:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to the most famous flower show on earth.
:00:08. > :00:09.It's day 5 of this amazing week, the sun is shining,
:00:10. > :00:16.Come with us, as once again we guide you through the gardens,
:00:17. > :00:47.plants and people that make up the 2016 Chelsea Flower Show.
:00:48. > :00:50.Welcome back to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show,
:00:51. > :00:54.an event supported by M Investments.
:00:55. > :00:57.There is a warm glow over the showground today as designers
:00:58. > :01:02.and growers bask in the glory of their efforts and we reflect
:01:03. > :01:05.on what has been an outstanding week of gardening.
:01:06. > :01:08.The horticultural heroics of the garden designers have been
:01:09. > :01:11.drawing huge crowds to this show from far and wide, with 140
:01:12. > :01:18.And today the general public are still flooding into the grounds
:01:19. > :01:26.Well this show is far from over
:01:27. > :01:28.and we're keeping some very stylish company today.
:01:29. > :01:31.Meera Syal will be in for a chat to tell us
:01:32. > :01:37.We'll also be seeing what top chef, Monica Galetti,
:01:38. > :01:44.makes of some of the edible exhibits here at the show.
:01:45. > :01:46.And I'll be joining florist to the stars, Mr.
:01:47. > :01:50.Simon Lycett, to create a striking and fabulous floral display.
:01:51. > :01:52.This year Chelsea is showcasing bold and new ideas
:01:53. > :01:56.A little earlier I scoured the grounds for the new and
:01:57. > :02:13.This year, Chelsea is showcasing bold and new ideas with an eye to
:02:14. > :02:20.the future. Earlier today I scoured the showground is looking for
:02:21. > :02:28.innovations in horticulture. -- Showgroundss. The LG smart garden
:02:29. > :02:32.harnesses the power of the apt mean I can control almost every function
:02:33. > :02:37.here because they are all connected by Wi-Fi. I can turn the water
:02:38. > :02:40.feature on and off. So you go on holiday, forget you've left the
:02:41. > :02:44.pumps on, they can be instantly turned off at the click of a switch.
:02:45. > :02:51.The only thing I can't control here is the son and the rain. What makes
:02:52. > :02:57.this garden visually so slick is how it seamlessly blends outdoors and
:02:58. > :03:01.indoors, which is in itself a really Modernist idea. I'm going to give
:03:02. > :03:05.this a go for the first time. These shelf lights are going to go on. I
:03:06. > :03:09.could play with this all day. You could have guests who came over and
:03:10. > :03:13.wandered play their own music, they could do that from their phone
:03:14. > :03:16.instantly. There's all kinds of fun stuff here. All of this James Bond
:03:17. > :03:22.stuff could be dismissed as blokes playing with gadgets. Until you
:03:23. > :03:27.consider this. To me this is a Game Changers, and intelligent plant
:03:28. > :03:35.sensor capable of detecting water, fertiliser, temperature and light.
:03:36. > :03:35.This is intelligent technology demystifying horticulture for the
:03:36. > :03:46.masses. New ideas in horticulture aren't
:03:47. > :03:50.just limited to the materials and methods of how you construct a
:03:51. > :03:55.garden, it's also about the ingredients themselves. The plants.
:03:56. > :03:58.Here at the plant of the year is stand there are all sorts of new
:03:59. > :04:03.varieties that have never ever been seen before. One of the things that
:04:04. > :04:07.has really caught my eye is this quirky college chrysanthemum here.
