20/05/2013

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:29:33. > :29:38.Hello. Welcome to the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea

:29:38. > :29:45.Flower Show. The event, supported by M and G

:29:45. > :29:51.investments is celebrating its 100th anniversary and we are join

:29:51. > :29:54.in the festivities through the week. In 1912 nurseryman Harry Veitch

:29:54. > :29:58.transformed the grounds of the hospital when he staged the The

:29:58. > :30:04.Royal International Horticultural Exhibition. A year later, the Royal

:30:04. > :30:08.Horticultural Society stepped in and changed its name and the RHS

:30:08. > :30:14.Chelsea Flower Show was born. Coming up - show stoppers. We look

:30:14. > :30:19.at two of the flamboyant Main Avenue gardens, designed to stop

:30:19. > :30:25.the crowds. Prize-winning plants - your chance to vote for the flower

:30:25. > :30:31.which symbolises the past 100 years of Chelsea and the far pavilion. It

:30:31. > :30:35.has been wowing the crowds for 100 years, with many displays. Carol

:30:35. > :30:43.Klein will look at the face of the changing marquee. Until about 30

:30:43. > :30:47.years ago, you would never have seen a display of this kind.

:30:47. > :30:52.So, we are celebrating 100 years here at Chelsea. Can you remember

:30:52. > :31:00.the first time you came? I remember it like it was yesterday. It was

:31:00. > :31:04.1984. My brother was working on a garden, a moorish garden. I was

:31:04. > :31:09.blown away the way that gardening could be exciting. I can remember

:31:09. > :31:15.the first day I walked through the gates. What about the first time

:31:15. > :31:21.you designed a garden? It was here on this spot. It was 2001. It was a

:31:21. > :31:25.wet year. It was sponsored by a shampoo for men with thinning hair.