:00:46. > :00:49.here at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The event, supported by M&G
:00:49. > :00:53.Investments, has been celebrating a very special birthday this week. But
:00:53. > :00:56.it's not the only anniversary taking place. So stay with us as we raise
:00:56. > :00:59.our glasses to a few more special celebrations. Coming up: Joining
:00:59. > :01:07.Forces - the two nurseries tied in holy matrimony thanks to a bag of
:01:07. > :01:10.moss. I said, are you stealing my mask when and I said, someone is
:01:10. > :01:13.that I could have its, so I picked it up and walked off.
:01:13. > :01:17.Grand Designer - I'll be sharing memories with David Stevens, the man
:01:17. > :01:19.dubbed the UK's first celebrity gardener. And Hardy Favourite -
:01:19. > :01:29.hailed one of the most successful plantswomen in today's Great
:01:29. > :01:33.
:01:33. > :01:39.Pavilion, Rosy Hardy shares her own rain all week, but it is finally
:01:39. > :01:45.coming down now, so we have taken shelter. It is perishing, but a good
:01:45. > :01:51.moment to talk about protective cultivation. Tregothnan Gardens in
:01:51. > :01:55.Cornwall, they have discovered the only surviving Ward Ian case. This
:01:55. > :01:58.is a little greenhouse structure invented by Nathaniel Ward at the
:01:59. > :02:04.beginning of the 19th century and used to transport plans successfully
:02:04. > :02:09.from overseas to our shores, because previously they were being bashed by
:02:09. > :02:12.waves and salt spray, and not making the journey. This case allowed
:02:12. > :02:18.condensation to form inside which was recirculated into the compost
:02:18. > :02:23.beanies, and kept the plants in a snug environment. A simple but
:02:23. > :02:30.brilliant invention, not to be confused with a rabbit hutch.
:02:30. > :02:32.not unless you wanted your rabbits to be very soggy. And the RHS is not
:02:32. > :02:41.the only one celebrating a centenary. 100 years of
:02:42. > :02:49.Kirstenbosch, I went there and spent three hours there we had to move on.
:02:49. > :02:54.I was doing a film for Chelsea a few years, and we ran out of time.
:02:54. > :03:00.right underneath table Mountain at Cape Town, and it is beautiful.
:03:00. > :03:05.going back. And East Manning research station, they are
:03:05. > :03:11.celebrating their centenary. They give us the root stocks for apple
:03:11. > :03:14.trees, and the Gardening club of America are also 100 years old. I
:03:14. > :03:18.doubt whether any of them will receive a telegram from the Queen,
:03:18. > :03:21.but you matter to us. For the past 22 years, one perennial favourite
:03:21. > :03:23.has graced the Great Pavilion with stands of intoxicating blooms. I'm
:03:23. > :03:28.talking of course about Rosy Hardy, one of the most successful
:03:28. > :03:30.plantswomen in her field, with 18 gold medals under her belt. And in
:03:30. > :03:40.this centenary year, Rosy and husband Rob have another special
:03:40. > :03:42.
:03:42. > :03:45.occasion to celebrate, as Joe found Rob and Rosie, a little birdie tells
:03:45. > :03:51.me there is a double celebration going on around here. There is
:03:51. > :03:57.indeed. It is her 25th year as a nursery woman, and it is also our
:03:58. > :04:05.silverware in. Congratulations. And your exhibit here, it seems to get
:04:05. > :04:09.bigger every year. More and more plants, is that right? Sort of. It
:04:09. > :04:13.is not really getting bigger. I am trying desperately to get the stand
:04:13. > :04:17.to be a little bit smaller, but there is quite a lot of plant
:04:17. > :04:20.material in here this year. And I love the way you have a plant
:04:20. > :04:25.through it so that the visitors can walk through as though they are in a
:04:25. > :04:30.garden. You are so good at putting them together. It makes so much
:04:30. > :04:33.difference the BBB able to get into walk around the garden, a completely
:04:33. > :04:40.different feel to being just on the outside and looking in, especially
:04:41. > :04:48.with an exhibit of this size. what have you got new for us?
:04:48. > :04:53.have a grandiflora, large flowers. It holds itself upright, and doesn't
:04:53. > :05:00.flop. It's just flowers and flowers and flower is right the way through
:05:00. > :05:05.the summer, so it is really good. That one looks absolutely stunning.
