:00:31. > :00:37.Hello and welcome to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, an event
:00:38. > :00:41.supported by M Investments. Today?s the day we?ve all been
:00:42. > :00:45.waiting for - the day that ?The People?s Choice Award? is revealed.
:00:46. > :00:49.Voting closed at midnight last night, and in tonight?s BBC Two
:00:50. > :00:50.programme at 8pm, Monty and Joe will be revealing which large garden
:00:51. > :01:04.and designer you have chosen. It is amazing how many people have
:01:05. > :01:09.gone online and devoted. It is tens of thousands. We are so passionate
:01:10. > :01:17.about our gardens. Yes, we are. People start to get excited. I
:01:18. > :01:21.always feel it goes to one of the more traditional gardens. Lots of
:01:22. > :01:28.flowers, stone, wood. It could be anyone. My money is on the daily
:01:29. > :01:35.Telegraph, I think. This year, social media has been buzzing with
:01:36. > :01:40.the RHS Chelsea cell-free. Guess who I managed to catch when I was
:01:41. > :01:44.walking around? Piers Morgan talking to Sophie. I seized the opportunity.
:01:45. > :01:47.We have had thousands of votes coming in.
:01:48. > :01:49.and designer you have chosen. Later on today?s programme:
:01:50. > :01:56.We meet some of the budding young Chelsea
:01:57. > :02:01.horticulturists of the future. We get a visit from another
:02:02. > :02:03.of our well known Chelsea faces and their Mum - today it?s TV
:02:04. > :02:10.historian Dan Snow and his mum Ann. It is the most beautiful thing in
:02:11. > :02:16.our garden. I love these. historian Dan Snow and his mum Ann.
:02:17. > :02:18.And Simon Lycett returns to give Chelsea Traffic Controller,
:02:19. > :02:23.Steve Howe, how to make a beautiful summer bouquet.
:02:24. > :02:36.He is doing brilliantly well. I think we need more wordless. There
:02:37. > :02:40.we go! This morning, the RHS hosted a very special breakfast for budding
:02:41. > :02:56.young horticulturists of the future. Adam, you hosted the breakfast this
:02:57. > :03:00.morning. What exactly is it? The idea is to get more young people
:03:01. > :03:05.into horticulture. The RHS have been brilliant. I think they are losing
:03:06. > :03:12.kids when they going to secondary school. We really want to get into
:03:13. > :03:15.schools and make sure that it is a real option. Because I actually
:03:16. > :03:19.don't think that children at secondary school even look at
:03:20. > :03:24.horticulture as an option. The idea is to give it a bit of a cake. Would
:03:25. > :03:31.you be pleased to see it on the national curriculum? It should do,
:03:32. > :03:40.shouldn't it? You can tie it in with sciences. It is a no-brainer. It has
:03:41. > :03:44.been said if you cannot do anything else, become a gardener. It has to
:03:45. > :03:55.be fun and interesting for children as they get older. I fell into this
:03:56. > :04:05.job by accident. I was very lucky. Lawrence, why have you chosen this?
:04:06. > :04:09.I used to go to my grandfather's allotment with him on the weekdays.
:04:10. > :04:16.He got me doing things and I fell in love with it from a young age, from
:04:17. > :04:23.almost walking. I fell into it that way. Then went from strength to
:04:24. > :04:26.strength. At what age did you start? I started going to his allotment
:04:27. > :04:40.when I was between six months and a -year-old. How about you? I also got
:04:41. > :04:47.quite lucky. I got her job when I left school as a gardener. I never
:04:48. > :04:55.looked back. Have you got a clear path? Or do you see it as an open,
:04:56. > :04:59.broad canvas? Currently fairly broad. I have studied and I
:05:00. > :05:05.currently work in a garden full time. I do not know where I am going
:05:06. > :05:16.to go. At this point you are hands-on? Very much so. What is
:05:17. > :05:23.fantastic as you can evolve. You can start as a gardener, landscaper,
:05:24. > :05:32.some people would say designer! It has been an evolution. And for me,
:05:33. > :05:38.my life is built on it. Lawrence, you got ambitions as you move into
:05:39. > :05:44.it? I have. I have not decided where I eventually want to end up. I have
:05:45. > :05:48.been to college and got a Tol -- level two qualification. I am
:05:49. > :05:51.currently on a training programme. In September I am moving to Italy
:05:52. > :05:57.for a couple of years for their diploma. But what happens after that
:05:58. > :06:04.I'm not sure. Maybe you might end up here giving add a run for his
:06:05. > :06:09.money. Adam is doing one more garden and he is going to walk away. I just
:06:10. > :06:15.said to these two off-camera, maybe I could come back and help the
:06:16. > :06:17.plant! It is a lot of hard work. Does it appeal to you?
