Episode 14 RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Hello. Since the first visitor stepped foot on to the grounds of

the Royal Hospital on Monday, over 165,000 have admired and been

equally inspired by this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show, an event

supported by M Investments. And behind us a bittersweet moment is

about to happen. The beginning of the end as the bell is about to be

rung to mark the plants sell off. We'll catch up with the full floral

frenzy later. It's been quite a week with over 12 hours of coverage

behind us. And just in case you didn't catch every manicured moment,

this is your chance to put your feet up and enjoy our highlights from

2014. On tonight's show: A new generation storm Main Avenue. So did

they impress? It is very fresh, and exciting. It does not look like

somebody who is new to the game. Gardens of Remembrance. How Chelsea

designers marked the centenary of World War One. The landscape of the

Somme has really informed and influenced my garden. There are

traces of craters and panelling. -- tunnelling. And Mum came, too.

Familiar faces reveal how they grew to love gardening. Gardening is such

a wonderful outlet for a bit of headspace. Word is that the colours

most keenly sought from visitors this year are black and blue. Will

this signal the start of a new trend across our gardens? Time will tell.

But there was one colour that the designers were after on Tuesday.

Medals day began with dreams of gold and Nicki Chapman was up with the

lark as she watched Alex Denman of the RHS hand out the honours. Good

morning, Cleve West. I am delighted to see that you have won a gold

medal. This is your fifth gold medal at Chelsea. Yes, fantastic. What are

you particularly proud of? All the elements work for me, the

craftsmanship involved. I did not expect to be crying. I am delighted

to say that you have won a gold medal. Congratulations. What is so

special about medal. Congratulations. What is so

at Chelsea? This is very special for me. I need time to think about it.

Is this torture? You know it is. I just want to know what that is. I am

delighted to say that you have won the gold medal for your home-based

garden. An impressive track record. How many gold medals now? Six.

Someone told me that you have been up for 48 hours? It is something

like that. I managed to get some sleep last night. That is the length

that you have to go to to win a gold medal at Chelsea. I gold medal.

Congratulations. Thank you very much. At the tender age of? 27. You

must be one of the youngest gold medal winners that Chelsea has

seen? Yes, brilliantly deserving as well. Fantastic. You never

compromised. This garden is fresh and original. Really well done.