:04:08. > :04:09.The vast majority of modern chrysanthemums have been bred using
:04:10. > :04:16.a technique called radiation breeding. There is another technique
:04:17. > :04:19.called grafting, that is where you take two existing varieties and
:04:20. > :04:25.stitch them together, cut and paste them together to create a surgically
:04:26. > :04:30.enhanced hybrid. One example is this over here. And over Jean up top and
:04:31. > :04:35.potato roots. It theoretically gives you twice the crop in the same
:04:36. > :04:39.amount of space. I've never grown this before so can't vouch for how
:04:40. > :04:44.it would function but grafting can be used with amazing effect in
:04:45. > :04:45.gardens. Here at Chelsea horticulture is being dragged into
:04:46. > :04:55.the 21st-century. From looking to the future of
:04:56. > :05:00.gardening to one woman who is looking to change the world. Garden
:05:01. > :05:03.designer Juliet Sargeant tackled a grim and disturbing subject and use
:05:04. > :05:06.this show garden to tell its story. We joined her at the source
:05:07. > :05:18.of her inspiration. I'm at the beautiful hole would a
:05:19. > :05:22.state which nearly three centuries ago was owned by William Pitt the
:05:23. > :05:25.Younger. The youngest ever British Prime Minister. It was in these
:05:26. > :05:29.unlikely surroundings that the seeds were sown for a piece of legislation
:05:30. > :05:38.that was going to change Britain for ever. It was the slavery abolition
:05:39. > :05:43.act of 1833. From the early 15 hundredths, it's estimated 11
:05:44. > :05:51.million Africans were enslaved and forcibly transported to the Americas
:05:52. > :05:56.over a period of about 350 years. By the end of the 18th-century, Britain
:05:57. > :06:02.was a major player in this transatlantic slave trade with
:06:03. > :06:10.around 150 slave ships leaving Liverpool, Bristol and London each
:06:11. > :06:14.year. But around this time the slave trade was also provoking rumblings
:06:15. > :06:21.of discontent and in the 1780s, politician and social reformer
:06:22. > :06:28.William Wilberforce spearheaded a crusade to abolish it. It was here
:06:29. > :06:37.under the branches of an oak tree on May 12 1787 that the Prime Minister,
:06:38. > :06:42.William Pitt, urged his friend, Wilberforce, to present his
:06:43. > :06:46.anti-slavery bill to parliament. It may just looked like a pile of old
:06:47. > :06:52.wood now, but in those days it was a beautiful oak tree. I just love it,
:06:53. > :06:54.that there's something tangible here for us to have a look at and think
:06:55. > :07:12.about, that auspicious moment. After their chat, Wilberforce wrote
:07:13. > :07:17.a passage in his diary, which is inscribed here on this stone bench
:07:18. > :07:21.near to the oak tree. I resolved to give notice on a thick occasion in
:07:22. > :07:28.the House of Commons of my intention to bring forward the abolition of
:07:29. > :07:33.the slave trade. In 1807 the slave trade was banned and in 1833 slavery
:07:34. > :07:43.itself was outlawed and slaves were freed.
:07:44. > :07:50.Sadly, that's not the end of the story of the slave trade. Ashok is a
:07:51. > :07:52.modern-day slave. Nobody prepared to help him. Until we exposed his
:07:53. > :07:59.plight. It's still happening in many
:08:00. > :08:06.different forms, slavery, forced labour, domestic servitude. It's
:08:07. > :08:12.estimated there are 27 million people in slavery around the world.
:08:13. > :08:16.More than in the entire history of the transatlantic slave trade.
:08:17. > :08:23.The good news is that in 2015, Parliament' Modern Slavery act to
:08:24. > :08:27.bring up to date the old legislation. I've celebrated this
:08:28. > :08:33.with the design of the Chelsea garden in the fresh section and
:08:34. > :08:37.called it the Modern Slavery garden. The unique thing about using a
:08:38. > :08:42.garden to express something as complex as this is that a garden
:08:43. > :08:48.gives you so many elements to play with. We have an oak tree that we're
:08:49. > :08:54.going to put in the centre of the garden, it represents William
:08:55. > :08:57.Wilberforce. I wanted to illustrate the fact it's going on in ordinary
:08:58. > :09:08.streets behind ordinary doors. We visited some people who been
:09:09. > :09:13.rescued from slavery in the south of England. They have quite a bit of
:09:14. > :09:17.work to do to get their lives back on track and they told us they
:09:18. > :09:21.garden and allotment and really enjoy doing that. We asked them to
:09:22. > :09:26.grow some of the plants that we'll be using at the Modern Slavery
:09:27. > :09:29.garden. At the moment on their allotment they are looking after oak
:09:30. > :09:38.saplings that we will plant around the base of the main oak tree. I
:09:39. > :09:43.hope people will first of all enjoyed a garden very much, but also
:09:44. > :09:50.that they will enjoy reading the story that the garden is telling.
:09:51. > :09:57.There are many gardens at the show with stories to tell. As we've seen,
:09:58. > :10:01.this garden designed by Juliet Sargeant aims to provoke discussion.
:10:02. > :10:05.What have people at the show made of it? A little bit disturbing when you
:10:06. > :10:11.are in here, because of the bars, and the black. Prison feeling I
:10:12. > :10:20.suppose, yeah. I want to be out there. I find it very confronting,
:10:21. > :10:23.really, to come and an seat we're still talking about slavery these
:10:24. > :10:31.days. It's shocking really. I can't believe it. The garden is very
:10:32. > :10:34.emotional, very emotional. The fact you can actually go in and be the
:10:35. > :10:38.railings, understand what it all represents with the doors, what's
:10:39. > :10:43.behind closed doors, absolutely amazing, very very good. Excellent.
:10:44. > :10:48.As you heard, this garden has really provoked thought, stirred quite a
:10:49. > :10:54.few emotions come including very uncomfortable ones. To me as a
:10:55. > :10:58.designer I think that's fascinating. Because gardens are so often
:10:59. > :11:01.dismissed as just ornamental frivolity, a space just meant to
:11:02. > :11:06.look pretty. That is not what gardens are, they are just another
:11:07. > :11:11.form of art, their whole function is to reflect and comment on the things
:11:12. > :11:16.going on in wider society. Just because they don't use paint, but
:11:17. > :11:21.use plants as the palate, and their schemes change through the year,
:11:22. > :11:27.makes them an awful lot more complex to do. So well done, Juliet
:11:28. > :11:29.All week Carol has been bringing us some incredible horticultural tales.
