RHS Chelsea Flower Show
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May 19, 2009
Andy Sturgeon, Carol Klein and Chris Beardshaw host this year's Red Button coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show. A regular show garden exhibitor at Chelsea himself, this year Andy presents the show garden coverage. The show gardens are the highlight of Chelsea, and Red Button offers an in-depth tour of each and every show garden with commentary from the designers themselves. A different selection of gardens will be available each day. Meanwhile, Carol Klein and Chris Beardshaw explore the Grand Pavilion, the spectacular centrepiece of the show, which is packed with all manner of plants. Carol and Chris are joined daily by a range of horticultural experts to share their knowledge and the highlights of this year's displays.
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May 24, 2010
This year BBC Red Button will be joining expert gardeners and garden designers Carol Klein, Chris Beardshaw and James Alexander-Sinclair to bring you extra coverage of the 2010 RHS Chelsea Flower Show. James Alexander-Sinclair presents five programmes which will include tours of this year's show gardens and the Great Pavilion. The Show Gardens are the traditional highlight at Chelsea and Red Button viewers will be able to take an in-depth tour accompanied by detailed commentary from the designers themselves. The films will also be available on the BBC website. Meanwhile Carol Klein and Chris Beardshaw will be exploring the vast treasure trove that is the Great Pavilion. They will be speaking to the passionate exhibitors who have been growing and nurturing for weeks, months and sometimes years in preparation for the week-long show.
May 25, 2010
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May 23, 2011
First timers / Welcome back is the theme of the day. Featured gardens are: The HESCO Garden - designed by Martin Walker, The M&G Garden - designed by Bunny Guinness and The Times Kew Garden - designed by Marcus Barnett.
May 24, 2011
Sunken / Raised is the theme of the day. Featured gardens are: The Irish Sky Garden - designed by Diarmuid Gavin, The B&Q Garden - designed by Laurie Chetwood & Patrick Collins and the best in show - The Daily Telegraph Garden, designed by Cleve West. Also: Christine Walkden took a tour through the Great Pavilion. She looked at plants from the heights of alpine areas right down into the soil, encompassing everything from root vegetables beneath the ground to air plants growing high in tree canopies.
May 25, 2011
Romance is the theme of the day. Featured gardens are: The Monaco Garden - designed by Sarah Eberle, The British Heart Foundation Garden - designed by Ann-Marie Powell and The Laurent-Perrier Garden - Nature & Human Intervention Garden - designed by Luciano Giubbilei. James Alexander-Sinclair took a tour of the Great Pavilion. Still with the Royal wedding fresh in our minds James Alexander-Sinclair continued the romantic theme by visiting exhibitors renowned for growing plants with scent and colour. He visited the David Austin stand and found a brand new royal bloom Rosa 'William and Catherine'. James also met floral designer and Royal Warrant holder, Shane Connolly to talk about the trees he used in Westminster Abbey for the Royal wedding and to explore the language of flowers. At the Hillier stand James found Andy McIndoe to look at some more lovely roses like Rosa 'Ballerina'.
May 26, 2011
Natural Native is the theme of the day. Featured gardens are: The Cancer Research UK Garden - designed by Robert Myers, The Homebase Cornish Memories Garden - designed by Thomas Hoblyn, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) New Wild Garden - designed by Nigel Dunnett and The Skyshades Garden - designed by Marney Hall.
May 27, 2011
Exotic / International is the theme of the day. Featured gardens are: The Australian Garden - designed by Jim Fogarty, The Trailfinder's Australian Garden - designed by Ian Barker, The Green Poem Garden designed by Kazuyki Ishiharand the Tourism Malaysia Garden - designed by David Cubero & James Wong.
May 28, 2011
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May 21, 2012
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May 26, 2012
As daylight falls on the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, some gardens have elements still to discover. In this Red Button exclusive, Andy Sturgeon explains how he has used subtle lighting to reveal another dimension to his garden at night.
May 25, 2013
One hundred years on from the inception of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, our cities have grown in size both upwards as well as outwards. However as Professor Nigel Dunnett explains, this shouldn't stop you from trying your hand at having a garden or cultivated outside space. His rooftop garden this year celebrates 'skyrise greening' and looks at water management in a wonderful living, outside/inside spatial experience. Tom Hart-Dyke also scours the Great Pavilion for top tips on plants for unusual spaces and challenging conditions whether it be soil, shade or damp as he goes on a hunt to bring us the best plants for tricky environments.
May 18, 2015
A chance to look at the first five gardens vying for the RHS People's Choice Award at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
May 19, 2015
It's day two of the RHS People's Choice Award and a chance to take a close look at five more large show gardens competing for this year's prestigious title.
May 20, 2015
Toby Buckland and Ann-Marie Powell bring an inside view of the final five large show gardens competing for the RHS People's Choice Award.
May 21, 2015
It is voting day for the RHS People's Choice Award, the viewers' chance to vote for their favourite of all 15 large show garden at Chelsea. Voting runs from 1.00pm to midnight.
May 22, 2015
If you have been inspired to get out into your own garden, then take some top tips from the expert growers in the Great Pavilion at this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Toby Buckland and Ann-Marie Powell meet the professionals, to hear the secrets of their success.
May 23, 2015
If you're inspired by the idea of a career in garden design, then take some top tips from the experts as the 2014 RHS Chelsea Flower Show designers share stories of how they broke into the business. And it's not only the established designers sharing their memories. We'll also catch up with three people who recently gave up their day jobs to fulfil their dream of becoming a garden designer.
Chris Beardshaw reveals the designer you chose as the winner of BBC Television's People's Choice Award. Plus, if you've ever fancied changing your career and retraining as a professional plant grower there's an inspiring story from man who has done just that. Billy Carruthers swapped a hectic London lifestyle running a series of record shops for a passion he had harboured since childhood - peonies. Billy shares his memories with viewers and explained why there's nothing better than a career in horticulture.
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