:00:35. > :00:46.Hello and welcome to the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea
:00:47. > :00:49.Flower Show. An event supported by M Investments. After the
:00:50. > :00:52.horticultural high of last year's Centenary celebrations, the most
:00:53. > :00:56.famous flower show in the world is just a few hours away from opening
:00:57. > :01:02.to kick off the next Chelsea Century. Tomorrow morning at 7:00am
:01:03. > :01:06.the gates of the Royal Hospital grounds will swing open to reveal
:01:07. > :01:09.the show gardens and floral exhibits to the world's press, stars of stage
:01:10. > :01:13.and screen, VIPs and of course Her Majesty The Queen. But stay with us
:01:14. > :01:16.for the next hour and you won't have to wait that long because tonight
:01:17. > :01:24.we're bringing you an exclusive first look round and there's plenty
:01:25. > :01:26.to look forward to... It is 100 years since the First World War
:01:27. > :01:34.started so there will be gardens with that theme. And the celebration
:01:35. > :01:41.of 50 years of written in bloom. And the big focus is on the young,
:01:42. > :01:46.first-time designers. Including four of five under the age of 30. Hugo
:01:47. > :01:53.Bugg, this is his garden, he is only 27. Yes, they are all very good
:01:54. > :01:57.looking as well. Is this your first time at Chelsea? No, but I have been
:01:58. > :02:02.a visitor over the years. time at Chelsea? No, but I have been
:02:03. > :02:08.watching it all come together and seeing the hard work that goes into
:02:09. > :02:14.these gardens. Right now the showground is a scene of organised
:02:15. > :02:20.chaos as exhibitors make the most of the final hours to perfect their
:02:21. > :02:26.chaos as exhibitors make the most of stands and gardens. That is why I am
:02:27. > :02:31.not wearing shoes. The nation is going to see might beat. Out there
:02:32. > :02:34.amongst them is Mr Alan Titchmarsh. This year he's celebrating his 50th
:02:35. > :02:37.anniversary in horticulture and to celebrate he's only gone and
:02:38. > :02:42.designed his own show garden. His last one was in 1985. It's called
:02:43. > :02:44.From the Moors to the Sea and it's a celebration of flowers that also
:02:45. > :02:56.marks the 50th anniversary of RHS Britain in Bloom. I am looking
:02:57. > :03:01.forward to catching up with him tomorrow night. We have over 12
:03:02. > :03:05.hours of coverage for you this week so you won't miss a single moment
:03:06. > :03:13.and it starts right now so sit back and clear your diary for Chelsea
:03:14. > :03:14.2014. In the next hour, we join Clematis supremo Raymond Evison at
:03:15. > :03:19.his nursery Clematis supremo Raymond Evison at
:03:20. > :03:26.future head of the family business. Do you know what it is called?
:03:27. > :03:30.Rebecca. Chris Beardshaw's here to explain why your vote for Chelsea's
:03:31. > :03:34.best garden is just as important as the RHS Judges. And Monty Don will
:03:35. > :03:39.be joining us for a first look round and telling us what he's looking
:03:40. > :03:43.forward to this week. This year there are 15 large show gardens
:03:44. > :03:46.vying for our attention. This afternoon in the midst of the last
:03:47. > :03:48.minute preparations Joe and I went to take a look at two nearing
:03:49. > :04:08.completion. This is Adam Frost's garden, it is
:04:09. > :04:11.called A Time To Reflect. He is a seasoned Chelsea Gardener and knows
:04:12. > :04:18.what to do. He has started with this pavilion at the back. I love the way
:04:19. > :04:22.the sides are open so you can see the woodland plans behind. As you
:04:23. > :04:30.walk down the garden, you have two choices. For old men like me I have
:04:31. > :04:35.a nice flat path with steps. But if I was a kid I would want to jump
:04:36. > :04:40.across the water on those huge boulders. That is the concept behind
:04:41. > :04:46.this garden. It is about getting families together in an outside
:04:47. > :04:50.space. Adam was influenced by his father's love of gardening and
:04:51. > :04:55.nature. He sees the garden as a place to chill out and get away from
:04:56. > :05:01.it all and connect with nature. He has this Buttercup meadow which will
:05:02. > :05:07.bring in a lot of wildlife. The upper story is created by these
:05:08. > :05:12.horned beams which create a dappled shade beneath. Then we have the high
:05:13. > :05:18.risk hovering over the plants and the lovely geranium mayflower which
:05:19. > :05:24.works well with some of the yellow in here. And you cannot relax in a
:05:25. > :05:30.garden unless you have somewhere to sit. But reflect on and on nature
:05:31. > :05:35.and connecting with it, we have these beautiful oak seats. Pieces of
:05:36. > :05:40.sculpture in their own right but incredibly tempting to sit on. They
:05:41. > :05:47.are right up against it. They have not finished the garden yet. Adam is
:05:48. > :05:51.planting away and they are finishing towards the back. Putting the turf
:05:52. > :05:56.around the outside of the garden making it look proper for the
:05:57. > :06:01.assessment. I have no doubt he will pull it through. He has lots of gold
:06:02. > :06:06.medals at Chelsea and I would not be surprised if he got another one
:06:07. > :06:13.here. I'm on Matthew Keightley's Hope on the Horizon garden. This is
:06:14. > :06:19.Matthew's very first Chelsea garden. It is spectacular and also very
:06:20. > :06:23.personal? It is a subject close to home and my younger brother is on
:06:24. > :06:28.his fifth tour with the RAF in Afghanistan. It was his previous
:06:29. > :06:34.tour that led me to come up with the concept. He was picking up injured
:06:35. > :06:38.men and women of the Armed forces off the front line and bringing them
:06:39. > :06:44.back to safety. It was a combination of that and in the media we hear
:06:45. > :06:49.about the trauma and devastation at one end, and then the miracles at
:06:50. > :06:55.the other end, if we are lucky. This is a journey of recovery. It is the
:06:56. > :07:01.horned beams in the shape of the Military Cross. How does this
:07:02. > :07:11.journey shape up? I have used ran it all the way through so that reflects
:07:12. > :07:19.the soldiers' well-being. You have these lovely herbs, Rosemary and a
:07:20. > :07:23.lovely smell vesture Mark there is a sensory undertone through the whole
:07:24. > :07:29.planting. So when guys in wheelchairs use the guard they will
:07:30. > :07:35.not miss out and they will pick up the fragrance. This is smoother
:07:36. > :07:42.granites, so they are making their journey through? This is one of my
:07:43. > :07:48.favourite bits of the garden. There is something pleasing about the hard
:07:49. > :07:57.lines and the soft grasses in that space. Then you come to the section
:07:58. > :08:03.you call Walking On Water? Soldiers on their recovery, they will
:08:04. > :08:11.hopefully get to this point. So it is a miracle which is why I have put
:08:12. > :08:18.the granite on top of the water. You have the box in the water and you
:08:19. > :08:22.don't do that normally? It is another play on that idea which is
:08:23. > :08:27.the fact that a lot of people think it is in possible for the guys to
:08:28. > :08:35.recover and get to this point. Finally, you come onto this
:08:36. > :08:42.sculpture area, Hope on the Horizon. It is stunning, your first garden.
