:00:00. > :00:00.It's Friday and Chelsea may be drawing to a close but your
:00:07. > :00:24.What better place to seek inspiration.
:00:25. > :00:26.We've got tons of great gardening ideas to bring Chelsea one step
:00:27. > :01:01.Welcome back to the 2016 Chelsea Flower Show.
:01:02. > :01:04.The results of the People's Choice Award voted by you have
:01:05. > :01:14.Designer Matthew Wilson is chuffed to bits with the news. He's won it.
:01:15. > :01:16.We will be talking to him later on in the show to get his reaction.
:01:17. > :01:18.It might be the end of the week but it is not the end of the action
:01:19. > :01:20.here at The Chelsea Flower Show, an event supported
:01:21. > :01:24.Tonight we meet a partnership who has put their heart and soul
:01:25. > :01:32.We'll also be exploring the show gardens here tonight.
:01:33. > :01:34.And finding out how they keep their sparkle once
:01:35. > :01:43.The privilege of being allowed on to the gardens in the dark, early in
:01:44. > :01:49.the morning, is something that we enjoy a lot. Yes. Being at the
:01:50. > :01:54.Showground, having it to yourself is just amazing. The thing about
:01:55. > :01:58.Matthew's garden, he was disappointed with his Silver Medal.
:01:59. > :02:02.I really respect the way he stayed here, he's talked to people, he's
:02:03. > :02:08.celebrated his garden. That will mean so much to him, that garden.
:02:09. > :02:09.Getting that award is a big thing here.
:02:10. > :02:12.There is no denying the popularity of orchids, it's estimated that
:02:13. > :02:15.an astonishing 15 million of them are sold every year in this country.
:02:16. > :02:34.James Wong has been to report on this horticultural success story.
:02:35. > :02:42.I grew up in Singapore. A tiny, tropical island, 60 miles north of
:02:43. > :02:48.the equator. There, orchids are everywhere. Particularly the orchids
:02:49. > :02:58.that grow on trees, stuck to their bark and festooned along their
:02:59. > :03:03.branches. The one orchid I was desperate to grow was this one. The
:03:04. > :03:10.problem with my garden is, it was too hot for the orchids. At
:03:11. > :03:17.sea-level, on the equator, it is roasting, packed full of humidity,
:03:18. > :03:20.really highlight levels and most come from regions further north or
:03:21. > :03:24.south of the equator, or if they are on the equator, at high altitude.
:03:25. > :03:29.These are places with cooler temperatures. It never gets
:03:30. > :03:34.particularly cold, but it doesn't get hot, like a permanent English
:03:35. > :03:38.summer. These guys thrive in living rooms across the UK because they are
:03:39. > :03:45.adapted to living room light levels and temperature. For that reason,
:03:46. > :03:53.the moth orchid makes up 75% of orchid sales in the UK. It is an
:03:54. > :03:56.industry worth millions of pounds. The variety that plant breeders have
:03:57. > :04:21.created is staggering. The advent of... Anyone can afford some of the
:04:22. > :04:28.most beautiful orchids on the planet.
:04:29. > :04:36.Their flowers are bilaterally symmetrical, so their left side is a
:04:37. > :04:42.mirror image of their right. They almost appear to be looking at you.
:04:43. > :04:48.Moth orchids can be found in superstores up-and-down the country,
:04:49. > :04:52.just one of thousands of species. We visited a nursery just outside Paris
:04:53. > :05:01.to look at their love affair with these sublime plants.
:05:02. > :05:14.They always have quite a lot of charm. The diversity and colours is
:05:15. > :05:20.quite fantastic. This is one of the reasons why I like orchids, if you
:05:21. > :05:29.look at an orchid, it is something that is peaceful and very nice to
:05:30. > :05:36.look at. Here in Boissy Saint Leger, we have been growing orchids since
:05:37. > :05:46.1786. That exhibition my great-grandfather did in 1897. That
:05:47. > :05:56.is an exhibition in Paris, that is the greenhouses and the chimney
:05:57. > :06:01.still exists. I think that for people who don't know orchid
:06:02. > :06:08.greenhouses, to come in an orchid greenhouse is quite a good feeling.
:06:09. > :06:14.It is a feeling of peace. This year is very particular because it is our
:06:15. > :06:24.130th anniversary and we are still going and now we are almost the
:06:25. > :06:29.oldest firm in the world. This is the pansy orchid. It is very
:06:30. > :06:36.sensitive to water. If you have got water that stays on the flower, then
:06:37. > :06:40.it stains it. You will find orchids anywhere, anywhere where there is
:06:41. > :06:45.green, you will find an orchid. You will find orchids in the woods. You
:06:46. > :06:52.will find orchids in the trees. You will find orchids on the ground.
:06:53. > :07:01.There are 30,000 species, which is enormous. It is really the largest
:07:02. > :07:07.flower family in the world. What is interesting about orchids is that
:07:08. > :07:12.moth orchids will last anywhere from three days to 20 years. Other types
:07:13. > :07:22.of orchids will last anywhere from two to 100 years. This is one of our
:07:23. > :07:27.first hybrids. It was done in 1926. You can make the count. It is about
:07:28. > :07:38.90-years-old. A few years older than me! This is four generation and my
:07:39. > :07:47.daughter will be the fifth one. If I can help her for a few years, I will
:07:48. > :07:52.be very happy. For our 130th anniversary, I decided to do the
:07:53. > :07:57.Chelsea Flower Show, which I don't do very often. When I sort plants
:07:58. > :08:01.out to come to a show, for example, it is like if I did a painting
:08:02. > :08:06.because I choose the plants according to what I am going to want
:08:07. > :08:12.to do. This is probably a plant that I am
:08:13. > :08:18.going to take to Chelsea. It's a spider orchid. Maybe not all of
:08:19. > :08:31.them, otherwise the stand is going to be very spidery!
:08:32. > :08:37.This is the bargely use for the Chelsea Flower Show. It won't float
:08:38. > :08:49.because it is full of holes! It is a very, very nice boat. I am going to
:08:50. > :08:55.do a display with this canoe and some ivy, scraped ivy, which will be
:08:56. > :09:03.mounted in height so that I can present the orchids high and in the
:09:04. > :09:10.boat. Chelsea, we've done four times. This time, I do hope to get
:09:11. > :09:16.my Gold Medal. Silver Gilt is a bad taste!