:11:30. > :11:33.Today she is back with the tale of a plant that ended up rocking
:11:34. > :11:47.says one plant that helps us spin the world in the opposite direction.
:11:48. > :11:56.You could say it makes us look back in time. Probably the place we most
:11:57. > :12:08.associated with is Flanders Field in Belgium. It is the flower of
:12:09. > :12:14.remembrance. It's the flower that still brings colour to wear the
:12:15. > :12:19.battlefields once were. We use it to commemorate the fallen into the
:12:20. > :12:31.conflict of recent times. It is, of course, the poppy.
:12:32. > :12:41.But the Redfield Poppy has a bigger, rebelled a cousin, the opium poppy.
:12:42. > :12:48.It was sacred to the god of sleep, hypnotic in ancient Greece. He
:12:49. > :12:53.brought prophetic dreams and soothe the pain of those suffering
:12:54. > :13:01.emotional stress and trauma. The Romans called him Somnus. Reflected
:13:02. > :13:11.in the Latin name of the Roman poppy.
:13:12. > :13:20.The poppy had a darker side. It was also associated with the king of the
:13:21. > :13:29.underworld. Excessive use of its milky juice could result in eternal
:13:30. > :13:35.sleep. But the opium poppy does more than make us sleep and dream. It has
:13:36. > :13:39.a magical property. The power to take away the pain. Morphine and
:13:40. > :13:49.almost all painkillers are derived from the opium poppy. Taking pain
:13:50. > :13:54.away is the central, both in medicine and on the battlefield. --
:13:55. > :13:59.is essential in medicine. Talk about a plant that makes the world go
:14:00. > :14:04.round. The opium poppy shaped the political world as we know it today.
:14:05. > :14:12.Back in the 19th-century when the British Empire was at the height of
:14:13. > :14:16.its power, we took opium to China for our own ends. The effect on the
:14:17. > :14:23.population was devastating. The Imperial Chinese court petitioned
:14:24. > :14:30.Queen Victoria to help. They were ignored. Instead, the British
:14:31. > :14:36.initiated the Opium Wars. In 1842. The Chinese were forced to give us
:14:37. > :14:41.Hong Kong. Whether it's in medicine or politics, in the world today, the
:14:42. > :14:48.poppy has become an iconic plant in all our lives.
:14:49. > :14:54.Isn't it funny that this fragile flower could have made such an
:14:55. > :14:59.impact on the world? Coming up we will take an emotional journey with
:15:00. > :15:06.Adam Frost as he visits the Barnsdale exhibit designed by Geoff
:15:07. > :15:10.Hamilton's son and I will be indulging in one of my highlights
:15:11. > :15:15.when I join Simon to put together a stunning floral decoration. But,
:15:16. > :15:18.right now, I am delighted to be joined by comedian, writer and
:15:19. > :15:21.playwright, Meera Syal. Welcome to Chelsea. Thank you very much. You
:15:22. > :15:25.have only just arrived. We decided to introduce to you Chelsea by
:15:26. > :15:31.putting you on a gold medal-winning Guardiolaen. Wow. -- garden. What
:15:32. > :15:34.are your first thoughts? This is totally my kind of garden. I love
:15:35. > :15:40.the wild flower effect. I love gardens that look like meadows. This
:15:41. > :15:44.feels like a spring meadow. It's beautiful. Does it take you back to
:15:45. > :15:49.your childhood? I grew up in a little village in the Black Country.
:15:50. > :15:55.So, I have always been attracted to that sort of meadow feel. Actually
:15:56. > :16:02.all the hedgerows were full of wild poppies and yarrow and May blossom
:16:03. > :16:06.and foxgloves and were there, nature put them there in a beautiful way.
:16:07. > :16:11.That's the kind of garden I am generally attracted to. Is that what
:16:12. > :16:16.your garden is like? Well, I am redoing my front garden and I am
:16:17. > :16:22.hoping I will get some of a meadow into a three foot square! Good for
:16:23. > :16:27.you. The back garden is about 90 foot but it's mainly a football
:16:28. > :16:31.pitch so I am having to look for hardy plants that can withstand
:16:32. > :16:34.being kicked occasionally. Are you passionate about flowers? I make up
:16:35. > :16:40.for my lack of blooms in the garden by having cut flowers all the time
:16:41. > :16:43.in the house. I have a kitchen island and it looks empty without
:16:44. > :16:48.beautiful cut flowers there. What will be the perfect cut flower for
:16:49. > :16:55.you? Sunflowers, every time, my favourite. I love peonies. I do too.