:08:43. > :08:49.How stressful has it been? There have been moments, a couple of
:08:50. > :08:54.moments. In my case and situation, because it is the first, ignorance
:08:55. > :09:00.has been bliss. It has been head down, focus and try to hit the
:09:01. > :09:06.deadline, which we have. When it is over, this garden goes straight to a
:09:07. > :09:13.Help For Heroes recovery centre? Absolutely, that is the best thing
:09:14. > :09:25.about this project. Not only does it represent recovery, it will be used
:09:26. > :09:28.in recovery. Good luck with it. Matthew might be a new kid on the
:09:29. > :09:32.block but designer Paul Hervey-Brookes has become a regular
:09:33. > :09:35.face here at Chelsea in the small garden category. This year he's
:09:36. > :09:38.decided to super size his design and is here with his first large show
:09:39. > :09:42.garden. The theme is Renaissance and it was inspired by his time working
:09:43. > :09:46.in Italy. But can you create an Italian garden in Britain? We joined
:09:47. > :09:49.Paul closer to home at Iford Manor in Wiltshire, a triumphant example
:09:50. > :10:03.of an Italian garden created by Edwardian gardener Harold Peto.
:10:04. > :10:08.Whenever you make a garden at Chelsea, it is nerve wracking. What
:10:09. > :10:12.worries me is whether people stand and look at it and feel they stood
:10:13. > :10:23.in Italy and not in London. I hope it will come together on the day.
:10:24. > :10:29.When I first left university, I went and worked in a garden in is leak
:10:30. > :10:36.which is one of the few complete Renaissance gardens. So to be
:10:37. > :10:41.inspired by the Renaissance garden and its period, is a personal dream
:10:42. > :10:54.come true. Something I can draw on at a personal level. When you come
:10:55. > :10:59.here, you can see exactly how Harold Peto, who was probably one of the
:11:00. > :11:04.best Edwardian designers we had. He took the classic Italian garden and
:11:05. > :11:10.made it sit harmoniously in the English landscape and made it
:11:11. > :11:20.something that when you look at it you think, I would like to look at
:11:21. > :11:24.that. I think the really clever thing about this garden, there is so
:11:25. > :11:30.much attention to detail you take it almost for granted. It makes you
:11:31. > :11:39.believe you could be in Italy. If you start here, there are the
:11:40. > :11:44.sculptures. It is all in and that is crucial. A lot of these buildings
:11:45. > :11:49.would have been lined with marble and you would have had a rough
:11:50. > :11:54.surface. So it gives you the sense that is how you think it should be
:11:55. > :11:58.and you don't question it has been built to give you that sensation.
:11:59. > :12:05.When you move into the garden you can see the tall columns which are
:12:06. > :12:11.typical of the Imperial Renaissance. It says, this is a wealthy person's
:12:12. > :12:17.garden. It is about creating status. There is sculpture in this garden,
:12:18. > :12:24.which to a modern eye is an odd size or in an odd place. But they would
:12:25. > :12:28.keen to use sculptures that were smaller to make the space feel
:12:29. > :12:34.larger. One of the things I really love about the whole Renaissance
:12:35. > :12:39.idea is in the late Renaissance, connecting garden to the broader
:12:40. > :12:45.landscape. Walking around I noticed these popular in the background and
:12:46. > :12:48.they looked so right. You have the Imperial Colonnade in the stonework
:12:49. > :12:53.and then you have the planted trees and further out you have the upright
:12:54. > :12:58.popular and they connect the spaces together. The garden, the landscape,
:12:59. > :13:05.united in that fashion is the late Renaissance period. In this part of
:13:06. > :13:11.the garden, Harold Renaissance period. In this part of
:13:12. > :13:18.clever. It is an illusion, you are made to feel it is tempting and you
:13:19. > :13:24.are made to feel you want to go and see what the object in the distance
:13:25. > :13:27.is. When you come to water -- towards it, to maintain the illusion
:13:28. > :13:33.it is made difficult to get to. Each step is a different height and
:13:34. > :13:37.width. We feel a bit unsafe so we stay where we are and that wake the
:13:38. > :13:46.illusion is maintained and it still feels tempting and we still feel we
:13:47. > :13:49.have experienced it. The one thing which unites all of the Renaissance
:13:50. > :13:55.is the romance and beauty. That is the bit I want to take away and
:13:56. > :14:00.unify my garden with. I think how I am going to do that is through the
:14:01. > :14:05.planting principally. There will be graze, lilacs and soft pinks. We
:14:06. > :14:10.will be combining the colours of the building, the beautiful soft
:14:11. > :14:16.sandstone and the layers of paint which will be suggestive of ageing.
