:00:31. > :00:32.Hello and welcome to the Royal Horticultural Society's
:00:33. > :00:38.It's the night before the world's most prestigious flower show
:00:39. > :00:43.officially opens and it's chaos here!
:00:44. > :00:46.For the past three weeks hundreds of people have been working around
:00:47. > :00:51.the clock to transform these eleven acres in central London
:00:52. > :00:53.into a global event that is Chelsea, an event supported by
:00:54. > :00:58.It's still a working building site here but tonight we'll be
:00:59. > :01:01.navigating our way around the pandemonium to give
:01:02. > :01:09.you an exclusive first look at what's at the show this year.
:01:10. > :01:14.The designers are up against it, they've got until 7am tomorrow
:01:15. > :01:20.morning to completely finished their gardens. Still lots to see come
:01:21. > :01:26.including... Dermot Gavin's British eccentric's garden. Which is all
:01:27. > :01:32.singing, all dancing commitments, twirls. -- Diarmuid Gavin. Can we
:01:33. > :01:36.see it later? I could, but there are some abracadabra words and I've
:01:37. > :01:46.forgotten them. We want to see it working, Diarmuid! Next door we have
:01:47. > :01:51.got Sam Dubai, 27, he won young design of the year in 2014 at Tatton
:01:52. > :01:57.Park. He's created a lovely, relaxing, soothing space. Nothing
:01:58. > :02:02.moves here. Very peaceful across the way here as well. This is the
:02:03. > :02:05.biggest show garden at Chelsea this year, Matthew Wilson's a garden for
:02:06. > :02:10.Yorkshire. He's even managed to bring a bit of York Minster with
:02:11. > :02:14.him. Some structure, isn't it? Is completely flat and what we once
:02:15. > :02:19.called the Brockbank, there used to be a bank here. Whether these
:02:20. > :02:22.gardens are ready or not, we'll be taking a look at more of the
:02:23. > :02:32.incredible designs on Main Avenue later.
:02:33. > :02:37.the annual riot of colour in the Great Pavilion and previewing
:02:38. > :02:39.some big changes taking place inside this year and someone's
:02:40. > :02:41.parked a train in there - more on that later.
:02:42. > :02:44.Now before we kick off tonight's preview, here's our handy
:02:45. > :02:46.guide to where everything is on the Chelsea showground.
:02:47. > :02:48.The show is packed into 11 acres of parkland between
:02:49. > :02:51.the Royal Hospital to the north, famously the home of
:02:52. > :02:52.the Chelsea Pensioners, and the Chelsea embankment
:02:53. > :02:54.the Chelsea Pensioners, and the Chelsea Embankment
:02:55. > :02:58.The main thoroughfares between the two are Royal Hospital Way
:02:59. > :03:01.and Main Avenue where you'll find 17 large show gardens going
:03:02. > :03:04.The jewel in Chelsea's crown is the Great Pavilion,
:03:05. > :03:06.which is home to 103 exhibitors this year.
:03:07. > :03:07.Then there's the small garden category.
:03:08. > :03:14.The Fresh gardens are to the north of the Great Pavilion
:03:15. > :03:17.Whilst the Artisan gardens over in Ranelagh Gardens celebrate
:03:18. > :03:23.So there you have it? the Chelsea Flower Show in a nutshell.
:03:24. > :03:26.And I'm here on Main Avenue on one of the show gardens with six time
:03:27. > :03:37.How has it been, how has the whole process of bringing a show garden to
:03:38. > :03:41.Chelsea for the first time since 2012 been? That's right, it's been
:03:42. > :03:44.tougher than ever, I made it really hard for the landscape is this year,
:03:45. > :03:48.there is some massive construction in here with big pieces of stone.
:03:49. > :03:52.This time last week I thought we were never going to finish. There
:03:53. > :03:56.has been a lack of sleep going on. I'm extremely tired and so while the
:03:57. > :04:00.guys who built this, they've put in some really long days. The result is
:04:01. > :04:06.fantastic. I'm so pleased with it. Talk us through the idea behind it.
:04:07. > :04:09.You can see at the back here these big bronze plates, they really
:04:10. > :04:13.represent a mountain range, I wanted to capture the idea of the massive
:04:14. > :04:16.geological events that shape our planet, really. We've got the
:04:17. > :04:24.mountains running through the spine, then the rocky gorge that flows
:04:25. > :04:28.through. I've used all this limestone, Jurassic limestone, it's
:04:29. > :04:32.all ancient. Boulders. Portuguese limestone. I wanted to give it this
:04:33. > :04:39.sense of a judge drama. There are even fossils. Night over year,
:04:40. > :04:49.fossils all of these homes bits of stone. -- ammonites here. Other than
:04:50. > :04:53.the floral things come there are plants that have never been here
:04:54. > :04:58.before. I wanted to go for this arid landscape, everything you see here
:04:59. > :05:01.is Mediterranean climate, not from the Mediterranean, but from South
:05:02. > :05:06.America, California, Western Australia. All around the actual
:05:07. > :05:09.Mediterranean. I've brought them together to create this habitat that
:05:10. > :05:13.doesn't exist anywhere in the world but looks like. Some of these things
:05:14. > :05:16.I have never heard of before, I'd researched and found these things,
:05:17. > :05:20.in the South of France and all over the place. To make your life more
:05:21. > :05:24.difficult. Even the trees have come from South America, Pavoni, some of
:05:25. > :05:29.them, that one for example, if we'd had bad weather would have had a
:05:30. > :05:33.really tough time. It was a real gamble, when we brought it in from
:05:34. > :05:36.Spain a few weeks ago we had some really cold nights, Frost even. It
:05:37. > :05:40.started to look really sad, it really sulked and I started to get
:05:41. > :05:46.really worried to add to the stress. It came to the show, into London,
:05:47. > :05:50.and it perked up. Like the whole garden, it's stunning, is it
:05:51. > :06:00.finished? It's finished. Couple of dead leaves I noticed but it's
:06:01. > :06:05.finished. Well done. This is Charlie's second garden in a row.
