:00:00. > :00:08.The crowds are flocking to Chelsea for their chance
:00:09. > :00:11.to soak up the spectacle of this floral fantasia.
:00:12. > :00:15.Stay with us as we shower you with the finest flora,
:00:16. > :00:17.breathtaking gardens and green-fingered celebrities.
:00:18. > :00:19.What better way to start the weekend?
:00:20. > :00:54.Hello and welcome to the Chelsea Flower Show 2017,
:00:55. > :00:58.an event supported by M Investments.
:00:59. > :01:00.Today we find out who you picked as your favourite Fresh
:01:01. > :01:06.And the big one - we reveal the winner of the BBC RHS
:01:07. > :01:14.People's Choice Award for the large show gardens.
:01:15. > :01:21.Winning that means a lot to the designer. It is massive, it means
:01:22. > :01:25.that visitors and the viewers, they are really behind you and they
:01:26. > :01:32.understand the story and they find that garden accessible and very
:01:33. > :01:35.rarely the Best Show Garden and the People's Choice Award: side, I
:01:36. > :01:41.cannot remember when it was the same. Fewer Show Garden is this year
:01:42. > :01:44.and that means the spotlight is on the smaller gardens, Fresh and
:01:45. > :01:51.Artisan and the Feel Good Gardens. And across the board, a great spread
:01:52. > :01:55.of quality and variety, some conceptual gardens but wonderful
:01:56. > :02:01.gardens that people can relate to. Exactly what you want. And the Great
:02:02. > :02:05.Pavilion. As wonderful as ever. Always good, every year, and the
:02:06. > :02:08.weather is fabulous, everybody having a great time, huge success.
:02:09. > :02:12.We are joined by one of the UK's finest tenors, Alfie Boe,
:02:13. > :02:15.as he reveals the challenges of gardening at his home in Utah.
:02:16. > :02:18.The queen of the kitchen, Mary Berry, combines
:02:19. > :02:20.her culinary creativity with her passion for flowers.
:02:21. > :02:23.And Adam Frost goes in search of the weird and wonderful
:02:24. > :02:28.But first, Chelsea's Main Avenue has always set the trend for our own
:02:29. > :02:33.So to discover what's hot in horticulture,
:02:34. > :02:49.Toby Buckland has been scouting the show gardens.
:02:50. > :02:56.The Chelsea Flower Show has always been a trendsetter, fashion for
:02:57. > :03:01.mature pot grown plants starting right here and now the plants used
:03:02. > :03:10.in all of the designs are very large indeed. Look at this tree, huge.
:03:11. > :03:15.Pine trees are back in a big way on Main Avenue, ignored for years but
:03:16. > :03:20.the architectural qualities and evergreen foliage means you can see
:03:21. > :03:24.why. And we have the new Mediterranean style, the ground
:03:25. > :03:25.underneath is covered with gravel and purples and big builders. And
:03:26. > :03:48.when I say big, I mean really big! It is as if the Sunday ravers came
:03:49. > :03:53.back from Ibiza, grew up and built gardens, the usual features with
:03:54. > :03:55.gardens and patios at the most on trend are set in a Mediterranean
:03:56. > :04:14.environment. September is out and stone is in,
:04:15. > :04:20.but these troubled times we like some permanence. And not any old --
:04:21. > :04:25.any old stone, the edges are left rough and ragged and perhaps even
:04:26. > :04:30.with the marks from the blade of a quarry man. This transforms what
:04:31. > :04:33.otherwise would be a cold material into something warm and human and
:04:34. > :04:48.films banned and give that authenticity. And topped off with
:04:49. > :04:56.that soft edge of wild seeds. -- seed-sown flowers. I know what you
:04:57. > :05:01.are thinking. Some of those designs, like walking into wilderness and
:05:02. > :05:04.waste ground, these gardens are miracle because they were only
:05:05. > :05:12.finished a few days ago and they look like they have been here four
:05:13. > :05:17.years. Maybe we have that Concorde moment for those worried weeds that
:05:18. > :05:20.none of us know, that hybrid between bubble and boulders with flowers we
:05:21. > :05:22.recognise in our own gardens. That is what I love about Chelsea. The
:05:23. > :05:31.future of gardening here today. The Chelsea Flower Show attracts
:05:32. > :05:34.people from across the globe. Early this morning, one
:05:35. > :05:36.of the world's most celebrated tenors stepped off a plane
:05:37. > :05:49.from New York to join us. Straight off the plane and into the
:05:50. > :05:55.Chelsea Flower Show? Such an honour to be here on my first visit. Never
:05:56. > :06:02.here before? My first time and I am blown away. First impressions?
