:00:33. > :00:39.Hello and welcome. It's been a wonderful week at the RHS Chelsea
:00:40. > :00:42.Flower Show. There have been lots of incredible designs, plants and
:00:43. > :00:47.flowers brought to you by the people who make up the elite of the
:00:48. > :00:50.horticultural world. Chelsea, supported by M Investments, is
:00:51. > :00:55.over for another year. We want to look at the highlights of what has
:00:56. > :00:59.been a flower-filled week. It started last Monday as the gates
:01:00. > :01:04.opened to a deluge of celebrities, the Royal Family and, of course, Her
:01:05. > :01:07.Majesty the Queen. Amongst the razzmatazz, there were stunts
:01:08. > :01:19.popping up all over the show trying to grab the headlines.
:01:20. > :02:12.From gimmicks to a man famous for his quirky garden designs. This
:02:13. > :02:19.year, Diarmuid Gavin returned to Chelsea with what must be his most
:02:20. > :02:24.bonkers idea yet. Welcome. Thank you. Lovely to be here. Is it lovely
:02:25. > :02:28.to be back? I think so. On a day like this, you are exhausted, you
:02:29. > :02:33.are thinking of all the last little bits and pieces that have to be
:02:34. > :02:39.done. On the other hand, the sun is shining. You're here. You are very
:02:40. > :02:45.kind. Sit nice to be home. -- It is nice to be home. This is very
:02:46. > :02:50.traditional British planting but it is not all that meets the eye? It is
:02:51. > :02:57.not. It is an arts and crafts style garden. It has a folly. It is quite
:02:58. > :03:00.playful. Everything is miniaturised. My client, Harrods, were definite
:03:01. > :03:06.about what they wanted. They wanted to celebrate their heritage. How can
:03:07. > :03:14.I do that, and embrace some elements of British culture and bring a bit
:03:15. > :03:17.of me into it? You turned to... The illustrator, the cartoonist Heath
:03:18. > :03:22.Robinson. He was the illustrator who was famous for coming up with really
:03:23. > :03:25.complex designs for machines that did simple things? I took
:03:26. > :03:31.inspiration from his madcap way of thinking and imagined the type of
:03:32. > :03:35.garden that he may design. Explain. Once I had the idea for Heath
:03:36. > :03:41.Robinson, I knew what this garden could be. I knew how it could
:03:42. > :03:47.perform in a way and I knew how it could thrill me and hopefully
:03:48. > :03:53.entertain people who came to see it. Perform... There is a box - there
:03:54. > :04:02.are lots of them. My goodness! I have not seen this in action yet. We
:04:03. > :04:06.have box balls that bob up-and-down to the tune of An English Country
:04:07. > :04:11.Garden. That is quite complicated mechanics? There are small grounds
:04:12. > :04:18.underneath the ground(!) Over here, do you see the clippers? Oh... There
:04:19. > :04:26.are eight different synchronised movements that last 20 or 30 seconds
:04:27. > :04:29.at a time. Just to delight, to entertain, to inspire, to get kids
:04:30. > :04:34.interested. It is a bit bonkers. What are you going to say to the
:04:35. > :04:46.people who come here and say, "Great fun, but it's a bit gimmicky." Is it
:04:47. > :04:49.for the serious horticulturalist? It is to make people smile. I will go
:04:50. > :04:51.away from here smiling. Can we keep it going for a bit longer? This is
:04:52. > :04:59.fantastic! Well done! The wealth of talent and creativity
:05:00. > :05:03.on display on Main Avenue won the admiration of both visitors and
:05:04. > :05:11.judges alike. When it comes to the wow factor, these are some of the
:05:12. > :05:18.gardens that really made a mark. The garden designed by Cleve West was
:05:19. > :05:31.inspired by a child spent on Exmoor. You enter it via a cobbled path,
:05:32. > :05:37.flanked by dogrose and quaking grass. It gives a nod to nature, but
:05:38. > :05:44.the heart of the garden is quite contemporary. There is a pool fed by
:05:45. > :05:48.a babbling mountain stream. If you have ever been to Exmoor, you will
:05:49. > :05:57.know it is a rocky place and there are quite a few bolders here. There
:05:58. > :06:04.is also scree, outcrops and walling made of stacked stone. This then for
:06:05. > :06:16.Cleve is a trip down memory lane, packaged up for Chelsea in a
:06:17. > :06:19.palisade of weathered timber. The Telegraph Garden is inspired by the
:06:20. > :06:24.designer's travels. You notice the hard landscaping. There is a lot of
:06:25. > :06:30.limestone in the garden, sometimes very rough and fractured, boulders
:06:31. > :06:42.and smaller stones tumbling down into the walk. On this walkway,
:06:43. > :06:49.geometric, sharp edges. These fins have a bronze finish, and they are a
:06:50. > :06:58.backdrop to some of the planting. Coming forward, lower-growing
:06:59. > :07:03.Mediterranean-style plants. And the pink poppies there. It is a very
:07:04. > :07:06.powerful design that encourages you to reflect on the ever-changing
:07:07. > :07:29.aspects of our landscape. Support for the Husqvarna Garden is
:07:30. > :07:34.created by Charlie Arbone. It's a design Charlie says he would like
:07:35. > :07:38.for himself, a counter-balance to a hectic professional lifestyle and
:07:39. > :07:46.this green oasis of lawn at the centre is so calming and grounded.