:06:06. > :06:10.He's back for more. Did a fantastic garden last year. He hasn't been
:06:11. > :06:14.judged yet which is why I'm wearing these Chelsea standard issue blue
:06:15. > :06:19.shoe coverings. He's bought a really wild garden this year. 20 of
:06:20. > :06:27.structure, minimalist, Cubist design. -- plenty of structure. We
:06:28. > :06:34.have these Cubist hornbeam hedges which create a lovely courtyard
:06:35. > :06:38.feel. We stand from one level down to the other. Beautiful peonies in
:06:39. > :06:41.the middle, everything feels so familiar, very English in a way, but
:06:42. > :06:44.it isn't once you start looking in detail at the plants. He realise
:06:45. > :06:51.there is something more Australian perhaps. This box hedging and in all
:06:52. > :06:57.the way down and going around to the bottom level was all clicked on
:06:58. > :07:02.site, I saw one guy doing it, so meticulously, it creates a really
:07:03. > :07:08.strong structure. Lovely to see you again. Your planting looks familiar,
:07:09. > :07:16.but you see plants like that amongst alliums. We've got acacia... You are
:07:17. > :07:20.playing around, on a theme. The Melbourne climate is fantastic, you
:07:21. > :07:24.can grow a lot of plants, the real world you would grow them on gravel,
:07:25. > :07:29.have irrigation through the lot, you could grow them here. You don't have
:07:30. > :07:35.harsh Frost 's. It can get hot in summer but it's not that baking heat
:07:36. > :07:39.Sydney can get. It's nice to relax in, it really is very relaxing. I
:07:40. > :07:43.get a lot of support from my own garden getting home from a busy
:07:44. > :07:46.week, it relaxes me, that is the feeling I wanted to create. It is
:07:47. > :07:49.your second time, has it been easier? Much more stressful because
:07:50. > :07:53.you have the fear of the unknown first time round, now you know what
:07:54. > :07:56.to expect and what you need to do to deliver. Pressure building. You got
:07:57. > :08:02.silvergilt last year, what would Gold mean this year? We put so much
:08:03. > :08:07.work into this garden, we get here first, leave last every day. Showing
:08:08. > :08:10.the Brits up, is that what it is good, we does want to do well,
:08:11. > :08:13.highly competitive. Well done, Charlie.
:08:14. > :08:15.Chelsea is arguably the most prestigious stage in the world
:08:16. > :08:19.for garden designers to showcase their incredible talent,
:08:20. > :08:22.but with only a limited number of plots available each year,
:08:23. > :08:25.and a rigorous selection process, just making it through the gates
:08:26. > :08:32.We're here on Jo Thompson's garden which is almost finished
:08:33. > :08:35.but the journey for Jo and the other designers to get here started before
:08:36. > :08:40.Someone who can explain how designers make it into this
:08:41. > :08:43.exclusive Chelsea club in the first place is RHS judge
:08:44. > :08:52.Can anyone design a garden and come to Chelsea? They can really, all you
:08:53. > :08:55.need first and foremost is a really good idea and a very good team
:08:56. > :08:59.because nobody 's designs and makes one of these gardens on their own,
:09:00. > :09:02.it's a combination of designers, landscapers, engineers, specialists,
:09:03. > :09:06.all sorts of things. That is the first thing you need. Talking of
:09:07. > :09:11.designers, Mr Swift, you did your last show in 2012, how conjugated
:09:12. > :09:15.was it getting in? You have to submit a lot of drawings so the
:09:16. > :09:22.judging selection panel knows what he will deliver. You have to do
:09:23. > :09:26.visuals like this, plans, elevations, get into a lot of detail
:09:27. > :09:29.later about how it's going to be constructed, the garden, it's a lot
:09:30. > :09:32.of work you need to know what you are doing because they have to know
:09:33. > :09:36.you are going to create a fabulous show garden. You need quite a lot of
:09:37. > :09:42.money behind you as well. You do need some money. Some gardens are
:09:43. > :09:46.built on what is probably a shoestring by Chelsea Tams, on
:09:47. > :09:52.others' money tends to be no object. Money doesn't always govern the
:09:53. > :09:58.quality of the garden. Often we packed gardens on small budgets that
:09:59. > :10:01.have won gold medals. The average price is ?250,000, incredible how
:10:02. > :10:05.much money you can spend. Large, mature trees cost a lot of money.
:10:06. > :10:12.You've got transportation, lots of stone being cut, lots of extras for
:10:13. > :10:15.plants. Everybody working on the garden overnight somewhere
:10:16. > :10:20.potentially. The costs escalate. A big team around you. 17 show gardens
:10:21. > :10:24.this year, you are one of the people who decided which ones would come,
:10:25. > :10:28.how did you decide? You're looking for really good designs, good
:10:29. > :10:32.designers, a mixture. We are making a show for the public to come and
:10:33. > :10:35.enjoy so you don't want to walk down main Avenue and see the same thing
:10:36. > :10:39.again and again, you are looking for a mix of styles, some classical,
:10:40. > :10:43.some modern, a mixture of old experienced designers and young, new
:10:44. > :10:47.faces. The most important thing is that we are here to create a show
:10:48. > :10:52.everyone will enjoy and people will learn from. Once you've got past the
:10:53. > :10:56.selection panel as it were that is one the hard work really starts from
:10:57. > :11:01.the designer to build the garden. November- May, months of hard work.
:11:02. > :11:05.After all those months of planning and preparation and pain, our
:11:06. > :11:10.magnificent 17th finally arrived at Chelsea in early May to start the
:11:11. > :11:13.enormous task of turning these gardens into reality.
:11:14. > :11:16.I joined this year's intake as they started the mammoth task
:11:17. > :11:23.of building the gardens in the pouring rain!
:11:24. > :11:32.This is Main Avenue and it's all about mud, rain and beautiful trees.
:11:33. > :11:35.It's hard to believe in less than two weeks this place is going to be
:11:36. > :11:44.transformed into spectacular show gardens.
:11:45. > :11:51.There are 17 show gardens here in total, with some of the biggest
:11:52. > :11:57.names in garden design working very, hard to get them ready. -- very,
:11:58. > :12:00.very hard. I've got this kind of dry climate in going on which is pretty
:12:01. > :12:04.hard to imagine. In the rain and mud, looked at us! This is the stage
:12:05. > :12:08.in the game where it's just a big hole in the ground and I'm wondering
:12:09. > :12:12.what on earth I was thinking. The pressure I felt this year more than
:12:13. > :12:17.any other year has been immense, for the last two months I've been not
:12:18. > :12:22.liking it at all. Most exhausting thing about being here in fact isn't
:12:23. > :12:26.the build, it isn't the plant, it is dying, it's the perpetual threat of
:12:27. > :12:32.death. There are so many vehicles, so many huge things the sky. I'm
:12:33. > :12:36.thinking something is going to get me, something is going to get me!
:12:37. > :12:41.Perfect Chelsea weather, isn't it, pouring with rain? Every year you
:12:42. > :12:43.wonder why you do it, you are in the mud and the rain. I am now stuck.
:12:44. > :12:55.LAUGHTER The top comes off. The top goes up,
:12:56. > :12:57.maybe there will be a Chelsea pension doing a way for something.