:06:03. > :06:06.Incredible, the amount of devotion but all of the gardeners are put
:06:07. > :06:13.into these individual plots and this big tent, inside it is mind blowing!
:06:14. > :06:20.That big old tent! You mean the Great Pavilion! Three beggars! What
:06:21. > :06:27.connects all of these gardens is the natural nature of them, when I was a
:06:28. > :06:33.kid in the early 80s, everything was very ordered, every plant was in the
:06:34. > :06:38.right place, gardens had borders, there was a rockery. Very
:06:39. > :06:43.structured. Now everything seems so natural. The natural landscape has
:06:44. > :06:47.been incorporated and it is the inspiration for a lot of the gardens
:06:48. > :06:52.and you live in Utah? What is it like? Very dry so we get a lot of
:06:53. > :07:02.desert plants, wild flowers, absolutely amazing and they will be
:07:03. > :07:08.blooming right now. We get cacti, not big ones like the movies, but
:07:09. > :07:17.his Arizona, but we get beautiful... Succulent? Yes, and it is also quite
:07:18. > :07:23.alpine. Being dry, even during the winter, the winters are dry and you
:07:24. > :07:28.get the salt from the salt lake, and it adds that alpine field to the
:07:29. > :07:34.environment. Do you garden? I would like to say so but my wife does it
:07:35. > :07:39.all. And she is from Alaska. Living in Utah she has taken the time to
:07:40. > :07:42.find out the correct plants and natural plans for the environment
:07:43. > :07:46.and we have done that to the garden and kept things very natural with
:07:47. > :07:53.the regional group. That is the way to succeed. What has caught I at the
:07:54. > :08:01.show? The Yorkshire garden? You are from Lancashire? I walked past very
:08:02. > :08:07.quickly! It was beautiful. It brought back a lot of memories of
:08:08. > :08:11.home. Really hitting the mark. The flowers that seem to be linked with
:08:12. > :08:20.every garden are the Lib Dems and Salvias. They are in the zeitgeist.
:08:21. > :08:28.And you're into the Roses? Yes, the Roses, inside that big, old tent,
:08:29. > :08:34.the pavilion, I took pictures of the rose gardens. My phone is full!
:08:35. > :08:40.There is so much to see, you could spend a very long time. You are
:08:41. > :08:48.onto? I am and it is good to see the BBC garden. They are huge hit.
:08:49. > :08:51.Beautifully finished. Incredible. Yes, I hit the road in a couple of
:08:52. > :08:59.weeks with Michael Ball. Wonderful to be here. And get some peace and
:09:00. > :09:03.serenity in this place. Thank you so much for inviting me. Thank you for
:09:04. > :09:08.taking time out. Great to meet you. Cheers.
:09:09. > :09:11.While Alfie is out enjoying the show gardens, Carol Klein is discovering
:09:12. > :09:15.the plants that are set to become the "must have" stars of 2017.