:14:17. > :14:21.Burnt colours we identify with that period. Those two things together
:14:22. > :14:26.with the volume of reflections coming off the water, should create
:14:27. > :14:28.this hazy, romantic vision which hopefully, people will fall in love
:14:29. > :14:42.with. Here we are with your creation, it's
:14:43. > :14:45.incredibly formal. It does feel quite formal but it also has
:14:46. > :14:52.references to progression into nature, and into a more flamboyant
:14:53. > :14:58.style in the Imperial period. You have done quite a few small gardens
:14:59. > :15:03.and you have stepped up a gear and gone for Main Avenue. How is that,
:15:04. > :15:09.having to change your scale? It is interesting, they have different
:15:10. > :15:13.challenges. These gardens let you tell a different story, they are
:15:14. > :15:18.more generous. You can devote space. So this Paul is twice the size of a
:15:19. > :15:26.French garden, slightly obscene, but it lets you create a sense that it
:15:27. > :15:33.is somewhere else. It crawls the eye, lovely reflective quality and
:15:34. > :15:40.draws your eye through 23 metres towards here, a fantastic colour.
:15:41. > :15:48.One of these three villas is painted that colour and I think it's really
:15:49. > :15:51.important, saying this garden is inspired by the Renaissance, so to
:15:52. > :15:54.painted something that was more English would anglicised the garden
:15:55. > :15:58.and you wouldn't get that sense that you had escaped the everyday life,
:15:59. > :16:04.so that is a crucial colour to me and tells the story. And it
:16:05. > :16:09.intensifies the Greens are rounded and when the sun shines like this,
:16:10. > :16:17.it does transport you to Italy. I hope people get that sense as well.
:16:18. > :16:22.The water is 60 centimetres. It looks very inviting on a day like
:16:23. > :16:29.this! Are you going to have a dip? Maybe when the show has closed!
:16:30. > :16:32.Congratulations. Paul's road to Chelsea has been helped
:16:33. > :16:38.significantly by none other than our own Chris Beardshaw. He discovered
:16:39. > :16:45.him, didn't you? You have been his mental. You must be proud. Proud to
:16:46. > :16:49.see anybody's career progressing as a result of input from other people.
:16:50. > :16:55.I was lucky to be involved in that process. A big step up, to go from
:16:56. > :17:00.small gardens, which he has executed here before to a large garden on
:17:01. > :17:08.Main Avenue. The mechanism you have to use, the thought processes, the
:17:09. > :17:12.quantity of plant and the quality you have to deliver, it's a real
:17:13. > :17:19.challenge for anybody. But we have all been through it. Here we are
:17:20. > :17:26.with another Italian twist. This has been designed by Thomas doughboy
:17:27. > :17:29.though. It is everything you would expect of an Italian garden,
:17:30. > :17:34.influenced by the Italian Renaissance. It is a very masculine
:17:35. > :17:39.garden, plenty of sharp edges and geometry to it but the femininity of
:17:40. > :17:44.the planting is breathtaking, soft blues and acid yellows and greens.
:17:45. > :17:50.Lovely piece of work. It is all about what is left out rather than
:17:51. > :17:56.what is included. I love the Greens, it is so elegant, we're not
:17:57. > :18:02.even allowed stand on it! Viewers can get a much closer look at the
:18:03. > :18:06.large gardens with your help. One of the things the judges do is pass
:18:07. > :18:10.opinion on the gardens, but all viewers and visitors to the show can
:18:11. > :18:15.not only get an insight via the red button, will be revealing five more
:18:16. > :18:19.in detail and viewers will be able to vote on their favourite in the
:18:20. > :18:28.RHS People's choice award. It is the coveted award, voted by gardeners,
:18:29. > :18:37.for gardeners. And you won it last year! You can start pressing the red
:18:38. > :18:40.button at midnight tonight. Chris and Ann-Marie Powell taking an in
:18:41. > :18:44.depth look at the first gardens. There will be five to consider every
:18:45. > :18:46.day and you'll get your chance to vote when the lines open at 12 noon
:18:47. > :18:54.on Thursday. Of course Chelsea's not all about
:18:55. > :19:00.the gardens. It's also home to the largest Marquee in the world. It's
:19:01. > :19:04.called the Great Pavilion and if you take a look from above you will see
:19:05. > :19:07.that it dwarfs the gardens and takes up two thirds of the show ground. It
:19:08. > :19:10.completely dominates the show. In here you will find over 100
:19:11. > :19:14.nurseries with growers and showers who have travelled form the far
:19:15. > :19:17.corners of the globe to exhibit their horticultural excellence. And
:19:18. > :19:22.amongst them, keeping a keen eye on all this year's floral treasures is
:19:23. > :19:27.Carol Klein. Lovely to see you! What are you looking forward to this
:19:28. > :19:31.year? The same thing as every year, but every year it is different. You
:19:32. > :19:36.get astonished by the fact that all these exhibitors come year after
:19:37. > :19:47.year and yet they managed to do something completely new. Is there
:19:48. > :19:54.one exhibit you had to? I have two confess, it is herbaceous stuff, the
:19:55. > :19:57.kind of stuff I used to show myself. We're not letting Carol out of this
:19:58. > :20:00.Pavilion, all week she'll be bringing you news and views on the
:20:01. > :20:04.most talked about exhibits, plants and flowers every day and right now
:20:05. > :20:08.as the exhibitors hurry to get finished, she's taking a look at
:20:09. > :20:17.some of the highlights. I have been waiting all year for this!
:20:18. > :20:23.Look at this! I am surrounded by exotic flowers from all around the
:20:24. > :20:36.world. Where else could I be put in the Great Pavilion?
:20:37. > :20:49.What a magnificent show. This is the orchid display from Thailand, put on
:20:50. > :20:54.by: It has taken 16 people five whole days to get to this stage.