:16:56. > :17:00.They make me smile. Are you good with names of flowers? No, really
:17:01. > :17:05.not. What's your Latin like? I am going to put you on-the-spot? I did
:17:06. > :17:10.O-Level, we were made to, that's how old I am. Don't know if we did many
:17:11. > :17:14.flowers. We did lots of things about crossing bridges and wars, but not
:17:15. > :17:18.so much flowers. Let's see if we can inspire you. We are asking our
:17:19. > :17:20.guests to name flowers with pot luck. Will you rise to the
:17:21. > :17:26.challenge? I will have a go. Let's look at our plants.
:17:27. > :17:30.We have an assortment for you. I am going to give you some names,
:17:31. > :17:36.the Latin names. You can give me the Latin or the one that most of us
:17:37. > :17:41.know. I can hand them to you. You have roughly 30 seconds. Your time
:17:42. > :17:47.starts now. I know - well, I hope that's a
:17:48. > :17:53.petunia. A good start. It needs a little bit of water, I think. It's a
:17:54. > :18:00.hot day here today. That must be a poppy. That sounds like poppy. That
:18:01. > :18:05.smells like parsley. Keep going. So far I will say so good. Gosh!
:18:06. > :18:13.That could be parsley then. 30 seconds. The clock is ticking. I am
:18:14. > :18:20.going to guess now. What about this blue one? Did you mention that?
:18:21. > :18:24.Quick, quick! I have guessed now. I will swap
:18:25. > :18:30.those around. That's not bad at all. Let's have a quick look.
:18:31. > :18:40.Four out of six. Not bad at all. I am shocked! Thank
:18:41. > :18:41.you so much for joining us today. Enjoy your wander around with your
:18:42. > :18:46.mum. Thank you. All week Danny Clarke has been
:18:47. > :18:48.taking inspiration from the show gardens here and offering
:18:49. > :18:50.you affordable design solutions In his final instalment he looks
:18:51. > :18:54.at some of the finishing touches that can give your garden
:18:55. > :19:04.a touch of Chelsea style. Finishing touches are a great way to
:19:05. > :19:08.complete a garden. I am going to show you how to get the Chelsea
:19:09. > :19:13.look. A great way to bring a finishing
:19:14. > :19:18.touch to your garden is by using a bench. That's a great finishing
:19:19. > :19:23.touch, but not only that a painting, a picture like this mural here. If
:19:24. > :19:27.you are struggling with a small budget you can paint it yourself.
:19:28. > :19:32.That way you are personalising it. It will mean something to you. Let's
:19:33. > :19:36.face it, gardens, like your homes, are a reflection of your own
:19:37. > :19:39.personalities. Finishing touches do not need to
:19:40. > :19:52.cost a Lotto of money. -- to cost a lot of money.
:19:53. > :20:01.Now the reason I am drawn to this garden is the sound of water.
:20:02. > :20:06.I love the sound of water. I find it so relaxing. I think every gardener
:20:07. > :20:11.should have water -- every garden should have water. It need not cost
:20:12. > :20:16.a fortune. All you need is some piping. Piping in the form of
:20:17. > :20:21.guttering, with a bowl underneath. All you have to do then is perhaps
:20:22. > :20:23.get a pump from your local DIY store, doesn't have to cost very
:20:24. > :20:27.much but make sure you get an expert to fit it.
:20:28. > :20:40.Look what you can create. I think this looks absolutely fantastic.
:20:41. > :20:50.Furniture is a great way to achieve the finishing touch to any garden.
:20:51. > :20:55.Now this is a great example of it. You can create this touch yourself.
:20:56. > :20:58.Why not use scaffold boards? That way you have furniture that's
:20:59. > :21:03.costing you half the price. I like to add colour. So, the way I
:21:04. > :21:08.would do that is pick up on colours that's inside your home and transfer
:21:09. > :21:12.them to the wood that's in your garden. I think that will look
:21:13. > :21:14.really funky. Whatever you do there is always a more cost-effective way
:21:15. > :21:20.to get the Chelsea look. This show is full of people that
:21:21. > :21:23.are fiercely passionate There is one man who has brought
:21:24. > :21:26.a plant here and has Rachel De Thame went
:21:27. > :21:43.to find out more about Hepaticas are dainty little plants
:21:44. > :21:47.closely related to buttercups. They thrive in woodland and are found on
:21:48. > :21:51.mountain slopes in Asia, North America and Europe. Pushing their
:21:52. > :22:00.way up through the melting snows of spring.
:22:01. > :22:05.If you get up close to them like this you see all the differences.
:22:06. > :22:12.Look at this one. Beautiful pale pink and then the
:22:13. > :22:16.stamens in a dark pink. Wonderful. The only trouble being intr like
:22:17. > :22:23.this is it makes you feel incredibly greedy!