:12:58. > :13:06.Or you? I won't be doing that. It's all a bit up in the air at the
:13:07. > :13:10.moment but one of my favourite things is this really bad tree. You
:13:11. > :13:13.come to Chelsea and seek perfection and you've got this tree that looks
:13:14. > :13:18.like it's been through a storm in the South of France. Rennie got keen
:13:19. > :13:28.on his chainsaw and whacked a few branches off. That is the look.
:13:29. > :13:41.Seven days later and a lot has changed. Not least, the weather. You
:13:42. > :13:44.have got your first show garden here. Huge amounts of work. Your
:13:45. > :13:48.husband Rob is going to be inside where you normally are. I'm really
:13:49. > :13:56.stupid to have started to do this, the show garden and inside,
:13:57. > :14:00.absolutely totally bonkers. Do you know, with this planting palette,
:14:01. > :14:03.the urgency is really celebrated as soon as it is out to rain, so we're
:14:04. > :14:09.doing a rain dance, we're very happy. You've got rain coming
:14:10. > :14:18.tomorrow. A few more dances and you'll be all right.
:14:19. > :14:24.It's a smart garden, like a smart home but a smart garden. You can
:14:25. > :14:28.water your garden whilst you are on the tube somewhere. Get your phone
:14:29. > :14:36.out... I forgot, what can I do? I can do it from my phone.
:14:37. > :14:44.How is this going? We've had three problems, water problems. We're
:14:45. > :14:48.there now, nearly. It's been the hardest job I've ever done.
:14:49. > :14:54.You're getting married a month after Chelsea. Yes. What has been the most
:14:55. > :15:05.stressful? Chelsea. First show garden, how was it going?
:15:06. > :15:11.It's been amazing. Horrendous. Fantastic. I mean, I've never been
:15:12. > :15:19.so scared. It is the best flower show in the world, to have a space,
:15:20. > :15:27.MySpace... Is just amazing. -- my space.
:15:28. > :15:36.And here we are in the finished garden. You must be delighted. I am
:15:37. > :15:39.thrilled to bits. My plans look like a little Jules. They are standing to
:15:40. > :15:45.attention, smiling, they are flowering. When I came up here, they
:15:46. > :15:51.won't open. The foxgloves were closed. They are now flowering.
:15:52. > :15:55.Things like the flax over there. They are like little butterflies.
:15:56. > :15:59.You have been in the great Pavilion many times before, but it is
:16:00. > :16:04.wonderful that there are so many women this year. It is really great,
:16:05. > :16:12.at last, that we can actually show how skilled -- our skills. There are
:16:13. > :16:15.some beautiful gardens here. This herb garden, herbs that you have
:16:16. > :16:26.grown and nurtured like babies, tell me a bit about some of them. In this
:16:27. > :16:31.area, you have chamomile, thyme, all of them are edible. You could make
:16:32. > :16:37.tea from the chamomile. You can use it in cooking. It is the bees and
:16:38. > :16:41.the butterflies that will come. If you're sitting here, there is
:16:42. > :16:46.something to watch. I am moving from one foot to the other on this
:16:47. > :16:51.because it is your reflexology path. And it really does work. It is not
:16:52. > :16:57.so good to stand still on. I should keep moving around. It is fantastic,
:16:58. > :17:01.so I wish you every bit of luck with your first garden. Thank you.
:17:02. > :17:03.Now tomorrow is not only the big opening day,
:17:04. > :17:05.it's also judgement day for the designers and exhibitors.
:17:06. > :17:10.The RHS will carry out their forensic examination
:17:11. > :17:12.of all exhibits to decide what medals to award -
:17:13. > :17:16.will it be gold, silver gilt, silver or bronze?
:17:17. > :17:17.We'll be revealing those all-important results
:17:18. > :17:24.But there's one designer on Main Avenue who can relax
:17:25. > :17:26.tomorrow because they've created this year's RHS feature garden,
:17:27. > :17:33.Its aim is to inspire us Brits to green up our grey spaces
:17:34. > :17:35.and its designer has always been known to add a splash
:17:36. > :17:52.Hello. Greening Grey Britain. This is the second year of the
:17:53. > :17:57.initiative. What it is -- what is it about? We are paving over our
:17:58. > :18:05.gardens and green spaces at a rate of knots. One in gardens is paved
:18:06. > :18:09.over. And one in three doesn't have a single plant. The idea is to
:18:10. > :18:13.inspire people to put plants in the garden and enjoy it. Health and
:18:14. > :18:20.horticultural happiness, that is what it is about. So, make a space
:18:21. > :18:23.for plants. Absolutely. You have lots of illustrations of how to get
:18:24. > :18:30.fronts in your front garden. What is going on here in this container? Is
:18:31. > :18:34.it a shared? It is supposed to represent a garage. It has been
:18:35. > :18:39.taken over as a potting shed. It is a little bit of solace to get in
:18:40. > :18:44.there aren't pots on plants. If you haven't got a garden, you can grow
:18:45. > :18:48.vegetables or flowers anywhere. Look at my tomatoes. They work
:18:49. > :18:57.beautifully with the bright orange paint. Everyone has walls or fences.
:18:58. > :19:00.We had the RHS apprentices make these. They have been with us all
:19:01. > :19:05.week, the youngsters, so we can teach them about how to do the show
:19:06. > :19:10.and bring them on for the future. I have loved it. They have been
:19:11. > :19:15.wonderful. What do you think of my completely over the top Roses? I'm
:19:16. > :19:20.glad you said that. It is a crazy colour. I can't get close enough.
:19:21. > :19:32.Are they scented? Completely centred and gigantic. I am delighted because
:19:33. > :19:36.they are so tall. -- scented. It is not about private space, it is about
:19:37. > :19:41.community is coming together. Yes, there are initiatives going on
:19:42. > :19:44.across the country. It is about plants and people growing together
:19:45. > :19:47.with horticulture. And you went to see a garden in south London, didn't
:19:48. > :19:50.you? Yes. Let's see how you got on. The heart of urban London bustling
:19:51. > :19:54.with commuters, traffic There are pockets of communal green
:19:55. > :19:58.around here but like much of inner city Britain,
:19:59. > :20:17.it's all a bit, well, Housing estates built 50 years ago
:20:18. > :20:22.are struggling to keep up with what is a radically different world.