:06:18. > :06:20.Absolutely. And continuing this theme,
:06:21. > :06:23.the big story at this year's Chelsea is the storming of Main Avenue
:06:24. > :06:27.by the new young designers. On Tuesday, Hugo Bugg was awarded
:06:28. > :06:30.gold for this, his Royal Bank Joining us is another of this
:06:31. > :06:37.elite band of under 30-year-old John,
:06:38. > :06:45.you were the talk of the show back in 1991, when you won gold and Best
:06:46. > :07:00.in Show at the tender age of 25. It was nerve wracking. It really
:07:01. > :07:05.was. I was competing against a hard-core of famous garden
:07:06. > :07:09.designers, David Stevens and the like. The pressure was on to
:07:10. > :07:17.actually try and keep up with them and produce a garden that was as
:07:18. > :07:22.good as what was around me. It was better. You won Best in show. What
:07:23. > :07:28.did that mean to you so early on in your career? Getting a gold was
:07:29. > :07:34.fantastic, getting Best in show is like icing on the cake. Meeting the
:07:35. > :07:39.Queen. It is a passport to go on. You have to utilise that success. I
:07:40. > :07:48.have been working all across the world. Kuwait, Malaysia... It has
:07:49. > :07:54.been great. A passport to go onwards and upwards. Recognised on a global
:07:55. > :07:59.level. Another young designer that did so well this year is Hugo.
:08:00. > :08:05.Congratulations. A gold medal. 27 years old. Remarkable achievement.
:08:06. > :08:09.When you first arrived at Chelsea, did you feel the pressure? You are
:08:10. > :08:14.competing. I know the gardeners do not compete against each other but
:08:15. > :08:19.there are still garden is here with more experience? There was pressure.
:08:20. > :08:23.But at the end of the day I knew my design. I had been revising it from
:08:24. > :08:28.months before the show. I surround myself with a really good team. We
:08:29. > :08:33.got our heads down and tried to realise my design to the best we
:08:34. > :08:40.could. We did not worry what anybody else was doing. John, any advice
:08:41. > :08:44.first Hugo? The advice would be to carry on doing what he is doing. He
:08:45. > :08:51.has got a gold. You cannot top that, really. Carry on. I love the garden.
:08:52. > :08:59.I think it is fantastic. And enjoy it? Yes, absolutely. Opportunities
:09:00. > :09:04.now present themselves. How difficult is it for young designers
:09:05. > :09:09.to get into the industry? I don't think it is so difficult. There are
:09:10. > :09:12.courses out there. It is the awareness of those courses and the
:09:13. > :09:17.awareness of the industry as a profession. Young people need to
:09:18. > :09:22.realise they actually can make a living out of it. It is there if
:09:23. > :09:27.they can find it. What do you think, John? What advice would you give
:09:28. > :09:32.youngsters? It is hard work. You have to keep at it. Especially if
:09:33. > :09:37.you're coming to Chelsea, you have to think about the design. You need
:09:38. > :09:43.a sponsor, which is all-important. They are the main things. And
:09:44. > :09:47.dedication. And dedication. Thank you both.
:09:48. > :09:52.Opportunities for young designers are growing, and with that in mind,
:09:53. > :09:55.there's an exciting announcement that the BBC and RHS will be making
:09:56. > :10:01.But Chelsea is not all about the gardens, of course.
:10:02. > :10:04.It's about the flowers, and all week, Christine Walkden has been
:10:05. > :10:06.seeking out the most talked-about plants at Chelsea this year.
:10:07. > :10:21.Here she is with the last two of her top ten.
:10:22. > :10:34.One of my favourites in the garden, because it is so adaptable, the
:10:35. > :10:40.Bucharest. You don't want to put the sun lover in the garden. In the
:10:41. > :10:44.wrong place you will lose them. Plenty of organic matter. Keep them
:10:45. > :10:46.well watered and wait for these aim to last nearly 12 months of the
:10:47. > :11:01.year. -- visiting. Vicky, you're so passionate about
:11:02. > :11:04.them. What is it that speaks to you? There is one for everyone. There is
:11:05. > :11:14.a colour to suit every place and they are such a good garden plant.
