:00:14. > :00:21.Tatton Park flower show is the last of the big RHS shows that we cover.
:00:21. > :00:26.And talt ton's special. It hasity own atmosphere, which is a glorious
:00:26. > :00:31.deer park, also by the exhibiters, some are local and others come from
:00:31. > :00:34.all over the country. The plants are different, they celebrate a new
:00:34. > :00:42.flowering season. Jo, Carol and I will bring the best of the show
:00:42. > :00:46.tonight and again on Friday, at 8.00 on BBC Two. As a Lancashire
:00:46. > :00:53.lass, comeing to Tatton fills me with pride. I especially love the
:00:53. > :00:58.floral marquee. I will be looking at a huge family of plants,
:00:58. > :01:02.Asteraccea the daisy family, which there are many examples right under
:01:02. > :01:07.this roof. There are more Show Gardens than any other show. Five
:01:07. > :01:13.categories and 36 gardens in total, including those in unique in Tatton
:01:13. > :01:19.Park, the back to backs, a hit with the visitors, and with this elbow,
:01:19. > :01:29.I will barge them out of the way. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the
:01:29. > :01:53.
:01:53. > :01:58.very best of the RHS Flower Show, Tatton has always had a distinctive
:01:58. > :02:03.character. I was here, 14 years ago when the show first opened and from
:02:03. > :02:09.that beginning, it felt separate, in the best possible way. The
:02:09. > :02:19.people, the accents, displays, they were local and proudly of the place.
:02:19. > :02:19.
:02:19. > :02:23.This year, 26 out of the 36 show gardens are local. And Reaseheath
:02:23. > :02:30.college exhibited a garden here, made by the students every year.
:02:30. > :02:33.And this year is no exception. think it is good to have a presence
:02:34. > :02:39.here in the north west, at the Tatton show because it is our local
:02:39. > :02:44.show. The theme of the garden is to display different habitats for
:02:44. > :02:49.different wildlife, insects, mammals, reptiles. This is
:02:49. > :02:54.reflective of planting? We have different colours to reflect
:02:54. > :03:00.insects like bees and butterflies. We had a marginal Bulgaria, for
:03:00. > :03:05.frogs and toads. Why the ivy code? We wanted to put lovely big green
:03:05. > :03:10.living structures in the garden to give it nice structure and provide
:03:10. > :03:15.habitat for nesting birds. This provides screens that provides
:03:15. > :03:21.interest all around. This is fantastic, thank you very much for
:03:21. > :03:27.telling me about it. The designer of Making a Splash close to come
:03:27. > :03:31.here, even though it is her wedding anniversary. When I looked at the
:03:31. > :03:37.application, I thought, should we do the show or celebrate in Rome,
:03:37. > :03:41.but, the pull of Tatton dragged us here again. We couldn't resist.
:03:41. > :03:45.Now all this work into what is a come employee kaited garden. Talk
:03:45. > :03:50.me through it? We have the rock and water garden which is traditional,
:03:50. > :03:58.and a pond. I wanted to make it slightly more contemporary and
:03:58. > :04:08.appeal to the younger market with this. This great orange gentleman
:04:08. > :04:09.
:04:09. > :04:13.kuesy? - Jacuzzi. Do you work in as much as possible or restrict your
:04:13. > :04:18.theme? I try as much as possible, get the right plant the right place,
:04:18. > :04:24.and work the colour scheme through. I use the orange planting this year,
:04:24. > :04:31.to bring in the tub. I wanted it to make a statement. If you want your
:04:32. > :04:35.garden done, you want to go "wow." The care home garden is done by a
:04:35. > :04:40.first timeer. I made myself I was going to do a garden at Tatton and
:04:40. > :04:45.that would make it happen. The garden is very much about trying to
:04:45. > :04:50.find ways to help people, enjoy the garden and interact with it. The
:04:50. > :04:53.planters that are in the garden are different heights, so for some
:04:53. > :04:59.people could work at while they're standing or some from a wheelchair
:04:59. > :05:03.and some sitting even. I suppose a key aspect about it is memory and
:05:03. > :05:08.memory prompts. And familiar plants are really helpful in that. There's
:05:08. > :05:12.research that gardeners are less likely, I hope it is true, to
:05:12. > :05:16.develop dementia. And yet anyone, I can imagine myself if I have to go
:05:16. > :05:24.in a care home later, as well as the hard thing about losing
:05:24. > :05:28.independence, it would be heart- breaking to no longer garden. To
:05:28. > :05:38.help ways helping people continue must continue. It is fascinating
:05:38. > :05:45.