:20:23. > :20:34.People have lost control of communal spaces. Change is coming. I am here
:20:35. > :20:37.in Angell Town to find out how residents are doing their bit for
:20:38. > :20:48.Greening Grey Britain and bringing the community together. Simon works
:20:49. > :20:53.to promote green spaces in urban areas. I think the garden has been a
:20:54. > :20:56.very good thing for the community. It has worked as a tool for
:20:57. > :21:01.well-being. We have changed areas in the estate that might not have been
:21:02. > :21:05.looked after previously so well, and they can look beautiful. You have
:21:06. > :21:10.some local residents involved. I understand one of them is close to
:21:11. > :21:15.his home. Josh. He is a youngster who lives opposite our food garden.
:21:16. > :21:22.He is employed to look after the flower garden that we have here.
:21:23. > :21:26.Hello, Josh. How are you doing? IQ you will be looking after this for
:21:27. > :21:32.the next few months - what does it mean to you? I'm not going to lie.
:21:33. > :21:36.It is a good opportunity for my career. I am also a chef, so we are
:21:37. > :21:42.growing herbs. It is a positive thing. How does it make you feel?
:21:43. > :21:48.While doing this, I meditate. I think about nothing. It is really
:21:49. > :22:02.relaxed, and I feel like I have done something good. It is a really good
:22:03. > :22:06.thing. I think the project brings life to the community. You can come
:22:07. > :22:11.and sit down in the summer, have a cup of tea, do a bit of gardening.
:22:12. > :22:20.This is just a fantastic idea for an area like this. It is going to be
:22:21. > :22:23.wonderful. To see people coming out of their houses, talking to each
:22:24. > :22:32.other, getting their hands dirty, it's an absolute pleasure. It's just
:22:33. > :22:36.fantastic, the RHS going into inner-city areas. Plants and people
:22:37. > :22:45.coming together. It makes such a difference. It is so simple - plants
:22:46. > :22:50.grow, people grow, communities grow. In terms of longevity, what is the
:22:51. > :22:54.plan? It is fully supported, and the RHS are involved in the ongoing
:22:55. > :23:00.maintenance of the whole thing. You have some exciting news, I hear. I
:23:01. > :23:03.have. This whole garden is being donated to the Angell Town a state
:23:04. > :23:10.and will be looked after by the residents. It will go straight from
:23:11. > :23:13.here to there? Absolutely. They are starting preparation at Angell Town,
:23:14. > :23:18.so that will be going on while the show is open. Who will look after
:23:19. > :23:22.it? There is a whole bunch of people, but there is this amazing
:23:23. > :23:27.guy called Josh. We saw him in the film. IKEA Josh is coming tomorrow
:23:28. > :23:31.to the Chelsea Flower Show, but he has a serious project on his hands -
:23:32. > :23:38.he is making a bouquet of flowers for the Queen. He is. He will
:23:39. > :23:42.remember it for the rest of his life. Absolutely. We will see that
:23:43. > :23:46.tomorrow. The garden is looking fantastic, Anne-Marie, but it is
:23:47. > :23:48.time we got this garden finished. What are you doing chatting to me?
:23:49. > :24:04.Get on with it! Just behind Anne-Marie's garden is
:24:05. > :24:06.the great Pavilion. I was lucky enough to witness first-hand the
:24:07. > :24:11.massive challenges involved in putting it all together. But first,
:24:12. > :24:30.they had to put the tent up. Imagine pitching this one.
:24:31. > :24:37.The famous great Pavilion, a massive space to fill, but the exhibitors
:24:38. > :24:47.don't have much time to do that. They have just days to get
:24:48. > :24:59.everything in here looking perfect. Sarah Eberle,. It is all about the
:25:00. > :25:04.plans. If I place the plans and the judges come in on Monday and they
:25:05. > :25:11.haven't blossomed,... This one is wonderful. Lots of filling gaps.
:25:12. > :25:21.Labelling of things. We are getting on well.
:25:22. > :25:25.What are you doing here? I am giving these a quick clean and getting it
:25:26. > :25:36.looking its best. Do you have any favourites? This
:25:37. > :25:55.one, pop C. -- Popsy. Does it always seemed like
:25:56. > :26:03.a mad rush? Yes. The weather is not helping, really. The irises look
:26:04. > :26:07.incredible. Two weeks ago you would not have thought we could do irises
:26:08. > :26:13.here. Suddenly, everything just grew. Perfect timing. Hope so. So
:26:14. > :26:17.much hard work has gone into everything here at the Great Per
:26:18. > :26:24.billion, but it all seems to be coming together. -- pavilion.
:26:25. > :26:28.One man had a bigger challenge than most because he decided to bring in
:26:29. > :26:34.not just a complete train carriage but also some track.
:26:35. > :26:40.Why have you done at? It is the display I thought I would like to
:26:41. > :26:44.see, and I have not seen it in 12 years, so I thought I would do it
:26:45. > :26:57.myself. I wanted to create something with drama that would create a wow
:26:58. > :27:00.factor. I worked out that the train lived at Battersea, 1.7 kilometres
:27:01. > :27:04.away, but I had not checked that the bridge could take the load. It was
:27:05. > :27:09.five hours down various motorways and it came in the depths of the
:27:10. > :27:14.night. It was an emotional moment when I saw the carriage. Doesn't she
:27:15. > :27:18.look fantastic? It has a specific purpose, doesn't it? On the other
:27:19. > :27:22.side of here is a very much British setting. You get on there, walk
:27:23. > :27:26.through the carriage, and you look at through these windows and it is
:27:27. > :27:33.like being in Malaysia or something, a tropical feel. We are so pleased.
:27:34. > :27:38.The important part of the display is that it is celebrating plant
:27:39. > :27:42.collectors, famous people, and also plant champions, like the man who
:27:43. > :27:47.studied ferns for 53 years. It celebrates the English part of
:27:48. > :27:51.things. You get on the luxurious train, walk past the vintage
:27:52. > :27:55.luggage, art deco crockery, and all of a sudden you are wrote in a
:27:56. > :27:59.jungle. It will be great. Crucially, the public will be able to take that
:28:00. > :28:05.journey themselves and walk through the carriage. Absolutely, that is
:28:06. > :28:10.terrible -- terribly important. Coming up, I will be catching up
:28:11. > :28:15.with Der McGavin to find out more about his eccentric garden design.
:28:16. > :28:17.But first, one plants woman who knows her way around the great
:28:18. > :28:27.Pavilion better than most. one plants woman who knows her way
:28:28. > :28:31.around the Great Pavilion better than most is Gold medal
:28:32. > :28:33.winner Carol Klein. With first-hand experience
:28:34. > :28:35.of the Olympian effort needed to produce plant perfection,
:28:36. > :28:38.she's been to pick out the exhibits she thinks has medal
:28:39. > :28:42.winning potential. The Olympics may be taking place in
:28:43. > :28:47.30 this year, but for the gardening world, they are right here at
:28:48. > :28:54.Chelsea. In the pavilion, it is a race to the finish line. Winning a
:28:55. > :28:57.gold medal is as good as it gets. But to reach that incredible
:28:58. > :29:03.standard, people have to work for years and years. The plants, when
:29:04. > :29:11.they appear, have to be at the very peak of perfection.