Everyone back home helped out, the team. I can hear in your voice how

much this means to you. Yes, I am really happy. Hugo Bugg became a new

member in an exclusive club, under-30-year-olds who have been

awarded gold. He was one of a flurry of first-time Chelsea designers to

have been welcomed to the show. We've been watching their arrival

with keen interest. You must be the youngest designers

here at Chelsea. Your garden has come under scrutiny like everyone

else. Talk me through the garden. It is based on the night sky. Where we

come from, the Brecon Beacons, was given a night sky award, one of the

best five places in the world to see stars at night. It is very clear. It

is amazing. That was our main inspiration for the garden. For us,

trying to capture the night sky, we have used lots of black in the

garden. The backdrop creates a Stanley feel, with brass discs. That

is very ambitious, to make a garden which is essentially a daytime

thing, and about like, based on the night sky. The theme for us Israelis

-- the theme for us is very strong. We wanted a usable garden, not one

that was dominated by a theme. Matthew, it has really come

together. This is a fantastic garden. You must be delighted. I am

the vision you had in your head come the vision you had in your head come

bright copper and we have the vision you had in your head come

of magic to them to get the vision you had in your head come

weathered look. We have this very degree. They feel like they have

been here for ages. degree. They feel like they have

planting? It is very Syrian. Green and white. I wanted amid

tranquillity. I think those towns, the fresh greens and whites, they

really do that. They certainly give you that mood of tranquillity. I

wanted to replicate nature. We have a storm water tank which absorbs the

pressure of the water falling off a perceived risk. It travels through

different areas, infiltration bands. It gives the opportunity for the

water to slow in the garden and filter back into the ground like it

would in nature. filter back into the ground like it

responsibility to deal with filter back into the ground like it

not let it go down the drain. Try filter back into the ground like it

somehow. He has taken that seem and really ran with it and created a

fantastic contemporary, stylised garden. I really like it. I

fantastic contemporary, stylised way that the angles cut through the

plant. That way that the angles cut through the

line to the boundary. Hugo has done a fantastic job. I have followed his

line to the boundary. Hugo has done career over the last few years and

it makes me feel very proud that he has come the Chelsea and done

himself proud. Well done, Hugo. Here I am on Main Avenue,

himself proud. Well done, Hugo. Here thousands of visitors here today. I

want to know if these people know that there are young designers here

and if they think it has made any difference to the show? Sophie

Walker is the designer behind this garden. This has been designed by

someone who is only 28, which, by Chelsea standards, is very young. Do

you think that is a good thing? It is wonderful. Lovely. It seems to

have been designed by someone who is oblivious to fashion. The show

gardens have all the same sorts of colours, whereas this is completely

different. It is a great thing to inject Chelsea with these young

designers. There should be more of it. They are all getting old. It is

nice to see young people interested in garden. This garden was designed

by brothers, both in their 20s. Is it good for the show to have

youngsters around? Absolutely. It is nice to have the youngsters together

with the more established designers. It is interesting to see that

youngsters can do it as much as the older people. They are giving the

older people run for their? Exactly. Hugo Bugg design the Waterscape

Garden which won a gold medal this year. The designer of this garden

was only 27 years old. He or she has done really well. It is very fresh,

exciting, but it does not look like someone who is new to the game. If

they can come up with some great new ideas, this is a lovely garden for a

first time. Good luck to him. I was fascinated to see this shot

taken from the air of the Chelsea Flower Show. It graphically

illustrates just how large the Great Pavilion is compared to the show

gardens. And inside over 100 of the country's leading growers brought

their best blooms and exciting new varieties. And just like the show

garden designers, Tuesday morning saw great anticipation and not a

little exhilaration as they woke to find the judges' verdict on their

efforts. Carol Klein went to find out.

Can you imagine the huge amount of work that has gone into putting on

these wonderful displays in the work that has gone into putting on

great Pavilion? People have been working all year, and it has all

been about today. Today's medals day. It is hugely important for

every exhibitor, but it is particularly significant if this is

your first time. This is the first Chelsea show for

this man. I met you five years ago when you were doing your first

display up north. Yes. This is looking magnificent. Thank you. For

your first Chelsea, you have won a silver gilt medal. Yes. And this

plant has been short listed for the Chelsea plant of the year.

Fantastic. Two reasons to celebrate. Tell us about your plants. They are

not hardly. No, they are fine outside during the summer, in a

sheltered location, but they need to come in during winter for frost

protection. Completely dry during the winter. Next spring, you bring

them all with a bit of gentle watering. Yes, ideally a warmer

location. Million, well done. Another first time at Chelsea is the

city of Cape Town, who have won a silver gilt medal. Not bad for your

first display. The whole thing is composed for of blooms. -- of a

tapestry of blooms. It is a glorious display of texture and colour. This

nursery has a splendid show plants. How did you get on? We got a silver

gilt medal. Congratulations, it is a brilliant achievement. It is always

nice to get the top award, but sometimes the weather does not work

for you. Your plants have been baking away in the warm weather. It

is a glorious display. Well done. This time, the story is different.

This nursery has been exhibiting at Chelsea for a number of years, but

this is their very first gold medal. Are you feeling about it? Elated. It

is a long time overdue. You have felt frustrated in past years by not

winning the gold medal? Very frustrated, but we try and make a

selection of different climbers. The judges like the Y factor. But we

like something different on display. How did you feel last year when you

did not get the gold medal? I was very bad-tempered. I threatened to

stand on Chelsea Bridge and through all the plants in. But not the

judges, I am sure? I would have been tempted. Absolutely brilliant. Very

well deserved. Every Chelsea is a mixture of disappointment and

triumphs. But regardless of which awards all these exhibitors get, we

should thank them all for putting on such a superb and memorable show.