:05:05. > :05:10.They do have a tendency to get straggly. And it will look wonderful
:05:10. > :05:18.into the evening, too. The colour stands out when you get that evening
:05:18. > :05:24.light, and the bees love it, too. couple of years ago, you had the
:05:24. > :05:29.plant of the year, wild Swan. Has that now been bulked up, you being
:05:29. > :05:33.able to make it available to more people? It is much more accessible
:05:33. > :05:40.now to everybody. We have it here on the stand again, and it is looking
:05:40. > :05:46.really good. It is looking well in your garden, I trust? It is. And how
:05:46. > :05:54.about you, Rob? One of my favourite plants is the one in front of us
:05:54. > :05:59.here, Lady in red. It only grows five to six feet tall, a pale pink
:05:59. > :06:03.flower, and once it has finished flowering, cut it hardback, and the
:06:03. > :06:09.new growth coming through will be next year's flowers. A brilliant
:06:09. > :06:13.plant. Congratulations all round. Nice to see you both.
:06:13. > :06:17.If you want to know about how plants can adapt their shapes and colour,
:06:17. > :06:24.not only to look beautiful but also to survive, join Tom Hart Dyke over
:06:24. > :06:34.on our red button after the BBC Two show. Congratulations to Barnsdale
:06:34. > :06:36.
:06:36. > :06:40.for its 30th birthday. They grow plants for both their own pavilion
:06:40. > :06:50.but also for others, too. Designer Andy Sturgeon has been to ask them
:06:50. > :06:52.
:06:52. > :06:57.garden of many parts. You have lots of different gardens. How on earth
:06:57. > :07:02.did you decide what to distil from that into the display here? What we
:07:02. > :07:10.have done here is taken two of our more popular gardens and brought
:07:10. > :07:14.them here to Chelsea for our celebration to chime with Chelsea's
:07:15. > :07:22.celebrations. It is all about growing flowers, fruit and
:07:22. > :07:28.vegetables all together. Tell me about this integration. It is the
:07:28. > :07:34.modern thinking in growing plants these days. It is, although my
:07:34. > :07:37.father developed this 25 years ago, so he was ahead of his time. It is
:07:37. > :07:42.traditionally the way cottage gardeners used to garden. The more
:07:42. > :07:45.modern slant on it is the pollinators, they attract the
:07:45. > :07:55.beneficial insects into your garden, so things like the Lavender
:07:55. > :08:01.we have got, a great pollinator. if this garden was outside, it would
:08:01. > :08:11.be swarming in insects and bees and all sorts of things. Just like
:08:11. > :08:17.Barnes Dale is! -- Barnsdale. really is a wonderful celebration of
:08:17. > :08:27.Barnsdale. But this isn't all you have this year, is it? We have grown
:08:27. > :08:32.
:08:32. > :08:38.all the vegetables for Adams garden, with Barnsdale. I have, yes. I
:08:38. > :08:42.trained with Geoff Hamilton when I was 21. He sent me off to train in
:08:42. > :08:48.design. He is the reason I am here. What have Barnsdale grown for you in
:08:48. > :08:53.this garden? Thousands of plants, literally. They have grown all the
:08:53. > :08:57.vegetables, even some of the fruit they have helped with. The rasp
:08:57. > :09:07.Riz, the booze breeze, all the shrubs. And after that, carrots,
:09:07. > :09:11.
:09:11. > :09:16.fennel, peas. They have taken inspiration from the ornamental
:09:16. > :09:26.kitchen garden. I think it is great that Barnsdale continues to be so
:09:26. > :09:35.
:09:35. > :09:43.30th birthday. Who would have thought that as Geoff was starting
:09:43. > :09:48.his garden and nursery, yours truly was starting here at Chelsea? As I
:09:48. > :09:51.recall, it rained quite a lot then? Are we downhearted? No! For most
:09:51. > :09:54.exhibitors, Chelsea is a love affair that brings them back again and
:09:54. > :10:04.again. But for one couple here this year, that affair stretches beyond
:10:04. > :10:07.
:10:07. > :10:12.the flowers themselves. Carol Klein My name is Heather Gothard key, and
:10:12. > :10:17.my speciality was and is the Australian bottled, which I have
:10:17. > :10:22.exhibited for many years until one day I needed a bag of moss, and
:10:22. > :10:31.everything changed. My name is Richard Godard-Key, and I specialise
:10:31. > :10:35.in ferns and Heather. My life turned upside down because of moss. What is
:10:35. > :10:40.all this about moss bringing you together? I needed some moss to
:10:40. > :10:45.finish off an exhibit. Somebody waved in the general direction of
:10:45. > :10:48.some bags of moss and said, help yourself. It wasn't very good moss,
:10:48. > :10:53.and it was right next is a beautifully laid out stuff, so I
:10:53. > :11:00.helped myself to some of that instead. And I said, why are you
:11:00. > :11:03.stealing my moss? So from that mossy encounter, romance developed?