:05:45. > :05:50.The floral marquee is full of the exquisite exhibits. But I'm on the
:05:50. > :05:55.lookout for specific plants. It is astonishing to think that one in
:05:55. > :06:02.ten of the flowering plants on the planet is a daisy. Belongs to the
:06:02. > :06:06.daisy family, Asteraccea. And they come in all sorts of shapes, sizes,
:06:06. > :06:11.colours, it is incrediblely diverse family. I suppose when you say
:06:11. > :06:16.daisy, this is the sort of flower that springs to mind. It is a kind
:06:16. > :06:21.of flower that kids draw. This central disc is composed of
:06:21. > :06:27.hundreds of little flor receipts, all separate flowers, that go
:06:27. > :06:33.together, and this means this there's loads of food in there for
:06:33. > :06:39.visiting insects. But even within one, there can be all sorts of
:06:39. > :06:44.variety. This is Rudbeckia, it is grown from seed. Just five seed
:06:44. > :06:50.pods made this immensely diverse range. Everything from simple,
:06:50. > :07:00.single flowers, splashed with mahogany to these complex doubles,
:07:00. > :07:04.
:07:04. > :07:09.Another simple daisy, it is an old favourite and no wonder, it does
:07:10. > :07:16.amazingly well. You can tell how much it loves the sunshine. But,
:07:16. > :07:20.would you have thought, that Achilleas belong to the same family.
:07:20. > :07:27.Here there are no outside petals, but if you look carefully at the
:07:27. > :07:35.head, it is composed of what is an expanded centre, lots of separate
:07:35. > :07:40.individual little daisies. Each with their own tiny stem. They're
:07:40. > :07:47.of this time of year but fade well too. They're one of my favourite
:07:47. > :07:52.flowers, simple, straightforward and really easy. Perhaps the daisy
:07:52. > :08:00.that's really most familiar, and cherished by many people, is a
:08:00. > :08:06.little tiny daisy that pops up all over our lawns, it looks similar to
:08:06. > :08:14.this, it is a simple, single flower. Of course this would be no good in
:08:14. > :08:19.the lawn. This is Erigeron, a Mexican daisy and the place's
:08:19. > :08:24.eating halls is walls and crevices, its seeds fly in and it makes the
:08:24. > :08:30.cascades of growth. It is all over the place in my garden. But if you
:08:30. > :08:39.do want to make a lawn out of daisies, how about this. This is a
:08:39. > :08:49.double form of Chamaemelum. It is wonderfully scented. If you crush
:08:49. > :08:55.
:08:55. > :09:01.this foliage, and these flowers are I haven't seen this for ages! This
:09:02. > :09:06.is Stokesia, a plant from the States. It is truly perennial, it
:09:06. > :09:11.is an absolute delight. It should be for widely grown. Look at that.
:09:11. > :09:17.I'll tell you what on this stand, if you took all the daisies away
:09:17. > :09:26.there would be little left. Isn't it true of all our gardens, remove
:09:26. > :09:30.the daisies and they would be much poorer places. Every year I look
:09:30. > :09:35.forward to seeing the back to back gardens, these are baisd on the
:09:35. > :09:41.small back yards, typical to a town in the industrial north. They are
:09:41. > :09:44.tiny little plots, six metres by six metres, so a designer has to
:09:44. > :09:52.think carefully how to maximise The Space. There are nine of them, and
:09:52. > :09:57.this one caught my eye specifically. It is called Urban Escapeism.