:09:17. > :09:23.I don't know about Silver Gilt being bad taste. There's a lot of Silver
:09:24. > :09:28.Gilt around here. The most important thing is, you have a Gold this year?
:09:29. > :09:32.Gold is fantastic. I am very proud and very happy to have succeeded.
:09:33. > :09:37.Yeah. That is good taste. Wonderful taste! Very good. Very good taste.
:09:38. > :09:41.I'm very happy to share it with everybody, so it is fantastic. It
:09:42. > :09:46.doesn't surprise me. Your exhibit is stunning. It really is a picture.
:09:47. > :09:54.You have got your wooden boat here. That's right. It comes from Thailand
:09:55. > :09:59.and it's a boat that I brought on my boat trailer. How has it been
:10:00. > :10:03.transporting the plants over here? Has that been a problem? Or easy? It
:10:04. > :10:09.is never a problem. It takes a long time to pack. Very carefully. Once
:10:10. > :10:15.they are packed and together, they don't move, so it is very easy. The
:10:16. > :10:19.spider orchid, that is the weirdest orchid? It is a very impressive
:10:20. > :10:25.flower. Very fine, very easy to grow. So it is a very nice plant to
:10:26. > :10:29.show. Is it really easy to grow? It is, as long as you get light, water
:10:30. > :10:34.when it needs it, no problem. You make it sound so easy. Orchids are
:10:35. > :10:46.easy. The one in the middle has caught my eye? It is a very special
:10:47. > :10:52.plant, which when it matures, when they go straight, they are better
:10:53. > :10:58.than when it goes down. That is when we know we have got a good one! The
:10:59. > :11:05.two parents, one has very straight and the other one has one that goes
:11:06. > :11:09.down. Your father, has he pushed you into doing this or has he drawn you
:11:10. > :11:14.in? You are going to be running the nursery in the future. It is
:11:15. > :11:20.fantastic having the younger generation of nursery women coming
:11:21. > :11:26.through? Yes. How do you feel? I feel really proud about the work
:11:27. > :11:31.that my father does and the other generations. I think he is not
:11:32. > :11:33.pushy, not really. He's just got a passion and it is a passion
:11:34. > :11:38.throughout the family? Yeah, that's right. Can you see yourself in the
:11:39. > :11:42.future coming back and doing a Chelsea exhibit like this?
:11:43. > :11:48.I would be happy to do this by myself, but it would be really hard.
:11:49. > :11:52.He is really good. He is good. The whole family are keeping that
:11:53. > :11:56.tradition going and that is marvellous? I think she will
:11:57. > :12:01.succeed. You have a lot of faith in your daughter and so you should
:12:02. > :12:04.have. Lovely to meet you both. Lovely to meet you.
:12:05. > :12:06.All week we've been inviting guests from beyond the horticultural
:12:07. > :12:08.world to give their take on The Chelsea Flower Show.
:12:09. > :12:12.One person who is no stranger to the international world of design
:12:13. > :12:16.Originally trained as an architect, she's been a trustee of the Victoria
:12:17. > :12:19.and Albert Museum but most of her time is spent
:12:20. > :12:21.as editor in chief of homes and lifestyle magazine,
:12:22. > :12:31.Welcome to Chelsea. Thank you. Are you a frequent visitor? Quite a new
:12:32. > :12:35.visitor. It is only in the last couple of years I have had a garden
:12:36. > :12:40.so I didn't want to tempt myself with things I couldn't take home and
:12:41. > :12:44.do myself. You have spent your entire lifetime immersed in design.
:12:45. > :12:49.How does that affect your approach to gardening? I'm the first one, I
:12:50. > :12:54.call myself an intuitive gardener so I haven't a clue! I don't know any
:12:55. > :12:58.Latin names, but I feel my way through and choose plants because I
:12:59. > :13:01.like the way they look, or their colours, or their textures.
:13:02. > :13:05.Sometimes it means we have disasters. Other times, it is that
:13:06. > :13:11.loose, free-flowing look which is what I favour. I thoroughly approve
:13:12. > :13:15.of that kind of gardening, that is what I do, too! It can seem
:13:16. > :13:19.intimidating, Chelsea, if you don't feel you are a trained gardener, or
:13:20. > :13:23.you don't know all the Latin names. What are you looking for
:13:24. > :13:28.specifically when you come? I really like what I would call very easy,
:13:29. > :13:33.loose gardens, that you feel they could have been there forever and
:13:34. > :13:37.you have stumbled across them. Even though I know this sort of planting,
:13:38. > :13:39.which looks so informal takes hours of preparation, you get that
:13:40. > :13:42.wonderfully optimistic sense that you could have done this, or you
:13:43. > :13:47.could have a go. It is that democratic sense of gardening that I
:13:48. > :13:52.love. The British tend to see gardens as somewhere to garden in.
:13:53. > :13:58.And I know from my travels that isn't true internationally. In a
:13:59. > :14:02.design world, I suspect they are seen more as rooms. Is that
:14:03. > :14:06.something you think is increasing, or that is lacking from our gardens?
:14:07. > :14:14.Absolutely increasing. In the design world, they talk about outdoor
:14:15. > :14:20.living. The idea that you dissolve the back wall of your house to
:14:21. > :14:25.extend your lounge into the outside space, and there are incredible
:14:26. > :14:30.lights and rugs designed for outdoor use. You will be looking for that.