Every year out of the hundreds of exhibits in the great Pavilion the

RHS judges award one nurse to read the equivalent of Best in show. This

year it was presented to southwestern bloom. John is here

with me. It was quite an emotional morning? It was incredible. I had no

idea we were in the running for it and it was a smashing surprise. I am

sure there were a lot of people involved to bring you here. Britain

in Fulham dashed bloom involves loads of people and people have

helped us throughout this whole process. The support has been

incredible. They have all been on the phone for me and I thank them

all for their wonderful involvement. James Alexander Sinclair, the judge,

is here. Can you explain how the Diamond Jubilee award is given. It

is basically given to the best of the best in horticulture. There are

hundreds of exhibits and they are all judged by six different judging

panel. They come up with one person. We end up with six people. Then the

chairman and the moderators sit in a room and it takes hours of debate

and bottles of wine and it can take a lot of time to come up with the

answer because they are each arguing for their particular person. When

they emerge, they come out with one person. It is a serious award. This

is the best of anything in this tent and this tent is the best in

horticulture. Are there any particular plans which draw you

towards that. I am thinking it must be tricky to get these things here.

Is that recognise? All of those things. Doing a garden is not just

one thing, it is the sum of all the parts. If you are foolish enough

like John to get a daily into flour, you have to know what you are

doing. If you are going to jump off that diving board, you have to know

how to land. Every flower, every combination, the amazing

vegetables, all of that combine gets you a Diamond Jubilee award. You are

saying it is worth the effort. I think so. Young blood is keenly

sought too by the growers, many of whom are keen to see the work of

their dynasty's continue. So it was encouraging and heart warming to

watch a potential entrepreneur arrive when we visited king of the

cleamatis, Raymond Evision, at his home in Guernsey just before the

show. I suppose if I look back at the

highlights, getting my first Chelsea gold medal was tremendously

exciting. I remember it because we had not thought about turf and

exciting. I remember it because we to cut the grass with scissors, so

that I remember. The to cut the grass with scissors, so

that has been very rewarding. The public enjoyed walking through and I

guessed we must have been on more Facebooks than we could have

imagined. Getting the 25th Chelsea flower show gold medal was really

exciting. My eldest two daughters work and lived in England. My

youngest works here in Guernsey. My daughters were pretty insistent on

them having clematis named after them. Freckles was named originally

after my daughter Rebecca. She had lots of freckles. About seven or

eight years ago she said, can I have one called Rebecca? It is the most

stunning and it is our bestseller. Rebecca and my grandson Freddie are

flying in from Birmingham. That is nice. I get e-mails from Freddie

telling me about his garden and his love of flowers. Recently he said, I

want to take over your business when I am older. Freddie decided he would

like to cross this flower with that flower. Can you tell me why? Red is

my favourite colour and white is nice and bright, so I thought they

might be a bit creative. I think that is very good. I will show you

how we do this. Definitely. First we take one like this. Remember,

clematis do not have petals. I have to take all of these off like that

very carefully. In a moment we will get down to the centre. When we get

to that we. Cutting. I want to get some pollen from the red one. You

can see all the pollen. Isn't that great? I take the pollen and I

transfer it onto there. That will help to create a new clematis. But

we want to make sure we do not get any pollen from

we want to make sure we do not get flour onto it. We get a paper bag

like this and put it over the top. Those are the parents of the new

flower. Then we have to wait and fingers crossed we will have another

new clematis. He is really into his garden and he

loves the science of it. Think what he has got going for him. He has got

the best clematis teacher alive. He has got the genes and the desire and

you have got a magnet in the making. A poignant couple of gardens have

proved particularly popular this year. Both mark the devastating

impact of conflict. Both were accomplished and popular with

visitors, which is impressive when you consider they were designed by

newcomers on Main Avenue. I am on Matthew Keightley's garden,

Hope For Heroes and it is his very first garden and it is also very

personal. It is a subject that is very close to home. I have a brother

who is on his fifth tour of duty in Afghanistan. It was on his previous

tour that led me to come up with the format for this. He was picking up

people injured on the front line and bringing them back to safety. It was

a combination of that and in the fact in the media all we hear about

is the trauma and devastation and the miracle story at the other end.

I set out to explore what happens in between and how they get recovery.

This is a journey of recovery. This is the shape of the Victoria Cross.

Explain how the journey shapes out? The grand night is a symbol of their

recovery and it becomes more refined as they walk through. And as the

soldiers come onto the garden you have got these wonderful herbs.

