:00:07. > :00:09.It's a magnificent day here in central London and the
:00:10. > :00:14.showground is bursting with visitors enjoying the floral festivities.
:00:15. > :00:16.The intoxicating scents of Chelsea are still filling every inch
:00:17. > :00:19.of the Royal Hospital Grounds on this the penultimate
:00:20. > :00:24.We're uncovering some of the surprising plants and people
:00:25. > :00:28.that make Chelsea the greatest Flower Show on earth.
:00:29. > :00:30.Let the celebration of beautiful blooms
:00:31. > :01:05.Hello and welcome back to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show,
:01:06. > :01:10.an event supported by M Investments.
:01:11. > :01:15.Hold on to your secateurs as today we have a packed programme.
:01:16. > :01:19.Coming up, comedy legend Griff Ryhs Jones joins us
:01:20. > :01:21.and reveals why these days he prefers the floral festival
:01:22. > :01:29.Toby Buckland is in the Great Pavilion to discover some familiar
:01:30. > :01:35.And Rachel de Thame finds the perfect plant recipe
:01:36. > :01:44.The joy of being here all week means I've had a really great look around,
:01:45. > :01:47.so this is where I get a chance to fantasise about picking just one
:01:48. > :02:03.The one I really want to take away, you know I have such a soft spot, I
:02:04. > :02:07.have different favourite gardens for different reasons. But I always say
:02:08. > :02:15.it, it is the forensic level of detail. Such talented people,
:02:16. > :02:21.picking over each enjoy it. If I could take somebody home to look
:02:22. > :02:25.after my garden, it would be Ishihara Kazuyuki. I have some
:02:26. > :02:31.favourites, but I will go with City Living. The designer has created a
:02:32. > :02:36.design I would want to live in. I used to live in a flat, I didn't
:02:37. > :02:40.have any outdoor space. What Kate has managed to do is create an
:02:41. > :02:44.environment that a lot of us live in, but have small pockets of
:02:45. > :02:49.outdoor space. It's beautiful. Hopefully it will be the future.
:02:50. > :02:51.Forget the house, I could just live in her garden! She's done a great
:02:52. > :02:52.job. It's not only scent
:02:53. > :02:59.filling the gardens. Inside the Great Pavilion,
:03:00. > :03:01.the air is thick with a cacophony of scents and some of
:03:02. > :03:04.the plants pumping that fragrance out might surprise
:03:05. > :03:10.you as Toby Buckland has discovered. The reason flowers have an aroma is,
:03:11. > :03:16.of course, to attract pollinators. But when they are bred to have
:03:17. > :03:18.bigger blooms, they are all athletics and no aroma. Sometimes it
:03:19. > :03:27.is still worth sniffing them. It has a gorgeous aroma. It is a
:03:28. > :03:32.cross between Lily of the Valley and lilac. Then there are flowers you
:03:33. > :03:38.should never put your nose anywhere near. The sign to look for is blood
:03:39. > :03:47.red stripes on the petals or Sam Winner modelling. That is a sign
:03:48. > :03:50.they are pollinated by carrion flies. They will smell like
:03:51. > :03:52.something that died last week. I don't want to put my nose anywhere
:03:53. > :04:09.near that one. Jean-Claude. Lovely to meet you. You
:04:10. > :04:21.are what they call a nose? Well, I prefer perfumer. You control it with
:04:22. > :04:26.the brain, the nose is only there to control. Week you work on fragrances
:04:27. > :04:31.for big brands? I like the variety of different kinds of smell. This
:04:32. > :04:38.one, with the yellow, you smell it, it smells like lemons, grapefruit.
:04:39. > :04:43.You are right, very citrus. It is light, as well. If you take this
:04:44. > :04:50.one, darker, it is like chocolate powder. Vanilla. It does. I was
:04:51. > :04:54.going to say it smells like cheap chocolate, but this is the good
:04:55. > :05:01.stuff. This is the 80% stuff. Another thing is the smell in the
:05:02. > :05:07.morning is very light, and at night they are very heavy. It is a product
:05:08. > :05:13.of the oil changing? Yes. You can have a bouquet in the room and it
:05:14. > :05:17.will diffuse through the house. It has been under my nose all this time
:05:18. > :05:32.and I didn't know. Now you know! It has been a pleasure. This is another
:05:33. > :05:39.flower you think don't have a fragrance, but they do. But it is
:05:40. > :05:42.the smaller blooms like Montana that pack the punch. The flowers are
:05:43. > :05:51.small, but produced in their hundreds. When you get your nose
:05:52. > :05:54.into them, they are as sweet as cherry pie. It just goes to show,
:05:55. > :06:04.you should never take for granted that the flowers in your garden
:06:05. > :06:05.don't have a scent. You may get a pleasant surprise.