:14:31. > :14:35.Do you think that the design element, because it is not just a
:14:36. > :14:40.gardening show, is well represented at Chelsea? I think so. I guess I'm
:14:41. > :14:44.always coming from that point of view that I don't like gardens that
:14:45. > :14:49.you have to look and keep your hands off. Yeah. Gardens that have got a
:14:50. > :14:57.rugged sense to them, so I have seen some beautiful pathways and there's
:14:58. > :14:59.one that's inspired by Exmoor, that have got these gravel pathways that
:15:00. > :15:20.I think is a wonderful sort of... You are talking about style rather
:15:21. > :15:25.than design. Maybe. Gardening seems freer and you have more room to play
:15:26. > :15:29.and do what you feel. Maybe I have a romantic vision of it. Well, hang
:15:30. > :15:34.onto that romantic vision and take it with you. I would like you to go
:15:35. > :15:38.around Chelsea, look and find the things that interest and inspire
:15:39. > :15:44.you, and tell us about it and take them back home to your garden. Thank
:15:45. > :15:45.you for joining us. I will be very interested to see what you make of
:15:46. > :15:54.the show. Thank you for having me. When you first come to the show,
:15:55. > :15:58.there are so much to take in, but when you have been here all week,
:15:59. > :16:04.you start to see some of these gardens and plants in more detail. I
:16:05. > :16:12.just love this combination here. We have got the spires of a really big
:16:13. > :16:20.plant at the show this year. Then we have the building head -- these
:16:21. > :16:24.nodding heads. These flower in my garden every month of the year. Put
:16:25. > :16:29.them together, and you have a winning combination. These lead
:16:30. > :16:33.details are evident throughout the show. Carol has been in the Great
:16:34. > :16:40.Pavilion, looking at some subtle plants.
:16:41. > :16:49.# you can walk right by me and never know I'm there.
:16:50. > :16:53.I want to find some of those quieter plants, the unloved, the plants
:16:54. > :17:08.hiding away in the shadows, and give them their moment in the limelight.
:17:09. > :17:14.I love these. I have grown it for quite some time in a damp, shady
:17:15. > :17:18.corner of the garden. It is a kind of plant that peoples eyes go to
:17:19. > :17:25.straightaway. It has got red buds and purple flowers, but along comes
:17:26. > :17:34.its most beautiful sister, brand-new this year. The Alison Holland is a
:17:35. > :17:39.delightful plant, green buds opening to white flowers. She is just the
:17:40. > :17:53.sort of plant you can imagine in a dark corner, lightening up the whole
:17:54. > :17:57.place. Sweet Woodruff is the kind of plant that is easy to take for
:17:58. > :18:02.granted. It is often used as a foil for other plans. It makes a
:18:03. > :18:09.wonderful carpet. It has these worlds of green leaves right up the
:18:10. > :18:13.stems, and other top, an almost bouquet of tiny white flowers. It is
:18:14. > :18:18.not just its look that is so appealing, it is also its fragrance.
:18:19. > :18:30.If you tread on it, you get this beautiful smell of new mown hay. But
:18:31. > :18:36.there is one plant that must be the shyest and most retiring in the
:18:37. > :18:41.whole pavilion. Spotty Dottie has become a popular plant in recent
:18:42. > :18:45.times, not because it is a huge ear in the I'd sort of plant, quite the
:18:46. > :18:52.opposite. It is a very subtle beauty. But where are the flowers?
:18:53. > :18:57.First of all, there is no sign of them, and then you look carefully
:18:58. > :19:06.underneath. And here they are, hiding away, out of sight, but
:19:07. > :19:10.utterly beautiful. The whole idea of this is so that pollinating insects
:19:11. > :19:24.can get into those flowers undisturbed. You would never even
:19:25. > :19:38.know it was there. # never even know I'm there. #.
:19:39. > :19:40.Earlier in the week, we met gardener Mark Lane.
:19:41. > :19:43.Mark has had to take a different approach to gardening since his
:19:44. > :19:45.diagnosis with spina bifida, but that hasn't held him back.
:19:46. > :19:48.And this week, he has been exploring some of the gardens
:19:49. > :20:07.People shouldn't be afraid to talk about disability or any illnesses.
:20:08. > :20:13.That is the reason why I am here in this meningitis futures garden. The
:20:14. > :20:18.garden reads from left to right, and is split into three sections. Here
:20:19. > :20:21.on my left, you have the diagnosis. When you are diagnosed with
:20:22. > :20:25.something or you have a long term condition, suddenly you are thrown
:20:26. > :20:30.against the brick wall, this is demonstrated in the garden. In the
:20:31. > :20:34.centre, you have hope and you have someone reaching through the wall.
:20:35. > :20:37.There is help. There are charities out there, and there is someone
:20:38. > :20:42.leaning over the wall with a reaching hand. But the most poignant
:20:43. > :20:46.thing is the bit on the right, and that is the recovery. And there is a
:20:47. > :20:49.wonderful figure of a man with prosthetic legs come in looking out
:20:50. > :21:00.into the world, looking forward because he knows there is somewhere
:21:01. > :21:04.to go beyond his condition. This is the garden that has caught my
:21:05. > :21:07.attention. It is called together, we can. It is a sensory garden. The
:21:08. > :21:13.whole garden is inspired by the works of the deaf percussionist dame
:21:14. > :21:17.Idlib Glennie. It is all about bringing the music and plants
:21:18. > :21:22.together. -- Damon Eveleigh and Glennie. We have the water, we have
:21:23. > :21:27.the alliums like drumsticks. And which you don't CR hidden, tiny
:21:28. > :21:35.microphones inside the water. They bring another element to the whole
:21:36. > :21:39.experience. Music therapy also has a wonderful way of getting you to
:21:40. > :21:44.understand and come to terms with conditions and illnesses, but at the
:21:45. > :21:50.same time be rooted in the place where you are. This is just a
:21:51. > :22:01.wonderful place to be. You just feel so relaxed and calm and tranquil. I
:22:02. > :22:09.am inside the hospice, and this is the garden bed. The important thing
:22:10. > :22:13.about this garden bed is that it can be wheeled outside. So you can go
:22:14. > :22:18.into a garden and have it be surrounded by plants that people
:22:19. > :22:24.will be familiar with in the last moments of their lives. It has very
:22:25. > :22:27.pastoral colours. It has good texture, good form, but it also
:22:28. > :22:31.allows the blue sky to shine through, so you get dappled shade as
:22:32. > :22:37.well while you are lying there in bed. This garden is personally
:22:38. > :22:40.interesting to me, because I am designing a garden at the moment
:22:41. > :22:46.where we are doing the same thing. We are trying to get people who are
:22:47. > :22:49.bedbound outside to enjoy nature and be surrounded by plants and their
:22:50. > :22:59.loved ones and just enjoy themselves. And where better to end
:23:00. > :23:03.down here in the RHS garden green in Great Britain? It is wonderful. We
:23:04. > :23:07.are surrounded by plants of all different colours. It is a
:23:08. > :23:11.kaleidoscope of colours. We have oranges, reds, purples, pinks. It is
:23:12. > :23:18.a feast for the eyes, and it lifts my mood. I am up in the heavens, but
:23:19. > :23:19.actually, I am here, Heaven on Earth, surrounded by all these
:23:20. > :23:32.plants. Now, there has been a lot of
:23:33. > :23:37.discussion and celebration of the fact that growing fruit and veg not
:23:38. > :23:40.only provides you with delicious food, but is inherently a healthy
:23:41. > :23:46.activity, good for you physically and mentally. Over here, we have a
:23:47. > :23:51.representation of a conventional allotment. Bring vegetables to
:23:52. > :23:56.produce as much food as possible. When I was a child, we all did that
:23:57. > :24:01.-- growing vegetables. Modern life is getting more and more crowded. We
:24:02. > :24:04.have less personal space, and it can feel as though there is no
:24:05. > :24:09.opportunity to grow vegetables, even if you would love to. Well, that
:24:10. > :24:12.isn't the case. You really can, and I love this display of how much you
:24:13. > :24:22.can grow and how cleverly you can do it. We have Oakleaf letters. Cut
:24:23. > :24:30.them with a knife and enjoy them. -- lettuce. You can be adventurous. For
:24:31. > :24:33.example, we have wasabi going here. I didn't know you could grow wasabi
:24:34. > :24:39.so easily, so I have learned something. Despite all the talk of
:24:40. > :24:48.the virtues of veg and how much good it does you, don't forget that it
:24:49. > :24:53.can look stunning, to. This looks fantastic. Thank you. Do you think
:24:54. > :24:57.more people will be showing vegetables, or is it too difficult?