:29:12. > :29:19.Just like some Olympic events, there are standards here which are
:29:20. > :29:26.extremely specialised. This stand is all about bearded irises. They are
:29:27. > :29:30.utterly beautiful. Timing is everything, otherwise that gold
:29:31. > :29:35.medal is lost. Every one of these flowers has to have its petals
:29:36. > :29:41.unfolded beautifully. The buds have to be wrapped tight. There must be
:29:42. > :29:48.no old flowers anywhere but if you look at each one, it must present
:29:49. > :29:58.itself in the best possible way, and all just as those judges come
:29:59. > :30:03.through the door. Many of the stands here are a team effort, and I don't
:30:04. > :30:10.just mean all the people who bind together to produce these exhibits -
:30:11. > :30:14.the plants themselves have to work together perfectly and support each
:30:15. > :30:18.other. It may very well be that poppies would normally flower at a
:30:19. > :30:27.different time from foxgloves, but everything has to coincide if that
:30:28. > :30:32.wonderful gold medal this to be won. -- gold medal is to be won.
:30:33. > :30:39.If you're going to go for gold you have to be prepared to dive in at
:30:40. > :30:43.the deep end, exactly what Hillyers have done with this phenomenal
:30:44. > :30:48.display. They know everything there is about winning gold, they've won
:30:49. > :30:55.70 consecutively at the Chelsea flower show. This year the garden
:30:56. > :30:59.has been designed by Sarah. If she wins gold for this she will be the
:31:00. > :31:08.first designer to win gold in every single Gardening category. -- Sarah
:31:09. > :31:13.Eberle. Hillier has bought 10,000 plants to Chelsea and of those three
:31:14. > :31:19.and a half thousand were selected that are here on the stand. Each one
:31:20. > :31:21.of them is at its very, very best. Let's hope they all get their moment
:31:22. > :31:30.of glory and win a gold medal. Now one exhibitor that's also been
:31:31. > :31:33.inspired by the world of sport is Birmingham City Council who never
:31:34. > :31:36.fail to wow visitors and judges alike with their elaborate
:31:37. > :31:38.displays of bedding plants. This year is no different
:31:39. > :31:43.but there is a twist! They've teamed up with Birmingham
:31:44. > :31:46.artist Willard Wigan, who made his name creating
:31:47. > :31:48.the world's smallest sculptures that literally fit within
:31:49. > :31:59.the eye of a needle. This show stopper of an exhibit took
:32:00. > :32:03.some planning, as we went to find out.
:32:04. > :32:09.There's a reputation of the city of being quite a concrete industrial
:32:10. > :32:15.city. We think we're a very horticultural city. We believe we
:32:16. > :32:16.are one of the best local authorities for horticulture not in
:32:17. > :32:28.the UK but worldwide, why not? We produce around two and a half
:32:29. > :32:35.million plants per year. From our tree nurseries. We take around 5000
:32:36. > :32:38.down to Chelsea. We've always tried to do something different at
:32:39. > :32:43.Chelsea, every display we've done has been completely different to the
:32:44. > :32:46.year before. We take the same plants, bedding displays, the
:32:47. > :32:50.majority of plants are bedding displays. We have to think of a
:32:51. > :32:55.different way of displaying those. This year's seem, we are really keen
:32:56. > :32:59.to do something about activity, we're doing a lot of work in parks
:33:00. > :33:05.about getting people active. We call it one small step. We've got a
:33:06. > :33:11.wicker figure of Mo Farah and Usain Bolt. Usain Bolt we've picked his
:33:12. > :33:15.trainers, running shoes, and got representation of those in carpet
:33:16. > :33:19.bedding. This year we've been able to get involved with somebody, that
:33:20. > :33:24.is adding a completely new dimension to the display. We're not just
:33:25. > :33:31.displaying flowers but actual pieces of art. My name is Willard Wigan,
:33:32. > :33:39.micro-sculptor, I create the smallest sculptures in the world, I
:33:40. > :33:42.can put it in the eye of a needle. I started off as a five-year-old
:33:43. > :33:49.building furniture for an. And houses for ants. When I started
:33:50. > :33:54.school I realise they had a bit of a problem, I was told I was nothing.
:33:55. > :34:02.So I so I'm now exhibiting what they say
:34:03. > :34:03.is nothing but when they see, it will be the biggest nothing they've
:34:04. > :34:13.ever seen. I'm winning something to the Chelsea
:34:14. > :34:19.flower show nobody has ever seen before. We're going to have
:34:20. > :34:24.microscopes specially made with the sculptures inside. They will see a
:34:25. > :34:29.microscopic flower. In the eye of a needle. They will see the four
:34:30. > :34:34.seasons. They will see a hummingbird taking nectar from a flower. There
:34:35. > :34:35.are so many things happening in the world today, we need to see some
:34:36. > :34:49.beauty. This is one of the mock-ups of one
:34:50. > :34:53.of the needles. My needle. I've never had something made so big for
:34:54. > :34:57.something so small. This is where we turn plans into reality, the three
:34:58. > :35:01.needles of the focal point will be the main thing people will see, it's
:35:02. > :35:07.the bit that brings the two elements together.
:35:08. > :35:14.Your iconic hummingbird one, we've recreated it out of fibreglass, then
:35:15. > :35:20.sprayed it with car paint. That's beautiful. We've got a light at the
:35:21. > :35:23.back. On the day if you look even better still especially when the
:35:24. > :35:27.light is shining through to give it that luminous type of effect. What
:35:28. > :35:32.we're hoping for, especially in the tent, you get atmosphere, that the
:35:33. > :35:38.hummingbird will slightly bounce. It looked like it's really moving. I
:35:39. > :35:43.like the way everything is coming together. It's nice to have
:35:44. > :35:47.something big to represent something very small. My mother used to say
:35:48. > :35:52.you can say something really big or something really small. They are
:35:53. > :35:59.doing a condiment, complement each other. It's big against small. Going
:36:00. > :36:04.to the Chelsea flower show will be the first time for me. I think I'm
:36:05. > :36:06.going to go for the smallest gold-medal ever made in the eye of a
:36:07. > :36:15.needle. The exhibit looks fantastic, Darren.
