:00:32. > :00:40.Hello. Welcome to the Royal Horticultural Society's Flower Show.
:00:41. > :00:44.Now, every year, 30 acres of this beautiful park in Cheshire is
:00:45. > :00:49.transformed, not just into a superb show ground, but also a
:00:50. > :00:58.horticultural carnival, to which you are all invited.
:00:59. > :01:07.Thousands of people have come through the gates to enjoy the
:01:08. > :01:10.floral spectacle. The weather is glorious. The plants
:01:11. > :01:15.are in wonderful condition. Everything is beautiful. What is
:01:16. > :01:19.your favourite thing about the show? It's my first time - so everything.
:01:20. > :01:21.And you have no hands for anything! No!
:01:22. > :01:27.It is worth coming, isn't it? Indeed, just to see you, Carol!
:01:28. > :01:34.If you are coming back from a flower show of any kind loaded with plants
:01:35. > :01:38.don't put them straight into the border. They have been in a
:01:39. > :01:42.stressful environment. Put them somewhere shady, soak them if
:01:43. > :01:47.possible and leave them for two or three days to acclimatise to your
:01:48. > :01:52.garden. We will bring you as much of the show as we can. We will be
:01:53. > :01:58.joined by the Chelsea Gold Medal winner, Adam Frost, who is meeting
:01:59. > :02:05.the contestants for the RHS Young Designer of the Year award. First I
:02:06. > :02:09.am joined by Toby Buckland and he and I will look at some of the
:02:10. > :02:14.smaller show gardens. Earth, wind, fire and water - that
:02:15. > :02:18.is the theme of a brand new garden design category, where design is a
:02:19. > :02:23.challenge to come up with designs which are conceptual and creative.
:02:24. > :02:28.Ian Price has done a fantastic job. He's got the elements here, but
:02:29. > :02:36.these natural forces that are large, wild and free have been rendered in
:02:37. > :02:40.an anning you lar, shahhed-like de-- shard-like design.
:02:41. > :02:44.Of course the wind is going through the plants and moving around the
:02:45. > :02:48.grasses too, which in turn were ground in the earth. The fire is
:02:49. > :03:02.represented in the charred fencing at the back and the granite paving.
:03:03. > :03:07.It is ignious stone. It is subtle. Very good!
:03:08. > :03:18.This garden, which is called Recovery is based on the element of
:03:19. > :03:22.fire. It shows a corner of a wild territory, which has been scorched
:03:23. > :03:30.by fire, reduced to ashes and then is starting to regrow.
:03:31. > :03:36.Of course, what it is showing is that fire is often a crucial part of
:03:37. > :03:40.the cycle of growth in plants. I love the way that Chris has made
:03:41. > :03:47.this garden. Every detail has been thought through. What may look just
:03:48. > :03:48.natural actually has been painstakingly and rather brilliantly
:03:49. > :04:04.put together. Michael Vinsun's design contains all
:04:05. > :04:10.four elements and it is the fire that's the most striking. You see,
:04:11. > :04:15.he's used really hot colours - fiery red hot pokers to express that.
:04:16. > :04:18.Usually these are plants that are specimens in gardens, standing
:04:19. > :04:22.alone. By growing them as a hedge, it is so effective and will bring a
:04:23. > :04:29.garden to life and shine right through to the back end of summer.
:04:30. > :04:33.Water bubbles in the middle. Wind is expressed by this rock. The thing I
:04:34. > :04:38.like is a sense of discovery in the garden. You see, as you move around
:04:39. > :04:50.the undulating site, you come across these golden nuggets. It re reminds
:04:51. > :04:54.me of when I was a child. They are not chocolate, but it is the earth
:04:55. > :04:58.and all the treasures contained in it.
