Episode 83: It's showtime! Fresh from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show; design inspirations and women making their mark

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2016

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

We talk to leading designers, celebrities and nursery-people at the world's most famous flower show, including Cleve West, Jo Thompson, Richard E Grant and Diarmuid Gavin. Discover the inspirations behind award-winning gardens, and join us as we celebrate a surge in female designer talent at this year's show.

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:05.0	Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance.
0:09.3	The scenery changes many times in one season and our finest trees will happily play the part of.
0:14.7	The best hiding place ever.
0:17.4	Booth.
0:18.2	Put your day out of dreams in the hands of the experts.
0:21.6	It's the greatest show in Earth.
0:23.7	At an RHS garden near you.
0:25.5	Book tickets online for discounts plus under fives go free and under 16 to five pounds.
0:41.8	Hello and welcome back to the RHS Gardening Podcast.
0:46.9	Today's special programme is brought to you from the fabulous Chelsea Flower Show in London.
0:51.4	This star-studded annual celebration of the best in international gardening seized the grounds of the Royal Hospital play host to many of the
0:55.1	best designers, growers and nursery people from around the globe. It's a real highlight of the
1:00.6	horticultural year. A sea of colour, scent and imagination. Chelsea never fails to surprise and
1:06.6	delight. We join the guests on the show's opening day to see what's on offer this year.
1:14.0	Hello, I'm Sue Biggs Director General of the RHS. I think one of the things I love most about
1:18.6	Chelsea Flower Show is how you know you've got the world's best nurserymen garden designers, but the
1:24.0	feeling of camaraderie at the showground is wonderful. Everybody is happy because they're here to talk about horticulture.
1:30.3	Because it's the Queen's 90th this year, the two floral arches is coming to the showground are spectacular.
1:35.3	And I think one of the most moving things on the showground are the poppies,
1:39.3	over 300,000 poppies on the steps up to the Royal Hospital.
1:43.3	But some of the gardens here are
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