:09:16. > :09:28.-- James Wong is discovering. One of the plans that is causing a stir
:09:29. > :09:34.this year is this beautiful white clown at us, called Kitty, it is
:09:35. > :09:39.really to walk. And it is the shortest of all of the white
:09:40. > :09:43.clematis. You can treat this in a different way, plant this in a
:09:44. > :09:47.hanging basket or even a window box in a tiny studio flat. If you don't
:09:48. > :09:58.have space for clematis, think again. If you ask people to create a
:09:59. > :10:02.dream plant, it would have to have beautiful flowers, it would be
:10:03. > :10:07.scented and we can make it edible also. You would think that is a
:10:08. > :10:14.fantasy but the breeders of this new strawberry, just add cream, have
:10:15. > :10:19.done this. Beautiful pink flowers, the constant drip feed of fruit from
:10:20. > :10:22.me until the first frost and you would think they don't taste good
:10:23. > :10:30.but I can tell you, that is not the case. They have an incredible,
:10:31. > :10:33.almost floral flavour. At the flavour of wild strawberries in a
:10:34. > :10:40.conventional variety. This is a plant that has it all. I will have
:10:41. > :10:46.another one. People tend to talk a lot about trends at Chelsea and what
:10:47. > :10:53.I think is it tends to be the flowers that are in season that just
:10:54. > :10:57.happen to be used by the designers and lupins are classic, but lots of
:10:58. > :11:02.people have said it is a new trend and on Main Avenue I could see quite
:11:03. > :11:14.a few of them so you never know, you might call this the big new thing of
:11:15. > :11:22.2017. God loves a horticultural magic trick. Shine a light on these
:11:23. > :11:26.fern like France and they revealed their hidden power, but the feathers
:11:27. > :11:34.of a peacock. Iridescent. All sorts of colours. This is a native of the
:11:35. > :11:41.rainforest in Malaysia. Look at this, the same superpower. Shining
:11:42. > :11:45.in all sorts of different colours. Normally you don't even need the
:11:46. > :11:47.torch to do this, it is just very bright in here and these plants have
:11:48. > :11:52.been grown in a very bright environment. They have little
:11:53. > :11:58.cellular fragments on the inside of those cells that act like tiny
:11:59. > :12:01.pieces of glitter. Greater inside the cell that reflects everything
:12:02. > :12:05.back. Once upon a time these were impossible to get hold of in the UK
:12:06. > :12:10.but I asked and they said online, you can even get them in an aquarium
:12:11. > :12:15.shops. Astounding how horticulture is moving forward.
:12:16. > :12:18.Later in the show we will be announcing the BBC RHS Peoples'
:12:19. > :12:21.Choice Award for the large show gardens, but that's not the only
:12:22. > :12:26.The RHS also run a Peoples' Choice Award for the Fresh
:12:27. > :12:30.Earlier, Sophie was in place to capture the Artisan
:12:31. > :12:48.Thank you for having me. I am not here to chat, we have a surprise. On
:12:49. > :12:50.behalf on the RHS, I wanted more due the People's Choice Award for the
:12:51. > :12:57.Artisan Gardens. APPLAUSE
:12:58. > :13:02.-- I want to award you. Congratulations. What does this
:13:03. > :13:06.mean? This is incredible, such a wonderful week and wonderful
:13:07. > :13:12.comments, they love the garden and the idea behind it and the story of
:13:13. > :13:18.rescuing horses. And keeping them happy and safe. It means more than
:13:19. > :13:21.the gold medal, this is the affirmation from everybody who has
:13:22. > :13:26.come here and who has seen this garden online. The message has got
:13:27. > :13:36.through. In that sense, it has been a success. I am just a little bit
:13:37. > :13:41.dazed! Not quite with it! It is all about the welfare of the horse? If
:13:42. > :13:48.we can make a difference, it will be worth it, fantastic. And Clippy was
:13:49. > :13:52.the inspiration, when we saw the terrible conditions he was left in,
:13:53. > :13:56.and then brought somewhere where he was so well looked after, we have
:13:57. > :14:00.the idea of how to convey that in the garden. Such a beautiful job, I
:14:01. > :14:08.watched this being built, wonderful to see, you will not actually going
:14:09. > :14:11.to be here this evening? We were not, we did this before and we
:14:12. > :14:15.thought it was a lot of pressure and work and we were not sure the nerves
:14:16. > :14:19.could take it! But the charity contacted us and we went to see them
:14:20. > :14:26.and we saw the horses and we thought, yes. It might be the last
:14:27. > :14:31.one, who knows? If you keep doing this to us, how can we stop? ! Very
:14:32. > :14:32.many congratulations! Well done. APPLAUSE
:14:33. > :14:45.. Kate, gardening at Mary Berry, you
:14:46. > :14:51.can't get better than that. You are going to do a demo, I believe. I am,
:14:52. > :14:57.and is this a first for you, decorating cake with fresh flowers?