:11:03. > :11:10.Heather moved her nursery to my nursery in Stratford-upon-Avon, and
:11:10. > :11:20.we got married. And lived happily ever after! What you think about
:11:20. > :11:45.
:11:45. > :11:49.petals. I like the Parisien, a growing them successfully are to
:11:49. > :11:54.remember that they come from South Africa. They love sunshine and they
:11:54. > :11:59.love living in a loam -based compost. If they are not flowering
:11:59. > :12:04.well enough, then feed them. What they love is a high potash food.
:12:04. > :12:10.Tomato food is ideal. And you can't overfeed them. Once a week should be
:12:10. > :12:17.enough. It is really easy to take cuttings from them. Take them in the
:12:17. > :12:23.spring and the autumn, short growth is underneath a leaf node. I always
:12:23. > :12:29.Chuck mine onto the greenhouse bench and let them hard and, because they
:12:29. > :12:32.don't rot. They are so versatile. You can grow them in window boxes,
:12:32. > :12:42.hanging baskets or pots on your windowsill, so you can grow them
:12:42. > :12:42.
:12:42. > :12:45.heaven. Who'd have thought a bag of moss could lead to matrimony? The
:12:45. > :12:52.power of gardening! Like a Hollywood red carpet, Chelsea has helped many
:12:52. > :12:55.talented garden designers on the road to horticultural fame. But,
:12:55. > :12:58.while today names like Andy Sturgeon, Cleve West and Tom Stuart
:12:58. > :13:00.Smith attract a mass of media attention with their Main Avenue
:13:00. > :13:06.gardens, back in 1977 one man dominated Chelsea's show garden
:13:06. > :13:16.designs. That man was David Stevens, an eleven times gold medal winner
:13:16. > :13:16.
:13:16. > :13:20.and someone who I'm delighted to say joins me now. Good to see you. When
:13:20. > :13:29.you look back the late 70s, what is the difference between gardens and
:13:29. > :13:33.gardens then? In those days, we were coming from a suburban garden, and
:13:33. > :13:40.garden design was becoming well known. We had come from Rose Benton
:13:40. > :13:45.Square lawns. Hard landscaping was becoming fashionable. Someone to put
:13:45. > :13:51.your barbecue, somewhere to sit outside. So that was prevalent. But
:13:51. > :13:56.from there, it moved on and became softer. You probably remember the
:13:56. > :14:01.wildflower craze. And then things became much more planted, with
:14:01. > :14:04.grasses and herbaceous plants. And I suppose my only criticism now would
:14:04. > :14:08.be that some of the gardens are beautifully construct it, and
:14:08. > :14:12.possibly more well planted than ever, but their raise sometimes not
:14:12. > :14:19.quite enough room to live in them. -- there is sometimes not quite
:14:19. > :14:25.enough. Remember Chelsea is an ideas factory. Don't copy a garden. It
:14:25. > :14:34.will never work. I do remember banks and banks of rhododendrons and
:14:34. > :14:40.azaleas. Things have moved on plant wise. You had a chance to meet the
:14:40. > :14:44.Queen? Yes, and her mum was probably the best gardener of all. We were
:14:44. > :14:50.the only garden built that had to be done badly, because it fell to bits
:14:50. > :14:54.and was bombed out. Inside the Imperial War Museum, there were all
:14:54. > :14:58.these old artefacts of kitchen materials, tools, and it was the
:14:58. > :15:02.Queen's period, and they couldn't get her out. They were trying to
:15:02. > :15:07.move her on, and they couldn't get her out. There were pranks played in
:15:07. > :15:12.those days. Health and safety have gone a bit mad now. One day we came
:15:12. > :15:17.in on the first day, and we came in at about half past six in the
:15:17. > :15:20.morning, and we couldn't see the garden. It was full of bubbles. We
:15:20. > :15:27.had built a Watermill, and somebody had put a whole bottle of fairy
:15:27. > :15:32.washing up liquid in it. It took us five hours to wash it out, and when
:15:32. > :15:39.the Queen came around, you could still see the odd bubble. You were
:15:39. > :15:44.helpful to me when I was doing my gardens here. I came in one morning
:15:44. > :15:48.and somebody had put a noose over the swing that I had put up. A lot
:15:48. > :15:51.of that went on. Landscapers and gardeners are friendly people, and
:15:51. > :15:54.we take the Mickey out of each other. David Stevens, thank you.