:06:06. > :06:08.Throughout this week we've been featuring the designers of the large
:06:09. > :06:11.show gardens to get a more personal picture of the people behind them.
:06:12. > :06:22.Next up is Chelsea veteran Chris Beardshaw.
:06:23. > :06:30.I am the design of The Morgan Stanley Garden at Chelsea Flower
:06:31. > :06:33.Show. What a stage this is to be at, not only to impress thousands of
:06:34. > :06:38.gardeners that come through, but also to inspire the schools and
:06:39. > :06:44.communities that are the recipients of the particular scheme. I started
:06:45. > :06:48.out life as a mystery man, essentially growing plants to
:06:49. > :06:53.perfection. Later in life, my mid-20s, I realised that where my
:06:54. > :06:57.heart lay was the assembly of those plans, the choreography. That is
:06:58. > :07:02.where we can stimulate the emotions and create beautiful spaces that
:07:03. > :07:07.change people's lives. My typical garden design, well, did be brutally
:07:08. > :07:11.honest with yourself, especially if it is your own garden. How do I want
:07:12. > :07:13.to feel and what makes me feel like that? The two most important
:07:14. > :07:17.questions. Answer those honestly, and you are in line for a garden
:07:18. > :07:26.that truly connects with the soul. Growing up, from an early age, did
:07:27. > :07:30.you know that you were always going to be involved with gardening or
:07:31. > :07:34.not? I didn't know how to do anything else. My grandmother bought
:07:35. > :07:39.me a packet of seeds when I was four. I put them on the windowsill,
:07:40. > :07:43.damp piece of tissue paper, scattered them. What fascinated me
:07:44. > :07:47.was how they chased the light. If I turned them around, how they moved.
:07:48. > :07:51.The speed they were doing that. And the fact that every grew, all of
:07:52. > :07:55.them germinated. I looked at them germinating and thought, I am
:07:56. > :08:03.probably quite good at this. It was a great introduction from my
:08:04. > :08:07.grandmother. It was cress, which is so easy to germinate, but that was
:08:08. > :08:13.her skill. To ignite that passion. At Chelsea, we are surrounded by
:08:14. > :08:16.wonderful planting and design. Do you have a favourite, now that you
:08:17. > :08:20.can relax and it is coming near to the end of Chelsea? What are you
:08:21. > :08:25.most proud of? It's very difficult, it is like asking which is your
:08:26. > :08:30.favourite child. The Sylvester on the corner is stunning. A British
:08:31. > :08:35.native, standing by itself. Got it off the vehicle in four hours
:08:36. > :08:40.without breaking a branch. Around the corner, the Himalayan Lily. I
:08:41. > :08:43.don't think it has ever flowers at Chelsea Flower Show before. I've had
:08:44. > :08:47.them for five years, they are probably eight years old. It is from
:08:48. > :08:52.the Himalayas and it grows with a rosette of leaves for many years and
:08:53. > :08:57.suddenly, when it decides, it pushes this stem up ten or 12 feet in
:08:58. > :09:02.height. Regal brooms on the top. It has opened up in the last couple of
:09:03. > :09:06.days. That is a real surprise. I love the fact you said it decides
:09:07. > :09:11.when it is going to do it and it knows how important this week is.
:09:12. > :09:13.Not just for you, but to all of us. It is such a splendid garden. Thank
:09:14. > :09:14.you very much indeed. We see a lot of green fingered
:09:15. > :09:17.celebrities at Chelsea. Griff Rhys Jones is
:09:18. > :09:19.a regular visitor, but it wasn't until Joe Swift visited Griff's
:09:20. > :09:37.garden that it became clear just So, you are growing a lot of
:09:38. > :09:48.vegetables? Well, my wife, Jo, she is fanatical. This little plot
:09:49. > :09:52.controls our whole calendar. We had asparagus, broad beans, artichoke,
:09:53. > :09:57.extraordinarily beautiful and delicious pumpkins, called Crown
:09:58. > :10:01.Prince. Fantastic. But it does mean that you cannot necessarily go
:10:02. > :10:11.somewhere at certain times of the year. As you will find, as we travel
:10:12. > :10:14.around, the private domain, there is a box everywhere. This is the
:10:15. > :10:22.obsession with formality that runs around this whole place. We try to
:10:23. > :10:32.compartmentalise a bit. This is beautiful. Really contrasting to all
:10:33. > :10:36.of the hedges. It is. Lots of roses. It's beautiful.
:10:37. > :10:49.The per -- pergola gave us some height, old-fashioned shrub roses
:10:50. > :10:53.coming up. What is fascinating is what will grow here. I think if you
:10:54. > :11:04.move into an agricultural field, you are left with a lot of nitrogen in
:11:05. > :11:09.the field. Very lush. Yes. You are imposing yourself onto the plot?