:36:16. > :36:21.You've done Birmingham proud again. That's what we aim to do, we want to
:36:22. > :36:27.put them in on the map. Finished? Nearly, bit of turfing. Never
:36:28. > :36:32.finished. How many plants have you got? About four and a half thousand
:36:33. > :36:37.on display today. How many people did it take? The team that came down
:36:38. > :36:44.was about ten coming in on various days. Ten. It's a huge effort, I can
:36:45. > :36:51.see. I can see Usain Bolt up there, Mo Farah. My favourite bit, these
:36:52. > :36:55.trainers. Steve spent over a week planting goes. They are his little
:36:56. > :37:00.baby. Tributes to him. Are they a replica of a real power? Exactly the
:37:01. > :37:08.same is one of Usain Bolt's trainers. We have the needle P's
:37:09. > :37:12.everywhere. And the hummingbird. And sporting stuff. -- we have the
:37:13. > :37:22.needle eyes. With Willard is adding a whole different
:37:23. > :37:26.dimension. Have you enjoyed it? This is fantastic and I was surprised to
:37:27. > :37:30.see how big it was and how fantastic, the presentation is
:37:31. > :37:36.amazing. I've got the smallest ruptures in the world to
:37:37. > :37:40.representing is deliberately something so big and amazing. --
:37:41. > :37:43.smallest sculptures. When they look through the microscope they will be
:37:44. > :37:48.in for a surprise, they will see they are in there, through the
:37:49. > :37:51.binocular microscope they will see a seesaw in there with two little
:37:52. > :37:56.girls on a seesaw in the eye of a needle. How many have you got around
:37:57. > :38:00.the exhibit? Eight so far. When the public come they will see some thing
:38:01. > :38:05.quite special. They can have a look and see how it relates. They can see
:38:06. > :38:10.the big stuff and little stuff. It's a little representing big. And
:38:11. > :38:18.saying something big with something small. It's a collaboration.
:38:19. > :38:22.Synchronicity of Birmingham City Council, myself, the whole thing.
:38:23. > :38:25.It's a beautiful thing, so nice to have you here, you've done a
:38:26. > :38:32.brilliant job I have to say, good luck with it.
:38:33. > :38:38.Many of these gardens have wonderful concepts behind them on Main Avenue
:38:39. > :38:42.comment like the daily's mathematics garden. It tells the story of the
:38:43. > :38:48.germination of a seed. It begins right here in this beautiful water
:38:49. > :38:54.bowl, its wonderful for text, really mesmerising. It starts here, then
:38:55. > :38:59.along here this curved bench full of mathematical equations, that is the
:39:00. > :39:03.stem and it leads all the way to the back of the garden. This platform.
:39:04. > :39:08.The flower. Based on sunflowers, great big flowers. It's a garden
:39:09. > :39:14.that has been planted with Mediterranean plants, the sort you
:39:15. > :39:20.would find in South African, tick Africa, the us Britton South Africa,
:39:21. > :39:25.Australia. It's about how mathematics underpins life. Look at
:39:26. > :39:29.these tiny little leads, somehow the plants knows each leaf has to get
:39:30. > :39:35.bigger and bigger as it spirals out in order to maximise the amount of
:39:36. > :39:39.light it can get. The mathematics of life. All very complicated.
:39:40. > :39:42.Something we'll be explaining a lot more later in the week.
:39:43. > :39:46.The small gardens here at the Chelsea Flower Show,
:39:47. > :39:49.an event supported by M Investments, never fail to inspire
:39:50. > :39:52.They may be small but they certainly pack a punch.
:39:53. > :39:55.Their accessible size and planting schemes make these the place to go
:39:56. > :40:04.They are still working on them. They'll definitely be finished,
:40:05. > :40:05.don't worry! The Fresh Gardens form one half
:40:06. > :40:10.of the small gardens and their designs really do split
:40:11. > :40:13.opinion, some see them as a work of art whilst others
:40:14. > :40:15.find them unfathomable! Toby Buckland has been to take
:40:16. > :40:18.a first look at some of the fresh gardens set to cause a stir this
:40:19. > :40:31.year , seven designs in the conceptual
:40:32. > :40:39.fresh garden category this year. -- there are seven designs. Perplexed,
:40:40. > :40:43.some are mysterious, some at first glance are just confusing, but I
:40:44. > :40:49.love the fresh garden category, because when they work they are so
:40:50. > :40:53.engaging. This garden by Martin Crook and Gary Breeze is certainly
:40:54. > :40:59.that it's called the antithesis of sarcophagi. It is what was a 44
:41:00. > :41:04.tonne block of granite. It's got grooves carved down the side but the
:41:05. > :41:08.magic is inside. In the centre is a woodland planting of anemones, ferns
:41:09. > :41:13.and foxgloves, looks like it's acres. It looks huge gangster
:41:14. > :41:17.mirrors reflecting the light and making the view seem incredibly
:41:18. > :41:21.long. The idea behind it is that one day there will be an apocalypse.
:41:22. > :41:30.This garden, like an embryo, will crack open and reseeds the planet.
:41:31. > :41:36.The meaning of the garden is quite steep. What it says is, mother
:41:37. > :41:41.nature will prevail. Even if the human race does not.
:41:42. > :41:47.This is the World Vision garden by Chelsea regular John Warland. When I
:41:48. > :41:52.first saw it I thought, my gosh, that rats will be difficult to mow.
:41:53. > :41:57.That is the point. Challenges of cutting grass are such a western
:41:58. > :42:01.privilege problem. This garden is about the devastating effects of the
:42:02. > :42:04.Ebola virus on children in Sierra Leone, had their world turned upside
:42:05. > :42:13.down. And the ground torn away from under their feet. That is a case of
:42:14. > :42:16.the fresh garden is that surely divide opinion. They are meant to be
:42:17. > :42:22.thought-provoking. This year the crop is particularly magical.