:11:15. > :11:18.Is there a golden rule for them? It is not an absolute set in stone
:11:19. > :11:23.rule. If you think about the colour of your skin, if you have pale skin,
:11:24. > :11:30.you cannot stand the song very much. Neither can the FA have a pale leaf.
:11:31. > :11:39.-- the sunshine. You have got some new ones. We always like to
:11:40. > :11:45.introduce new ones. My favourite has to be Phoebe's blush, named after my
:11:46. > :11:55.Gran. It has pink leaves in the spring. As the season goes on, it
:11:56. > :12:07.changes lots. The alert tones as well. And lovely pink flowers.
:12:08. > :12:20.From foliage to fragrance. There is plenty of that on Victorian
:12:21. > :12:25.violent's stand. -- by Ola's. The perennial via Ola has come of age.
:12:26. > :12:30.These are very beautiful plants. They are good cut flowers. But to
:12:31. > :12:38.keep them in flower for as long as possible, keep them watered and feed
:12:39. > :12:40.them regularly. Deadhead them and then these plants will last for
:12:41. > :12:53.years and years and years. Robert, how long have you been
:12:54. > :12:58.growing them? I have been growing them since I was eight years old.
:12:59. > :13:03.The passion has stayed with me ever since. They are such beautiful
:13:04. > :13:12.plants. How do you grow a really good viola? No they need a fair
:13:13. > :13:20.amount of TLC. They get leggy in the summertime. Given very little
:13:21. > :13:26.pruning. They come back into flower within a week or ten days. You keep
:13:27. > :13:34.them in a more healthy condition. What new ones have you got? We have
:13:35. > :13:39.got a golden yellow, Sunny Jim. We have got his partner, Prunella, the
:13:40. > :13:43.dark purple. An unusual colour. And we have the fantastic marmalade,
:13:44. > :13:50.which is virtually two flowers on one. We have a nice pale yellow and
:13:51. > :13:58.then it erupts into a nice grey when it starts to mature. Suitable for
:13:59. > :13:59.patio or fur pots. Everybody can spread marmalade all of the patio
:14:00. > :14:06.and all over the garden. All week, as well as our favourite
:14:07. > :14:09.horticultural faces, we've invited a few other famous people to pop
:14:10. > :14:13.along and see us and enjoy Today I'm joined by TV historian
:14:14. > :14:27.Mr Dan Snow. Welcome to Chelsea. Thanks for
:14:28. > :14:31.having me. It's wonderful. You have brought your mum along. You will
:14:32. > :14:37.have time to peruse all of the stands. What kind of Gardner are
:14:38. > :14:43.you? I am an amateur. My mum is the expert. She is brilliant. She tried
:14:44. > :14:48.to get me interested as a young child. Now that I am old, I have
:14:49. > :14:57.come to it. I am obsessed with cherry blossom. You change. I have a
:14:58. > :15:01.garden. I am learning more about it. We had leek soup last night from the
:15:02. > :15:05.garden. And of course such an exciting time of the year. We have
:15:06. > :15:19.said goodbye to blossom but have some lovely plants coming out. The
:15:20. > :15:29.wild Rose. You say you're not a gardener but you're very keen. And
:15:30. > :15:36.your son has been in the garden. My sister was very neat but I was
:15:37. > :15:40.terrible. We smashed a garage to make our garden and so we used all
:15:41. > :15:45.the bricks to make a hill so we had a hill in our garden. Still there
:15:46. > :15:50.today. What are you looking forward to particularly here at Chelsea? We
:15:51. > :15:56.are like magpies, we love colour. And we are not very fashionable, so
:15:57. > :16:00.we just off explosions of colour, so we are loving the roses and we are
:16:01. > :16:05.going to go and have a look at those foxgloves over there. Anything that
:16:06. > :16:10.just bursts with colour. So what is your garden like at the moment at
:16:11. > :16:15.home? Vegetables is a big focus and we are doing really well on those,
:16:16. > :16:20.really exciting. Now the tomatoes just emerging. So we can go in and
:16:21. > :16:25.eat the tomatoes of the vine. And the roses always make me feel like
:16:26. > :16:29.I'm coming home. I see and smell the roses and it makes me feel great. We
:16:30. > :16:36.say goodbye to all those spring flowers, the daffodils, bluebells,
:16:37. > :16:40.but there is so much more on. You know your stuff! There are the most
:16:41. > :16:44.amazing roses over there that you have to go to first. We have the
:16:45. > :16:53.most amazing Himalayan rose growing up through the apple trees and
:16:54. > :16:57.coming down. It's amazing. I will catch up with you a bit late in the
:16:58. > :17:00.show. You are certainly going to enjoy yourself. See you later.