:11:10. > :11:16.Nature is a form of disorder. Man is about rationality and lines. If you
:11:17. > :11:20.make a structured, rational, mathematical pattern and then allow
:11:21. > :11:23.the profusion to go through it, but a lot of people in a garden like
:11:24. > :11:27.this, in a rural setting, would be tempted to be haphazard. I really
:11:28. > :11:38.like the way that you have done this. Is it quite a male thing
:11:39. > :11:41.question might The house was built in 1700. These were not places
:11:42. > :11:46.people joined with nature, they are places which people built to
:11:47. > :11:56.separate themselves from nature. Originally. Where they showed the
:11:57. > :12:00.control that they can have. A beautiful view? I sat down and we
:12:01. > :12:03.worked it out so that we had these back and forth bets. Everything is
:12:04. > :12:11.supposed to be designed to be low maintenance. How is that, is that
:12:12. > :12:16.the reality? No, it is like selling your plate with food. It feels a
:12:17. > :12:19.great excitement as you put it onto the plate, then you think I've got
:12:20. > :12:24.to eat all of this. One of the fun things about having this is you can
:12:25. > :12:28.plant things and forget about them. Instead of standing over, a small
:12:29. > :12:33.garden, you stand there and say, come on. If you have got a big
:12:34. > :12:35.garden, you walking around the corner, two years later, do go, look
:12:36. > :12:46.at the size of that! Wow! This is my new project. We have new
:12:47. > :12:52.projects on the go all the time. Isn't that rose fantastic? This is
:12:53. > :12:59.exactly what I mean. I come in here and go, what's that!? What I'm going
:13:00. > :13:06.to do is cut a hole in my hedge, another Vista. I'm going to put a
:13:07. > :13:09.path to take us right the way through, down there. Probably two
:13:10. > :13:19.more borders in there. These are the beginnings of a little Provencal box
:13:20. > :13:24.border here. Have you always gardened? As a child, did you?
:13:25. > :13:30.Gardens are something, like Radio 3, that you need to grow into. We don't
:13:31. > :13:34.need to worry that young kids are not spending a huge amount of time
:13:35. > :13:38.gardening. They come to it later. It's fair enough to say, I don't
:13:39. > :13:41.want to go to Glastonbury any more. But I did. But I don't want to go
:13:42. > :13:53.there any more. I'd rather be in my garden.
:13:54. > :13:59.I love the fact that you said you would rather be gardening van Gogh
:14:00. > :14:04.to Glastonbury! You are at a horticultural customary now, test of
:14:05. > :14:09.both! I am a Chelsea virgin, it is the first time I have been to
:14:10. > :14:12.Chelsea. There is the feeling, even as I wander around, you walk around
:14:13. > :14:18.and see all these things, you think you should be in the garden now
:14:19. > :14:21.pulling weeds. So much inspiration firing at all angles, have you seen
:14:22. > :14:28.anything that has caught your eye? I know it is crazy, but I love the
:14:29. > :14:34.pavilion, I love that side, the Victorian flower displays,
:14:35. > :14:45.extraordinary. Chrysanthemums, you think... ! How have they done it?
:14:46. > :14:51.Daffodils! How are they doing this?! Also, I am impressed by the little
:14:52. > :14:55.gardens. I am impressed by formal gardens, I like the carefully
:14:56. > :15:02.organised planting. I am a control freak in the garden, I clip things,
:15:03. > :15:07.and only for it to get wilder as you get further away. I love the way,
:15:08. > :15:12.the effort, if you look at the borders around here, to make the
:15:13. > :15:20.random planting effect, it is more corrugated than making a formal
:15:21. > :15:24.plot. It is really cheeky. It is a constant battle, making it sends to
:15:25. > :15:29.how we like to understand the world, and having enough chaos to make it
:15:30. > :15:38.feel relaxed. Either messy or clinical. It is amazing. 50 years
:15:39. > :15:43.ago, everybody had been getting a builder in to get all that stuff off
:15:44. > :15:50.your roof. Now, it's a fashion. What I like is, I come along and I can
:15:51. > :15:53.see these extraordinary re-creations, recreating a Yorkshire
:15:54. > :15:58.seascape, or to see the extraordinary re-creation of a wild
:15:59. > :16:05.field. And the gnarly old trees that will have have the shock of their
:16:06. > :16:12.lives, these apple trees... Appearing here! But I am still as
:16:13. > :16:18.much in love with it come at the clip pawn beam hedges, I thought the
:16:19. > :16:22.garden deserved a gold medal. It is one of my favourites. On the theme
:16:23. > :16:28.of control, I hear you won a beautiful wild flower medal, but you
:16:29. > :16:36.don't want certain things in it. Of course! What is causing you
:16:37. > :16:42.distress? In a wild flower Meadow, you have two clear every scrap away.