:04:59. > :05:09.This garden is called See the Wind. Obviously it represents the element
:05:10. > :05:14.of the wind. What it obviously does is capture
:05:15. > :05:21.the way that the wind moves and ripples and touches everything, and
:05:22. > :05:27.the barley moves with the wind, of course making a lovely sound. The
:05:28. > :05:33.waves are planting, representing the movement of the wind. I have to say
:05:34. > :05:41.w the planting I have never seen so many bees as on the alliums at the
:05:42. > :05:50.back. The sculpture is very delicately shippying with the wind.
:05:51. > :06:00.It moves like -- shimmying with the wind. It is full of delicacy and
:06:01. > :06:09.subtlety. Jonathan Price's design is called
:06:10. > :06:13.Musica Mundana. He has created a plan that is innovative,
:06:14. > :06:19.particularly this globe that dances and bobs away above the pond. Fire,
:06:20. > :06:23.that was here earlier in the week, with this amazing pyrotechnic
:06:24. > :06:28.display from a fire-breather. It has a permanent presence in the garden
:06:29. > :06:36.as well. I have gone to California and a what is amazing is the ash and
:06:37. > :06:41.earth around their feet. They grow so tall so the branchs can stay up
:06:42. > :06:47.and out of the heat as well. They have brought in lovely trees, of
:06:48. > :06:52.gorgeous sculptures to Tatton. I have never met anyone who has
:06:53. > :06:57.brought in his own earth. He has sand with sparkling elements in
:06:58. > :06:59.there and even upland acidic soil for his heather. It is very
:07:00. > :07:13.beautiful! Well the gardens outside are
:07:14. > :07:19.inspired which the elements. For some plants it is not a question of
:07:20. > :07:23.inspiration, it is one of survival. Catty grow in some of the -- cacti
:07:24. > :07:28.grow in some of the harsh environment in the world, in baking
:07:29. > :07:32.sun and in poor, incredibly well-drained soil. Some even have to
:07:33. > :07:37.survive in sand. Once you have made it to this stage, you don't want
:07:38. > :07:45.anything to breach the barricades. You want to turn yourself into a
:07:46. > :07:50.living fortress. Over millions of years, these plants
:07:51. > :07:57.have evolved in incredible ways. The fleshy body of the cactus is
:07:58. > :08:01.actually a stem and the leaves have been replaced by thorns and spikes
:08:02. > :08:07.to protect that body and, more importantly, to protect the flowers,
:08:08. > :08:14.which emanate from the top of it. Aren't these just beautiful? Imagine
:08:15. > :08:25.that barren earth suddenly set aflame with these starry flowers!
:08:26. > :08:34.Imagine you are gliding over the Amazonian rainforest, through the
:08:35. > :08:46.moist, misty atmosphere - trees and branches come into view, all covered
:08:47. > :08:56.thickly with vegetation. The They have moved into the trees, into the
:08:57. > :09:05.air, up into the sky. All of these plants have adon'ted a cunning
:09:06. > :09:09.trick, to make sure -- adopted a cunning trick. The roots are there
:09:10. > :09:17.merely to attach them to the stems, but the leaves are covered in these
:09:18. > :09:21.tricones. They pull in that moisture, constantly and keep the
:09:22. > :09:32.plant not only well and truly alive, but covered in beautifulle flowers.
:09:33. > :09:42.-- beautiful flowers. From the stemmy, humid atmosphere from the
:09:43. > :09:49.Amazonian jug toll the heat of a South African hillside, ablaze with
:09:50. > :09:56.fire. These plants depend for their very existence on that fire.
:09:57. > :10:02.These are almost exclusively South African. Every year, they flower,
:10:03. > :10:07.set seed, it falls to the fall, but it does not germinate, it is not
:10:08. > :10:14.until a fire comes along, burning the plants right down to the ground.
:10:15. > :10:20.They are dead. At the same time, a sterile seed bed is created, but the
:10:21. > :10:27.smoke from the very fire that killed the parent plants triggers the seed
:10:28. > :10:30.into germination. Like a Phoenix from the ashes, a new generation is
:10:31. > :10:41.born. Water is the ultimate element of
:10:42. > :10:48.life. These great lily pads are their own
:10:49. > :10:51.flotation devices, they are filled with oxygen and the fact they don't
:10:52. > :10:56.have to support themselves, that they can float on the water means
:10:57. > :11:07.that their great green leaves can spread out in every direction.