There is a subtle, sensory undertone throughout the planting. When the

vigil impaired use the garden they will brush past them and kick up the

fragrance. You come from the rough will brush past them and kick up the

granite to this area and this is beautiful. They are making their

journey through. These grasses are wonderful. This is one of my

favourite bits of the garden. There is something

favourite bits of the garden. There pleasing about the hard lines

favourite bits of the garden. There the soft, moving grasses. Finally

there is this beautiful area, this lovely sculpture, with hope on the

horizon. It is stunning, it is your first garden. How stressful has it

been? There have been moments. Everyone has moments. In my case, in

my situation, because it is the first ignorance is bliss. It has

just been head down, focus and hit the deadline. When it is over, this

garden goes straight to a recovery centre so injured soldiers will be

able to benefit from it. That is one of the best things about this

project. It represents recovery and it will be used in recovery for the

guys. As you know, 2014 marks the Centenary of the beginning of World

War I and this highly significant and poignant estate has motivated a

number of exhibitors at Chelsea to commemorate it. Amongst them is No

Man's Land, a show garden by a first-time Chelsea designer,

Charlotte Road. We joined her as she visited the Somme battlefield in

France, it provided her with personal inspiration for her garden.

We are standing in a field at a spot when my grandfather, who was 19 at

the time, was getting ready to go over the top on the 1st of July,

1916. He and another 1000 people from his regiment moved across to

the German lines. Some survived and some did not and around 20,000

people died that day, so he is lucky to come back. He was shot through

the chest, but he got as far as the German lines. Then he hid and was

able to start making his German lines. Then he hid and was

wounded. He was within moments of being

because he arrived back just after it had blown and one of his comrades

was less fortunate. He describes how they tried to make the best

was less fortunate. He describes how for this poor man and gave him a

cigarette for this poor man and gave him a

cheerful until the end. He did say this incident made him think of the

futility and beastliness of war. It is an amazing feeling standing here

on the spot where he probably went over more or less, give or take a

few yards. This landscape has really informed and influenced my garden.

There are places of mine craters, there are traces of trenches and

tunnelling, but it is like a silent landscape because a lock of it is

going on under the ground. I am here with Charlotte.

Congratulations. A gold medal, you must be delighted. Delighted and

relieved after 18 months. This has been a difficult garden. Technically

very difficult. If I do a show garden again, there will be no

slopes and curves. It is always amazing to see gardens planted as

naturalistic play as the slope behind. But it is also full of

metaphor and meaning. There are lot of symbols. The curves indicate the

traces of trenches and tunnelling work. We have got some poppies. We

have also used wild Rose because before the poppy became the big

symbol for the First World War, the rose was very much something

associated with the men coming back, the rows of Picardy. And the mine

craters is there. All the craters on the Western front are teeming with

life and vibrant again. And the wall is like a trench wall, but it is not

a trench wall. It is conceptual. But the main feature is meant to be like

a bunker or even the parapet of the trench. Will you be coming back to

Chelsea? I do not know. I think it is wonderful. I am sure the public

will enjoy it. I like the gardens commemorating war, for lots of

reasons, not least because my father fought through the Second World War.

My great uncle was killed at the Somme, and yet no one talked about

it. To commemorate these events and pay 1's dues, it is important. I

think Charlotte has done a fantastic job. She has evoked a sense of the

place, but also the people behind it. To do that in a show garden is

not easy. I think it is significant that they Help For Heroes garden of

Matthew Keightley was the most popular with our viewers. People do

respond to these gardens. Tucked off Main Avenue, but no less important,

are the smaller show gardens in the Fresh and Artisan categories. They

may be half the size and cost of the larger designs but they can still

pack a punch. Toby Buckland went to check them out.

There are three gold medal winning designs in this category this year.

Joe Thompson for London square. Reachout. And the mind's I, which

also scooped top honours for Best in show. -- The Mind's Eye. There are a

couple of other designs that have caught my eye, even though they

missed out on the gold-medal. This garden won a silver guilt. I love

it, particularly the planting. It has chocolate tones running through

it, from the fennel, to the irises. And also roses. This is red cedar.