:22:24. > :22:28.At his nursery in south Staffordshire, John is so passionate
:22:29. > :22:34.about hepaticas he has built this alpine house especially for his ever
:22:35. > :22:39.growing collection. It's like being a kid in a sweet
:22:40. > :22:42.shop. It's wherever you look it's fantastic! I sense a bit of an
:22:43. > :22:48.obsession here. Yeah. How many plants have you got in here? Oh, I
:22:49. > :22:57.don't know. I am terrible at that! A lot? Yeah, a lot. I know that these
:22:58. > :23:01.are global. They're right through the northern temperate zones of
:23:02. > :23:08.Europe, Asia and North America and Canada. They're all small perennial
:23:09. > :23:11.woodland plants growing on sunny slopes which is strange because most
:23:12. > :23:16.people think of them as needing shade but they flouer in the sun and
:23:17. > :23:20.as soon as they finish flowering they're under trees. They're
:23:21. > :23:26.opportunists and take the early spring sun and when the leaf canopy
:23:27. > :23:30.fills in they've the sun in the summer. They'll take it stronger
:23:31. > :23:35.then, as well. John's travelled the world in search
:23:36. > :23:39.of rare varieties of hepaticas. It's his ambition to use his
:23:40. > :23:45.collection to breed more remarkable variations of this gorgeous plant.
:23:46. > :23:53.These are from America. They're really hairy. They're really hairy!
:23:54. > :23:57.All the leaves on hepaticas are covered with hairs, as well. This is
:23:58. > :24:05.one with two species in America. There is this... Oh, we are off!
:24:06. > :24:09.Hang on. This is the other one that is Americana which is much smaller.
:24:10. > :24:15.It's stunning. I love when a plant draws you in. You really have to
:24:16. > :24:19.look at this close up to appreciate it.
:24:20. > :24:28.This is the beauty of them. To my mind part of the charm of hepaticas
:24:29. > :24:33.is the simple beauty. The more tender Asian varieties can
:24:34. > :24:37.be more of a challenge to grow and are best grown in pots under glass
:24:38. > :24:46.where the temperature doesn't fall below minus five degrees Celsius.
:24:47. > :24:51.The Japanese are more complex. You have far more variation. Stamen
:24:52. > :24:55.coloured petal and hundreds of different doubles. It's a love-hate
:24:56. > :25:01.relationship with the Japanese because I can't resist them but I
:25:02. > :25:05.know they're no good outside! I always tell myself, no, we don't
:25:06. > :25:08.need any more, but as soon as you see a different one, oh, must have
:25:09. > :25:13.it! If you want to have a go at growing
:25:14. > :25:18.hepaticas at home and you haven't got a magnificent alpine house like
:25:19. > :25:23.this one, you could grow them in a pot in the garden. Then put it
:25:24. > :25:26.somewhere where the pot can get lots of bright sunshine in the spring and
:25:27. > :25:29.it's flowering and as the weather warms up, towards the summer, move
:25:30. > :25:33.it out and put it in the shade, just a quiet part of the garden where it
:25:34. > :25:37.won't be noticed. Hopefully you will have these for many years to come. A
:25:38. > :25:40.talking point, something to show off.
:25:41. > :25:49.Perhaps a little bit challenging, but 100% worth it.
:25:50. > :25:50.John Massey scooped gold and the Diamond Jubliee Award
:25:51. > :25:52.and he actually did something no-one else has ever done before.
:25:53. > :25:55.He managed to bring a plant that flowers in February
:25:56. > :26:03.Like John, there have been many gardening pioneers over the years.
:26:04. > :26:10.Geoff Hamilton, Gardeners World presenter, was one of them.
:26:11. > :26:16.Can you believe it's 20 years since we lost him?
:26:17. > :26:19.This year, in memory of his late father, his son Nick Hamilton has
:26:20. > :26:21.brought Geoff's garden Barnsdale to Chelsea.
:26:22. > :26:23.Adam Frost, who worked with Geoff, took an emotional
:26:24. > :26:40.Scler There's so much inspiration to be had here with the designs in the
:26:41. > :26:40.gardens and plants. For me, a real inspiration sometimes comes from
:26:41. > :26:53.people. This is Barnsdale Gardens, the
:26:54. > :26:57.garden Geoff Hamilton started. I was lucky enough to spend seven years
:26:58. > :27:07.working for him. Straightaway this brings back huge
:27:08. > :27:13.memorieses. You think about that. That bird bath, I think that's been
:27:14. > :27:17.in the garden for ages. Geoff Hamilton rose, that's cool to have
:27:18. > :27:22.it named after you. It looks absolutely fantastic. How did you
:27:23. > :27:26.manage to get that in there? I said I was worried about putting it in
:27:27. > :27:30.because I didn't think the RHS would understand it. What did you end up
:27:31. > :27:36.with? I ended up with gold. To me you need to take one look at it and
:27:37. > :27:41.you think of my dad. Even the old rock. Yeah. It's wonderful. You
:27:42. > :27:46.always have to have a rock in the display. Actually the whole feel,
:27:47. > :27:50.the cottage garden feel, everything, you know, it captures, for me, that
:27:51. > :27:55.moment in time. My dad was there for 17 years and left a massive legacy.