:11:08. > :11:15.All the plants on earth are adapted to one or more of those four
:11:16. > :11:18.elements - earth, air, fire and water. They are all dependant on one
:11:19. > :11:30.force - the sun. Every year at Tatton there is a
:11:31. > :11:33.competition for the RHS Young Designer of the Year award. This
:11:34. > :11:39.year, there are three contestants. They have been given the brief of
:11:40. > :11:45.avant-gardening. This is a license to be as daring or as innovative as
:11:46. > :11:50.they need to be to make a modern garden. Last week Chelsea Gold Medal
:11:51. > :11:52.winner Adam Frost went along to meet each of the contestants and see how
:11:53. > :12:01.they were getting on. As an RHS ambassador I am driven to
:12:02. > :12:06.encourage the next generation into horticulture. It is great to be here
:12:07. > :12:13.to meet three promising individuals from the young designers'
:12:14. > :12:28.competition. The three finalists are Alex Skol
:12:29. > :12:32.field, Claire Broadbent. Sam is a cool lad, brought up in the
:12:33. > :12:37.south-west on a farm. He has a huge passion for the environment. I love
:12:38. > :12:44.his take on a wildlife garden. You are very brave in what you've
:12:45. > :12:49.taken on. Obviously show planting is probably the most difficult things.
:12:50. > :12:55.2,000 plants to go through. 70% grasses. Very green and lush. I
:12:56. > :13:00.didn't want lots of vibrant colours. I wanted a calming space. What is
:13:01. > :13:07.happening to the garden later? It is being located to St Luke's Hospice
:13:08. > :13:11.in Plymouth, so will be used there. They are terminally ill and it will
:13:12. > :13:16.be a place for the patients and family to go and relax and chill
:13:17. > :13:20.out. Claire is a cracking young lady. It
:13:21. > :13:25.is great to see her following her father into the landscape industry.
:13:26. > :13:29.Her guard season a funky take on the green gym. It is a garden which
:13:30. > :13:32.facilitates exercise, but has the facilitates exercise, but has
:13:33. > :13:38.traditional feel of a natural garden. These here, these are monkey
:13:39. > :13:42.bars. You have some wonderful elements. They are the key points
:13:43. > :13:48.within the garden, aren't they? Yes. I am still not sure how it will look
:13:49. > :13:52.yet. It is scary, but exciting. It is lovely, we need more ladies in
:13:53. > :13:55.our industry. You only have to look at the Chelsea Flower Show. The fact
:13:56. > :13:57.you are here is fantastic. It would be nice to see you at Chelsea. It
:13:58. > :14:11.would be very nice to be at Chelsea. brought newspaper Switzerland before
:14:12. > :14:14.returning to the -- brought up in swits spits before returning to the
:14:15. > :14:19.UK -- brought up in Switzerland before returning to the UK. I moved
:14:20. > :14:23.to England after having lived in Switzerland for 12 years. I was very
:14:24. > :14:30.upset about how dark and dull the weather could be at times. They'll
:14:31. > :14:34.love you! So, I wanted to create a garden which even with dull weather
:14:35. > :14:42.like today you can still have a bright garden which brings in heat.
:14:43. > :14:46.This really is a fantastic opportunity and I so wish it was
:14:47. > :14:50.about when I started off. I think I would have jumped at the chance.
:14:51. > :14:53.Today I have met three completely different people, three different
:14:54. > :14:57.designs. I think it will be interesting to see how they all
:14:58. > :14:59.finish them off in the next week or so. This could be a great stepping
:15:00. > :15:20.stone to a fantastic career. Adam, the three designers were
:15:21. > :15:25.mentored by Paul Hervey Brooks, you were mentored by Geoff Hamilton. I
:15:26. > :15:30.look back on that fondly. I hope they've got something working with
:15:31. > :15:33.Paul. They don't look like first-time designers gardens. What
:15:34. > :15:37.do you think of the design of Sam? It's a beautiful garden. I love the
:15:38. > :15:42.detail in this space. The concrete he made himself. And experimenting.