:16:43. > :16:46.I was out there pulling. My wife is watching me with a look of horror,
:16:47. > :16:52.she does all the work in the garden! I go around and say "We must put a
:16:53. > :17:02.new path here." But the problem for me is, looking at an acre of wild
:17:03. > :17:06.flower meadow. You have the best place in the world to find an expert
:17:07. > :17:08.to solve your problems. Have a lovely day. Thank you, James. Lovely
:17:09. > :17:13.to see you again. We all know that a beautiful
:17:14. > :17:16.garden can make us happy But getting out and gardening has
:17:17. > :17:20.much deeper benefits to our mental Garden designer Mark Lane has been
:17:21. > :17:24.out in the show ground exploring the added advantages gardening
:17:25. > :17:46.can bring to us all. John, I know there are a few three
:17:47. > :17:50.varieties of edible plants in here. Different colours, shapes,
:17:51. > :17:57.performance of plants, wonderful tomatoes and mulberries, the
:17:58. > :18:01.nasturtium, they are all edible. It isn't a big garden and you don't
:18:02. > :18:06.need much space to grow it on. This garden is ten metres by ten metres.
:18:07. > :18:10.The vegetable area is five eggs five, you do not need a big plot to
:18:11. > :18:18.grow for your family all the year round. My passions is to get
:18:19. > :18:27.everybody involved in horticulture. -- five eggs five. Those were my
:18:28. > :18:33.earliest memories, following my grandfather around, growing stuff
:18:34. > :18:39.for me to eat later. Happy healthy horticultural sums it up, happiness,
:18:40. > :18:43.fun, breathing in the fresh air, fitness, and above all eating it,
:18:44. > :18:49.and having a balanced diet for what you grow yourselves.
:18:50. > :18:57.Over in the Breast Cancer Now Garden through the microscope garden, the
:18:58. > :19:03.design has focused on making the garden and up listing places for the
:19:04. > :19:10.mind. -- and uplifting place. It is important for people to rest their
:19:11. > :19:13.minds by focusing the mind on the minutiae which makes you more
:19:14. > :19:18.restful and more calm. You have done that with some of the smaller
:19:19. > :19:22.planting. Part of the garden is about magnification, having little
:19:23. > :19:29.plants and bigger plants. One of the ones we really like is the tiny
:19:30. > :19:34.Euphorbia. There are two. Their ardour. This is as well. They are
:19:35. > :19:42.lovely, exquisite versions of their bigger selves. Taking the time to
:19:43. > :19:46.observe the small details, and being in that moment, that mindfulness can
:19:47. > :19:49.be calming and soothing. It can. That is what it is about, enjoying
:19:50. > :19:58.yourselves and being outside. I agree. It's wonderful.
:19:59. > :20:04.Throughout the week Carol Klein has been searching the Great Pavilion
:20:05. > :20:08.to reveal the origin of some of our most loved border plants.
:20:09. > :20:17.Next, she is focusing on those plants that hail from Australasia.
:20:18. > :20:26.It was in the 1700s when explorers James Cook and Joseph Banks landed
:20:27. > :20:32.on the shores of New Zealand. When they arrived, they found the local
:20:33. > :20:36.people, the Maori, clad in garments, fashioned from a cloth they did not
:20:37. > :20:43.agonise. It was made from this plant. Plant occurs all over New
:20:44. > :20:50.Zealand, but articulately on windswept hillsides. It is the tough
:20:51. > :20:54.leaves that help it to withstand the conditions there. If you tear them
:20:55. > :21:01.apart, they are fibrous. It allows the plant to bend its leaves
:21:02. > :21:08.backwards and forwards, and put up with gales, hot sun, and even salt
:21:09. > :21:13.spray. It was these fibres that were woven together to produce the cloth
:21:14. > :21:18.of which their clothes were made. It didn't really appear as a common
:21:19. > :21:22.feature until the last few decades, but now you see it all over the
:21:23. > :21:28.place. It is often used in bedding schemes and a punctuation plant. It
:21:29. > :21:34.will grow practically anywhere, but it does need sunshine. It hates
:21:35. > :21:39.very, very wet soggy, stagnant soil. But apart from that, it is tough as
:21:40. > :21:44.old boot. I don't grow many plants from down
:21:45. > :21:52.under in my garden, but one that is looking spectacular at the moment is
:21:53. > :21:56.a huge, big clump of this. It is an evergreen perennial, native to New
:21:57. > :21:59.Zealand. The flowers have three petals, in common with many other
:22:00. > :22:07.members of the iris family, to which it belongs.