:27:56. > :28:00.But as with all gardens it moves on. The main focus for this year is the
:28:01. > :28:03.winter border. We are marking the 20 years since my father died with this
:28:04. > :28:10.redevelopment of one of his first projects. I wanted to make it a
:28:11. > :28:13.personal thing. I contacted friends and ex-colleagues, obviously you
:28:14. > :28:18.being one of them, and asked them if they would like to donate a plant to
:28:19. > :28:23.go in that winter border. I think it's definitely worthy of gold.
:28:24. > :28:29.Lovely to see you. Cheers. For me, if I am honest, I am finding
:28:30. > :28:33.this all pretty tough. I think you meet certain people in
:28:34. > :28:40.life that have a major effect on you. We are nearly 20 years on and
:28:41. > :28:50.people still talk about Geoff and Gardeners World and that's amazing.
:28:51. > :28:56.While many of us don't have gardens on the same scale
:28:57. > :28:59.of those here at the show, there is a way of bringing a bit
:29:00. > :29:05.I'm joined by floral designer, Simon Lycett.
:29:06. > :29:12.How can we create the magic we see here today? This year's Chelsea, for
:29:13. > :29:15.me, seems to really resonate with pops of explosive colour. I have
:29:16. > :29:19.replicated a bit of that there. Thank you for dressing to match! Do
:29:20. > :29:24.you like the outfit? Loving the outfit. This year we have seen a few
:29:25. > :29:27.different colours coming in. I think there is a brave use of colour this
:29:28. > :29:31.year. I love the fact rose gold seems to be one of the background
:29:32. > :29:36.colours and pops of good vibrant orange which I am a fan of. What are
:29:37. > :29:41.we doing here, how are we creating? Because it's a hot day flowers don't
:29:42. > :29:45.really like to go into flower foam unless they have to, so I am using
:29:46. > :29:49.chicken wire, it's two-inch wire I am using and that means they support
:29:50. > :29:53.the stems and then that way they're able to drink water, rather than
:29:54. > :29:57.having to suck it out of the foam. Wherever possible, are you using
:29:58. > :30:04.British flowers? Yeah, at this time of year what better to sell British
:30:05. > :30:07.flowers than these beautiful cornflowers which are an amazing
:30:08. > :30:10.colour. How long would this last in a display? Depending on the heat,
:30:11. > :30:14.you are arranging them into water and it will give them more of a
:30:15. > :30:18.chance and if you change the water daily they'll last longer. Certainly
:30:19. > :30:22.you will get three, four, five days out of them. I noticed when you hold
:30:23. > :30:27.them, you hold them in - cut them all the same, don't you? Yeah, small
:30:28. > :30:29.flowers like this I arrange in a little cluster because you get more
:30:30. > :30:34.impact rather than dotting them throughouted the design.
:30:35. > :30:42.What about the colour schemes, do they all sit well together? You can
:30:43. > :30:45.look at the whims of a butterfly or hummingbird and realise any colour
:30:46. > :30:49.can sit together. Actually, within our decorations this year we've been
:30:50. > :30:54.quite bright and bold and a lot of this will have been used. I've seen
:30:55. > :31:00.so many in the gardens. They are quite lethal. It's the type of
:31:01. > :31:03.Thistle. They are great, they are quite architectural, we can add them
:31:04. > :31:07.into our designs to give a little bit of structure, in the same way
:31:08. > :31:11.they've been used within the gardens. I have to reduce these,
:31:12. > :31:16.peonies, my absolute favourite, I was talking to Meera Syal earlier
:31:17. > :31:19.about them. This is called Coral charm, it starts that colour, and
:31:20. > :31:26.this colour. Chelsea medal winning flower? Absolutely, peonies are red
:31:27. > :31:30.Chelsea flower for me. Another that is a real Chelsea flower for me is
:31:31. > :31:34.the slightly humble Lupin that I love, you see them growing along the
:31:35. > :31:39.sides of motorways, wild, quite often. I think they are a great
:31:40. > :31:43.flower in your garden. I'll get you to tidy it up but I admit it's
:31:44. > :31:47.looking gorgeous already. Little bit of Chelsea Magic we can all create
:31:48. > :31:53.in our own home. Simon, as ever, thank you very much indeed. Many of
:31:54. > :31:57.the cut flowers that find their way to Chelsea come from Covent Garden
:31:58. > :32:00.Flower Market just out of the river. After decades of supply and flowers
:32:01. > :32:05.to the whole country they've bought their own special tribute to Chelsea
:32:06. > :32:09.for the very first time, to celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday.
:32:10. > :32:13.Early one morning Adam Frost ventured out ahead of their
:32:14. > :32:19.preparations to experience this busy trading floor for himself.
:32:20. > :32:22.Whilst London sleeps, a whole world of horticulture stirs down by the
:32:23. > :32:45.Thames. I feel a bit like Charlie walking
:32:46. > :32:50.into Charlie and the chocolate factory.
