. It's a lovely thing this
:57:58. > :58:01.Siberian iris, so beautifully Ben silled, very good for any garden.
:58:01. > :58:05.Beautiful colour. It's the sort of thing you wish you could paint.
:58:05. > :58:09.only one had the talent. There we are. We've come to the end of our
:58:09. > :58:13.coverage from RHS Chelsea Flower Show this evening. Tomorrow we're
:58:13. > :58:18.back looking at the trends coming out of Chelsea this week. Nicki and
:58:18. > :58:23.I will be back tomorrow lunch time on BBC within. Digital viewers can