:20:55. > :20:59.They have been working 12 hour shifts. If that wasn't enough, when
:21:00. > :21:03.they get chucked out, the have been taking work home to their hotel
:21:04. > :21:11.rooms. The whole display is made up of two orchids. I think it is one of
:21:12. > :21:14.the most exquisite sites you could possibly see, and it couldn't be
:21:15. > :21:28.anywhere else except under this roof.
:21:29. > :21:34.As we all know, it has been 100 years since the beginning of the
:21:35. > :21:43.First World War. This is Birmingham City Council's wonderful exhibit to
:21:44. > :21:46.commemorate that fact. It is about Birmingham's contribution to that
:21:47. > :21:50.war, and here we are in the trenches. There are rats running
:21:51. > :21:59.around. Over here, among this would come this plant imitates the mud,
:22:00. > :22:05.pressed in between the beautiful wooden supports and over here, a
:22:06. > :22:12.periscope, so you can see just what the enemy are up to. But I think
:22:13. > :22:25.there is a dogfight going on! And I was right. The red Baron. And on
:22:26. > :22:31.this side, a further contribution to the part that Birmingham play. The
:22:32. > :22:37.train, the city of Birmingham brought into trips back to the city,
:22:38. > :22:42.where they convalesce to. Despite is a British small loans, that firm
:22:43. > :22:47.produced vast amounts of armament but also surprised the bicycles that
:22:48. > :22:51.ran alongside the top of the trenches, communicating -- this
:22:52. > :22:55.bike. The whole thing is just wonderful, and this planting is
:22:56. > :23:13.perfection. Three cheers for Birmingham! Hip hip hooray!
:23:14. > :23:21.How about this? Wall-to-wall colour. It is positively retina searing.
:23:22. > :23:29.This is south-west in blue's celebration of 50 years of Britain
:23:30. > :23:33.in Bloom. This is not made of parsley, I tell you what, it doesn't
:23:34. > :23:52.look all that fierce either. Part of the message is all about
:23:53. > :23:57.growing your own. And you could hardly have better advertisement for
:23:58. > :24:01.doing just that from this magnificent display. -- found this
:24:02. > :24:19.magnificent display. Where better to end and then on the
:24:20. > :24:20.stand? Hillier is our HLT institution, they have been here
:24:21. > :24:27.since the year dot, and the stand institution, they have been here
:24:28. > :24:29.doesn't disappoint -- at Chelsea institution.
:24:30. > :24:38.doesn't disappoint -- at Chelsea exuberance of this year's spring.
:24:39. > :24:45.And nothing more gorgeous than this cornice Florida rainbow. It makes
:24:46. > :24:52.the whole shrub look as though it is hung with Chinese lanterns. It, and
:24:53. > :24:58.all these other glorious plants that adorn the stand, should ensure that
:24:59. > :25:04.this is Hillier's 69th consecutive gold medal. The very best of luck to
:25:05. > :25:06.them and I had everybody here gets the medals that they so richly
:25:07. > :25:13.deserve. There are nurserymen and women who
:25:14. > :25:20.have been exhibiting in here for years. You could say many have grown
:25:21. > :25:23.up under this roof. Raymond Evison's been showing his Clematis since
:25:24. > :25:27.England won the World Cup in 1966 and he scored his first gold in his
:25:28. > :25:29.twenties. He's spent four decades breeding, introducing and
:25:30. > :25:41.cultivating one of our nation's favourite climbers. But what are his
:25:42. > :25:43.future plans for the Evison empire? Who in the family will grow up and
:25:44. > :26:01.grow on his famous plants? highlights, getting my first Chelsea
:26:02. > :26:05.gold-medal, that was tremendously exciting but I remember it because
:26:06. > :26:09.we hadn't thought about turf or anything like that and I had to cut
:26:10. > :26:17.the grass with scissors, they were so sore, my fingers. The last three
:26:18. > :26:20.years at Chelsea, with the calamities creating an archway, that
:26:21. > :26:28.has been rewarding because the public enjoyed walking through --
:26:29. > :26:33.clematis. Certainly getting the 25th Chelsea Flower Show gold-medal was
:26:34. > :26:37.very, very exciting, but the greatest company that was the
:26:38. > :26:43.Guernsey Post decided to commemorate that event with six listed stamps.
:26:44. > :26:51.That was very nice indeed, I'm on it to be honoured in that way.
:26:52. > :26:59.My eldest two daughters live and work in England, my youngest works
:27:00. > :27:08.here in Guernsey. My daughters were pretty insistent that they had
:27:09. > :27:13.clematis named after them, I named one after my daughter Rebecca, she
:27:14. > :27:18.had lots of freckles. But seven all eight years ago she said, please
:27:19. > :27:26.dad, can I have are Rebecca? Nobody knows that I am freckles. I'm
:27:27. > :27:32.thrilled today because Rebecca and my grandson Freddie are flying in
:27:33. > :27:35.from Birmingham. I constantly get e-mails from Freddie, telling me
:27:36. > :27:40.about his gardening and what he does, his love of plants. Recently
:27:41. > :27:45.he has said, grandad, I want to take over your business when I am older.
:27:46. > :27:53.So we are all waiting anxiously to see what he thinks of our clematis!
:27:54. > :28:01.There's lots of different coloured clematis here, blue ones, nice red
:28:02. > :28:15.one. Did you know what it is called? Rebecca. You are so clever!