:24:58. > :25:03.At Chelsea, it is always difficult. 40 years ago, there were all the
:25:04. > :25:07.seed houses with vegetable displays. But yes, to encourage more people,
:25:08. > :25:13.we would love to see more veg stands. Now, ladies, if you just had
:25:14. > :25:18.to choose one of veg for its eating, as opposed to is growing, which
:25:19. > :25:24.would it be? I have got to say that you can't have any dish without an
:25:25. > :25:30.onion. I like salads. My ideal tea is a nice salad of something strong
:25:31. > :25:34.flavoured with watercress. I am glad you are still getting pleasure from
:25:35. > :25:39.eating as well as growing them so superbly and giving us so much
:25:40. > :25:44.pleasure. We think about vegetables before what we have with it. When I
:25:45. > :25:48.was a child, we add potatoes every single day. Here at Chelsea, there
:25:49. > :25:54.is a stand showing that they come in a huge rioting of shape, colour and
:25:55. > :25:58.science. This is a spud which is Highland burgundy red. Cut that
:25:59. > :26:02.open, and you get that intense colour in the middle. So not only
:26:03. > :26:10.are potatoes good for you, but they look fantastic as well. Chelsea is a
:26:11. > :26:15.floured, but it is also a vegetable show -- it is a flower show, and it
:26:16. > :26:19.is a vegetable show, displaying vegetables so they look as good as
:26:20. > :26:21.they could and also inspiring all of us, wherever we are, to grow them
:26:22. > :26:32.and enjoy them at home. One man making a name for himself in
:26:33. > :26:36.the world of vegetables is Mike Smith of Tom Smith plants. Mike
:26:37. > :26:40.started showing ten years ago and has now reached the dizzy heights of
:26:41. > :26:47.Chelsea Flower Show. We went to see him in his nursery in north Wales.
:26:48. > :26:55.I find it unbelievable that it has only taken seven years to go from
:26:56. > :26:57.entering a small village show it to entering the largest show in the
:26:58. > :27:12.world, Chelsea. Veg, to me, is a thing we started
:27:13. > :27:20.growing when I was a child. Without growing it, we wouldn't be eating.
:27:21. > :27:24.When you start growing vegetables competitively, the passion really
:27:25. > :27:33.gets to you, and we started growing them in the house as well. Here we
:27:34. > :27:43.are. How about that? What do you think? That is what you call a leek,
:27:44. > :27:50.isn't it? Without the two of us working together, Alison and myself,
:27:51. > :27:58.it wouldn't happen. Can you open the door to make sure there is
:27:59. > :28:04.ventilation? Will do. It takes total commitment, a total love of what we
:28:05. > :28:12.are doing, to produce the results. I am the go for, really. I jump every
:28:13. > :28:19.time he says quick march, do this, do that. Grid Europe and the other
:28:20. > :28:27.one as well? It's open. Oh, excellent. We get on well. You can't
:28:28. > :28:31.have two bosses. I know that sounds terribly chauvinist, but you can't
:28:32. > :28:37.have two bosses. I suppose that makes me the boss, not(!). If you
:28:38. > :28:44.have two leaders, you will end up falling out. True. We are not
:28:45. > :29:00.professional, we are amateurs. We are new to this, really. BLEEP!
:29:01. > :29:07.BLEEP. My dad was the local butcher. He was a keen gardener. He came home
:29:08. > :29:12.from work and would go straight into the garden. Unfortunately, I lost my
:29:13. > :29:19.dad when I was 14. He passed away on my 14th birthday of a heart attack,
:29:20. > :29:23.and left a big hole in my life. At that point, I had to look after the
:29:24. > :29:35.garden myself, so I had to get my sleeves rolled up and work to get
:29:36. > :29:43.the garden sorted. Come into our world. We named the business after
:29:44. > :29:49.my dad vomiting tribute to him, as our thank you -- green and it after
:29:50. > :29:56.my dad, in tribute to him. Chelsea is a challenge. Broad beans are not
:29:57. > :30:06.bad. Broad beans are quite an easy vegetable to grow. Peas are more
:30:07. > :30:12.tricky, but we will get there. Fruit is as important as veg. Veg is one
:30:13. > :30:17.thing, but fruit is something else. We grow oranges, lemons, mandarins,
:30:18. > :30:22.lines tangerines. We also have an apricot tree in the back. And those
:30:23. > :30:27.are our apricots growing on the tree. We were asked whether we would
:30:28. > :30:32.like to put an application in for Chelsea, so we did last year. And
:30:33. > :30:37.October came and this large envelope came through the post with RHS on
:30:38. > :30:42.it. Opened the envelope and read it and went oh, my God, we are going to
:30:43. > :30:46.Chelsea! I said, what have you let me in for!