:07:47. > :07:50.At the same time, the design has levity, thanks to these hornbeam
:07:51. > :07:57.hedges. Of course, the cottage garden
:07:58. > :08:04.planting. There's an exotic in there that we can't grow in our borders,
:08:05. > :08:11.lupins, too. In summary, this is a global garden, created by a classy
:08:12. > :08:16.global gardener. The Chelsea Barracks Garden is quite unusual for
:08:17. > :08:21.a Chelsea design. It is centred by a huge lawn. If you are a gardener
:08:22. > :08:26.that likes to be busy pruning and weeding, you will know grass is a
:08:27. > :08:32.good surface to pile your horizons because it is easy to clear up. That
:08:33. > :08:36.makes this garden very practical. Its primary purpose is to provide a
:08:37. > :08:40.space for people to come together and spend time and there are three
:08:41. > :08:46.bespoke benches that tie and lock the whole garden together and a huge
:08:47. > :08:53.wall of water that turns into a Serpentine reel that runs through
:08:54. > :09:02.the garden. The planting is a rich cottage garden mix, with ferns,
:09:03. > :09:05.roses, and there are evergreens to provide interest in winter. No
:09:06. > :09:12.matter what time of year you spent in this garden, there would be
:09:13. > :09:16.something to look at. Much of the attention was lavished
:09:17. > :09:19.on the gardens, but let's not forget the real stars out there on Main
:09:20. > :09:23.Avenue, the plants and their flowers.
:09:24. > :09:27.Carol went to select her pick of the bunch.
:09:28. > :09:31.Plants are a hugely important element in every garden design.
:09:32. > :09:40.Every garden designer has their own way and their own ideas about using
:09:41. > :09:46.plants. In Hugo Bugg's garden there are spots of brilliant colour here
:09:47. > :09:48.and there, none more brilliant than this bright-red poppy. It's
:09:49. > :10:05.brilliant. On the Garden of Mindful Living you
:10:06. > :10:11.are lulled into this restful state by this close-textured,
:10:12. > :10:17.close-coloured planting. This has purple flowers but Paul's taken the
:10:18. > :10:24.flowers off here because he wants this colour combination to be
:10:25. > :10:34.unsullied by anything else. Here in the background, this beautiful Dutch
:10:35. > :10:39.Chocolate picks up those colours and the crowning glory is this iris,
:10:40. > :10:47.Kent Pride. It is very, very subtle and it sets
:10:48. > :10:52.the scene for the whole, beautiful planting.
:10:53. > :11:03.Sometimes it pays to be bold with colours. In Rosy Hardy's garden she
:11:04. > :11:08.has chosen three primary colours. Rather than mixing and mingling them
:11:09. > :11:12.together, she's made the most of them being completely separate. They
:11:13. > :11:18.are all planted in blocks, surrounded by this grey and green.