:15:43. > :15:46.You are sat here and you could be in a meadow. It's bespoke. It hasn't
:15:47. > :15:51.been bought. The planting, though, it makes me want to dive in. It's
:15:52. > :15:54.brave. If you think about it, he has covered this side with planting.
:15:55. > :15:57.That's impressive. I am getting a little bit too comfortable here.
:15:58. > :16:11.Best look at the next one because it's not so relaxing. OK.
:16:12. > :16:18.What do you make of this? I think it's cool. Fantastic. You rate the
:16:19. > :16:25.work of Claire then? It's brilliant. There's great ideas in this garden.
:16:26. > :16:31.It's fun. It's engaging. I feel like a hamster in a wheel working away. I
:16:32. > :16:35.know, but in reality I think Clare set out to do something, to create a
:16:36. > :16:40.green gym and I think she's nailed the brief. If this was at the bottom
:16:41. > :16:46.of my garden and the kids ran to it they would engage with this space. I
:16:47. > :17:00.like it, it's just the work element! You are tired.
:17:01. > :17:16.I could do this for hours! I tell you what, Commonwealth Games, I
:17:17. > :17:20.could be there. 40 kilos that is. That's four! He puts a nought on
:17:21. > :17:24.everything. The great British public will never believe that Father a
:17:25. > :17:30.moment. This isn't me. It's just not me. -- for a moment.
:17:31. > :17:35.I love what Alex Schofield has done with these stepping stones. There is
:17:36. > :17:40.flowers. It's a cracking piece of work. The simplicity and the lovely
:17:41. > :17:45.rectangles that overlap each other. It's a lovely piece of work. And the
:17:46. > :17:49.perspex. I love the way it plays with the light. You have the red and
:17:50. > :17:56.the amber colours. Yeah, it's right for this time of day. He has created
:17:57. > :17:59.what he wanted. This is a sun lover's paradise. This will be
:18:00. > :18:03.difficult to call, it's not like comparing apples. Each garden is
:18:04. > :18:08.completely different. That's what's great. These are different animals
:18:09. > :18:19.and that's what I love about it. Now it's all down to the judges.
:18:20. > :18:26.We will be coming back and finding out who's won the Young Garden
:18:27. > :18:31.Designer of the Year later. Getting young people involved in every
:18:32. > :18:34.aspect of horticultural is really important both for horticultural
:18:35. > :18:39.itself and for young people. I personally think for the planet too.
:18:40. > :18:44.If we can get people engaged with looking after plants, looking after
:18:45. > :18:49.the soil, that's got to be ecologically important. Gardening
:18:50. > :18:56.has increasingly been seen as a form of healing, in all kinds of ways.
:18:57. > :18:59.This is known now as support through hort. Over half the large gardens
:19:00. > :19:06.here at Tatton are expressing that theme.
:19:07. > :19:12.This is the Safe From Harm garden, designed to raise awareness of the
:19:13. > :19:15.NSPCC's I Know appeal, to fund the Childline schools service ensuring
:19:16. > :19:20.volunteers will run workshops in every primary school throughout the
:19:21. > :19:28.UK by 2016 to educate children about protecting themselves from abuse.