:15:54. > :15:57.We're halfway through tonight's coverage of the RHS Chelsea Flower
:15:57. > :16:01.Show. Still to come: branching out - grower David Austin and his daughter
:16:02. > :16:05.Clare share their separate plant passions with us. And a sad goodbye
:16:05. > :16:15.- we pay tribute to Peter Beales, one of this country's greatest rose
:16:15. > :16:15.
:16:15. > :16:25.growers following his death earlier say that there was no rose that
:16:25. > :16:28.
:16:28. > :16:35.chance to see several generations of one family work under the same roof.
:16:36. > :16:38.One such family is the Austins, David and Claire. David is known
:16:38. > :16:48.across the world for his prize-winning roses. Claire has made
:16:48. > :16:49.
:16:49. > :16:58.a name with her irises. We caught up with them earlier in the week. What
:16:58. > :17:07.is it about roses? I know they are your life and work. The very first
:17:07. > :17:14.thing, I saw the opportunity, looking at the modern roses at the
:17:14. > :17:24.time, and the old Rose, and the old Rose was superior. I had the idea of
:17:24. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:32.crossing the two. Clear, it is obviously about the roses, but you
:17:32. > :17:40.have gone off in a different direction. The roses went sky-high
:17:40. > :17:48.at the time. We had this wonderful collection so I stepped in and to
:17:48. > :17:58.cover the perennials, and the irises, I set-up my own nursery.
:17:58. > :17:58.
:17:59. > :18:02.that continuing? Knob at the moment, started early. -- not at the moment,
:18:02. > :18:08.this is my son, we had to bring the children in when we were working. We
:18:08. > :18:15.had no childcare, this was the only way. I know you are introducing a
:18:15. > :18:21.few new roses at the show. Which one is your favourite? Thomas a Becket
:18:21. > :18:27.is extremely nice. It does not show well. Some of them are very
:18:27. > :18:32.difficult to show. It is a nice big shrub. It is more natural than some
:18:32. > :18:36.of the others. I will definitely look after it -- and look out for
:18:36. > :18:46.it. I am in drawers heaven. Surrounded by them, the fragrance
:18:46. > :18:54.
:18:54. > :19:04.rose growers without paying tribute to another towering nurseryman who
:19:04. > :19:07.died recently. Peter Beales led the field. His nursery in Norfolk has
:19:07. > :19:17.produced a thousand varieties which sold around the world. Here are some
:19:17. > :19:25.
:19:25. > :19:31.of our favourite moments with the was particularly impressed with
:19:31. > :19:37.that. She was so pleased to be in amongst roses, you could tell by her
:19:37. > :19:42.body language. She was looking around and seeing all these roses.
:19:42. > :19:46.What can we do to prevent them getting diseases? I cannot say there
:19:46. > :19:50.is no rows that will not get a disease, but what is a bit of black
:19:50. > :19:59.spot between friends? Some of them get damaged and broken, people
:19:59. > :20:09.touching them, they are things to be touched, smell, and that is what we
:20:09. > :20:11.
:20:11. > :20:16.try to create here, getting people hat is, and so is his son, Richard,
:20:16. > :20:25.who joins us now. It is so sad not to see your father. He was always
:20:25. > :20:29.here. He brought so much to the world of roses. That's right, he has
:20:30. > :20:34.been a custodian of roses for many years, but also, he tried not only
:20:34. > :20:38.to keep the passion alive but wring some of the characteristics of the
:20:38. > :20:46.older roses into the newer varieties. You are following in his
:20:46. > :20:51.footsteps? Absolutely. We had our moments. Working with mother nature,
:20:51. > :20:55.it is not easy but it is hard to resist. It must have been tricky,
:20:55. > :21:02.the first time in all these years, 45 years, doing it without your
:21:02. > :21:07.father, he was probably here in spirit. Yes, wherever we go, even
:21:07. > :21:10.when he was with us, if he was not there physically, he was there in
:21:10. > :21:20.spirit. It has been difficult but it is a poignant year. The staff
:21:20. > :21:25.rallied round so much. The loss -- he was very great within the family
:21:25. > :21:30.and the company, and they pulled out all the stops. What types of roses
:21:31. > :21:36.do people like? There is better taste for the old-fashioned. We have
:21:36. > :21:41.to take all the boxes. It is a challenge but it is an eclectic
:21:41. > :21:46.mix. You have new varieties here, taking those boxes. I know you have
:21:46. > :21:51.three particularly good ones. they are part of the modern Classics
:21:51. > :21:56.range, they have the characteristics and the appeal of the old-fashioned
:21:56. > :22:06.rose, but the strength and vigour of the modern shrub rose. There are
:22:06. > :22:08.