:11:19. > :11:20.They work very effectively. They draw your attention and they are
:11:21. > :11:43.easy to accept. In A Modern Apothecary Garden there
:11:44. > :11:50.is a mixture of plants. One plant that stands out ones own is
:11:51. > :11:53.Angellica. It makes the most superb one-off plant. It is such a
:11:54. > :11:59.straightforward plant to grow, you can grow it from seed and it won't
:12:00. > :12:03.flower until its third year. After it's flowered, it will set seed and
:12:04. > :12:05.then it will die, but by then, you will have all those seeds to start
:12:06. > :12:19.all over again. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show was the
:12:20. > :12:28.hottest ticket in town with a host of famous faces eager to see and be
:12:29. > :12:32.seen. I love the Englishness of Chelsea, I
:12:33. > :12:39.love the fact that you can come here and sort of revel in all the
:12:40. > :12:43.eccentricity of being English. The fact that you can sort of start
:12:44. > :12:49.talking about the flowers to a complete stranger, I love that. The
:12:50. > :12:54.pavilion is fantastic. I take lots of photographs, great inspiration
:12:55. > :12:59.for printed textiles for me, lovely colours. Just lots of energy. Dame
:13:00. > :13:07.Judi Dench, lovely to see you here. Are you a regular? I'm not at all.
:13:08. > :13:10.This is probably the second... The second or third time I have ever
:13:11. > :13:19.been. What has inspired you today? You have been walking around here
:13:20. > :13:22.for hours. It is just people's imagination and you see something,
:13:23. > :13:30.you think, oh that is wonderful, that is what I must do. Or you see
:13:31. > :13:35.something, you know, you get... Your mind gets bombarded. I just love a
:13:36. > :13:39.wild flower meadow, that is what I am trying to create at home. So I
:13:40. > :13:44.want some tips on that. Although it sounds easy, it is not an easy thing
:13:45. > :13:48.to do. There are some amazing vegetable displays that are in the
:13:49. > :13:52.main pavilion that blow my mind. I didn't realise I could get that
:13:53. > :14:01.excited about potatoes, but I can. It is great. I'm aspasmodic
:14:02. > :14:05.gardener. I get full of enthusiasm and then I forget and I go out there
:14:06. > :14:09.four months later and it is all dead! I had a rabbit in the garden,
:14:10. > :14:19.bless him, and he didn't help with the foliage situation. He's gone now
:14:20. > :14:24.to the great warren in the sky. I'm determined this year I'm going to
:14:25. > :14:28.have some colour that isn't just busy lizzies. We love our gardens.
:14:29. > :14:37.There is something heartfelt about turning up here.
:14:38. > :14:45.I came with my wife, and we changed our minds about seven times about
:14:46. > :14:50.what the ideal garden would be. The imagination is extraordinary. I love
:14:51. > :14:54.all its forms. It is a great place for innovation and for people to let
:14:55. > :14:59.their imaginations run away. It is my first time here. My screen
:15:00. > :15:04.husband is here every year, so this year I have got one up on him.
:15:05. > :15:13.Marlene, for once, get one over on him. I have no ability, but I enjoy
:15:14. > :15:19.more and more each year sitting in the garden and visiting other
:15:20. > :15:22.people's Gardens. I am turning into that person who will drive a long
:15:23. > :15:31.way to look at The National Trust garden. Her Majesty The Queen
:15:32. > :15:36.arriving here at the Chelsea Flower Show. This is her 51st visit. She
:15:37. > :15:42.has been coming here since before she was clean. First captured on
:15:43. > :15:45.film in 1947, and she is about to pass through the arch here on the
:15:46. > :15:48.Chelsea embankment, the first time in the history of the flower show
:15:49. > :15:56.that it has been bedecked with flowers. It has been done in honour
:15:57. > :16:02.of her 90th birthday. The Queen is about to be presented with the
:16:03. > :16:06.bouquet. It was made by this six-year-old, a keen gardener who
:16:07. > :16:13.grows roses and flowers in her grandmother's garden. The Queen is
:16:14. > :16:18.now talking to David Austen, the famous grower of roses. He is also
:16:19. > :16:25.90 years old. Like the Queen, he is still working. What did she say
:16:26. > :16:33.about your beautiful roses? She seemed to like them, I thought. Very
:16:34. > :16:41.much so. How did it go to have her here at your exhibit? It was a great
:16:42. > :16:47.honour. Jo Thompson, showing the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge around
:16:48. > :16:52.her garden, along with Prince Harry, who is of course, something of a
:16:53. > :16:56.veteran here at Chelsea. He was here last year with his own garden. This
:16:57. > :17:05.is the first time that the Duke and Duchess have visited the Chelsea
:17:06. > :17:10.flower show. There is also a flower that has been named after their
:17:11. > :17:15.daughter, Charlotte. Here they are in your garden, admiring your lawn.