:28:16. > :28:22.So Freddie, you decided that you would like to cross this flower with
:28:23. > :28:29.that flower, can you tell me why you chose them? I like red, it's my
:28:30. > :28:36.favourite colour and white is nice and bright so I thought that might
:28:37. > :28:46.be creative. I think that's very good. Sure I show you how we do
:28:47. > :28:51.this? Definitely. First, we take a blood like this one, I have to take
:28:52. > :29:01.off all of this, and the committees don't have petals. -- clematis. So I
:29:02. > :29:04.take all these off, we're going to take the anthers off as well and
:29:05. > :29:10.then get down to the centre in a moment. When we get to that, we will
:29:11. > :29:13.stop cutting the anthers off. I want to then bring some pollen from the
:29:14. > :29:27.red one. You can see the pollen blowing
:29:28. > :29:35.around now. I transfer it onto the earth. So if we have got it right it
:29:36. > :29:40.will help to create a new calamitous. We have to make sure we
:29:41. > :29:45.don't get any pollen from another clematis flour onto it. So what we
:29:46. > :29:51.do is we put a bag over the top. The white one you have chosen, those are
:29:52. > :29:59.the parents of the new one. Then we have to wait and fingers crossed we
:30:00. > :30:08.will have another new calamitous. Do you think that white and red makes
:30:09. > :30:14.pink? I don't know, I think it is a good idea. It is a good guess. I
:30:15. > :30:24.think we can see if it makes a pink one. It has been a great thrill to
:30:25. > :30:30.have Rebecca and Freddie visit the nursery. Very observant young man.
:30:31. > :30:36.He has marvellous taste and good judgements, I think. It is very,
:30:37. > :30:42.very special to have somebody like Freddie who has the interest and
:30:43. > :30:50.keenness that will keep horticultural alive for the Evisons,
:30:51. > :30:56.I think. Freddie, your first time ever at Chelsea, is it exciting?
:30:57. > :31:03.Really exciting. Did you have special permission to come in here?
:31:04. > :31:10.Special, special permission from my grandad. What do you think of the
:31:11. > :31:18.exhibit? It is very good. This year you have gone for clematis that will
:31:19. > :31:25.grow in pots? Yes, people have small gardens and alchemy is so all the
:31:26. > :31:35.clematis we are showing this year can be shown in pots. Freddie, do
:31:36. > :31:46.you have a favourite? Ice blue. That must be a loo one? It is white with
:31:47. > :31:53.a bit of blue on. Now you know how these are bread? Yes, he did some
:31:54. > :31:59.breeding work in Guernsey. He chose exactly the best ones. I saw you
:32:00. > :32:05.trying to breed a red one with a white one. Where you trying to get
:32:06. > :32:15.some Arsenal colours? I wanted a think colour. It is like painting
:32:16. > :32:17.with flowers. Do you want to be involved in the family business
:32:18. > :32:26.with flowers. Do you want to be you are older? Yes, I do. He is a
:32:27. > :32:32.great gardener already. He has vegetables and potatoes and a conker
:32:33. > :32:41.tree. So it is not just clematis he is obsessed with. Are you proud of
:32:42. > :32:46.your grandad? Really proud. That might be something in the future you
:32:47. > :32:51.might do, because you do get a prize as part of the competition as well.
:32:52. > :32:59.It must be someone -- thrilled someone in the family is keen? He is
:33:00. > :33:06.so professional at this gardening work already. It is a great thrill.
:33:07. > :33:11.Good luck. Freddie, lovely to meet you. Hope you have a great day at
:33:12. > :33:17.Chelsea. I think we might be seeing more of
:33:18. > :33:22.Freddie. We will be talking to plenty more of the specialist
:33:23. > :33:26.growers in The Great Pavillion across the week starting tomorrow.
:33:27. > :33:32.Andy Sturgeon and Nicki Chapman will be here with an extended show? Yes,
:33:33. > :33:41.45 minutes long. Christine Walkden will be showing us her top ten
:33:42. > :33:45.plants. And Rachel de Thame will be doing these recipe planting. She
:33:46. > :33:53.will be picking all of the different combinations to make a fantastic
:33:54. > :33:57.planting scheme. She is talking about a Mediterranean meze. I am
:33:58. > :34:03.looking forward to that one. I will be visiting all of the gardens, and
:34:04. > :34:07.we have invited familiar faces. There will be people you recognise
:34:08. > :34:12.from stage and screen and we will be having them here and asking them
:34:13. > :34:16.about their passion for gardening. We do have a feature called mum and
:34:17. > :34:23.me. We have asked them to bring along their mother. We are kicking
:34:24. > :34:27.off with Anna Maxwell Martin on Monday. Tuesday we have Julian
:34:28. > :34:34.Clary. And then we have Darcey Bussell on Wednesday. And I have got
:34:35. > :34:39.Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock Holmes himself. You have six Chelsea
:34:40. > :34:46.gold medals. Did your love of gardening come through your mother?
:34:47. > :34:50.It did, when we were growing up, we were outside in the garden all of
:34:51. > :34:54.the time and gardening was going on all around us. I picked up this
:34:55. > :35:00.stuff without realising it at the time. It is amazing how it
:35:01. > :35:06.influences you. We had a real 70s garden flat lawn and I was given a
:35:07. > :35:15.little corner and I grew rhubarb and sweet peas. It is amazing how you
:35:16. > :35:23.start isn't it, starting to look gardens through your parents? My
:35:24. > :35:26.parents had to garden around me and my brother who were playing
:35:27. > :35:32.football. We had a traditional border around the lawn with a lovely
:35:33. > :35:39.lilac tree in the corner. But basically we trashed the garden.
:35:40. > :35:43.Sorry, mum! But your love of plants did rub off on me. To give us a
:35:44. > :35:48.flavour of what is to come, Sophie Raworth took a look around the show
:35:49. > :35:57.with her mother, who happens to be a former florist and very keen
:35:58. > :36:02.gardener. This garden is a bit like a
:36:03. > :36:06.flashback to my childhood. It is like the garden you have had for 40
:36:07. > :36:13.years. You have the wonderful geraniums? They are the herbaceous
:36:14. > :36:21.geraniums and they come up every year. They are wonderful. These are
:36:22. > :36:25.the ones I planted in my garden and I was on the phone to you the next
:36:26. > :36:41.day because they were eaten by the slugs. All gone. Awful when that
:36:42. > :36:49.happens. I really love tulips. They are my favourite cup flour. These, I
:36:50. > :36:56.am not so keen on. You have got lots of those at home. I like the pure
:36:57. > :37:01.form. White lilies, they remind me of being about ten and our
:37:02. > :37:07.conservatory being full of lilies when you were a florist and doing
:37:08. > :37:17.weddings and all kinds of things. You were a great help, getting you
:37:18. > :37:21.to wire things. So, what I need is a climbing rose for the back of our
:37:22. > :37:29.house which has got to go in a part because it is a terrorist. What
:37:30. > :37:35.about that? No, you cannot have that. It is so strong it will bring
:37:36. > :37:44.a tree down. Really? ! I want something beautiful and delicate.