:22:08. > :22:14.Australia, it's hot. The picture is full of earthy colours, terracotta,
:22:15. > :22:18.ochre, fire and a smell, that wonderful, pungent aroma. The
:22:19. > :22:25.remaining ingredient of that snow is a plant that probably typifies
:22:26. > :22:30.Australia for us, the eucalyptus. Eucalyptus are found all over
:22:31. > :22:34.Australia, many different habitats, but it is only in the last few
:22:35. > :22:39.decades that they have become a familiar sight both in our gardens
:22:40. > :22:42.and in our flower shops. As well as grabbing them, it is really
:22:43. > :22:47.straightforward. They will grow anywhere, providing it is in the
:22:48. > :22:50.sun. And in reasonably drained soil. But choose the variety that will
:22:51. > :22:55.grow to the kind of height you want it. But beware, they are really
:22:56. > :23:00.rapid growers, so you have to keep an eye on them. Throughout the week,
:23:01. > :23:04.we have looked at each different continent, looking at flowers we
:23:05. > :23:10.think of as being British. That's not the case with plants from
:23:11. > :23:11.Australasia, but who knows, in future years, they may become just
:23:12. > :23:18.as familiar. From a tree that thrives
:23:19. > :23:21.in the baking heat to a group of antipodean plants which prefer
:23:22. > :23:28.living life in the shade. I did expect tropical plants to love
:23:29. > :23:33.shade, but that's not the case. People always think exotic, which
:23:34. > :23:36.means newbie light. Funnily enough, in tropical rainforests, the canopy
:23:37. > :23:48.blocks out so much alike. All of these are from damp, due mid
:23:49. > :23:49.conditions. You can grow this kind. Can you grow a beautiful structure
:23:50. > :23:52.like the one behind us? Cyathea medullaris,
:23:53. > :24:03.the black tree fern - But in 2010, I had seven huge ones.
:24:04. > :24:08.I donated them to gardens around the UK. Everyone put them in
:24:09. > :24:10.greenhouses, except Chelsea, so they put it outside and gambled. Seven
:24:11. > :24:17.years later, it is still looking great. West of Cornwall, Central
:24:18. > :24:22.London, but you can get away with it. A few questions for you, Lynne
:24:23. > :24:25.Cowdrey says, I rescued a dying tree fern from a nursery section and it
:24:26. > :24:29.is doing well in a pot, should I planted in the ground? If it is
:24:30. > :24:38.doing well in the pot, keep it in the pot. However, in pots, water can
:24:39. > :24:44.dry up quickly because there better grabbing conditions in the ground.
:24:45. > :24:48.Even in the winter, it should be fine? Throughout most of the UK. If
:24:49. > :24:53.you are up north, get straw, shove it in the centre of the growing
:24:54. > :24:57.team, and it will keep the warmth in the centre. Like a woolly jumper.
:24:58. > :25:02.Emma Quinn says, my fern is turning a pale green, yellow colour, please
:25:03. > :25:07.help. It sounds like a fertiliser issue. There are lots of types. My
:25:08. > :25:15.favourite is organic, Lama Peru. It doesn't smell. That is something I
:25:16. > :25:22.wasn't expecting to hear at Chelsea. Thank you, James. Ferns can be the
:25:23. > :25:25.perfect plant to breathe life into an unloved shady corner.
:25:26. > :25:27.But whatever the conditions of your garden, there
:25:28. > :25:31.Rachel de Thame has been exploring the show gardens to discover
:25:32. > :25:34.which plants they've used to create a beautiful border no matter
:25:35. > :25:50.Whether you are on a windy hillside or the very top of a tower block and
:25:51. > :25:54.have a balcony there, exposed sides are some of the most difficult to
:25:55. > :25:58.deal with. But there are plenty of plants that will thrive and are well
:25:59. > :26:04.adapted for exactly that. Alpines come within that category. What they
:26:05. > :26:08.all have in common is they tend to be low growing, so that the worst of
:26:09. > :26:14.the wind can sweep over the top without doing too much damage to
:26:15. > :26:19.them. They often have small foliage, small leaves, sometimes with a
:26:20. > :26:24.silvery coating, tiny hairs, and those adaptations help the plant
:26:25. > :26:31.conserve moisture. A few here special. This one is a large flower
:26:32. > :26:34.on this particular one. It is difficult to get hold of, you won't
:26:35. > :26:40.find it in a local nursery. But you may find this one. Again, a smaller
:26:41. > :26:46.version with a rather more delicate shape of daisy flower. Another one
:26:47. > :26:49.of my favourites, a plant that many of us are familiar with, we see it
:26:50. > :26:55.in garden centres. It comes from areas in North America, on the North
:26:56. > :27:01.facing side of cliffs. It can take everything the elements can throw at
:27:02. > :27:06.it. This has a lovely Daisy Sheikh, with finely dissected leaves. These
:27:07. > :27:14.ones as well, so beautiful am the rose that is of leaves and so low
:27:15. > :27:20.maintenance, you don't have to do anything with them once they are in.