:19:29. > :19:33.The Styalist garden has been designed by Richard Heyes who runs a
:19:34. > :19:39.horticultural course for female prisoners at Styal prison. Many of
:19:40. > :19:42.the women arrive to the prison with behavioural problems, some have
:19:43. > :19:46.never held down a job. Part of this project provides a sense of
:19:47. > :19:52.achievement, raises self-esteem and provides practical skills. All of
:19:53. > :19:58.the show garden this is the most open and expresses a desire for
:19:59. > :20:01.freedom and space. One of the most compelling examples
:20:02. > :20:10.here at Tatton of support through hort is this garden. It's called
:20:11. > :20:23.Hope and Recover yes -- Recovery and has been designed by Gerry Hosker
:20:24. > :20:28.with the help of Dr Melanie Higgins. Ashworth, we care for 200 mentally
:20:29. > :20:31.disordered male predominantly offenders. Explain the garden top
:20:32. > :20:35.me, does it have a pattern or meaning? It's supposed to represent
:20:36. > :20:39.the patient's journey from the beginning of the hospital stay when
:20:40. > :20:42.they're in chaos and despair, their illness is untreated and that's
:20:43. > :20:46.represented by darker planting to this side. That moves from hope to
:20:47. > :20:51.the recovery with brighter planting and then also the pebble patch was
:20:52. > :20:55.an opportunity for even the illest patients to make a pebble that shows
:20:56. > :20:59.many things about ash court but including people looking out for --
:21:00. > :21:03.about Ashworth but including people looking out for each other. It's
:21:04. > :21:08.been able to show a wider audience what the hospital is about. I was
:21:09. > :21:13.going to ask you that. I can understand the healing process of
:21:14. > :21:17.the garrening, but why begin -- gardening but why bring it to
:21:18. > :21:20.Tatton? We question ourselves on that. We felt confident as a
:21:21. > :21:26.hospital that we have a story to tell that's not just the way it's
:21:27. > :21:30.portrayed in sensationalist media profiling. We wanted to say our
:21:31. > :21:33.patients, although they're mentally disordered offenders, mentally ill
:21:34. > :21:37.many with Schizophrenia, they're able to contribute to society and
:21:38. > :21:42.the work we do at Ashworth is to help reduce the risk to the public
:21:43. > :21:45.eventually and to rehabilitate them along that pathway. What feedback
:21:46. > :21:50.are you having from the public here? We have been really blown away
:21:51. > :21:53.actually. We did have some anxiety that people would question why we
:21:54. > :21:58.have done this. The opposite has been true. We have had a welcoming
:21:59. > :22:01.response, not only people have liked the garden, but once you have
:22:02. > :22:05.explained what Ashworth is and people go, I know Ashworth, it's
:22:06. > :22:08.where so and so is, we tell them why we are here and what we are doing
:22:09. > :22:15.they've been supportive and in some cases very moved. Melanie, thank you
:22:16. > :22:20.very much. There are lots of very thought-provoking gardens and
:22:21. > :22:24.exhibits here at Tatton. Others are just stimulating and fun. I have
:22:25. > :22:27.asked the team to choose the one thing that has most excited or
:22:28. > :22:37.inspired them about this year's show.
:22:38. > :22:51.My highlight of Tatton this year is this whole display of pelargoniums.
:22:52. > :22:59.There's more to the Group 4. All of them love this sunny weather.
:23:00. > :23:03.There's some real beauties here. These flower all summer long.
:23:04. > :23:06.They've happy little faces. Then the decorative types, always have a kiss
:23:07. > :23:11.of colour around the outside of the petals. If I was to choose a
:23:12. > :23:15.favourite, it would be the scented leafed. The throwers aren't that
:23:16. > :23:20.much but the fragance -- the flowers aren't that much but the fragance is
:23:21. > :23:25.delicious. One has a Minty scent. The other reason this is my pick is
:23:26. > :23:37.because this is the last time all of these plants will be displayed
:23:38. > :23:40.together because fir trees pelargonims are packing up. What a
:23:41. > :23:48.display they've been putting on for decades.
:23:49. > :23:55.How about this for a karn avalue -- carnival celebration. Everything
:23:56. > :24:02.this stand is at its perfect best. All the flowers are open right up at
:24:03. > :24:06.every spike. Each bulb is a different variety, it's at the peak
:24:07. > :24:12.of perfection. There's such a wealth of different varieties too.