:14:58. > :15:01.How do you do it? I've got some beautiful violins there, and in the
:15:02. > :15:10.bowl is one egg white. Can you whisk that? Imagine you are making
:15:11. > :15:13.meringues scrambled egg. On bake off, you add Paul said my meringues
:15:14. > :15:24.were superb. Not that I've ever forgotten. Here is your opportunity
:15:25. > :15:31.to show it. You won't get any peaks without the sugar. I knew that. I've
:15:32. > :15:37.got some filers. I love to do primroses in the spring. Just take
:15:38. > :15:45.those in. Just the job. Perfect, almost superb. You are into round
:15:46. > :15:51.two. These are lovely little violets. You can have them as big or
:15:52. > :15:57.as little as you like. And then you brush them over with a nice, clean
:15:58. > :16:05.paintbrush, and you brush them like that. You don't just chuck them in?
:16:06. > :16:09.No, you've got to make them wet. Brush them all over. And on the
:16:10. > :16:15.other side as well. And I've taken off the long stalk. You've got quite
:16:16. > :16:26.a few flowers, you could use nasturtiums and failures. Mint... --
:16:27. > :16:30.dahlias. It is wet all over. I have missed a bit there. And then you
:16:31. > :16:37.just put it in sugar like that. That is caster sugar. And you sprinkle it
:16:38. > :16:42.with the caster sugar like that. And then make sure it is well covered.
:16:43. > :16:48.Then lift it out. And put it there. Let it dry out. It doesn't want to
:16:49. > :16:55.be too hot. If it is too hot, it will go syrupy. You just put it well
:16:56. > :16:58.above a radiator and overnight, or even in the sun like this, what a
:16:59. > :17:07.day... They will crystallised like these. Fantastic. And then I've made
:17:08. > :17:13.a lemon cake. In the filling, I've put some lemon balm, finely chopped,
:17:14. > :17:21.and it gives a lovely lemon flavour and extra lemon. Shall we decorate
:17:22. > :17:26.it? OK, let's lift those carefully. We can put them straight onto the
:17:27. > :17:30.cake. You don't need any glue. They just sit on their like that. You can
:17:31. > :17:37.do them all the way round and not drop them in the middle. It looks
:17:38. > :17:39.gorgeous. I can't wait. Are we going to be taking that with us and
:17:40. > :17:46.sharing it with all of the presenters? If you are very good! If
:17:47. > :17:51.you don't have enough time to do this, you could put fresh flowers on
:17:52. > :17:54.it just before you serve it, and there are lots of edible flowers in
:17:55. > :18:02.the taste garden. You could put these lovely little borage leaves,
:18:03. > :18:09.borage flowers. They are so pretty and delicate. You just pull off the
:18:10. > :18:15.green at the back. You could use nasturtiums. They are good. That's
:18:16. > :18:26.it. Fantastic. In savoury things, you could use garlic or thyme
:18:27. > :18:27.flowers. That is gardening meat baking. A round of applause for
:18:28. > :18:34.Mary! APPLAUSE
:18:35. > :18:39.-- gardening meat baking. It's beautiful. I'm definitely going to
:18:40. > :18:44.get my hands on that. You just want a piece of cake! If you keep them in
:18:45. > :18:48.a box once they have dried out, they will last, and you can use them for
:18:49. > :18:51.decorating cakes and understand things. And all the others can go in
:18:52. > :19:03.salads and things like that. Edible flowers at colour and flavour. As
:19:04. > :19:06.well as being glamorous, Chelsea can be a rather eclectic affair. Earlier
:19:07. > :19:08.today, Adam Frost went out onto the showground in search of this year's
:19:09. > :19:20.weird and wonderful. Look at this. Could you think of a
:19:21. > :19:26.better way to start the day? Into the shower, surrounded by a shower
:19:27. > :19:31.curtain. You might think that's a bit weird, but actually it's quite
:19:32. > :19:40.wonderful. What these plants need? Moisture and those conditions that
:19:41. > :19:44.showering can create. Now this is proper weird. It's a plant from
:19:45. > :19:51.Madagascar. It looks beautiful, doesn't it? And then it looks like
:19:52. > :19:56.it's bleeding. That is nectar. It's pollinated by the gecko. The little
:19:57. > :19:58.lizard goes in, attracted by the colour and the sweetness, and
:19:59. > :20:12.pollinate it. Weird! Now, this is wonderful. Thousands of
:20:13. > :20:17.people have had their picture taken this week. Also it's a great way of
:20:18. > :20:27.making a few quid. Anybody want their photo taken? How do you think
:20:28. > :20:33.you are going to get one of these home? Put it in the trunk. It's that
:20:34. > :20:40.time of the day. I could do with a banana.