:17:01. > :17:03.Here in the Great Pavilion, on this very colourful exhibit,
:17:04. > :17:05.there are contributions from over 100 schools across the UK
:17:06. > :17:12.who took up the challenge to grow plants for Chelsea.
:17:13. > :17:20.John, you are the coordinator for this project. What is the purpose of
:17:21. > :17:23.it? It is to get them interested in gardening and what we have done is
:17:24. > :17:27.stimulate the school to use gardening in the curriculum so they
:17:28. > :17:32.can learn about the science of plant growth and about the food that they
:17:33. > :17:37.are growing and also to enjoy the joys of actually making plants grow.
:17:38. > :17:41.Excellent! You have been growing a few plants for this project. What
:17:42. > :17:51.have you got there? We have Job arose. And you have been wearing
:17:52. > :17:55.those? Yes. What has been the most fun thing about this project? I've
:17:56. > :18:02.really liked seeing them grow and see what they do when they get big.
:18:03. > :18:08.And just helping them. And what about you? I think it was because we
:18:09. > :18:13.planted them from seed, so you get to see them get bigger. And have you
:18:14. > :18:24.learnt a lot about plants and science and that sort of thing? Yes.
:18:25. > :18:38.Photosynthesis. What? It's one son use -- a plant uses sunlight to
:18:39. > :18:44.grow. You are sounding like experts. I think you might be after my job!
:18:45. > :18:50.Will you be doing this again? Hopefully. What about when you leave
:18:51. > :18:56.school? Might you go into gardening? I would like to grow tropical fruits
:18:57. > :19:03.like oranges and lemons. Would you go somewhere hotter to do that? Yes.
:19:04. > :19:09.I might come with you to do that! How about you? I'm going to stick to
:19:10. > :19:16.growing normal foods, like strawberries. So you will stay here
:19:17. > :19:20.and do that? Yes. Do you think it is more interesting to grow flowers or
:19:21. > :19:26.fruit? I prefer growing veg because you get to eat them in the end! That
:19:27. > :19:32.is very true. You get something from it. Thank you very much.
:19:33. > :19:35.Well, now it's time for our daily planting recipe.
:19:36. > :19:38.Combining the right plants in your garden is always a challenge,
:19:39. > :19:42.All week, Rachel de Thame has been showing us how.
:19:43. > :19:44.Today, she's concentrating on combining colour with
:19:45. > :19:55.Do you know what Pastore tones are? Is a bit like a foxgloves here.
:19:56. > :20:11.That's very good. Do you like that? Yes.
:20:12. > :20:19.Sometimes, the very best part of a meal is the dessert, and today I'm
:20:20. > :20:22.going to create an ice cream sundae from plants filled with delicious
:20:23. > :20:37.creaminess and lots of beautiful pastels.
:20:38. > :20:42.Although I'm looking for lots of softness and fluidity in this
:20:43. > :20:48.recipe, I also need a partner that is really going to ground the whole
:20:49. > :20:52.combination. I've chosen this plant, which has these wonderful ease. When
:20:53. > :20:56.they first emerge, they are lovely and bronze and then they green up in
:20:57. > :21:00.the summer and become beautifully coloured again as we get towards
:21:01. > :21:04.autumn. And they send up these plumes of flowers that are very
:21:05. > :21:10.feathery and theory, almost like the froth on a milkshake, and they are a
:21:11. > :21:15.lovely pale, creamy tone. It is a plant that likes a moist situation
:21:16. > :21:24.with semi-shade, so I think this is an excellent first ingredient.