:27:21. > :27:24.And I love this, there are various types, there are also alpine
:27:25. > :27:28.varieties that are even shorter. Don't be put off by that long stem.
:27:29. > :27:34.Because it is so slender and wiry, it can get buffeted by the wind.
:27:35. > :27:38.This is also very popular, and they are perfect. They have the hammock
:27:39. > :27:43.shape, and the flowers in spring time appear like stars above
:27:44. > :27:48.foliage. These plants can take the wind, the sun, they can take brain.
:27:49. > :27:52.What they don't like is to get their feet really wet, soggy, damp soil
:27:53. > :27:57.all through the winter is a killer. Make sure when you plant them, lots
:27:58. > :28:01.of drainage goes into the planting holed, and make it deep. These
:28:02. > :28:07.beauties are then going to thrive. Give me an exposed position any day!
:28:08. > :28:10.So we've profiled seven of the designers of the Main Avenue
:28:11. > :28:13.show gardens and in the final instalment of this series,
:28:14. > :28:24.designer of The Royal Bank of Canada Garden.
:28:25. > :28:28.My name is Charlotte Harris, I am the design of the Boyle bank of
:28:29. > :28:37.Canada garden. Three words to ascribe myself,
:28:38. > :28:44.inquisitive, passionate and happy. -- Royal Bank of Canada garden. The
:28:45. > :28:48.reason I became a garden designer is because I like being out and
:28:49. > :28:51.adventuring in wild landscapes, exploring them. And bringing pieces
:28:52. > :28:53.back of those and bringing green into our everyday lives is something
:28:54. > :29:02.that brings real joy to me. My earliest gardening memory is
:29:03. > :29:05.being in the garden with my mother in autumn, raking leaves and the
:29:06. > :29:14.smell of wood smoke. My top tip for designing a garden is
:29:15. > :29:19.to work with it, and not to attempt to control it. Have a sense of what
:29:20. > :29:20.grows there naturally, whether it is sunny or shady, right plant, right
:29:21. > :29:29.place. I have seen US Chelsea, I have not
:29:30. > :29:32.met you until this year. I recognise you from working on some of the best
:29:33. > :29:37.gardens I've ever seen at the show in terms of planting. It is your
:29:38. > :29:41.first year designing one. How long was it in the making? I started
:29:42. > :29:46.planning it in June or July last year. Chelsea last year, I thought,
:29:47. > :29:51.actually, I really am ready now for a Show Garden in my own right.
:29:52. > :29:54.Planting a Show Garden is very different from a real garden. There
:29:55. > :30:00.are all sorts of tips and tricks. You are trying to create a realistic
:30:01. > :30:04.piece of Canada in 20 days? It is a challenge. I think working with a
:30:05. > :30:07.brilliant nursery, having a very strong plant eating to help you out
:30:08. > :30:12.and having a sense of what you want to achieve. I was really clear I
:30:13. > :30:15.wanted to make this about planting communities that were reflected
:30:16. > :30:19.within the world landscape of Canada. Walking through it, it is so
:30:20. > :30:22.immaculately perfect. It is hard to imagine you had any difficulties.
:30:23. > :30:27.Chelsea is about hiding the difficulties that come along. Was
:30:28. > :30:31.anything particularly challenging? The trees are so beautiful, but they
:30:32. > :30:36.are super fragile. Bringing them in, there were some sweaty moments. A
:30:37. > :30:40.brilliant contractor, lots of care and concern, making sure they got in
:30:41. > :30:50.safely. All other plans are planted in pots. Then we had to take the rim
:30:51. > :30:55.off. These trees will have been wrapped up, The Brunchies pact, on
:30:56. > :31:01.the back of a lorry, transported hundreds of miles and they look like
:31:02. > :31:04.they have been here forever. -- The branch pact.
:31:05. > :31:06.Because of Monday night's tragic events we interrupted Tuesday's
:31:07. > :31:08.broadcast to join the nation in a minute's silence.
:31:09. > :31:11.This meant we missed the opportunity to bring you Carol Klein searching
:31:12. > :31:13.out plants in the Great Pavilion originating from Asia.
:31:14. > :31:27.We didn't want you to miss out, so here it is.
:31:28. > :31:32.There are lots of plants in our gardens that we assume our British
:31:33. > :31:37.through and through. They have always been there. But in actual
:31:38. > :31:42.fact, many of them originate in places all around the world. Very
:31:43. > :31:52.many of them come from the continent of Asia. What could be more English
:31:53. > :31:57.than a rose? They epitomise an English summer garden. But the roses
:31:58. > :32:03.that would grow in our gardens today over their heritage to roses from
:32:04. > :32:09.all over the northern hemisphere. But particularly from Asia. It was a
:32:10. > :32:16.chance meeting between East and West, on the Isle of reunion in the
:32:17. > :32:21.Indian Ocean, which was a trading post. Chinese traders brought their
:32:22. > :32:25.flowers, including the roses. French traders did exactly the same thing.