:32:51. > :32:58.I can't believe it's Faure am. And all this is going on. Lynch 4am.
:32:59. > :33:07.Kisses for London florist. 75% of London florist 's come here. You can
:33:08. > :33:09.see why, the place is not only massive, there's everything you
:33:10. > :33:17.could imagine. Hydrangeas from Colombia. Peonies from Italy. Sweet
:33:18. > :33:23.peas from England. They've literally come from all over the world.
:33:24. > :33:31.What is your week? You must live in a slightly different universe?
:33:32. > :33:36.Monday morning at half past 12 in the morning, Tuesday, Wednesday,
:33:37. > :33:41.Friday, Saturday, 3am. A lie in. Yeah, we have a lie in. Where did
:33:42. > :33:51.these bits and pieces come from? These come from South America. The
:33:52. > :33:56.grasses from Canada. The fan palms from Peru. When would this be cut?
:33:57. > :34:01.It would have been cut last Tuesday, packed and sent and a riding over
:34:02. > :34:07.the weekend for today. A week really. Just under a week? Yeah. Why
:34:08. > :34:11.do you do this job? The main reason is I love pretty things, flowers are
:34:12. > :34:15.pretty and we get a lot of pretty women in here. Best thing about the
:34:16. > :34:21.job. If you are single this is the best place to come. I'm not here
:34:22. > :34:29.just to look at the flowers, I'm here to meet international floral
:34:30. > :34:34.designer. She creates floral designs for weddings, parties, events, the
:34:35. > :34:39.whole shebang. Not just in the UK but across the world. Do you come
:34:40. > :34:43.here a lot? Four times a week if I can. Every day is different,
:34:44. > :34:49.colours, smells, the people, the history. It's an amazing place. My
:34:50. > :34:52.year you're doing something for the Chelsea flower show. Really
:34:53. > :34:59.exciting, we've been asked by new Covent Garden market to do a display
:35:00. > :35:03.for them. Behind every great florist is the market, this is what these
:35:04. > :35:09.guys do, really support every single florist. It's the first time they
:35:10. > :35:14.and we have ever displayed. So this is the plan? This is the plan, this
:35:15. > :35:20.side shows the flower market in itself. Buckets as you can see on
:35:21. > :35:26.the stand. And all the way up through? A whole wall of buckets
:35:27. > :35:30.showing the strength and support that the market gives florists. The
:35:31. > :35:35.buckets in here all come into a call, then burst onto the other side
:35:36. > :35:39.in colour. All of this is green and white, really simple, then you come
:35:40. > :35:47.onto the other side. It's the Queens head! Because the Queen opens the
:35:48. > :35:50.flower market in 1975. And it's her 90th birthday. This will be in
:35:51. > :35:57.strong colours, owing for the fashionable colours now, yellow,
:35:58. > :36:01.orange, purple and blue. It looks like it layers back all the way
:36:02. > :36:05.through to the other side. From this site you can't see any of the
:36:06. > :36:09.buckets but when you come from the other side you can't see the Queen.
:36:10. > :36:14.You have to go all the way around. To get the full experience. I hope
:36:15. > :36:25.you come and see it. I can't wait to come and see it. This is the
:36:26. > :36:30.opposite side by score of the exhibit. They've been topping it up
:36:31. > :36:34.all week with flowers from the market and the scent is incredible.
:36:35. > :36:38.This year many of the gardens have been using flowers and plants from
:36:39. > :36:42.warmer climates and Anne Marie Powell has been looking around the
:36:43. > :36:51.shelf for ways to bring the Mediterranean feeling to your own
:36:52. > :36:56.garden. Let's face it, we all know British weather can be tempestuous.
:36:57. > :37:01.We all need a holiday every now and again.
:37:02. > :37:07.Wouldn't it be lovely to return home after a long day of work to a little
:37:08. > :37:15.bit of Mediterranean magic in your own back garden?
:37:16. > :37:22.They think the real secret in recreating the Mediterranean scheme
:37:23. > :37:23.is in capturing its atmosphere. James does that beautifully in his
:37:24. > :37:35.garden. We've got heat, sunlight, space
:37:36. > :37:38.around the plants. It echoes the natural landscape with rocks and
:37:39. > :37:44.boulders. It all comes together wonderfully.
:37:45. > :37:51.Now, if you want to grow these plants at home, the secret of their
:37:52. > :37:56.success is in sharp drainage. Here, plants growing amongst and gravel.
:37:57. > :38:00.At home you can do the same with builders rubble.
:38:01. > :38:06.Many of the plants in this garden are naturally aromatic, just like
:38:07. > :38:09.the scrambling lavenders whose oils are heated in the sunshine and then
:38:10. > :38:20.released with intoxicating perfume. It's the same for so many of our
:38:21. > :38:22.herbs. Sage, rosemary and thyme, which would work just as well in a
:38:23. > :38:37.pot as they do in the garden. A south facing slope would be ideal.