:37:45. > :37:53.City of York is beautiful. It is a repeat flower. It will grow in a
:37:54. > :38:01.part on a terrace? Yes, keep it very well watered. You really have to do
:38:02. > :38:12.that. This is my favourite Artisan garden. It is dutiful. You have lots
:38:13. > :38:21.of these in your garden? That is your dad's departments, I am not
:38:22. > :38:30.allowed to touch them. How about this? It has got to be one of my
:38:31. > :38:38.favourite show garden 's. It is called Paradise Garden. It is
:38:39. > :38:42.incredible the way he has done a lot of repeat planting. Absolutely
:38:43. > :38:48.beautiful. What a wonderful place. The sound of the water, we could
:38:49. > :38:56.stay here all day. Stay here all day and chat. All we need is a nice cup
:38:57. > :39:04.of tea. Is your mum telling you what to do? She is, but I am ringing her
:39:05. > :39:10.up for advice. I rang her last week because the snails ate my flowers.
:39:11. > :39:15.She said Coffey grounds. Whether it will work or not, I don't know. As a
:39:16. > :39:21.child you are surrounded by plants and gardens and cut flowers? It must
:39:22. > :39:27.have been fantastic? My mother became a florist when I was six. We
:39:28. > :39:32.spend our childhood with the table covered in flowers. As a teenager I
:39:33. > :39:39.was dragged around London at the weekend 's having to water plants
:39:40. > :39:48.she had delivered to offices. You say dragged. I was 14, is that what
:39:49. > :39:55.you want to be doing on a Sunday morning. Do you have a garden? I
:39:56. > :40:00.have a small, miniature garden. I live in London so it is small.
:40:01. > :40:09.Occasionally I let my parents come and put it back. They proven? I
:40:10. > :40:16.thought it was hacking. I hardly spoke to my mother for two days
:40:17. > :40:21.after. But talking of small gardens, because every year at Chelsea there
:40:22. > :40:25.is an opportunity for designers to showcase their skills in the small
:40:26. > :40:29.garden category. These gardens may be half the size and half of the
:40:30. > :40:34.budget of the larger designs, but they still make an impact. New
:40:35. > :40:37.designers have also use them to launch their Chelsea careers and
:40:38. > :40:45.make a name for themselves. We have been taking a look.
:40:46. > :40:52.There are 17 small gardens at Chelsea this year. Ten fresh and
:40:53. > :40:58.seven Artisan designs. The Artisan designs capture an idea using
:40:59. > :41:03.recycled or natural materials and lots of plants. The standard has
:41:04. > :41:10.never been higher. They are simply breathtaking this year.
:41:11. > :41:18.Just look at this. Isn't it fabulous? You wouldn't believe this
:41:19. > :41:27.was just a patch of grass a few weeks ago, and it tells a story. It
:41:28. > :41:30.tells the tale of two potters who worked their kill them before the
:41:31. > :41:35.Second World War then went after the conflict. They returned against the
:41:36. > :41:43.odds to carry on parting. Symbolism everywhere. There is poetry, even
:41:44. > :41:58.the planting is symbolism, sank when rates, the source. -- sanguine. This
:41:59. > :42:02.is an unusual plant here at Chelsea. For me, this garden is more than
:42:03. > :42:10.just smart and beautiful. It is also very moving.
:42:11. > :42:20.Alistair Baldwin's Yorkshire garden celebrates two things. Magnificence
:42:21. > :42:25.of the county from its windy moors and the chic of the Yorkshire
:42:26. > :42:30.cities. It also pays much to the Tour de France, that starts off in
:42:31. > :42:36.Leeds this year. -- pays homage. This is a garden that will be loved
:42:37. > :42:39.by a middle-aged men who go This is a garden that will be loved
:42:40. > :42:41.cycling at the weekends. It will also be enjoyed by people like me
:42:42. > :42:46.who Lovecraft, also be enjoyed by people like me
:42:47. > :42:53.cantilevered seat. So tricky to do well. I love this
:42:54. > :42:54.cantilevered seat. So tricky to do detailing, you don't see it
:42:55. > :43:01.cantilevered seat. So tricky to do everywhere, often it goes unnoticed
:43:02. > :43:07.but here it is done really well. The Artisan gardens are six metres wide
:43:08. > :43:14.and five metres deep, they are the full strips. Over the years, many of
:43:15. > :43:18.them have been bonkers. That is because horticulture and solid
:43:19. > :43:21.gardening isn't as important as creativity. What unites them is they
:43:22. > :43:30.are at the cutting edge of garden design. Now this is the most high
:43:31. > :43:38.maintenance of all the gardens here at Chelsea. It is designed by an
:43:39. > :43:44.established, respected designer, she has won Best in show in the past.
:43:45. > :43:51.The client is Gucci and the garden is a gruelling representation of
:43:52. > :43:56.that up there, the Gucci floral scarf. These aren't planters with
:43:57. > :43:59.flowers growing in soil, they vases with cut flowers stuffed inside and
:44:00. > :44:04.every morning they have to be replaced and freshened up. The
:44:05. > :44:10.majority of the plants are these. Usually seen in hanging baskets,
:44:11. > :44:12.they have a sparkle and shimmer that any fashion designer would be proud
:44:13. > :44:26.of. This garden or art installation was
:44:27. > :44:32.created by a 28-year-old. She is the youngest female designer here ever.