:32:26. > :32:30.Eventually, they got together, producing some of the most beautiful
:32:31. > :32:38.roses you can imagine. The very basis of many of the roses that we
:32:39. > :32:50.grow today, like this one. This is a ball then rose. -- Bourbon rose. It
:32:51. > :32:55.brings all sorts of things to the party. These double flowers,
:32:56. > :33:02.gorgeous scent and the ability to flower on and on.
:33:03. > :33:10.What is the quintessential English fruit? Surely it is the apple. No.
:33:11. > :33:15.Not a bit of it. It actually comes from Asia and it was probably
:33:16. > :33:18.introduced here by the Romans. In recent times, our choice of apples
:33:19. > :33:26.has diminished hugely. There are only a few varieties available. Help
:33:27. > :33:30.is at hand. Recently there has been an enormous movement to reintroduce
:33:31. > :33:36.heritage varieties, so the choice is going to be wider wider.
:33:37. > :33:48.Nonetheless, they all come from trees from Asia.
:33:49. > :33:57.Peonies the Queens of the border. Many are from Europe. But we owe our
:33:58. > :34:03.greatest debt to those from Asia. All of these sumptuous hybrids. But
:34:04. > :34:09.there is a whole new generation that are even more exciting. They are
:34:10. > :34:16.hybrids with gorgeous blooms. They have an enormous advantage over some
:34:17. > :34:21.of the older varieties. For a start, they are really robust, strong
:34:22. > :34:28.plants. They stand up for themselves and do not need staking. They have a
:34:29. > :34:38.longer flowering period and maintain their foliage deep into the autumn.
:34:39. > :34:41.This one is absolutely gorgeous. We have such a debt of gratitude to
:34:42. > :34:48.Asia. Thanks for these gorgeous plants.
:34:49. > :34:50.Earlier today we sent Griff Rhys Jones off
:34:51. > :34:52.into the showground to solve a problem he was having
:34:53. > :35:06.Let's see if he found a Chelsea solution.
:35:07. > :35:12.As I explained, I have a problem in my garden. I have an alien invasion.
:35:13. > :35:22.I'm hoping I can get some help for that year. -- here. Hello. I am here
:35:23. > :35:30.to bring you a monster and primeval problem. I have a rather successful
:35:31. > :35:36.wild flower meadow. I have what I think is called horse tail. What can
:35:37. > :35:42.I do to get rid of it? It is a really interesting weed. It looks
:35:43. > :35:46.like a tiny Christmas tree. It was around at the time of the dinosaurs,
:35:47. > :35:51.which gives you an inkling as to how tenacious it is. It has a couple of
:35:52. > :36:00.ways of spreading. It does not have flowers, it has spores. It will also
:36:01. > :36:07.have thickened, dark coloured roots, which will spread out through the
:36:08. > :36:13.soil. That is what your garden is getting. It sounds like something
:36:14. > :36:17.from outer space. You can try digging it out, but it can go down
:36:18. > :36:26.one or even two meters down into the soil. To get half an acre, digging
:36:27. > :36:31.down to two metres... I think we will let you off that. The
:36:32. > :36:36.management of cutting it, when do you do that? Probably early October.
:36:37. > :36:40.A lot of summer flowers will be finished by maybe late July, early
:36:41. > :36:44.August. Try bringing it back just a little bit. That will help to keep
:36:45. > :36:49.it suppressed and allow the wild flowers to keep a bit of
:36:50. > :36:54.competition. If we cut that, does the grass need caring? Definitely
:36:55. > :36:58.clear it up. You might need to learn to live with it. I have been called
:36:59. > :37:00.a bit of a dinosaur myself, maybe I will have to live with a dinosaur
:37:01. > :37:08.plant. The Great Pavilion houses some
:37:09. > :37:12.of the most coveted blooms in the country - peonies have long
:37:13. > :37:15.been a favourite in the border but recently they've been
:37:16. > :37:17.topping the list of most The nursery Primrose Hall have
:37:18. > :37:23.been wowing the crowds with their stunning
:37:24. > :37:35.bridal headdresses. I'm joined by Bronwyn Brett to see
:37:36. > :37:38.if we can recreate that magic. Alice, our blushing bride, how
:37:39. > :37:46.gorgeous do you like? Is this made by your good self? Absolutely. How
:37:47. > :37:50.easy is this going to be? Really simple. What you have to do is just
:37:51. > :37:58.click the flowers really short and close to the stem. Then we have a
:37:59. > :38:07.glue gun, and we just have a tiny dab of glue. Simple as that, stick
:38:08. > :38:13.it down and hold for a couple of seconds. Lets see how I get on. We
:38:14. > :38:18.are surrounded by wonderful different varieties. Are they the
:38:19. > :38:22.number one flower for brides in your opinion? Absolutely, definitely.