:09:57. > :10:02.You're shaded out by trees, and buildings, so the shady planting
:10:02. > :10:06.works beautifully well. It is simple, but I like the way it cuts
:10:06. > :10:12.across the rectangle yar, it dedivides it up and breaks up The
:10:12. > :10:17.Space. It is picked up well with the box hedging. I love the tree
:10:17. > :10:22.ferns, fantastic specimens in this garden. Hairy trunks and great
:10:22. > :10:27.plants to use in a small space like this. When you look down in a
:10:27. > :10:31.garden and you need the spread of them which break up and divide The
:10:31. > :10:36.Space. Detail is absolutely everything in a garden like this.
:10:36. > :10:46.This bench is beautifully made. Of course it gives you somewhere to
:10:46. > :10:53.
:10:53. > :10:57.When I think of Vincent Square I think of the HQ of the RHS. In the
:10:58. > :11:03.jail house was suffragettes, this garden represents a hundred years
:11:03. > :11:10.since the movement turned militants, so we've a postbox here with the
:11:10. > :11:15.Flame Thrower coming out of it, if someone set fire to the mail there.
:11:16. > :11:20.On this wall, we have the motto which is "purity, dignity and hope".
:11:20. > :11:24.A window smashed with a rock. And here a literal reference to
:11:24. > :11:33.chaining yourself to the iron railings. And the planting, picking
:11:33. > :11:38.up on lots of women's names throughout. On this corner, we have
:11:38. > :11:43.Sylvia, two of Emily pank Hurst's daughters. There's thought and
:11:43. > :11:51.themes running through it. I'm not the only one it must be time the
:11:51. > :11:54.women did get the vote. One of the things I particularly like this
:11:54. > :11:59.year's back to back gardens is their inspiration has been drawn
:11:59. > :12:06.from a diverse range of sources. So you have a wild flower meadow
:12:06. > :12:11.converted here. A garden without a single straight line, all circles
:12:11. > :12:18.and curves. For three first timers they've chosen the inspiration from
:12:18. > :12:23.the Peak District and disstill the essence in a small garden. I love
:12:23. > :12:29.the Peak District because it is a diverse place. I've never seen
:12:29. > :12:36.anything else like it. I love the scenery. I love the
:12:36. > :12:42.landscape, everything, it is what I am, I'm a home boy, a Peak District
:12:42. > :12:52.boy born and bred: I love its changing landscape. It can look
:12:52. > :12:52.
:12:52. > :12:56.great, even in the pouring rain and Our gardens called peacekeep
:12:56. > :13:01.reflections and it is about the Peak District and hopefully we
:13:01. > :13:06.captured a lot of the enelse featureed all around this glorious
:13:06. > :13:11.landscape. And we're hoping to show the legacy of the past as well, the
:13:11. > :13:18.traditional skills involved in all of what you see around you. This is
:13:18. > :13:22.our finished design. This is the surrounding dry stone wall which
:13:22. > :13:27.gives a sense of history and enclosure. This is a driving energy
:13:27. > :13:29.force, the water reel which used to be used in industry to drive the
:13:29. > :13:34.cotton mills. We have the Peak District stone here in the wall.
:13:34. > :13:41.And the embankment comes up here, which is taken from the railway
:13:41. > :13:51.lines, that are all around the Peak District now, now used as ramblers
:13:51. > :13:54.
:13:54. > :13:57.I've always had a passion for plants. The plants that we
:13:57. > :14:02.particularly went for is to get the colours and natural look of the
:14:02. > :14:08.Peak District. It is lovely and changes throughout the year, even
:14:08. > :14:12.in different weather conditions. The oranges and reds, also gone for
:14:12. > :14:18.different colours within the grasses, we have the Stiverss tried
:14:18. > :14:24.to pick different ones. Which again they have the pink tips on it. Even
:14:24. > :14:28.though I work with plants every day, I'm blase about getting them in and
:14:28. > :14:38.getting them to the right stage I want them to be. The condition is
:14:38. > :14:39.