:20:41. > :20:49.This is absolutely incredible. You have to see it to believe it, but
:20:50. > :20:53.Adrian here balances stones. What amazes me is, when do you ever get
:20:54. > :20:58.out of bed in the morning and think, you know what, today I'm going to
:20:59. > :21:06.balance stones. And, for me, that's truly wonderful.
:21:07. > :21:15.Earlier, the RHS People's Choice Award in the fresh garden category
:21:16. > :21:20.was presented. Arit Anderson, the gold medal winning designer, went to
:21:21. > :21:27.help celebrate. Ruth speaking. Hi, it's Tom from the
:21:28. > :21:31.RHS. I'm calling to let you know that you have won the People's
:21:32. > :21:36.Choice Award for fresh. That's fantastic news! Oh, my God! Thank
:21:37. > :21:49.you so much! Congratulations, David. You must be
:21:50. > :21:53.overwhelmed. You built the garden. What a shock, and then to be called
:21:54. > :21:59.over and get the People's Choice Award, I am overwhelmed. Ruth can't
:22:00. > :22:05.be sadly. So pleased for her. You entity must have worked so hard to
:22:06. > :22:09.achieve this. -- you and the team. This one has so much emotion and
:22:10. > :22:16.feeling and I love that the public love it. What have the reactions
:22:17. > :22:19.been? Breast cancer is very emotive with a lot of people, and people
:22:20. > :22:24.going through treatment, so I think it really touches a nerve with a lot
:22:25. > :22:27.of people. I think the concept of looking through the microscope at
:22:28. > :22:34.the healthy cells is a wonderful thing. And then the passion that
:22:35. > :22:37.Ruth put into it is just phenomenal. When you understand the background
:22:38. > :22:43.story to it, it really... Oh, it gets you! It's beautiful. The
:22:44. > :22:50.planting is amazing. It's really sort of sensitive. What is your
:22:51. > :22:54.favourite part? I love the circles and the physics of it. They are all
:22:55. > :22:57.exactly the same size but, when you stand out of the garden and look
:22:58. > :23:03.through, it looks like they are going down, like it would through a
:23:04. > :23:07.microscope. It's that attention to detail. Congratulations. Thank you
:23:08. > :23:16.to everybody who voted. It means the world. It's been a stellar week at
:23:17. > :23:20.the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year. I'm not sure which my
:23:21. > :23:23.favourite bit has been, meeting Kelly Brook or perhaps hanging out
:23:24. > :23:28.with Mary Berry, or just working with head girl, the lovely Sophie
:23:29. > :23:34.Raworth. Let's take a look at some of our guests from across the week.
:23:35. > :23:41.When you were a boy, did you have a garden? We had a hedge. Mum has a
:23:42. > :23:52.nice garden in her bungalow. Right, I'll put that down dot-macro
:23:53. > :24:01.was that the only when you planted? Yes, it was. What your hands are
:24:02. > :24:11.like my grandfather's. My mother would call them jamjar hands. Hello,
:24:12. > :24:19.sir. Saying you had something of a royal traffic jam. It was amazing!
:24:20. > :24:25.Queen was very interested. She said she listened to you this morning.