:21:25. > :21:33.Equally at home in a nice, moisture retentive soil in semi-shade is
:21:34. > :21:40.this. This one has particularly caught my eye. It's a new variety
:21:41. > :21:42.called Dancing Flame. They are members of the buttercup family and
:21:43. > :21:47.you can tell that from the foliage as well as the flowers, and they
:21:48. > :21:54.come in a range of colours bordering from orange to pale, lemon yellows.
:21:55. > :22:04.But this one reminds me of a ball of mango sorbet.
:22:05. > :22:12.I have found a perfect vertical accent for the recipe in the form of
:22:13. > :22:17.these foxgloves. Our native foxglove is this, and here in front of me a
:22:18. > :22:21.sea of them in a range of colours from pure white through these lovely
:22:22. > :22:28.creamy yellows took a rich purple. It almost looks like a Ross Perry
:22:29. > :22:31.report laid out in front of me. It is a biennial, which means it only
:22:32. > :22:36.produces flowers every other year, so if you want to be sure you are
:22:37. > :22:39.going to have them every year, you need to plant them two years in a
:22:40. > :22:51.row and then you should never be without.
:22:52. > :22:59.I have found my perfect ice cream sundae here in the Laurent Perrier
:23:00. > :23:03.garden, and the designer is an Italian, the home of ice cream. So
:23:04. > :23:08.that's a perfect fit! Right in the middle, these lovely plumes of
:23:09. > :23:14.flowers also in a lovely soft pink in the middle. Here, the flowers are
:23:15. > :23:25.a pale lemon colour, which is so fresh and pretty, and the digitalis,
:23:26. > :23:28.this is also an Italian form. It has more delicate, smaller flowers and
:23:29. > :23:29.the whole thing is soft and delicious and, I think, absolutely
:23:30. > :23:35.beautiful. If you love that kind
:23:36. > :23:38.of colour scheme, you may want to It's time for our resident florist
:23:39. > :23:43.Simon Lycett to show us how. And Simon is passing
:23:44. > :23:46.on his expertise to another would-be Today it's RHS Chelsea traffic man,
:23:47. > :23:55.Steve Howe. Now, Steve, we nominated you because
:23:56. > :23:59.we feel that underneath your usual So, Simon,
:24:00. > :24:23.what do you have for us today? We are going to be creating a wild
:24:24. > :24:28.tied bunch because we have these gentlemen 's hands! We have an
:24:29. > :24:34.assortment of flowers. So grab some of that to start with, the
:24:35. > :24:42.hydrangea. Use your hand or waste as a vase and start to insert different
:24:43. > :24:47.stems. -- almost as a vase. Different shapes, different heights.
:24:48. > :24:51.I understand that in addition to a bit of arranging, there is another
:24:52. > :24:57.artistic side to you. This rumour has got out! There might be a
:24:58. > :25:02.pantomime dame inside, a thespian. Yes! I play pantomime dame every
:25:03. > :25:07.year. This year I'm going to be at Newark with Bernie Clifton. It is
:25:08. > :25:13.such a big build-up to Chelsea that it is hard to believe! I know, I
:25:14. > :25:18.know! They say that the camera adds weight to you so I am on a diet! I
:25:19. > :25:23.am actually on two diets because you don't get enough food on one! I
:25:24. > :25:28.think we've got the full measure already! Lets get back to flowers.
:25:29. > :25:35.That looks quite difficult to hold to me. Yes, it's quite a burden to
:25:36. > :25:40.hold it for too long, so that's why I've got some of this lovely paper
:25:41. > :25:45.covered wire and I'm just using that and as I'm going I'm binding it
:25:46. > :25:50.around, which will just help to anchor it, so if I want to, I can
:25:51. > :25:54.put it down and rest my hand. And I notice you are turning it as you go.