:30:47. > :30:58.It is a dream of Mike's? It is more than a dream. It is something I
:30:59. > :31:05.never thought I would achieve. And just the two of us. And just the two
:31:06. > :31:09.of us. Mike, first-timer at Chelsea, it must be hugely exciting to be
:31:10. > :31:13.here? I still can't believe I'm here. You are here! I know. It is
:31:14. > :31:19.incredible. Your exhibit is looking stunning. What medal did you get?
:31:20. > :31:25.Silver Gilt. You happy with that? Chuffed to bits. You have an
:31:26. > :31:28.interesting relationship with Alison, your wife. There is a
:31:29. > :31:36.division of labour, can I call it that? We work well together. A
:31:37. > :31:37.garden doesn't stop at 5.00. We work together.
:31:38. > :31:47.She knows what I'm thinking. I know what she's thinking. You are saying,
:31:48. > :31:54.go and do that! You are making her run around a bit? She wants to keep
:31:55. > :31:58.fit! Fantastic. You have bought an exhibit here, it is about growing
:31:59. > :32:01.veg in containers. I'm passionate about it. You have shown so many
:32:02. > :32:09.different ways to do it. Run us through a few of them. A galvanised
:32:10. > :32:13.tub. And this is just a tower of peas, nothing could be easier. A lot
:32:14. > :32:18.of people haven't got much space and they might not own their home, too,
:32:19. > :32:24.so they can move pots around with them. Of course they can. You have
:32:25. > :32:28.the greenhouse in there. Do you have to have one of those? That is the
:32:29. > :32:35.last thing you need. You need space. There's vertical space as well. You
:32:36. > :32:41.are trying to... You want to bring youngsters through as well, getting
:32:42. > :32:45.youngsters into it? Very much. It is fun as well. I love showing. I love
:32:46. > :32:52.it. Which is a different standard of plant. Still, people need to have a
:32:53. > :33:00.go. It is just good fun. And what can be better than growing your own
:33:01. > :33:09.stuff? Yes. What else have you got? The leek. What has the response been
:33:10. > :33:18.from the visitors? Unbelieve nl. -- unbelievable. Can they relate to
:33:19. > :33:23.your exhibit? Oh yes. A lot of passionate veg growers get into the
:33:24. > :33:29.nitty-gritty of growing veg. Anybody can do it. It isn't hard. You need
:33:30. > :33:33.time and love. You need Alison to run around as well! She is a bonus!
:33:34. > :33:41.She is here with you? Of course she is. She is hiding! You will come
:33:42. > :33:47.back to Chelsea? Of course I am. Do you need to go for the Gold? It is
:33:48. > :33:52.important. I will have another go. Right now, it's a dream. You feel
:33:53. > :33:55.like you are living the Chelsea dream? Yes. Lovely to see you. No
:33:56. > :33:59.doubt I will see you next year. That would be great.
:34:00. > :34:01.Coming up, we'll be talking to the winner
:34:02. > :34:04.And we'll be exploring the beauty of the gardens here at night.
:34:05. > :34:07.Earlier, we met design expert Michelle Ogundehin,
:34:08. > :34:10.a woman with her finger on the pulse of creative Britain.
:34:11. > :34:13.We sent her into the Chelsea grounds to get her assessment
:34:14. > :34:32.The idea of a perfect garden for me is absolute balancing, the modernity
:34:33. > :34:39.and speed of life. It is somewhere to retreat and relax and engender a
:34:40. > :34:45.sense of wellbeing. So I love gardens that have a healing
:34:46. > :34:52.component to them. This is a glorious super bespoke
:34:53. > :34:58.greenhouse-cum-conservatory, that blurs the boundaries between inside
:34:59. > :35:09.and out, using these huge panels of glass.
:35:10. > :35:20.Then the whole thing is floating on a fish pool. What really works for
:35:21. > :35:24.me here, though, is that you have got this contemporary glass house
:35:25. > :35:30.that could be quite hard and cold, but it's not because it's balanced
:35:31. > :35:39.beautifully by the frothy woodland planting, so the whole thing becomes
:35:40. > :35:44.very calm and meditative which is quite a feat to have pulled off.
:35:45. > :35:49.This is probably my favourite expression of the indoor-out door
:35:50. > :35:56.thing. Here we are using the natural components of a garden to create and
:35:57. > :36:01.colour and craft that outdoor space so you have carved a space for
:36:02. > :36:06.yourself to sit and enjoy this beautiful garden where the plants
:36:07. > :36:09.are woven in amongst the stones. It is just the sort of place that
:36:10. > :36:17.transports me. That is what I like about it.
:36:18. > :36:22.I love this garden because it really is the ultimate expression of the
:36:23. > :36:27.indoor-outdoor concept, the idea of the planted borders sort of right
:36:28. > :36:30.between the lounge space here and then the dining-entertaining space
:36:31. > :36:37.so there is no barrier, boundary between one and the other. You are
:36:38. > :36:41.using all those interiors tricks that you would see inside but the
:36:42. > :36:46.flow of continuous flooring, things like mirroring to reflect the garden
:36:47. > :36:52.back to you. And there's some wonderful contemporary touches like
:36:53. > :36:56.this very strong, graphic, cantilevered pergola and it is
:36:57. > :37:04.softened with this wonderful foliage. It is my dream scenario.
:37:05. > :37:09.When life today is so busy and you are always racing from one place to
:37:10. > :37:11.the other, the idea of coming home to a retreat like this would be
:37:12. > :37:21.glorious. Here at Nigel Cooper's
:37:22. > :37:24.carnivorous plant stand, there is a whole host of weird
:37:25. > :37:36.and wonderful specimens that look This grows in acid bogs in North
:37:37. > :37:42.America. They also grow in my greenhouse. You can grow them on a
:37:43. > :37:51.windowsill or in a porch. As long as they have got lots of water. They
:37:52. > :37:52.need little treatment and they consume flies as their main source
:37:53. > :37:56.of nutrition. Ann-Marie Powell has been hunting
:37:57. > :38:16.down even more here at Chelsea. House plants are making a comeback.