:24:13. > :24:20.Everything from new ones down here with lovely coral flowers and silver
:24:21. > :24:29.edge through to this one. It's so inspiring. Even daem Edna -- Daem
:24:30. > :24:34.Edna would be blown away -- Dame. It's not justably who loves them,
:24:35. > :24:39.it's the public and judges. This has been awarded the Best Exhibit in the
:24:40. > :24:51.floral marquee and this wonderful trophy. It's splendid.
:24:52. > :25:01.My choice is very simple. It's a plant called Midnight Dream. It's an
:25:02. > :25:06.Agapanthus. This was a chance seedling grown in Holland and then
:25:07. > :25:11.started to appear about four years ago, although I confess I haven't
:25:12. > :25:18.seen it before. It's one of those plants that grabs you and says,
:25:19. > :25:22.you're mine. As with all Agapanthus, the secret to flower well is pack
:25:23. > :25:27.them into a pot or plant them where the roots are constricted and then
:25:28. > :25:33.you will get lots of flower and not too much leaf.
:25:34. > :25:39.There are so many wonderful things to see at Tatton this year, but
:25:40. > :25:44.there is one more highlight to come. That's finding out who's won The
:25:45. > :25:49.Young Designer of The Year competition. There were complee
:25:50. > :25:56.competitors -- three competitors. First, Clare with her garden
:25:57. > :26:02.designed to be a green gym. The second was by Sam, The Sky's The
:26:03. > :26:10.Limit. It's a garden with every inch planted.
:26:11. > :26:12.And the third was Alex Schofield's garden Prehistoric Modernism which
:26:13. > :26:16.is well-suited to this season's weather because it's designed for
:26:17. > :26:23.sun-worshippers and takes inspiration from Stonehenge.
:26:24. > :26:30.Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to announce the
:26:31. > :26:37.winner of the RHS Young Designer of The Year competition. I am proud to
:26:38. > :26:43.announce that it is Sam Owens. Sam, congratulations. Sam, how does it
:26:44. > :26:47.feel? It's brilliant. Completely over the moon. Still can't quite
:26:48. > :26:53.believe it's happened. I think one of the things that has made it
:26:54. > :26:56.special is that your planting is incredibly sophisticated. And
:26:57. > :27:00.confident. Do you feel sophisticated and confident? Not sure about that.
:27:01. > :27:04.I am glad that's what you think from the planting, that's what you get.
:27:05. > :27:07.What's the next step, now you have won this what about a Chelsea
:27:08. > :27:11.garden? Definitely in a couple of years, I would love to do a Chelsea.
:27:12. > :27:16.I will definitely be back. This is a fabulous show. To win this award at
:27:17. > :27:32.Tatton is an amazing thing. Another big round of applause everybody.
:27:33. > :27:44.That's it. That's it from the HHS shows. -- RHS shows. It is sad.
:27:45. > :27:51.There's been lots of good stuff. It's been exceptional right the way
:27:52. > :27:57.through. The thing that stands out is youth. Hugo Bugg winning a gold
:27:58. > :28:06.medal, having won Designer of The Year here. They're coming through.
:28:07. > :28:11.The two Matthews, Matthew Keightley and Charles. Insuspicional. People
:28:12. > :28:15.-- they're inspirational. Let's hope there are going to be more women
:28:16. > :28:20.amongst them. What's also interesting about Matthew Keightley,
:28:21. > :28:25.it wasn't just the judges, the people's award. It's reaching out to
:28:26. > :28:30.people everywhere. I think that is really good. Each show plants have
:28:31. > :28:34.been at their very, very best. The most superb. Like they're performing
:28:35. > :28:41.for us. It's been good fun. I hope you have enjoyed it as much as we
:28:42. > :28:49.have. Carol, Joe and myself will be here on BBC2 in half an hour's time
:28:50. > :28:50.on Gardener's World. From Tatton, bye.
:28:51. > :29:00.here on BBC2 in half an hour's time on Gardener's World. From Bye.