:25:55. > :26:09.You are not keeping the flowers stationary. It helps keep the stems
:26:10. > :26:15.are part. You are both doing so well. I don't think I've ever seen
:26:16. > :26:27.such long stalks. These are by the guard! And how is Steve doing? He's
:26:28. > :26:33.doing brilliantly! Get a bit of movement in there, Steve. Twist as
:26:34. > :26:36.you go. Use an assortment of stem. Hydrangea is good as the foliage and
:26:37. > :26:39.then you can use a bright young stems and textures and flower forms,
:26:40. > :26:46.which gives you a nice, loose finish. Why don't I leave you to it
:26:47. > :26:47.and we will come back in a while and see how you've done. Don't look so
:26:48. > :26:56.nervous! Today we've been celebrating
:26:57. > :26:58.new talent at Chelsea. But it's not just
:26:59. > :27:00.about garden designers. In the Great Pavilion Andy and Chris
:27:01. > :27:04.have been meeting lots of bright young things in the wider fields
:27:05. > :27:23.of plant science and horticulture. At the age of 18, you are the
:27:24. > :27:26.youngest of exhibitors. Certainly in the Chelsea demographic, you are the
:27:27. > :27:33.youngest face. What was the point that really convinced you to take
:27:34. > :27:38.part? It was having a show here back in 2009 with my secondary school and
:27:39. > :27:43.we managed to take the silver medal. Just seeing the diversity of the
:27:44. > :27:46.horticultural careers here at the show was enough to set my mind and
:27:47. > :27:54.make me think, that's what I want to do. This was created to show the
:27:55. > :27:58.process of paper cups and how they are becoming compostable,
:27:59. > :28:03.biodegradable, so the garden shows the whole story, right from the
:28:04. > :28:07.nursery and the tree, right through the factory, the cup use, the
:28:08. > :28:10.composting and the final stage where plants are being grown in the
:28:11. > :28:18.compost made from these recycled cups, which is brilliant. Where will
:28:19. > :28:20.you go next? I've been on an internship in Hawaii studying
:28:21. > :28:29.tropical plants and I'm really excited about seeing them being
:28:30. > :28:35.grown in their native environment. Now, quite by coincidence, another
:28:36. > :28:39.Jack from the same college. Here in exhibiting. What inspired you to get
:28:40. > :28:43.involved in gardening? My grandparents inspired me because
:28:44. > :28:52.they all have gardens and I used to help them out around garden centres
:28:53. > :28:59.-- go -- going around garden centres. I like seeing vegetables
:29:00. > :29:03.and herbs because you get to see it from seed to when you eat it and
:29:04. > :29:09.then all over again. Did you have a specific role when it came to the
:29:10. > :29:12.stand here? Yes, I concentrated on the fruit and veg here because it is
:29:13. > :29:16.quite a main topic for people to be able to see when they come around
:29:17. > :29:23.and it shows you using the compost to grow the plants. Matthew, I
:29:24. > :29:29.understand you went straight into horticulture from school? That's
:29:30. > :29:36.right, yes. I did my GCSEs and A-levels and then did a degree in
:29:37. > :29:40.horticulture. What made you choose that? Boys been interested in
:29:41. > :29:51.gardening and planting and that took it to the top level, really. -- I
:29:52. > :29:56.had always been. We put up glasshouses when we moved to this
:29:57. > :30:03.place and we have reached the pinnacle in ending up at Chelsea.
:30:04. > :30:09.Really happy with this. This is the real star for me. Real memories.
:30:10. > :30:11.Yes, this is from the 2007 breeding programme. It's a really jet black
:30:12. > :30:27.one. benefit from horticulture. For me,
:30:28. > :30:35.horticulture benefits hugely from young people. And those of us who
:30:36. > :30:40.are more advanced benefit immensely from their ability to be able to
:30:41. > :30:47.think tangentially, to bring in new ideas, new technologies. It just
:30:48. > :30:50.keeps the makes good and fresh. There is also a perception that
:30:51. > :30:58.young people and old people like different things. So many of us are
:30:59. > :31:02.young at heart. Those of us clinging onto our youth! You need to be
:31:03. > :31:04.re-immersed in the ideas and vibrancy.
:31:05. > :31:06.All week we've been exploring Chelsea through the eyes of some
:31:07. > :31:13.Sadly it's the last of our series today, but earlier on TV historian
:31:14. > :31:17.Dan Snow came to visit the show with his mum, Ann, and reminisce about
:31:18. > :31:38.All of these vegetables remind me of being on vegetable Judy when I was
:31:39. > :31:42.young. Your two sisters had little flowers and you insisted on
:31:43. > :31:49.vegetables. I know. I think it stunted Micro. My daughter loves
:31:50. > :31:56.pulling carrots out of the ground now. I am glad I started you off
:31:57. > :32:01.early. Pretty jealous of that scale. That is ridiculous. How did they
:32:02. > :32:09.manage to get it that big? Hyacinths. We have got some of those
:32:10. > :32:15.on our kitchen table. Weir look at those colours have never seen that
:32:16. > :32:22.colour before. These are the Himalayan rose. They are falling
:32:23. > :32:27.through the branches. It is the most beautiful thing in the gardens. Yes,
:32:28. > :32:28.we have these on the front of the house but they only bloom once a
:32:29. > :32:47.year. They are lovely. Excuse me... Are you the delphinium
:32:48. > :32:51.expert? Can we ask a question to Love Del Finian 's. They look great
:32:52. > :32:57.for the season and the next year they collapse. If you have got heavy
:32:58. > :33:03.soil, they won't get through the winter. They need training but they
:33:04. > :33:13.are also quite heavy feeders. They need nutrients. I could bring them
:33:14. > :33:22.inside but that seems crazy. It is best to leave them out. Feed, make
:33:23. > :33:33.sure the soil is well drained. Nice one. Thank you very much. It is a
:33:34. > :33:38.nice combination. Look at those blossoms. I love the rhododendrons.