It is caramel coloured just now, but over time, it will turn or George

Clooney like shade of grey. It works as a garden. You could lift it up,

put it anywhere, and it would be fabulous. Sophie Walker got the

silver medal for this. From the side, it looks like a shipping

container. When you go inside, you're greeted by a of wild -- by

wild plants. This is a view into the wilderness. There is decades of

working this, going out into the wild and collecting seeds. Perhaps

the judges awarded this garden silver because it is before its

time, a little too conceptual, but I love it. Amongst the hustle and

bustle of Chelsea, it is like a teleport machine, taking you

straight into the wild. The Artisan gardens are always popular with the

crowds, and this year, two of them have got a gold medal. This garden

also got the best in show. This garden is a triumph. The designer

got the silver gilt medal for it, but it is beautiful and well

crafted. I love the topiary, and the planting even more. There is an

element of realism here. Because these plants are grown in pots, they

can be removed and replaced by something else when they are over.

This building was built specifically for the show. That is magic. This

garden got a bronze medal, but this does not mean it is not beautiful.

It is quite unique, because the colour palette is quite vibrant.

There are specialist plans like this. -- specialist plants. This

little space might not have been perfect for the judges, but it said

-- but it is certainly perfect for the roof Gardens of Kensington. The

judges have a difficult job, but I think they have done it well. Some

gardens do not stand up against the strict judging criteria. As the old

saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and the gardens at

Chelsea are certainly very beautiful. And this morning we heard

that the RHS People's Choice for the Small Garden Awards saw the Artisan

Award go to Tour De Yorkshire. I got into gardening when I was very

young, about seven, and it was my mum that did it, I'm making our

school outing to the garden to do jobs. I hated it. It took me until

my teens until I enjoyed it. It worked out OK. My mother had to

garden around me and my brother playing football. Mothers have had a

huge influence on lots of gardeners. They have. Maybe my mother knew that

by pushing me somewhere, I would fight back. In a new feature we

called Mum And Me, we invited familiar faces to reward their mums

with a day out at the world's best flower show. I always thought it was

too posh for the likes of us. There are lots of people wearing beige. I

think it is very posh, posh flowers anyway. Yes. Your mum is going to be

exploring Chelsea with you. Do you have similar tastes? I think so, but

maybe not. She likes variegated things. I am more worried about her

falling over. Just think, the Queen walked down this very passed

yesterday. And now you are following. Mum is still very devoted

to the garden. It is a lovely extension of your home. My mum lives

on her own, and you get so much enjoyment from a beautiful garden.

She likes lots of colour in her garden. This garden is quite small.

She lives in London. She has a patio, and a grasp order. We do try,

we have Jasmine and Magnolia. Bamboo, which is overtaking the

garden. You have a beautiful garden. One is grass, and the other is

Japanese in style. And you have plastic squirrels. If you see a paid

of legs sticking out of a rose bush at some point, that might be my

mother. Is this your first gold-medal? It is six out of six.

Nothing else will do. Not any more, no. When he was little, I used to

get him out of the body and endlessly deadhead the juniors.

get him out of the body and endlessly deadhead flowers. You

could not understand that you were not allowed to pick the flowers.

Does this bring back memories? Yes, even the driftwood. It reminds me of

my grand. She was always collecting beautiful objects from the beach.

And mixing it with bamboo. It is very oriental and very organic. How

keen gardener are you? I cannot say an expert. My mother is the X-Pac so

I am pleased that she is with me. I do not have green fingers, but I

definitely respected and enjoy it. -- my mother is the expert. I love

those trees. They are flat on top. It is like a perfect frame. I

those trees. They are flat on top. the way that they sit on and off of

the actual grass. They look like they could move. Order you could

actually sit on them. What do you think? I think it is wonderful.

Thank you very much for bringing me along. It is lovely, I would never

have got here without you. You're watching a catch-up on what's been

another packed and memorable week at the Chelsea Flower Show. And as the

bell has been rung sell-off, mayhem has set in with a

scrum-down right below the terrace here. Let's catch up on the action.

Five, four, three, two, one. BELL RINGS.

She has got carried away. Who has? My mum. She has gone to get more

plants, so I am waiting outside. How much did you pay for those?

Nothing. Show me what you have got. I picked these out without knowing

they were this large. How much a bunch? ?5. It is lots to carry home

to Nottingham. You bunch? ?5. It is lots to carry home

this home to Nottingham? Yes, on the train. It is relaxing on this plot,

because all the plans go to Help For Heroes afterwards. -- all the

plants. Everything is getting moved, so nothing is for sale. I am

surrounded. How many did you buy? Nine. They were a bargain. That is

quite big. How am I going to get it home?