:14:39. > :14:42.harder than I thought to be honest. The most important thing about
:14:42. > :14:47.capturing the Peak District in our design was the dry stonewalling.
:14:47. > :14:52.Because no matter where you go in the Peak District there's dry stone
:14:52. > :14:57.walls everywhere. It is going to be the basis and foundation of our
:14:57. > :15:02.design. We've got eight linear metres of dry stone wall, two
:15:02. > :15:06.metres high, and we're aiming to do it in three days. That's
:15:06. > :15:15.incorporateing all the features, so it will be difficult. There's a lot
:15:15. > :15:22.of work, but with decent weather and a bit of luck, we can pull it
:15:22. > :15:27.off. Secretly, we would love to get a medal Gold. A medal would be fine.
:15:27. > :15:34.It is the second most visited National Park in the world. We're
:15:34. > :15:41.hoping to bring awareness about our surroundings and how lucky we're
:15:41. > :15:47.here to be here. That's a challenge, to put it in about a six by four
:15:47. > :15:51.plot. It was distressful at times but we managed it. You got a Silver
:15:51. > :15:56.Gilt and Best In Show, first garden ever. We're very pleased. Couldn't
:15:56. > :16:01.be happier. The planting is lovely. And it is to get the essence of all
:16:01. > :16:06.the seasons and colours, that you see in the landscape, as you go,
:16:06. > :16:12.right throughout the year. I think we've done it. The wall is a
:16:12. > :16:17.triumph. I'm over the moon with it, the wall is my favourite part.
:16:17. > :16:22.there any friction during the build? It was a little bit heated
:16:22. > :16:27.every now and again. What was the low point? Friday was low, when we
:16:27. > :16:32.were wet through. Planting is tipping down rain. When the medal
:16:32. > :16:38.came around, you must have been over the moon! Yeah. Next year,
:16:38. > :16:45.coming back? Already drown it. We were up at 4am. I was up this
:16:45. > :16:55.morning at 5. Are you going to get the two on board. We'll see.
:16:55. > :16:58.
:16:58. > :17:01.Tatton always welcomes first-timers, but there are lots of people
:17:01. > :17:08.exhibiting here who have been coming here for years. Harts
:17:08. > :17:13.Nursery have been exhibiting their gold medal-winning lilytor ten
:17:13. > :17:21.years, last year we visited them to see why they're so passionate about
:17:21. > :17:26.growing these beautiful flowers. Lillies are special because they're
:17:26. > :17:35.beautiful in colour, they smell absolutely wonderful. There really
:17:35. > :17:39.is a lily for every sight and situation. We're into the third
:17:39. > :17:47.generation of Harts Nursery, and if you want to include our
:17:47. > :17:53.grandchildren, that's the fourth generation. It is a family affair.
:17:53. > :18:00.We do RHS shows all year. But, I suppose my favourite has got to be
:18:00. > :18:05.Tatton. We keep the bulbs on cold storeage. As soon as we go out of
:18:05. > :18:09.cold store, people want them to grow and people can have them at
:18:09. > :18:13.the end of September. I'm always asked which varieties I love, which
:18:13. > :18:21.ones I would chose, and that tends to make up people's minds, which is
:18:21. > :18:26.a hard question, because there's a lot of varieties that I like. These
:18:26. > :18:31.oriental trumpets, is called rub beana. It will grow in any soil,
:18:31. > :18:36.next year it could be at least seven foot tall. Abundance of
:18:36. > :18:43.blooms. Stems become very thick and sturdy, so you have no danger of
:18:43. > :18:47.them blowing over in the wind. They're a really good all-rounder.