:17:16. > :17:24.It is a moment that is priceless, a wonderful moment that I will
:17:25. > :17:28.remember forever. This, I'm sure, will be a very memorable part of the
:17:29. > :17:33.Queen's visit to the Chelsea Flower Show today. She is about to see this
:17:34. > :17:37.field of poppies, more than 300,000 that have been knitted by people all
:17:38. > :17:42.over the world to one of those who have died in conflict over the past
:17:43. > :17:48.century. Look at you both, you have tears in your eyes. It is a huge
:17:49. > :17:52.moment. She was a bit surprised at what it was and how it came about,
:17:53. > :17:56.and that 50,000 people were involved in putting it together. It is an
:17:57. > :18:04.amazing feeling, and she appreciated our work. With Her Majesty's visit
:18:05. > :18:07.the talk of the show, Carol Klein picked out the plants in the Great
:18:08. > :18:17.Pavilion that really worth it for a queen. -- really were fit for a
:18:18. > :18:21.queen. Everyone is dressed to the nines,
:18:22. > :18:27.trying to stand out from the crowd, and I'm not talking about people.
:18:28. > :18:29.I'm talking about the plants. I want to find those subjects who are truly
:18:30. > :18:47.worthy of regal attention. On parade today, the two ladies in
:18:48. > :18:58.waiting to a noble family. The family name simply trips off the
:18:59. > :19:01.tongue. The first is this one, on the Hoyland plant stand. They are
:19:02. > :19:08.renowned for these beautiful plants. These are flowers that were beloved
:19:09. > :19:12.by the Queen Mother. I suppose, although we have become familiar
:19:13. > :19:20.with them in our gardens, they still retain this exalted status, a very
:19:21. > :19:29.special plant. No wonder. Waiting in the wings are these debutants,
:19:30. > :19:35.wearing their best party frocks. Their iridescent petals sparkle and
:19:36. > :19:40.they hold their elegant head height. It is their first time here, and you
:19:41. > :19:45.not expecting to see them, because essentially they are autumn
:19:46. > :19:51.flowering bulbs but somehow, Hoyland plants have managed to conjure them
:19:52. > :19:58.into bloom for their very first royal performance.
:19:59. > :20:09.Talk about Regiment, pomp and circumstance - take a look at these
:20:10. > :20:18.vegetables. This really is Trooping the Colour. Is this a pyramid, a
:20:19. > :20:31.pillar or a pinnacle of purple pondered peas?
:20:32. > :20:37.-- podded. Long before you see the beautiful colours of these
:20:38. > :20:41.hyacinths, you can detect their fragrance wafting around the Great
:20:42. > :20:50.Pavilion. They truly are the princesses of perfume. For me, this
:20:51. > :20:55.is the ultimate Royal gala performance, the like of which we've
:20:56. > :21:01.never seen before. It's composed of the Crown jewels of the floral
:21:02. > :21:12.world. It makes me feel like a queen.
:21:13. > :21:18.With nearly 13 hours of BBC coverage, here is a round-up of our
:21:19. > :21:43.other highlights. Gardening is rock 'n' roll, and it's
:21:44. > :22:08.good for the soul. Yes! From exhibits on a small scale to
:22:09. > :22:11.eight garden designer with huge ambition, this year Matthew Wilson
:22:12. > :22:15.returned to Chelsea, and look what he brought with him - a part of York
:22:16. > :22:28.Minster. This year, I am doing a garden for
:22:29. > :22:34.the whole of the county, and the attraction for me is that it's a
:22:35. > :22:40.landscape that I absolutely adore. I never get bored with it, and I think
:22:41. > :22:46.you can't because it is so diverse, from big scale epic stuff right the
:22:47. > :22:49.way down to really intimate and cosseting landscapes. It has
:22:50. > :22:55.everything, really. You can't stick this landscape into a 22 metre by 12
:22:56. > :23:00.metre plot in Chelsea, but you can be inspired by the elements, the
:23:01. > :23:09.water, the Stones the plants, the trees, and try to get something
:23:10. > :23:13.ruggedness into a garden. -- something of that ruggedness. It is
:23:14. > :23:19.not just about the landscape gardens of Yorkshire that have inspired the
:23:20. > :23:22.Chelsea garden, it's this - the great East window at York Minster,
:23:23. > :23:30.the largest expanse of medieval glass in Britain. What I find
:23:31. > :23:34.incredible and inspiring about it is the way that the glass and the light
:23:35. > :23:39.interact, the way it changes through the course of the day. In the same
:23:40. > :23:51.way, actually, that like changes a garden through the course of a day.