:38:17. > :38:24.Whilst lots of the old classics are returning, there are tonnes of new
:38:25. > :38:35.stuff that you can choose from. Some house plants can really add drama to
:38:36. > :38:41.an interior landscape. Here, this is beautiful. It needs to be kept humid
:38:42. > :38:47.and in the shade. It will reward you year after year with these gigantic
:38:48. > :38:52.elephant-ear-sized leaves. He has some small beauties down here. When
:38:53. > :38:56.you are thinking about plant associations with your interior,
:38:57. > :38:59.think about it as you would outside. Think about colour, texture and
:39:00. > :39:08.growing conditions and put the plants together.
:39:09. > :39:14.I really love the flowers here. That red colour will last for months.
:39:15. > :39:19.You could partner that plant with this one, which is perfect for
:39:20. > :39:23.bathrooms. I know you want to keep your house plants looking good. To
:39:24. > :39:26.clean these leaves, remember a dry cloth.
:39:27. > :39:28.Put these plants in the same place and you will have a wonderful, low
:39:29. > :39:43.maintenance scheme. I know people worry about how much
:39:44. > :39:48.time they have got to look after their house plants so I am pleased
:39:49. > :39:55.with this little self-watering plant pot. Here, we have a ceramic disc,
:39:56. > :40:00.and the roots will regulate its water uptake. That will last for a
:40:01. > :40:04.month. If you are busy, or you have to go away, this self-watering
:40:05. > :40:16.system will make sure you don't have to water your plants for weeks.
:40:17. > :40:20.I have always liked these upside-down planters which make
:40:21. > :40:30.plants grow in a whole new way. They are structural, elegant and fun!
:40:31. > :40:37.I think that cactus are some of the hippiest plants you can get. There
:40:38. > :40:44.is so much variation? They are very cool, as it were. People use them a
:40:45. > :40:47.lot more now and they mainly as well for the structural design. They
:40:48. > :40:54.become part of the layout of your room. The bigger the plant, the more
:40:55. > :41:00.impact it has. Cacti are ideal house plants and they will outlive the
:41:01. > :41:04.owners if they are looked after properly. If you treat these plants
:41:05. > :41:06.well, they will become your companion in your home for the rest
:41:07. > :41:18.of your life. I need a new friend! Some great ideas for house plants
:41:19. > :41:21.there. If you have a steamy bathroom with no direct sunlight, what would
:41:22. > :41:29.you plant in it? There is a clue in the product in front of you. You got
:41:30. > :41:32.it in one. They are perfect for your steamy bathroom.
:41:33. > :41:33.Well, another very popular plant to grow
:41:34. > :41:38.indoors is the colourful Streptocarpus, or the Cape Primrose.
:41:39. > :41:40.We visited Dibley's Nurseries to find out more about this rather
:41:41. > :41:51.I love them because they are such easy plants to grow. They flower for
:41:52. > :41:55.such a long time. There is any colour you could want for. I like to
:41:56. > :41:59.think my family have been instrumental in bringing them to the
:42:00. > :42:08.fore. And turning it into the supermodel of the house plant world.
:42:09. > :42:15.There is all sorts of colours, patterns, speckles, and there are
:42:16. > :42:21.mixtures of yellows, blues, pinks, purples. They are beautiful plants.
:42:22. > :42:25.It all started over 40 years ago when my father was given some
:42:26. > :42:33.plants. I don't have as much input now as I used to. It was once upon a
:42:34. > :42:41.time all me, but now I leave it to the youngsters. My father's always
:42:42. > :42:46.around. If he is not in the greenhouse, he is probably out with
:42:47. > :42:51.the railway, but he always is around here. Coming down and criticising
:42:52. > :42:56.what is going on occasionally as well. That is my job! I was looking
:42:57. > :43:02.at the Chelsea plants. They want some work doing on them. This is our
:43:03. > :43:06.main glasshouse, where we produce all the plants. We will have 50,000
:43:07. > :43:10.to 60,000 plants here at any one time. We are the biggest growers in
:43:11. > :43:14.this country and we supply the big garden centres throughout the UK. We
:43:15. > :43:19.do mail order into Europe. We sell the plug plants, the starter plants,
:43:20. > :43:23.and we supply throughout the EU. Scandinavia is a big market for us
:43:24. > :43:35.because they have a short summer season, so house plants are very
:43:36. > :43:40.popular over there. They do come from South Africa originally. And
:43:41. > :43:45.the wild varieties are quite different from the hybrid varieties
:43:46. > :43:53.we sell here. I have been to South Africa five times and seen them
:43:54. > :43:57.growing in the wild. They are not outside, but they are growing
:43:58. > :44:13.underneath trees, on trees, under rocks. The Cape Primrose is the
:44:14. > :44:22.common name. I suppose started growing over 40 years ago. It
:44:23. > :44:27.evolved as a hobby and I started growing a few and showing a few,
:44:28. > :44:31.then we started selling a few. When you show them, people think they
:44:32. > :44:38.were very hard to grow because they look so exotic. But they weren't,
:44:39. > :44:43.they were easy to grow. You have your potting compost? Yes. We
:44:44. > :44:48.propagate from leaf cuttings to increase our stock so from one plant
:44:49. > :44:52.and one leaf, you can get several hundred young plants which are
:44:53. > :44:57.identical to the parent plant. From all of these secondary veins, which
:44:58. > :45:03.I have exposed, you will get a young plant growing from each one of
:45:04. > :45:07.these. We will take these leaves and then sow them into the seed tray.
:45:08. > :45:12.Put the leaf a third deep into that and then backfill it. From the
:45:13. > :45:18.cuttings I'm taking now, this is a seed tray that was done probably 12
:45:19. > :45:21.weeks ago and then what you do is take sections with the compost and
:45:22. > :45:23.the roots all in tact and that can be planted in a small pot and it
:45:24. > :45:36.will create a new plant. So that is how you create a perfect
:45:37. > :45:38.clone to the parent. But if you want to create something new and
:45:39. > :45:47.different, you need to take the pollen from one flower. And then put
:45:48. > :45:53.that on to the stigma of the other plant. Gently dusted onto the
:45:54. > :45:58.stigma, and that will grow into a seed pod which in about three
:45:59. > :46:01.months' time, you can sow the seed, and each seedling will be slightly
:46:02. > :46:07.different, hopefully, to the parent plant. We have bred over 70
:46:08. > :46:20.different hybrids over the years. And we keep producing more as well.