I have got a rabbit! Chelsea is a great place to meet memorable

characters, from the pensioners resident in the Royal Hospital who

visit the show, through to some of the flamboyant exhibitors who dress

camouflage style to blend in with their plants. One of this year's

most talked about visitors was the Reverend William McMillan, who met

Carol Klein in the Floral Pavilion to reveal a surprising passion and

talent. I am here to reveal a Chelsea

treasure, something you may not have seen before, deliberately kept

secret until the end of the week. It is not a flower, it is not a plant,

he is a man. The world-renowned floral artist, the Reverend Mac it

is a pleasure to meet you. It is a pleasure to meet you, of course. It

is unusual for a reference to be arranging his own flowers. --

reverend. How did that start? I decided that when I watched people

arrange flowers in church, I could do better. That was not common for a

man. They thought there was something wrong somewhere. What do

you consider the most important when you're arranging, flowers off Olic?

Foliage. You can do in arrangement without flowers. It would almost

impossible to do it without foliage. What has foliage got that flowers

have not? It is the texture, the colour, the shape. There is so

little in our gardens which is indigenous. Anything you pick up has

come from somewhere else in the world. It brings the world into the

sitting-room. When did this start? When did you put your first leaves

in Ahvaz? In the 1950s. Well over 50 years. I have had the great

opportunity of being able to arrange and raise money for a charity. I

could not do that through creature in. You would not pay to listen to

me preach. I would pay to listen to you. Would you? That is very kind.

That is how it started. I have been the probably every country in the

world, apart from Russia. That is next. Do you think they will have me

at my age? I am sure that they would welcome you with open arms. The real

tragedy is that you create something beautiful and it is going to die in

a few days' time. That is not the important thing, you need to look at

it and enjoy it. You get a lot out of it. While the moment lasts. You

have got a hostel named after you. What do you think of it? My wife

said it was very suitable, small, grey, and with wrinkles! I would

like one of my own. Perhaps this will inspire me to arrange flowers

of my own. We mustn't forget there's another group of critics here who

are just as, if not more important than the judges in forming their own

opinons on the show. Yes, it's the visitors who pay good money to get a

grandstand view. So what did they make of Chelsea 2014? We went to

test the waters. We are loving it. It gives you

inspiration for your garden. It is absolutely gorgeous. It is a sight

to behold. It is fantastic when there are lots of colours screaming

at you from all directions. I really like the grasses, so I will use lots

of grass in my planting schemes. The new ideas bring it home to me that

there is imagination, especially with the new designers this year. It

is amazing what they are coming up with. Trying to take little things

back to my own garden is what it is about. My mum is going through a

hard time with an inherited eye condition which means she will go

blind. Then she was given two eye operations and I wanted to treat her

and celebrate the fact she is able to see really well. That is why we

are here. And I have got no glasses on and I can see all the flowers and

the petals and the labels. UI surrounded by beautiful plants,

beautiful trees, fantastic design. It is inspirational and aspirational

and there is something for everybody. It is beautiful, I love

it. That is fennel and Euphorbia and borage. I can almost smell it. I

will try and do that when I get home. I have taken two days, but

will try and do that when I get still have not found some of the

things I am looking for. I love No Man's Land. I am so glad it's got a

gold. Every day is a bonus for me and it is wonderful to be able to

come to things like this. Everyone is so enthusiastic. But in the end

the fate of the designers lies in the hands of 70 men and women who

comprise the RHS judging panel. Their verdict can prove life

changing as reputations can be made overnight by their ruling. And

there's one award in particular that is most eagerly sought.

I have joined the crowds on Main Avenue waiting for the big

announcement. Every year one garden is chosen by the RHA 's judges to is

received the highest accolade, the best in show award, and only one

garden designer can win. Who will it be? I am delighted to

garden designer can win. Who will it year's winner is Luciano Giubbilei

for his beautiful Laurent Perrier Garden. Congratulations. Well done.