:42:23. > :42:31.None more magical than this, Ibn connections. This is an unusual
:42:32. > :42:34.fresh garden design because it's a true garden. Yes, there are two
:42:35. > :42:39.categories in fresh, conceptual gardens and show gardens, I designed
:42:40. > :42:43.this with Paul Robinson and we've created an urban space you can sit
:42:44. > :42:48.and enjoy with friends, come together and kind of relaxed in a
:42:49. > :42:51.nice environment. It has a wonderful sense of enclosure with these
:42:52. > :42:55.benches and raised beds, but it's the size of a few car parking
:42:56. > :42:59.spaces. It really is quite small and the idea is these little parks will
:43:00. > :43:05.be broken up after the show and put into areas within London. It'll be
:43:06. > :43:09.subdivided? So people can enjoy the space, this is just the launch of
:43:10. > :43:12.the idea, it's about bringing premium quality green spaces to
:43:13. > :43:16.London. These small spaces face in on each other, I suppose it's to
:43:17. > :43:20.bring different parts of the community together. The outside of
:43:21. > :43:24.the garden is undulating and unknown, a bit uncertain and
:43:25. > :43:29.isolated, not very attractive. Inside its like there a party going
:43:30. > :43:32.on, bright colours, glitter in the paving, kind of these cute little
:43:33. > :43:37.boots. Which make you feel safe and happy. Correction that
:43:38. > :43:46.booths. Bees are drawn to colour, so are we. We used orange, organic,
:43:47. > :43:51.natural things to paint the trees. They will hopefully act as beacons
:43:52. > :43:58.to draw people into these urban spaces. I love the orchids. It's a
:43:59. > :44:04.hardy garden orchid especially bread for the show. Last year, I always
:44:05. > :44:08.have to ask, you got silver last year. What do you think you'll get
:44:09. > :44:13.this year? I would be happy with silver and above, the charity has a
:44:14. > :44:17.day called Silver Sunday, so anything silver and above would be
:44:18. > :44:20.great. Good luck, you deserve it, leave.
:44:21. > :44:25.Completing the Small Garden category are the Artisans down
:44:26. > :44:28.It's the perfect setting for these evocative designs which champion
:44:29. > :44:30.traditional craftsmanship - they're real life picture postcards.
:44:31. > :44:32.Earlier Rachel de Thame went for a sneak preview
:44:33. > :44:52.the Artisan gardens have traditionally always evoked a bygone
:44:53. > :44:57.era, very much the emphasis is on Kraft, but this year there is a
:44:58. > :45:04.definite change. -- emphasis on craft. The gardens have a very
:45:05. > :45:09.symbolic meaning, so much so they are looking rather fresh. This one,
:45:10. > :45:13.the garden bed, caught my eye immediately. You have a hospital
:45:14. > :45:19.bed. It's about how a patient might lie in bed and then see the garden.
:45:20. > :45:24.You are working with cut flowers on a garden, quite unusual, isn't it?
:45:25. > :45:27.Very own usual, the garden is all about bringing the outside in and
:45:28. > :45:31.inside out and connecting with nature. I'm trying to bring the
:45:32. > :45:32.wonderful delphinium, lovely forget-me-not drawing everything
:45:33. > :45:47.from the garden into the bed. Peter has designed a garden called
:45:48. > :45:51.Together We Can, and he has worked with the profoundly deaf
:45:52. > :45:55.percussionist Evelyn Glennie to create a garden that is 50% musical
:45:56. > :46:00.instrument. Sounds are created by all sorts of natural material, from
:46:01. > :46:04.the water which flows into the seesaw is and they knock on to a
:46:05. > :46:15.block of wood when they come back up. A lot of native plants, the
:46:16. > :46:19.ragged robin, familiar things. Then some colourful plants that are far
:46:20. > :46:31.from native. It all makes for a very thought-provoking dubbing.
:46:32. > :46:37.Ishihara has combined his love of plants with a love of classic cars
:46:38. > :46:42.this year. It is a front garden and it is perfect for illustrating
:46:43. > :46:48.exactly what you can do with that space. There are key plants from
:46:49. > :46:55.Japanese Gardens, some bonsai and of course the Moss, which is always
:46:56. > :47:02.impeccably placed. That is just three of the six artists and gardens
:47:03. > :47:05.to whet your appetite. If you feel like the lines might be a bit
:47:06. > :47:11.blurred with the fresh garden, all the attention to detail and Crossman
:47:12. > :47:12.ship is still there, it is just provided -- and craftsmanship is
:47:13. > :47:18.still there, it is just... Across the week here
:47:19. > :47:20.on the BBC our team will be covering every corner of the Chelsea
:47:21. > :47:23.showground to bring you all the sights, sounds and in-depth
:47:24. > :47:25.analysis of this year's event. And I'm pleased to reveal that
:47:26. > :47:39.joining us is Garden designer In 2012, he created a spectacular
:47:40. > :47:43.seven story Garden Tower. After three years away, the show man is
:47:44. > :47:56.back in time. It is clear he has lost none of his gusto. Dermot,
:47:57. > :47:59.welcome. I am thinking of all the last little bits and pieces that
:48:00. > :48:08.need done. The sun is shining. You are here. You are nice. It is nice
:48:09. > :48:12.to be home. At first sight, this garden is not like you. It is very
:48:13. > :48:20.traditional looking British planting, but it is not all that
:48:21. > :48:31.meets the eye. It is an arts and crafts garden, but we are very
:48:32. > :48:36.definite about what we wanted. They wanted to celebrate tradition, and I
:48:37. > :48:46.wanted to bring a little bit of me into it. So you turn to... Heath
:48:47. > :48:51.Robinson. He was famous for coming up with complicated designs for
:48:52. > :48:54.machines that that simple things. And I took inspiration from his
:48:55. > :49:00.madcap way of thinking and imagine the type of garden he may design.
:49:01. > :49:06.Explain. Once I had the idea for Heath Robinson, I knew what this
:49:07. > :49:11.garden could be. I knew how it could perform, in a way, and how it could
:49:12. > :49:16.thrill me, and hopefully entertain people to see it. Perform is exactly
:49:17. > :49:23.what we are talking about, because these they trees, for example...
:49:24. > :49:34.They move. There is a box. There are lots of them. We have faced sequence
:49:35. > :49:39.of events. They come up and down to the Choon of In An English Country
:49:40. > :49:55.Garden. How have you got this to work? -- to the tune of. You can see
:49:56. > :49:58.the Clippers, there. There are eight different synchronised movements
:49:59. > :50:06.which last 20 or 30 seconds at a time, just to daylight, to
:50:07. > :50:10.entertain, to get kids interested in garden and inspire them. What will
:50:11. > :50:15.you say to people who say, great fun, but it is a bit of a gimmick.
:50:16. > :50:27.Is it for serious horticulture lists? I hope so. It -- the only
:50:28. > :50:33.plan is to make people smile. Can we go for a bit longer? This is
:50:34. > :50:40.absolutely fantastic. From automation to technology of a
:50:41. > :50:43.different kind. Here on the LG Smart garden many features can be
:50:44. > :50:49.controlled by my phone. I can control the lights, the water
:50:50. > :50:54.feature, and even the outdoor TV. Maybe this is the future of
:50:55. > :50:59.gardening - who knows? We will be covering every corner of the Chelsea
:51:00. > :51:03.showground to bring you all the sights, sounds and in-depth analysis
:51:04. > :51:07.of this year's event was I am pleased to reveal that joining as is
:51:08. > :51:14.garden makeover designer Danny Clark, otherwise known as the
:51:15. > :51:20.Instant Garden Or. This garden will -- this garden will be full -- this
:51:21. > :51:25.garden has varied interest. She likes Doctor Who and computer games.