:46:21. > :46:24.Lyn, what did the judges say? They were really pleased with what we did
:46:25. > :46:30.and they have given us that gold medal. Congratulations, but you are
:46:31. > :46:35.getting used to those. How many now? That is 27 now. I am laughing in
:46:36. > :46:41.admiration, fantastic. You have explained clearly how easy they are
:46:42. > :46:44.to propagate, but I know some people get anxious about general
:46:45. > :46:49.maintenance. Should they have a rest period to allow them to flower, how
:46:50. > :46:53.much water, how much sun and shade? What is the key to growing them
:46:54. > :46:59.happily? Well, they don't need a rest. If they want to flower, let
:47:00. > :47:02.them flower. Feed them a high potassium feed, something like a
:47:03. > :47:06.tomato feed, once a fortnight at a half strength. From March through to
:47:07. > :47:11.October, you will get a nine-month flowering season. And what about
:47:12. > :47:16.watering? Keep them on the dry side. Wait until the compost gets slightly
:47:17. > :47:21.dry and then give them water. Don't leave them sitting in water. You
:47:22. > :47:25.often see people thinking all house plans have to be in a saucer. You
:47:26. > :47:35.can put them in a saucer, but poor any surplus waterway. Finally, in
:47:36. > :47:39.that film, you showed them in deep shade. How much sun will they
:47:40. > :47:44.tolerate? They will take a certain amount, early morning and evening
:47:45. > :47:48.sunlight. But they will not like midday sunshine, so ideally, grow
:47:49. > :47:54.them on an east or west facing windowsill. How hardy are they? They
:47:55. > :47:59.are not frost hardy, but keep them dry and they will go down to quite a
:48:00. > :48:05.cold temperature. So cold greenhouse or reporter be fine. The
:48:06. > :48:09.streptocarpus are looking amazing. Last night, I was as rude as I could
:48:10. > :48:17.be. I summoned all the rudeness in my being about big O'Neills. You
:48:18. > :48:22.did! -- about begonias. I have to say, these are looking fantastic.
:48:23. > :48:27.Well, these are grown for their foliage, not the flowers. You get
:48:28. > :48:33.pinks, purples and Greens all within the foliage. Maybe my taste is
:48:34. > :48:34.maturing. Thank you for bringing us such a fantastic stand. Thank you
:48:35. > :48:37.very much. Huge amounts of energy and materials
:48:38. > :48:40.go into building these gardens and in the past, the whole process
:48:41. > :48:43.of putting on this show has been But for many of the gardens,
:48:44. > :49:03.life doesn't end when the gates The Morgan Stanley garden is going
:49:04. > :49:08.long stock and barrel onto the roof of Great Ormond Street. It was
:49:09. > :49:17.always designed that way. I caught up with Chris earlier. Chris,
:49:18. > :49:21.stunning garden. It has Chelsea garden quality written all over it.
:49:22. > :49:26.It is rich and herbaceous, but more importantly, it is rich and shade
:49:27. > :49:30.loving and herbaceous. This is unusual in show garden terms because
:49:31. > :49:35.it was specifically designed to be on the roof of Great Ormond Street
:49:36. > :49:39.Hospital. Not a lot of sunshine gets there, surrounded by other things,
:49:40. > :49:45.so we had to use a shade loving palates. As well as the plants,
:49:46. > :49:49.because it has a life after, does that change the way you approach the
:49:50. > :49:54.design? It certainly changes the approach, because everything was
:49:55. > :49:57.dictated by the end location. So the amount of shade we have got, the
:49:58. > :50:03.fact that it is in a wind tunnel to provide protection, you need a sense
:50:04. > :50:08.of it sitting back in the garden. You need more resilient plants.
:50:09. > :50:13.There was a great risk, because there was no real compromise of the
:50:14. > :50:15.design to bring it to Chelsea. It was entirely designed for Great
:50:16. > :50:19.Ormond Street, and then we hoped that piece of work would make its
:50:20. > :50:24.way and perform at Chelsea, which we are thrilled with. It is for Great
:50:25. > :50:28.Ormond Street, but it is not for the children, it is for the parents of
:50:29. > :50:32.the children at Great Ormond Street. It is not meant to be accessible and
:50:33. > :50:37.wheelchair friendly, this is a space mainly to relax in and get away from
:50:38. > :50:42.it all. It is primarily aimed at the parents. When you think the children
:50:43. > :50:45.at Great Ormond Street face a very uncertain future, one of the key
:50:46. > :50:50.ways in which they are able to prosper within that hospital is of
:50:51. > :50:54.course the support of their parents. And the pressure that is put on the
:50:55. > :50:59.parents is extraordinary, so we wanted to create a green church, if
:51:00. > :51:03.you like, into which the children could dispatch their parents and
:51:04. > :51:08.say, this is a place to go and recharge, to embolden the spirit and
:51:09. > :51:13.emotions, and then come back onto the ward with a smile and a renewed
:51:14. > :51:19.enthusiasm and determination to cope with the situation. It is the way
:51:20. > :51:22.things are going. We are now understanding the benefits of
:51:23. > :51:28.gardening and health and therapy and recovery. A lot of hospitals and
:51:29. > :51:32.hospices don't have outside space to relax in. It is extraordinary. All
:51:33. > :51:36.the data from around the world them and stressed the health giving
:51:37. > :51:40.properties of green space on whether you can access it or whether you can
:51:41. > :51:45.even see it. One piece of research said there was a 60% reduction in
:51:46. > :51:50.self-induced painkillers if people could see out into a green space.
:51:51. > :51:56.And we as designers need those numbers to be able to say, this is
:51:57. > :52:02.valuable. It is key. Design a green space first, then designed the
:52:03. > :52:06.hospital around it. Absolutely. You're planting has got better and
:52:07. > :52:11.better throughout the week. You have got another gold medal, Chris. It is
:52:12. > :52:19.so nice that this is going to live on at Great Ormond Street.