:33:39. > :33:47.They remind me of my childhood. You used to take me to Richmond Park.
:33:48. > :33:52.Wisley and all those places. How your tree is doing? They are doing
:33:53. > :33:58.well. They are about this high. We lost a lot in the winter storms. The
:33:59. > :34:05.Southwind particularly. We have got a few Canadian maples in there for
:34:06. > :34:09.you. More rhododendrons here. I can never get enough of these. I think
:34:10. > :34:13.it is really great because you are here. I have been coming here for
:34:14. > :34:17.years and years and years at night kept asking you if you want to do,
:34:18. > :34:19.and you always too busy. Here you are. I want to show you a lot more.
:34:20. > :34:21.Let's go! The voting
:34:22. > :34:25.for People's Choice is now closed and we'll be announcing the winner
:34:26. > :34:29.in our BBC Two show at 8pm tonight. So, Chris, you've been
:34:30. > :34:33.at the helm of this and you've had to be impartial, but now the voting
:34:34. > :34:47.has closed, I've got to ask you - Well, it's very difficult because in
:34:48. > :34:50.a way I have had the privilege of not only presenting the coverage and
:34:51. > :34:55.discovering it that way, but being on and off the gardens all week. You
:34:56. > :35:01.bring an intimate relationship with all of these schemes. You very
:35:02. > :35:05.quickly see that there is less there than you perhaps thought with some
:35:06. > :35:11.gardens. In developing that more intimate relationship, the
:35:12. > :35:14.integrity, the design theatre, suddenly becomes magnified. Two
:35:15. > :35:21.schemes stand out for me that I was not initially sure about. The first
:35:22. > :35:24.is Patrick Collins. The plans Manship is beautiful. The integrity
:35:25. > :35:31.of the planting is sublime. The second one is MIG's garden. From the
:35:32. > :35:35.outside I could see it was intricate. It is getting there. But
:35:36. > :35:42.going into several times and after having been given a glass of
:35:43. > :35:48.champagne as well, is sometimes help...! They are both head and
:35:49. > :35:51.shoulders above everything else. The difference between the RHS judging
:35:52. > :35:58.process and the People's choice award, is that the RHS has tried to
:35:59. > :36:01.take out the subjectivity. The People's Choice Award is all about
:36:02. > :36:08.emotion. They are different processes. They are. They are
:36:09. > :36:13.equally valid. It is important to remember that none of us view our
:36:14. > :36:17.gardens as purely objective pieces of work. There has to be an
:36:18. > :36:21.emotional connection. There has to be some sort of spiritual
:36:22. > :36:26.enlightenment when you walk around. There has to be something personal,
:36:27. > :36:30.a conversation between you and the plants. It is entirely right that
:36:31. > :36:35.the People's choice award is emotionally led. And in a way that
:36:36. > :36:40.invalidates it. It makes it as valid as the opinion of the judges. It is
:36:41. > :36:43.interesting what you say about how would the more you look at a garden,
:36:44. > :36:48.if it keeps on giving, that makes it a really good garden for us to
:36:49. > :36:52.enjoy. It doesn't matter if you are a professional or an amateur. That
:36:53. > :37:02.is the key. You have to wake up to it every morning.