:23:52. > :23:56.-- that light changes a garden. The light is the arch of the window laid
:23:57. > :24:01.on its side. I have exploded the elements and reconfigured them in a
:24:02. > :24:05.different way. The planting has been the biggest challenge, and I have
:24:06. > :24:09.tried to think, how can I get the landscape of the gardens of
:24:10. > :24:14.Yorkshire across in the planting? I have taken the size and shape of the
:24:15. > :24:20.windows, laid them on to the ground with a stone edge and then into
:24:21. > :24:24.those I have planted plants that represent the colours of the stained
:24:25. > :24:29.glass in planting. That's the plan, anyway. I have gone for plants that
:24:30. > :24:33.hopefully have quite a lot of character in them. So rather than
:24:34. > :24:35.things that are pristine, they are a bit more gnarly and craggy and a bit
:24:36. > :24:51.more Yorkshire. Capturing something on this scale is
:24:52. > :24:55.obviously a massive challenge for a Chelsea garden, where you are
:24:56. > :24:59.scaling everything down. At the same time, you have to give it that sense
:25:00. > :25:05.of something big and impressive that people will look at and go wow. We
:25:06. > :25:16.are making a more done evocation of the great East window in the form of
:25:17. > :25:19.a glass panel that the York Lasers' Trust are making. It will be
:25:20. > :25:33.something quite unlike what people have seen before at Chelsea. -- York
:25:34. > :25:37.Glazers' Trust. I have spent a lot of time -- people have spent a lot
:25:38. > :25:42.of time and energy and effort helping me to make this happen, so I
:25:43. > :25:54.am definitely nervous about it. It is a big thing, isn't it? It is a
:25:55. > :25:59.big thing. Well, Matthew's incredible hard work really paid off
:26:00. > :26:03.later in the week. The show gardens have certainly been one of the big
:26:04. > :26:08.highlights at Chelsea this week, and you have been voting in your
:26:09. > :26:13.thousands for the garden that you want to win this, the BBC RHS
:26:14. > :26:21.People's Choice award. We are about to reveal the winner. They are
:26:22. > :26:33.talking to Jenny about trees right now. Let's go and surprise them. It
:26:34. > :26:39.was a bit rude, but it has some foliage... Matthew Wilson, could I
:26:40. > :26:46.interrupt? You might. Because you have been chosen as the People's
:26:47. > :26:59.Choice. CHEERING
:27:00. > :27:06.Well done, man. Well done. Congratulations. I wasn't expecting
:27:07. > :27:12.that. I was just about to talk about the oak tree as well. That's
:27:13. > :27:15.fantastic, absolutely fantastic and I mean, it's been a real labour of
:27:16. > :27:20.love, this garden, and there have been a lot of people involved in
:27:21. > :27:29.creating it. And I had a great sponsor, Welcome To Yorkshire, we
:27:30. > :27:36.have had help from all around the County, and it's been brilliant. You
:27:37. > :27:41.had Silver Gilt last year, what does it mean to have gold? It means a
:27:42. > :27:46.huge amount, because it reinforces the fantastic feedback we've had.
:27:47. > :27:49.People have been responding to the garden, the concept, and finding
:27:50. > :27:56.beauty in the stained glass and in the planting. You know, one of the
:27:57. > :28:00.high points yesterday was when someone came up to me and said, I'm
:28:01. > :28:06.going to vote for your garden, and I'm from Lancashire! The people of
:28:07. > :28:16.Yorkshire and Lancashire have been behind you. Congratulations. Thank
:28:17. > :28:21.you very much. Sadly, that brings us to the end of what has once again
:28:22. > :28:25.been a truly magical week here at the Chelsea Flower Show. We have had
:28:26. > :28:30.an amazing time bringing you the very best the horticultural world
:28:31. > :28:34.has to offer. The incredible people and plants have once again proved
:28:35. > :28:40.why this event remains the most famous flower show of all. We will
:28:41. > :28:45.be back with coverage of the RHS Hampton Court flower show. From all
:28:46. > :28:49.of us, it's goodbye. See you next year when the Chelsea bandwagon
:28:50. > :28:56.rolls back into town. Goodbye. Goodbye.