:38:23. > :38:27.They are such gorgeous, gorgeous flowers. Why do they work so well?
:38:28. > :38:34.When I think of bridal headwear, I am thinking the tiara. If you went
:38:35. > :38:39.back to the Victorian ages, they used to be made flowers? Absolutely,
:38:40. > :38:43.definitely a trend that came from the catwalk. We have seen it a lot
:38:44. > :38:49.recently. Everything travels down to weddings, really. This one, I don't
:38:50. > :38:54.know what variety it is, but it has the most wonderful fragrance. I
:38:55. > :38:58.don't think of peonies having much smell? They really do. That is Sarah
:38:59. > :39:08.Bernhardt. At the front, Lady Alexander Duff, one of the most
:39:09. > :39:15.highly scented. The bees are loving them. How should you use it, right
:39:16. > :39:19.at the front, to give its structure? A nice focal point for the
:39:20. > :39:27.headdress. Is that the front? That is definitely different! We also
:39:28. > :39:30.have delicate carnations and roses. As a leading stylus, how long have
:39:31. > :39:35.you been working with flowers? For the last seven years. I fell in
:39:36. > :39:38.love, doing a friend's wedding, helping her. I carried on from
:39:39. > :39:49.there. I learned more about them and fell in love. I will have to glue
:39:50. > :39:55.that again. It is very hot. Are brides quite competitive, would they
:39:56. > :40:00.be asking their florist for this? In my years in industry, they are
:40:01. > :40:03.always trying to each other. I am running out of time, I managed to
:40:04. > :40:14.get two on. Yours is looking beautiful. I have to get my peony
:40:15. > :40:17.finished. This is a labour of love. We have roses, carnations and the
:40:18. > :40:22.gorgeous peonies, but you could use other flowers? Totally, the roses
:40:23. > :40:26.held up well, they add texture. A little bit of colour range, so that
:40:27. > :40:32.you have a bit of interest. And the smell is so important. Totally! If
:40:33. > :40:41.you are the rushing bride, you want to smell gorgeous all day long. They
:40:42. > :40:47.give you that, and a bit of luxury. I'm struggling slightly. All --
:40:48. > :40:51.always the bridesmaid, never the bride. I think I might need a few
:40:52. > :40:52.more hours. But it is truly gorgeous.
:40:53. > :40:54.The Great Pavilion is packed full of the world's
:40:55. > :41:34.here are some that really got the crowds excited.
:41:35. > :41:45.James Comey made his birthday and I have a surprise in store. I have
:41:46. > :41:52.been warned about this! This is what all of the brides will be wearing. I
:41:53. > :41:58.will wear it, just for you, Nicki. Humiliate me on my birthday. You can
:41:59. > :42:01.take it off, I don't mind. It has been the most wonderful week. Any
:42:02. > :42:05.highlights that stick in your mind? For me, it has to be Charlotte
:42:06. > :42:11.Harris. I have seen her kicking around for years, helping other
:42:12. > :42:15.people get gold. To finally have an opportunity herself, she was shaking
:42:16. > :42:21.like a leaf, when she cried, it got me and I burst into tears. It is
:42:22. > :42:24.that emotion and exhaustion. I love the gardens, it has been the most
:42:25. > :42:29.terrific week. We have been so blessed with the weather. It is when
:42:30. > :42:34.you talk to the garden designers, large and small, also the exhibitors
:42:35. > :42:37.in the Great Pavilion. You get that sense of how much they have been
:42:38. > :42:42.looking forward to the whole week, the planning could be a week, a
:42:43. > :42:45.month, sometimes it is years in the making, a lifetime of ambition. Here
:42:46. > :42:49.they are, and you really get that sense of how important it is. We
:42:50. > :42:54.have to mention our special guests, all week, but my favourite is going
:42:55. > :43:01.to be Peter Kay. Forget Car Share, it is all about the Chelsea Chariot,
:43:02. > :43:08.as I took them around. I met my childhood hero and found out he is a
:43:09. > :43:10.plant geek as well. I didn't do too badly, did I? Always room for
:43:11. > :43:11.improvement. Well, sadly that is the end
:43:12. > :43:14.of The Chelsea Flower Show for the two of us, but you can join
:43:15. > :43:17.Sophie Raworth and Joe Swift as they reveal the winner of the BBC
:43:18. > :43:20.RHS People's Choice Award at 7:30 on BBC One or the same time on BBC
:43:21. > :43:25.Two if you're watching in Wales. And you can catch up with Monty
:43:26. > :43:33.and Joe on BBC Two at 8 o'clock. Keep sending your thoughts on the
:43:34. > :43:39.hashtag, #BBCChelsea.