:44:33. > :44:36.It is clever because you sit on this bench and you look at this flat
:44:37. > :44:39.screen TV that is filled with plants. They are not just ordinary
:44:40. > :44:47.shrubs, they have been collected from the other side of the world by
:44:48. > :44:48.modern day plant herders. They are people I really respect. What is so
:44:49. > :44:58.interesting is that this is actually people I really respect. What is so
:44:59. > :45:07.a portal onto the wild. This is another one of the fresh gardens. It
:45:08. > :45:12.is designed by Olivia Kirk. Wonderful irises and
:45:13. > :45:14.is designed by Olivia Kirk. thistles, gorgeous. It is a fresh
:45:15. > :45:15.garden, you could pick it up and put it in your own
:45:16. > :45:20.garden, you could pick it up and put work well. A lot of them are so
:45:21. > :45:26.avant-garde and dangerously edgy that you would scare the
:45:27. > :45:32.neighbours! Some people at Chelsea don't like the boundaries being
:45:33. > :45:39.pushed that much. It is always designing, evolving, what may seem
:45:40. > :45:43.wacky and crazy when you may seemed normal in a decade. You have the
:45:44. > :45:46.full range, high design, you have people thinking outside the box, I
:45:47. > :45:56.love the fresh garden category for that. We have given you a new title,
:45:57. > :46:01.we accorded doctor but couldn't. I am called the doctor because I'm
:46:02. > :46:08.here to answer questions. It is good people get in touch, to share their
:46:09. > :46:12.questions, we have a huge part of ideas of how to use them. I always
:46:13. > :46:17.think the gardens are made up of lots of little ingredients. Someone
:46:18. > :46:23.has got a dry shade or a soggy garden or a slope to do, design
:46:24. > :46:30.issue, I can show good ways of dealing with those things here at
:46:31. > :46:33.the show. That's my role. What's great about these fresh gardens is
:46:34. > :46:38.they go against this idea that if you have a small space, there isn't
:46:39. > :46:42.much you can do with them. On the telly, they look like acreage but
:46:43. > :46:45.they are only three metres! There are ideas on here that are so simple
:46:46. > :46:51.to copy as long as you have the recipe to do that. You are the man
:46:52. > :46:56.to talk to. If you do need the Doctor's help, or you may have I
:46:57. > :47:00.Chelsea standard garden at home you would like to share with us, we do
:47:01. > :47:08.want to hear from you, so do e-mail us.
:47:09. > :47:13.Now every year celebrity florist Simon Lycett arrives like a
:47:14. > :47:17.whirlwind at Chelsea to help the RHS with displays and live events. His
:47:18. > :47:20.enthusiasm for arranging is infectious but for Simon floristry
:47:21. > :47:25.is a serious business, with rich and famous clientele hanging off his
:47:26. > :47:28.every petal. He's often still working the oasis past midnight and
:47:29. > :47:38.lives in a secretive world with clients and budgets a closely
:47:39. > :47:42.guarded secret. But for the first time ever, Simon has allowed the
:47:43. > :47:45.Chelsea cameras in, to show us a world that even his clients rarely
:47:46. > :47:53.see - the floral staging of a very special party.
:47:54. > :47:59.We have a massive event on tonight, it is a very important client of the
:48:00. > :48:03.natural history museum. We have flowers everywhere, we have not got
:48:04. > :48:12.long. I will show you a few of our secrets. I can't tell you much about
:48:13. > :48:16.our client, it is really secret, the whole thing. We have done amazing
:48:17. > :48:21.events throughout the world for her, and this is a very special party for
:48:22. > :48:26.her 75th birthday. It has been a week 's work for a team of half a
:48:27. > :48:40.dozen of us to get this far. Bluebells are so stiff! I'm having
:48:41. > :48:44.trouble making the stand-up! The theme for tonight is a celebration
:48:45. > :48:50.of late spring, early summer, it's an abundance of flowers in soft
:48:51. > :48:54.shades. It's a very dramatic setting, so we're trying to create
:48:55. > :48:58.decorations that have a bit of contrast to them but also have some
:48:59. > :49:07.drama, it's a huge space server thing we do need to have a lot of
:49:08. > :49:11.impact. -- so everything we do. It is two o'clock so we have not long
:49:12. > :49:16.now, the van will be here in an hour, we have trolleys of stuff
:49:17. > :49:20.everywhere which need to be loaded. In addition to our wonderful blossom
:49:21. > :49:26.trees, which will be 12 foot tall on the tables, and the base of these
:49:27. > :49:30.little pots of lily of the valley that smell divine, you will be
:49:31. > :49:36.wondering why we have boxes of dinosaurs, one of the tables is for
:49:37. > :49:53.our client's grandchildren so we are going to tuck in dinosaurs.
:49:54. > :49:57.If you do 2-macro this way, you will get four, the last can go in
:49:58. > :50:05.cleaning up at an angle. -- leaning get four, the last can go in
:50:06. > :50:16.up. We have got an hour to get this lot in so off we go.
:50:17. > :50:25.We're just going to land the trees up on our plinths here. Making sure
:50:26. > :50:34.they are protecting the ancient stonework. We will wait them on the
:50:35. > :50:44.base. Then we will put some fabulous flowers on the front.
:50:45. > :50:55.Sheets of the mosque of a multitude of sins. -- sheets of moss cover a
:50:56. > :50:59.multitude of sins. Job is nearly done. We are getting there. We have
:51:00. > :51:09.got to get there, because if we don't... !
:51:10. > :51:22.I need to go directly under the dinosaur's head, perfect. Fabulous!
:51:23. > :51:28.So we have got our table's position, tables all laid, candles are lit,
:51:29. > :51:38.that's it, loads of shots of our fabulous, so no more filming! Cut!