:22:08. > :22:18.three new varieties. That is beautiful. Yes, it is coral pink.
:22:18. > :22:22.This was introduced by the husband for his wife, Gisela's Delight.
:22:23. > :22:28.There is also Pippin, which was my father's nickname as a boy. It was
:22:28. > :22:35.like the apple. We think the blush of the rose reminded him of himself.
:22:35. > :22:45.He was a great man. His father -- your father's roses still grow on in
:22:45. > :22:47.
:22:47. > :22:54.my garden, you lives on in his roses judges declared this to be the best
:22:54. > :22:58.in show. What did you think? Was it a worthy winner? Once again, the
:22:58. > :23:01.Royal Horticultural Society has been asking for your votes for the show
:23:01. > :23:06.garden you think is best. I can now announce that voting is closed and
:23:06. > :23:16.we will reveal the winner on tomorrow's programme. One garden
:23:16. > :23:33.
:23:33. > :23:38.that would not be out of place in nurserymen who made the gardens, and
:23:38. > :23:44.you are keeping up that tradition. Yes, my father would keep up a
:23:44. > :23:48.collection of pines and conifers. Have you got the same nursery going?
:23:48. > :23:54.Yes, we are still based in Doncaster, the same family business.
:23:54. > :23:57.My hand he created this lovely sculpture celebrating the centenary.
:23:57. > :24:05.UART displaying the conifers in amongst perennials and other plants,
:24:05. > :24:11.is that trying to get people to see them in a different way? Yes, I have
:24:11. > :24:18.tried to give its structure, so the herbaceous perennials, you will get
:24:18. > :24:26.this strong structural shape, a different style. A modern take on a
:24:26. > :24:32.cottage garden. You have a fantastic time. It is cracking, isn't it? --
:24:32. > :24:42.fantastic pine. It was bought from the nursery 14 years ago, a customer
:24:42. > :24:48.has nurtured it. He came back and offered it back. I bit his hand.
:24:48. > :24:53.love this as well. It is fantastic booting them up through the new
:24:53. > :24:57.growth. I love how you planted them in amongst these other plans to give
:24:57. > :25:05.it real structure. It gives it a frostiness. It is a nice contrast
:25:05. > :25:10.with the density. I was very pleased with the mixture of plants. And the
:25:10. > :25:17.garden was made in tribute to your grandfather? Yes, to emphasise the
:25:17. > :25:22.family business, that we all stayed together. He originally started
:25:22. > :25:32.growing on the site 60 years ago. would be a very proud man. I think
:25:32. > :25:39.
:25:39. > :25:48.for Chelsea Flower Show. Ray Emerson has brought 3000 plants here from
:25:48. > :25:52.Guernsey. It is nearly time to change channels. Centenary
:25:52. > :25:54.celebrations are about to start on BBC Two. Just before we say goodbye,
:25:54. > :26:04.just time to remind you of the wonderful memories made throughout
:26:04. > :26:05.
:26:05. > :27:13.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds
:27:13. > :27:17.people and the plans. You must have seen stuff you want to take home.
:27:17. > :27:22.have. I'm trying to add more structure to my garden. I need
:27:22. > :27:31.something that will give me a little bit of height. I've seen a fantastic
:27:31. > :27:36.plan. It has an arching spreading habit. It is a great plan. Also in
:27:36. > :27:41.the Japanese garden, the little Japanese maples, and some of the
:27:41. > :27:47.larger ones as well. You cannot get enough. It is the perfect setting.
:27:47. > :27:50.They look great in the autumn. felt a little bit like Queen Mary,
:27:51. > :28:00.she would go around admiring things, they would feel obliged to give them
:28:01. > :28:01.
:28:01. > :28:05.to her. I admired this wonderful valerian I had not seen before, he
:28:05. > :28:13.brought me one round the back, so I feel a bit guilty. That is why I'm
:28:13. > :28:21.never a writing -- inviting you around. I did part with a few bob
:28:21. > :28:26.they are, because these specimens, wonderful. There is a highlights
:28:26. > :28:32.show on Sunday, now it is time to switch over to BBC Two, where there