:24:26. > :24:29.... I adore it here. I feel that, if you didn't have a face and you came
:24:30. > :24:39.to Chelsea and looked at what is here, you would end up believing in
:24:40. > :24:44.a new God, with its nature. I think it's a mash up garden. Can I get
:24:45. > :24:49.away with that? I think it's a great garden for the space. I had a rose
:24:50. > :25:00.named after me once. What's happened to it? This is a cork oak, normally
:25:01. > :25:04.grown in the Mediterranean, and massive trunks and it's gorgeous.
:25:05. > :25:15.When I look at it, I just feel like I want a glass of wine. Chilled, I
:25:16. > :25:18.think, and white. Chilled, chilled! Well, you just can't fail to be
:25:19. > :25:22.impressed by the range and variety of trees across the showground.
:25:23. > :25:29.Designer Chris Beardshaw has some fabulous specimens. There's a
:25:30. > :25:36.beautiful pine in the front corner but it is the yews I'm interested
:25:37. > :25:41.in. You have used pine Daly yew in different forms in the garden. ...
:25:42. > :25:47.All week, you have been voting for the People's Choice Award but we can
:25:48. > :25:51.now announce the winner. The winning garden is, of course, the Morgan
:25:52. > :25:55.Stanley Garden, but the designer, Chris Beardshaw, has no idea that he
:25:56. > :26:03.won your vote. He is about to find out. They are both statement pieces.
:26:04. > :26:09.You have got bounced between one plant at another. Can I interrupt
:26:10. > :26:13.you? We're actually not here to talk about trees. We can tell you that
:26:14. > :26:15.you are the winner of the BBC RHS People's Choice Award.
:26:16. > :26:19.Congratulations! APPLAUSE
:26:20. > :26:27.I am so pleased that you have won it. You deserve it so much.
:26:28. > :26:33.Beautiful garden. Well done. Thank you very much. It means a lot to
:26:34. > :26:40.you, doesn't it? CHEERING
:26:41. > :26:47.I'm not sure what's in that one. It's always a joy, producing a
:26:48. > :26:53.garden at Chelsea. You come and you do what you can. You do you believe
:26:54. > :26:57.in. This was always a garden about the primary school getting the
:26:58. > :27:03.building here and the communities that are recipients of this project.
:27:04. > :27:09.Fantastic that those gardeners, all of those gardeners who voted for us
:27:10. > :27:14.and saw its beauty and integrity. The public voted for you and he won
:27:15. > :27:22.again! Not your first time. I think it's about the sixth time! You know,
:27:23. > :27:25.I love using plants. I love the fact that, when you combine and
:27:26. > :27:29.choreographed plant and you orchestrate them in a way that
:27:30. > :27:36.touches peoples emotions, that's what I love doing. It's unashamedly
:27:37. > :27:45.a garden's and a plant's man's garden. You have seen horticulture
:27:46. > :27:49.reach out to the community. It's not just about the showmanship here but
:27:50. > :27:51.it's about demonstrating what designers can do, which genuinely
:27:52. > :27:57.reaches out, and it changes people's lives. These gardens go on. This one
:27:58. > :28:02.is destined for a school. I hope they have as much joy with it as we
:28:03. > :28:09.did. We will leave you to celebrate. Well done.
:28:10. > :28:13.CHEERING well, it's been an amazing year. It
:28:14. > :28:22.has. The weather has been incredible. The people make it, the
:28:23. > :28:26.people who built these gardens, the gardeners, and everybody. Fabulous.
:28:27. > :28:30.Monty and I will continue coverage in a moment on BBC Two, as we look
:28:31. > :28:47.to the future and celebrate our wildlife. From us, it is goodbye.
:28:48. > :28:51.Hello, I'm Alice Bhandhukravi with your 90 second update.
:28:52. > :28:54.More raids, significant arrests and finds following Monday's attack.
:28:55. > :28:57.Police say they have got hold of a large part of the terror
:28:58. > :28:59.network surrounding the Manchester bomber.
:29:00. > :29:02.In the last hour, US pop star Ariana Grande,
:29:03. > :29:05.who was singing at the MEN arena, said she will return to the city
:29:06. > :29:11.and hold a benefit concert for the victims of the bombing.