:38:38. > :38:42.These plants need a lot of sun. It's not just about herbs. The trees are
:38:43. > :38:48.the anchors here. Not done Nani, they have character and movie I
:38:49. > :38:57.around the space. James has used pines and almonds. In a small garden
:38:58. > :39:01.you could use evergreen shrubs. Don't be tempted to add mulch or
:39:02. > :39:09.improve your soil, as these plants thrive on hard living. Which means
:39:10. > :39:16.you can take a break from all the hard graft.
:39:17. > :39:19.Some things here at Chelsea are good enough to eat and somebody who can
:39:20. > :39:27.put those ingredients to good use is chef Monica Galetti.
:39:28. > :39:33.Welcome. I think we've picked the perfect garden for you here, we've
:39:34. > :39:38.got plants, flowers, and we are surrounded by herbs as well. This is
:39:39. > :39:41.a stunning garden, this would be my dream kitchen garden right here.
:39:42. > :39:45.I've been walking around eating everything. I need to stop or there
:39:46. > :39:50.won't be anything left. What is your garden like? I'd like to say it's
:39:51. > :39:54.like this but it isn't. It was beautiful when I bought the house
:39:55. > :40:00.but I bought a dog, a boxer. Two years into it he has destroyed my
:40:01. > :40:04.plants. It goes in phases, you either leave it alone and three
:40:05. > :40:07.months later he rips something out. It drives me crazy. You really have
:40:08. > :40:11.to think about what you are planting. Without a lovely dog in
:40:12. > :40:15.your life what would be your ideal garden, what would you have?
:40:16. > :40:21.Something like this, the herbs, plants. That I like things like wild
:40:22. > :40:27.grasses, ferns. I come from New Zealand to they remind me of my
:40:28. > :40:31.house by the sea. Quite wild. Ferns have been a big part of my life.
:40:32. > :40:36.Palm trees as well. Sounds gorgeous. Do you garden on your own or does
:40:37. > :40:39.the family get involved? I like to get my nine-year-old daughter
:40:40. > :40:43.involved will stop I started gardening with my parents, helping
:40:44. > :40:49.out in the garden. I grew to love it from that. She loves it now. The two
:40:50. > :40:50.of us would rather be outside in the garden than insight doing housework.
:40:51. > :40:58.Leave my husband to it. My father and mother got me
:40:59. > :41:02.encouraged, I used to grow rhubarb, that is where my love of gardening
:41:03. > :41:07.came. Did you grow your own fruit and vegetables? I've got rhubarb as
:41:08. > :41:10.well. It's a great way to get children eating food. When we grow
:41:11. > :41:14.peas my daughter is happy to eat them because she's growing them
:41:15. > :41:18.herself, putting a mixture of different tomato varieties in this
:41:19. > :41:22.year. She's looking forward to being able to pick them. Grow our own
:41:23. > :41:26.strawberries. Plum trees. The apple tree will hopefully survive the dog
:41:27. > :41:29.this year. Is it important to explain to children from pot to
:41:30. > :41:35.plate they know where their food comes from? Very important. Children
:41:36. > :41:39.learn so much more when they are hands-on. My daughter loves to grow
:41:40. > :41:45.things from the seasons, her own corn. She'll watch it grow. She is
:41:46. > :41:50.responsible for looking after it. Children grow up understanding food
:41:51. > :41:54.better. Health wise it's an essential part of growing. It's been
:41:55. > :41:57.lovely talking to you. Been a pleasure, thank you.
:41:58. > :41:59.It has been an incredible week here at Chelsea,
:42:00. > :42:29.Here are the highlights that we've really enjoyed this week.
:42:30. > :42:51.Garden is rock and roll and good for the soul.
:42:52. > :42:58.Here is Simon Lycett's finished arrangement, it's quite beautiful.
:42:59. > :43:02.James, it's been a tremendous week, what has been your highlight? For me
:43:03. > :43:06.it is the sense of fun and frivolity use the amongst the main garden
:43:07. > :43:11.designers. It's a good thing that they are not taking themselves so
:43:12. > :43:14.seriously. What about you? It's got to be medal day, not just for the
:43:15. > :43:19.garden designers but the exhibitors in the great marquee. Weeks, months
:43:20. > :43:21.and years of preparation and it's all paid off, they can relax and
:43:22. > :43:24.enjoy. Absolutely. Well sadly we have to leave this
:43:25. > :43:27.show behind but there is still lots more to come from the Chelsea Flower
:43:28. > :43:29.Show. Join Sophie Raworth and Joe Swift
:43:30. > :43:32.at 7.30 on BBC1 as they reveal the winner of the BBC RHS
:43:33. > :43:35.People's Choice Award. The bride and groom!
:43:36. > :44:16.ALL: To the bride and groom! The Old Bill are going
:44:17. > :44:24.to be all over this.