:37:03. > :37:05.Steve, I am impressed. You do realise that Simon has done you some
:37:06. > :37:15.traffic lights just to inspire you. We are on green. There is a queue
:37:16. > :37:19.for you. It's behind you! Talk about being a pantomime dame! How is he
:37:20. > :37:28.doing? Brilliantly well. We need a bit more wildness. You're getting
:37:29. > :37:33.quite courageous. We are used to you being in charge, directing the
:37:34. > :37:38.traffic, single -- telling us where we should go. Simon, give us some
:37:39. > :37:43.tips. I wouldn't create something like this at home. It would scare
:37:44. > :37:50.me. I would look at using a vey 's. I need the safety of a structure.
:37:51. > :37:53.The joy of this is it you can use foliage from your garden and
:37:54. > :38:00.augmented with stems from the local flower shop. The real tip is in the
:38:01. > :38:04.preparation. Each of our flowers is sort of in their loose piles. We
:38:05. > :38:11.have stripped most of the foliage of. We have cleaned the stems so
:38:12. > :38:17.they are easy to handle. Have they had a good drink beforehand? They
:38:18. > :38:22.all had a good drink. They are nice and clean. So when you put it in a
:38:23. > :38:28.vey is, it is all good to go. -- vase. I have only ever helped my
:38:29. > :38:32.mother once with some table decorations at a function and it
:38:33. > :38:38.took me all day. I thought, I couldn't do this ever again. I have
:38:39. > :38:45.only ever done it once. Doesn't seem to have stressed you read very much.
:38:46. > :38:53.You are a very calm man. You've always have zinc on your face. That
:38:54. > :38:58.is because of the sunshine. We have your own personal vase here, Steve.
:38:59. > :39:07.There we are. If you want to chop the ends... You do that for me. Look
:39:08. > :39:14.how quickly Simon does it on his. I am feeling the pressure. Simon, what
:39:15. > :39:19.do we think? He is just about -- they are just about to go into the
:39:20. > :39:25.traffic cone. As an assistance, you have come to the fore. -- as an
:39:26. > :39:39.assistant. Let's see it in all its glory. Do you know what? I think for
:39:40. > :39:41.somebody on his first attempt... How about that? He is a born
:39:42. > :39:46.entertainer! Thank you so much. Sadly we're nearing the end
:39:47. > :39:48.of our lunchtime programmes But there's just time to look back
:39:49. > :41:40.and remember this year's It puts a smile on your face.
:41:41. > :41:45.Earlier this week we asked you if you have a Chelsea garden outside
:41:46. > :41:50.your back door and if you do, send us your pictures. We have been
:41:51. > :41:56.overwhelmed by your response. We have had thousands of e-mails and
:41:57. > :42:02.pictures. One that caught our eye was Adrian's garden near Midhurst.
:42:03. > :42:08.Look at this. It is beautiful. I love the view around it. I love the
:42:09. > :42:18.fact they are obviously such keen gardeners, the whole garden has
:42:19. > :42:24.spilled outside! This one from Andrew in Surrey. This is an azalea
:42:25. > :42:29.garden. It looks fantastic. If you have acid soil, they are not bad to
:42:30. > :42:35.grow. David and Wendy Dugdale from Eastbourne. This is a B If their
:42:36. > :42:41.garden is that beautiful, imagine what houses like. We will be putting
:42:42. > :42:45.some of our favourite gardens on the website. If you would like to see
:42:46. > :42:52.your gardens made Chelsea, go to the website. It is difficult, I know,
:42:53. > :42:57.but what has your favourite part of Chelsea been? I love it when the
:42:58. > :43:05.medals go out. Not just seeing everybody but talking to them
:43:06. > :43:08.afterwards. It has got to be the floristry and the Telegraph Garden.
:43:09. > :43:10.Beautiful. It is pretty special. Some great gardens.
:43:11. > :43:17.I'm afraid that's all from us for another year, but the coverage of
:43:18. > :43:23.You can join Sophie with Emilia Fox and her mum Joanna David at 7:30pm
:43:24. > :43:25.this evening on BBC One, and there's that special
:43:26. > :43:31.And there's also an hour long programme over on BBC Two at 8pm,
:43:32. > :43:35.when Monty and Joe will be revealing the People's Choice Award and
:43:36. > :43:38.sharing some Chelsea memories with exhibitors in the Floral Marquee.
:43:39. > :44:08.The consultation on closure is supposed to last for 45 days.
:44:09. > :44:12.11 Yorkshire children have all been honoured for their courage...
:44:13. > :44:16.The hospital's own report identified systemic failures...