:18:47. > :18:52.Another favourite is Miss Lucy, double oriental, so it needs an
:18:52. > :18:58.acid soil. The nice thing is it has no pollen, if you're worried about
:18:58. > :19:06.it staining your clothes and is really pretty Some people don't
:19:06. > :19:12.like the scent of oriental and oriental trumpets, so I advise them
:19:12. > :19:19.to buy Asiatic lillies, they're vibrant in colour, they like an
:19:19. > :19:27.alkaline soil. This one is called Forever Susan and grows well in
:19:27. > :19:32.orders or pots. What does Nani hate most? Lily beetle. They're a
:19:32. > :19:38.nuisance and you need to get them off as soon as possible. A good
:19:38. > :19:43.remedy is to use a garlic solution, sprayed on them every few days and
:19:43. > :19:49.that keeps the lily beetle well away. Just pick off every evening
:19:49. > :19:54.or morning, or use your grandchildren. We've been at this
:19:54. > :19:58.nursery for 30 years. And this year, we've moved to a new nursery, where
:19:58. > :20:00.we wanted to expand growing the lillies. So that our son Jonathan
:20:00. > :20:05.would be able to take over for the future.
:20:05. > :20:10.It is the first year that we've been able to grow our lillies in
:20:10. > :20:16.the new nursery for Tatton Park. It is an important show to us, it is
:20:16. > :20:20.our local show, so it is extra special. Logisticly we use cut
:20:20. > :20:28.flower because they take up less room when transported and less
:20:28. > :20:33.damage done to the flower than if we were to use pots. Mum with our
:20:33. > :20:38.flor restry background that is a flare for arranging flowers, so she
:20:38. > :20:41.makes the displays beautiful. We'll take 700 stems of the flowers that
:20:42. > :20:47.have been grown to Tatton Park. One of the problems with transporting
:20:47. > :20:52.the lillies is the flowers getting marked by the stains, we protect
:20:52. > :20:56.them by wrapping them with cling film to make them easier to
:20:56. > :21:03.transport. One of the plants we're hoping to take to Tatton is a new
:21:03. > :21:10.introduction to us, auld the Torch. It is touch and go if it is going
:21:10. > :21:14.to be perfect but hopefully it will be in tip top condition, and a
:21:14. > :21:20.centrepiece for Tatton Park this year. Well, despite the huge
:21:20. > :21:25.upheaval moving nurseries, you've not only one gold but best exhibit
:21:25. > :21:31.in the floral marquee? It is lovely, because we live locally and all our
:21:31. > :21:36.customers are here to see it, so it is hugely special. Torch made it?
:21:36. > :21:42.Torch made it, after wrapping it in cotton wool, basically and made it
:21:42. > :21:46.to the top of the stand. pinnacle. It looks beautiful.
:21:46. > :21:50.of the things that people get concerned about lillies is pollen.
:21:50. > :21:54.The best thing for geting it off your clothes or carpets is using
:21:55. > :22:00.sticky tape, press the sticky tape on to the pollen and it comes off
:22:00. > :22:07.all in one go. Never touch it with your fingers, because the moisture
:22:07. > :22:13.will make it stay permanently on the clothes. Alternatively wear
:22:13. > :22:18.something like this, and then it doesn't show. Thank you very much.
:22:18. > :22:23.Now whether it is sharing tips about pollen or just spliting a
:22:23. > :22:26.packet of seeds with a friend, sharing things is one of the great
:22:26. > :22:30.pleasures with gardening. The Cheshire Garden Trust do that.
:22:30. > :22:33.Whilst doing really important work preserveing the north's
:22:34. > :22:38.horticultural heritage this. Year they have a show garden at Tatton.
:22:38. > :22:42.It is designed by one of the fellow members, Jaquetta Menzies, it is
:22:42. > :22:47.called Time and Tide. It is a coastal garden and we went along a
:22:47. > :22:56.few weeks ago to meet Jaquetta Menzies as she made our
:22:56. > :23:03.preparations. This year, special garden trust is about called we
:23:03. > :23:08.wills nursery, it was founded by William Caldwell, in 1780, and it
:23:08. > :23:15.supplied all the big gardens that you go and visit nowadays with
:23:15. > :23:21.their plants. So here at articley, a few of the trees, shrubs and
:23:21. > :23:31.herbaceous will have come from Caldwell. It is the first time, and
:23:31. > :23:34.