Congratulations. You must have had everybody congratulate you. I want

to know what it took. What do you think has made this garden better

than any others? This is a very special garden for me personally. It

is my third garden at Chelsea. With huge garden what I found is you are

going deeper in huge garden what I found is you are

about yourself. With understanding you need courage to make decisions

and to come out of your normal vocabulary and to try and new things

and new ideas. What new things have you tried here? This garden would

not be like this if it was not for my trajectory. I met James Horner

and I worked with him and it has that essence about

and I worked with him and it has values and the way we work. What you

seem to be saying is you have to develop as a person before your work

you can develop. Totally. develop as a person before your work

separate that from your work. It is a total trajectory of collective

people, of sharing moments, not just in horticulture and flowers, but in

moments in talking about something and giving you something. In terms

of planting, what did you try and achieve with the flowers you have

used? The very first thing for me was the colour, yellow and the

plant, Lupin 's. Yellow Lupin 's. Why? When I was at Dexter I was

working with Fergus and I was looking at them and they were

beautiful plants. It was from that moment when I saw them I really

wanted to see them in the beds. The secret of being Best in show is

personal development and Lupins. Whilst Luciano Giubbilei took the

laurels for RHS Best in show, there was one other award that may stand

equal to it in pride, the BBC RHS people's choice for the large show

gardens which we have been running all week. The 16 contenders

confessed what an honour it would be to take the prize home. Winning it

would be an incredible achievement, it would be very flattering. At the

end of the day, we are doing a garden at the Chelsea flower show

and we want to do well and win critical acclaim. We want it as much

for the team as for yourself. If we win the award on top of the gold

medal, it is a real bonus. To win it would be unbelievable for me. In

terms of accolade and career achievement, it would be up there.

The people's choice would be a massive thing. I design guidance for

people and it would put the icing on the cake for me. It would be

something rather special. It would be lovely to win the people's choice

award because it is voted for by people. It would be lovely to win

that recognition. To win the award would be fantastic. After a terrible

year with flooding, to have a garden to show people how they can

year with flooding, to have a garden and store water in their own

garden, hopefully will be educational and interesting and

people will see that. Well, our revelation came as a bit

of a surprise to the recipient. Run us through the planting and the

story it is telling. The planting links nicely with the granite. I

have tried to create a contrast with the hard and the soft landscaping.

It is an effective approach to take. The BBC RHS people's choice award.

Thousands and thousands of you have voted and the outright winner is

just around the corner. He has absolutely no idea he has won it. He

thinks he is doing an interview, but what is really going to happen is we

are going to surprise him. Ladies and gentlemen, he is just 29 years

old. It is his first time here at the Chelsea flower show. And he has

designed a beautiful garden, the Help For Heroes garden for injured

soldiers on their road to recovery. Is this a stitch up? The winner of

the award is Matthew Keightley. Is this like? Thank you very much. It

is very well deserved. What do you make of that? Tens of thousands of

votes. People watching odd votes? I can't believe it. It is incredible.

I can't thank people enough. The medals went out the window for me

when one of the veterans for Help For Heroes came through the garden

and explained how he felt and what the garden meant to him and how it

would affect other people going through recovery. I have used a few

words throughout the garden that just about sums up this whole

process, not just for me, but it sums up the garden as a whole and

the words read, it is about the blokes. They are just a blokes, but

they are blokes. It is all about the soldiers, our brave men and women of

the forces, so thank you very much. And this has been inspired by your

brother Michael currently out in Afghanistan on his fifth tour. I bet

you can't wait to tell him. I got off the phone, so it is bad timing,

but he will call back. He will be proud as punch. Matthew Keightley,

we pull of the people's award. A very deserving win. He gave an

impromptu speech and he did not know it was coming. What a performance.

It was his first Chelsea garden and he did not cry. But he was very

emotional. It is a big deal, the people's choice award. Thank you to

everybody who voted in their thousands to show their support. We

have enjoyed your company as well. That is just about it from the

Chelsea flower show. Having witnessed the gargantuan efforts

that go into creating the perfect design and the specimen so lovingly

brought to the show, we take our hats off to those who have made this

last week so thrilling and fascinating. The men and women who

are now about to head home weary and happy. That is it from us. Goodbye.

Goodbye. # I am so proud of you.

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# sweeter than the taste of a cherry so sweet.

# I am so proud of you. # compliments from all the people

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# I am so proud of being loved by you.

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taste of a cherry so sweet. # and I am so proud, I am so proud

of you. # I am so proud of being loved by