:51:39. > :51:49.Come on, who was that party for? Discretion is my watchword, I can't
:51:50. > :51:55.tell you. But there are some you can tell us about. I did see Beckham's
:51:56. > :52:02.wedding flowers, and the wedding reception of the Prince of Wales to
:52:03. > :52:10.the Duchess of Cornwall. We saw how much work it took, that took you a
:52:11. > :52:13.week. A week for seven or eight people, yes. Everything we do is
:52:14. > :52:18.very labour intensive and a lot of it is in the planning for the
:52:19. > :52:25.dynamic last 45 minute get in. Do you get nervous? We get an
:52:26. > :52:32.adrenaline rush, you need to come down afterwards, having had your
:52:33. > :52:37.performance moment! You have been doing this since you were a child.
:52:38. > :52:41.Since I was seven, slightly precocious, but it was all I ever
:52:42. > :52:46.wanted to do, I am lucky to do something I still love, 40 years
:52:47. > :52:52.later. What does it mean to you, coming to Chelsea? The thing that
:52:53. > :52:57.sparked it was going to my local flower show in Warwick, then being
:52:58. > :53:01.in the 10th, the smell, foliage, flour, horticulturalists in a tent
:53:02. > :53:07.takes me back, and it's about the Passion. There are people you meet
:53:08. > :53:13.who are absolutely passionate about forestry. There will be people who
:53:14. > :53:18.will have travelled across the world to see the best of Britain's florist
:53:19. > :53:22.Ray and we are world leaders in that. If floristry is your chosen
:53:23. > :53:25.bouquet we've made arrangements to deliver you a veritable feast of cut
:53:26. > :53:29.flora this week. On Wednesday and Thursday we'll be finding out who's
:53:30. > :53:33.won Young Florist and Florist of the Year and we haven't seen the last of
:53:34. > :53:36.Simon either because tomorrow and Friday on BBC One he will be doing
:53:37. > :53:37.live floristry for us and teaching some enthusiastic amateurs some
:53:38. > :54:16.tricks of the trade. Can't wait. We have three shows
:54:17. > :54:20.you tomorrow if you're worried about your next Chelsea fix. Joining me on
:54:21. > :54:24.BBC Two every evening this week is a man who definitely knows his way
:54:25. > :54:29.around a bunch of flowers and the garden. Lovely to see you. You have
:54:30. > :54:34.done your leg in? I have! But I can get around, as long as I have a
:54:35. > :54:38.stick. I've had a bit of a look already. Starting to see some
:54:39. > :54:43.patterns building. You know that when you are a regular visitor to
:54:44. > :54:47.any show, every year produces colours, themes, even in etiquette
:54:48. > :54:51.feelings. I am picking up on them. colours, themes, even in etiquette
:54:52. > :54:55.have had a good look colours, themes, even in etiquette
:54:56. > :55:02.are some real formal ones, some informal ones, blues and purples.
:55:03. > :55:07.These burgundy colours, purple, sometimes very subtle, sometimes
:55:08. > :55:13.really strong. Also the Artisan Gardens, these show gardens are
:55:14. > :55:20.spectacular but the Artisan Gardens, the fresh gardens, are so worth
:55:21. > :55:23.looking at. Absolutely. And in recent years, they have often
:55:24. > :55:31.produced the most interesting ideas. What I have noticed and you can't
:55:32. > :55:36.help but admire, the Telegraph Garden, there is a level of
:55:37. > :55:43.expertise that is just so much above anything you see. You are sticking
:55:44. > :55:49.your neck out already! There are two or three that already sing out to
:55:50. > :55:51.me. I am looking to pick a whole, will
:55:52. > :55:58.me. I am looking to pick a whole, work? There are couple where the
:55:59. > :56:03.plant quality just sings out. What has been wonderful, the last couple
:56:04. > :56:04.of days, there has been nobody else but us on the Gardens, watching the
:56:05. > :56:08.teams put them together, but us on the Gardens, watching the
:56:09. > :56:14.and hard work that goes into them... It's a real team effort.
:56:15. > :56:19.Some of them are really up against it and in this heat, you can feel
:56:20. > :56:23.the pressure building. As the assessors go round, they are making
:56:24. > :56:26.judgements so garden designers will have to have their gardens finished
:56:27. > :56:36.and looking amazing before they come round. by one of the things I love
:56:37. > :56:42.about working on this show is we get a chance to see them over a period
:56:43. > :56:47.of time. Normal visitors just get a snapshot. Decisions are made but if
:56:48. > :56:54.you get a chance to live with them and see them in different weather
:56:55. > :56:59.and different times of day, most of them huge improve with acquaintance.
:57:00. > :57:06.We get to go on them and get that mood and how it feels. Gorgeous
:57:07. > :57:10.today, gorgeous tomorrow but the rest of the week? Lots of sunshine
:57:11. > :57:19.this week. We can worry about that later. Today and tomorrow, I cannot
:57:20. > :57:23.see Dion Dublin at. That is all we have got time for tonight. So far we
:57:24. > :57:28.have only teased you with the delights to come. Nicki Chapman and
:57:29. > :57:34.Andy Sturgeon will be back tomorrow looking at more Gardens and talking
:57:35. > :57:40.to first-time Chelsea Gardener, Matthew Childs. We also will be
:57:41. > :57:47.talking to an addict Cumberbatch. I will be on BBC Two at 8pm as the
:57:48. > :57:51.Queen arrives to give her royal approval and meeting some of the new
:57:52. > :58:00.designers. Start pressing your red button from midday tomorrow to find
:58:01. > :58:05.Chris Beardshaw and Ann-Marie Powell looking at the new show gardens. You
:58:06. > :58:09.need to watch everyday so you can decide which garden you will vote
:58:10. > :58:16.for to win did BBC RHS People's choice award on Thursday. Send your
:58:17. > :58:20.design problems, we need a short description and a picture. It is all
:58:21. > :58:33.about design. Send your e-mails to: That is all from us at Chelsea for
:58:34. > :59:13.the moment. We're back tomorrow, goodbye.
:59:14. > :59:17.Rio de Janeiro, host to this year's World Cup.
:59:18. > :59:21.But this paradise is also a city divided by class