:51:26. > :51:35.I plan to create a garden to reflect all this. That is awesome. Look
:51:36. > :51:42.behind you. That is where... That is the landing pad for the Tardis. When
:51:43. > :51:46.you walk out from those doors, you will down the steps and you
:51:47. > :51:52.disappear into this whole, and then you go into another dimension. It is
:51:53. > :52:02.fantastic. -- you disappear into this hole. It is a real privilege to
:52:03. > :52:06.be here. What are you most excited about seeing? It is the show
:52:07. > :52:10.gardens. Normally, I am in the back row looking over someone's shoulder
:52:11. > :52:17.to look at the gardens, but now I can see them up close and personal.
:52:18. > :52:21.You can walk on them. Are you looking forward to getting onto the
:52:22. > :52:29.gardens? That is what I am looking for. I cannot believe I'm here. You
:52:30. > :52:33.are going to take ideas and show people at home how they can do that,
:52:34. > :52:38.is that right? It is about taking some of this magic and transferring
:52:39. > :52:43.that into people's backyards. Lots of people think it is not accessible
:52:44. > :52:47.for them. We all have a budget, haven't we? Hopefully, I can
:52:48. > :52:52.translate what is going on here and show people a cheaper way of doing
:52:53. > :52:57.it. You are on every day at 3:45pm, starting tomorrow. I'll be here.
:52:58. > :53:02.Don't be late. I'll be here if you are here.
:53:03. > :53:04.Now for the first time ever, the grounds directly in front
:53:05. > :53:07.of the Royal Hospital will be dominated by a spectacular
:53:08. > :53:09.installation of 300,000 knitted poppies.
:53:10. > :53:13.This stunning sea of red will honour lives lost in the past 100 years
:53:14. > :53:20.The team behind the project arrived on site all the way
:53:21. > :53:44.I went along to see the poppies arriving and lend a helping hand.
:53:45. > :53:50.The team here are hard at work, but there is one woman I need to talk
:53:51. > :53:54.about. Glyn Berry, who lives in Melbourne, is the woman who came up
:53:55. > :54:03.with the whole project. Hello. Hard at work. Yes, very hard at work. --
:54:04. > :54:08.Lynne Berry. What was the inspiration for this? I
:54:09. > :54:21.think we started at the same time as the Tower of London poppies. Both of
:54:22. > :54:28.our Fathers, my sister and I, worked in the -- our father served in the
:54:29. > :54:33.war. There were contributions from around 50,000 people around the
:54:34. > :54:39.world, from China, Malaysia, Singapore, Britain, New Zealand. All
:54:40. > :54:42.over the place - America, Canada, everywhere. Bid you imagine it
:54:43. > :54:48.getting quite as big? Not in a million years. The fact that the
:54:49. > :54:52.Tower of London happened in the middle of the making of this for us,
:54:53. > :54:57.because that is when it went viral worldwide, it really inspire people
:54:58. > :55:02.to contribute more. That is one of the reasons it grew to the size it
:55:03. > :55:06.was. I have stories from people all over the world talking about their
:55:07. > :55:10.family's service and sacrifice, and how amazing this has been for them
:55:11. > :55:15.to be able to share in some way with the whole of the world. It is a
:55:16. > :55:20.living memorial. It is. And people are still sharing, which is just
:55:21. > :55:24.fantastic. It is really special. I'd better let you get on. Or I should
:55:25. > :55:31.help you get on. Stop talking, get planting!
:55:32. > :55:36.And this is what it looks like this evening. They have almost finished
:55:37. > :55:40.laying out all those poppies. It is really spectacular. I think it will
:55:41. > :55:45.be a real draw this year at Chelsea. This is our base for the week was we
:55:46. > :55:56.have a great view. Joining as is Monty Don. Lovely to see you. I am
:55:57. > :56:00.getting used to this. You have had a quick look around. I try not to
:56:01. > :56:06.analyse think too much when I come to Chelsea. Certain things come
:56:07. > :56:09.through. More disparity this year, just more different things going on
:56:10. > :56:15.in the show gardens. Certain parts leap out at you. Pines seem to be
:56:16. > :56:25.everywhere, a lot of triangles. A couple of gardens are real respect a
:56:26. > :56:30.killer. We will talk a lot -- really spectacular. We will talk a lot
:56:31. > :56:36.about those. The small gardens are fantastic. The variety and
:56:37. > :56:41.diversity, I have only really seen the first garden but I haven't been
:56:42. > :56:45.to the Artisan. I hear they are all coming together at the last minute.
:56:46. > :56:52.They have until 7am tomorrow, remember. How are you doing quiz --
:56:53. > :57:00.I was speaking to people, and they said, it will be fine we should be
:57:01. > :57:07.finished by tomorrow. When you look at the big show gardens, you are in
:57:08. > :57:14.awe. We all are. The small ones, you admire, and you think, maybe I can
:57:15. > :57:18.aspire to that. It is tricky to use a very small space without putting
:57:19. > :57:24.too many ideas in and making it cluttered. I will be here tomorrow
:57:25. > :57:29.morning at five o'clock looking at these gardens. Rather you than me!
:57:30. > :57:34.Someone else will be here a little bit later than that - the Queen. She
:57:35. > :57:39.has come virtually every year since the 1940s, before she was Queen. We
:57:40. > :57:43.have footage of her in 1947. There are some one of tributes this year.
:57:44. > :57:49.There is a floral gate that people will see when they arrive. It is a
:57:50. > :57:53.special year, and her birthday is a special event. That is all part of
:57:54. > :57:59.it. I love the gate, a beautiful touch will stop lots to look forward
:58:00. > :58:03.to. And that brings us to the end of our exclusive preview. Our coverage
:58:04. > :58:08.kicks off tomorrow at 3:45pm with a bumper show of 45 minutes on BBC One
:58:09. > :58:12.with Nicky Chapman and James. We will bring you all the news and
:58:13. > :58:16.excitement of the opening day's events. Sophie and I will bring you
:58:17. > :58:22.exclusive coverage of the Queen's visit to the show, and we will catch
:58:23. > :58:27.up with special VIPs at 7:30pm on BBC One. On BBC Two, Joe and I will
:58:28. > :58:31.give our initial analysis of Bishop's finished gardens and
:58:32. > :58:45.exhibits. For now, from all of us, it is goodbye for now. -- all of the
:58:46. > :58:48.show's finished gardens.