:23:35. > :23:42.what I took for motivation, is the logo, which is King Canute. King
:23:42. > :23:48.Canute is strongly related to Knutsford. It used to be called
:23:48. > :23:52.that, it is a legend that Canute visit there. That disarmed to put
:23:52. > :23:58.King Canute himself in the centre of the garden.
:23:58. > :24:05.Today I'm excited because I'm meeting Barbara from the trust,
:24:05. > :24:15.she's bringing artefact and material to inspire me of my design.
:24:15. > :24:22.I brought artefact that we clebted. These include some of the old
:24:22. > :24:30.pictures of the family. That's 1908. They are a fine family, look at the
:24:30. > :24:35.hairdos. This is one of the Caldwell, there's six of them, it
:24:35. > :24:40.was his grandson who was the last one. For 200 years they were there.
:24:40. > :24:49.But really we have fragmentry things that remain. Most precious,
:24:49. > :24:57.there's a customer ledger, dating back to 1789. In here, among all
:24:57. > :25:03.the records, is a record for Peter wash ton, and this is the list of
:25:03. > :25:10.all the vegtables they would have ordered for the gardens out here.
:25:10. > :25:14.This is over00 years old, so it is incredible to have these records.
:25:14. > :25:19.This is so fragile this is why they're transcribeing these, and
:25:19. > :25:29.put them in a database, so everybody can share them. That
:25:29. > :25:29.
:25:29. > :25:39.would be so interesting. I'm using the Peter to give it a blue,
:25:39. > :25:46.because it is useful and has the connection with Caldwells, because
:25:46. > :25:56.the Nepeta, was the same solid to Caldwells many years ago and it is
:25:56. > :26:00.
:26:00. > :26:06.still flourishing. These, he canian do well on a dry sandy soil. Well,
:26:06. > :26:10.the structure of the garden is based on the spiral. It emanates
:26:10. > :26:15.from a large statue of King Canute which is made of woven measure, so
:26:15. > :26:21.you will be able to see will you him. He dominates, with memories
:26:21. > :26:25.and historical facts, just swirling away from him, like the flow of the
:26:25. > :26:31.sea. I'm hoping the judges will be delighted with it. I don't know
:26:31. > :26:36.whether they will be or not but I'm hoping they will see it, and be,
:26:36. > :26:43.really pleased. It's a garden that should bring a smile to your face,
:26:43. > :26:48.that's the idea. Congratulations. You've got a silver, how has it
:26:48. > :26:53.been? I'm so pleased we have a silver at the end of the day. It
:26:53. > :26:58.was a wet and muddy build. You've chosen doing a coastal garden,
:26:58. > :27:03.which is about light, drainage and sun. How did you set about trying
:27:03. > :27:08.to capture that effect? Wanted to use the silver-leafed plants,
:27:08. > :27:12.because they reflect the light and move with the wind and resilient as
:27:12. > :27:17.well. You had this whopping great sculpture, dominating your quite
:27:17. > :27:21.small garden. It somehow works doesn't it? He's light and airy,
:27:21. > :27:28.like the light and airy plants. He is dancing on the waves. Caldwell
:27:28. > :27:32.is an important part, both the sculpture and the plants. Are you
:27:32. > :27:38.looking for more material? Definitely. If anyone has any
:27:38. > :27:42.memories of Caldwells, or artefact from Caldwells, please get in touch
:27:42. > :27:48.with the Cheshire gardens trust. You can get in touch via our
:27:48. > :27:51.website. There is a link to the trust. Well,
:27:51. > :27:58.that's it for tonight. I hope you like this taste of Tatton. But
:27:58. > :28:04.there is more to come. On Friday night BBC Two, we will be back at 7
:28:04. > :28:10.pment. Iming looking at a new category, the Orchestra Gardens.
:28:10. > :28:16.will be looking at the floral marquee, at plants that extend the