:52:20. > :52:30.One last result was announced today, and this is the winner of the BBC
:52:31. > :52:35.RHS People's Choice Award. The result was God 's own county, a
:52:36. > :52:41.garden for Yorkshire. I'm here with the designer, Matthew. People
:52:42. > :52:47.obviously love this garden and voted for it in their thousands. What do
:52:48. > :52:52.you think they particularly liked? Well, from talking to people, I
:52:53. > :52:55.think they got the concept of the garden. They love the stained glass
:52:56. > :52:59.and the relationship between the stained glass and the planting. That
:53:00. > :53:05.is not something people will have seen at Chelsea before. I think
:53:06. > :53:10.people like the craftsmanship, starting with the stained glass and
:53:11. > :53:15.also the stonework. And I think they love the planting. I have heard
:53:16. > :53:18.lovely comments about it. The planting has come alive over the
:53:19. > :53:23.last week, not that it wasn't before, but it has noticeably
:53:24. > :53:28.settled in and grown and flowered. This is an aspect of Chelsea that
:53:29. > :53:33.one doesn't really consider. No, but of course you are at the prime
:53:34. > :53:39.growing time across the UK, the third week of May. Plants are
:53:40. > :53:42.growing like the clappers, and here they are getting lots of attention
:53:43. > :53:45.and being watered. It has been a lovely week for whether. I sat here
:53:46. > :53:48.earlier, watching honeybees weaving in and out of the flowers and
:53:49. > :53:54.thinking, wow, four weeks ago this was just a dull, grassy bank. Now I
:53:55. > :53:59.am feeding London's honeybees. New won a silver medal from the judges.
:54:00. > :54:02.I know it was a bit of a disappointment, although you are
:54:03. > :54:08.gracious about it. Does this make up for it? Absolutely. This is such a
:54:09. > :54:13.wonderful thing, because it reinforces all the wonderful
:54:14. > :54:16.comments I had during the week. And it speaks from real gardeners,
:54:17. > :54:22.people watching the programme night after night, day after day, enjoying
:54:23. > :54:25.the gardens and seeing something in this that they find inspirational,
:54:26. > :54:38.aspirational, that they can take home. That is why people voted for
:54:39. > :54:40.it. Well done. Those of you who voted for Matthew have made him one
:54:41. > :54:41.happy man tonight. We've seen how fantastic these
:54:42. > :54:43.gardens look in daytime, but when the sun goes
:54:44. > :54:45.down, the magic doesn't to see the gardens in
:54:46. > :54:49.a completely different light. Toby Buckland has been to find out
:54:50. > :55:06.how the gardens at the show When the sun sets over Chelsea,
:55:07. > :55:10.there is not a cue for all the show gardens to go to bed. Some are
:55:11. > :55:15.designed to impress 24 hours a day. Sure, the life of a show garden
:55:16. > :55:21.might be short, but when darkness falls, they light up the night like
:55:22. > :55:26.fireflies. I like the way this garden is lit, because it is warm,
:55:27. > :55:37.useful and inviting. And best of all, it has a cockpit. The, garden
:55:38. > :55:41.light is a spot lamp. The tradition is to direct it to whatever you want
:55:42. > :55:47.to eliminate, but the beam is as bright as a car head lamp. It can be
:55:48. > :55:52.blinding. This light uses regular spot lamps, but they are directed
:55:53. > :55:56.onto a white wall and the light is bounced to create a lovely, soft
:55:57. > :56:02.glow. There are no shadows, but the light is bright enough to read a
:56:03. > :56:07.book by. Lighting is so transformative, especially when used
:56:08. > :56:12.to pick out individual plants. These, when lit from below, are
:56:13. > :56:16.turned from leather really at plants by date into geographers' maps with
:56:17. > :56:21.yellow rivers cutting through verdant green mountainsides,
:56:22. > :56:26.wonderful. This garden also has LED lights embedded in box hedges. They
:56:27. > :56:38.are like the portholes of planes, exciting, raising a sense of
:56:39. > :56:42.anticipation. Used well with water, garden lighting can be otherworldly
:56:43. > :56:52.and can add another dimension. But designers also use it to focus on
:56:53. > :57:00.their guard and's message. -- on the garden's message. Light can make the
:57:01. > :57:04.mundane seem special. But even here at Chelsea, where perfection is
:57:05. > :57:15.everywhere, it adds another layer, a lair of romance.
:57:16. > :57:21.Although good lighting does look fantastic, turn it off when you go
:57:22. > :57:30.to bed, because it is not so good for what life. -- for wildlife. Joe,
:57:31. > :57:36.this year has been special. What have you noticed? In the last couple
:57:37. > :57:40.of days, some of the gardens, their plants are still growing. Those
:57:41. > :57:45.gardeners who have taken the plants out of the pots are relaxed. It is
:57:46. > :57:49.going to be ashamed to take them away. If I had to put you on the
:57:50. > :57:58.spot, is there any one thing you want to take with you? There is one
:57:59. > :58:02.that holds water and is a bird bath. I have thought about this and what I
:58:03. > :58:07.would take is the Granite Square, the sarcophagus. I would put that in
:58:08. > :58:11.at Longmeadow, and it is only 44 tonnes. You could take it back on
:58:12. > :58:14.the bus! Joe and I are both on the rocks, which is a hint that that is
:58:15. > :58:15.it. We've had a glorious
:58:16. > :58:18.week here at Chelsea, and all good things must come
:58:19. > :58:21.to an end. Tomorrow, the bell will ring
:58:22. > :58:23.at 4 o'clock to mark the famous Chelsea plant sell-off
:58:24. > :58:25.and all the gardens and exhibits bringing about the end of another
:58:26. > :58:30.year here at the most famous Joe and I will be back tomorrow
:58:31. > :58:34.night on BBC Two at 7.30pm to share more of our favourite moments
:58:35. > :58:37.from across the week. Until then, from the 103rd RHS
:58:38. > :59:15.Chelsea Flower Show, it's goodbye! The biggest and bloodiest
:59:16. > :59:18.naval battle...