Monty Don and Joe Swift launch BBC Two’s coverage of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024. They’re joined by a team of gardening experts including Carol Klein, Adam Frost, Rachel de Thame, Arit Anderson and Frances Tophill.  They delve into some of the 35 inspirational gardens on show, exploring the horticultural excellence on display in the Great Pavilion and taking a first look at some of this year’s planting trends. And Sophie Raworth welcomes the royal family to the showground.

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Join Sophie Raworth and Joe Swift for an exclusive first look at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show 2024. They are joined by Adam Frost, Rachel de Thame, Arit Anderson, Toby Buckland and JJ Chalmers, who will be delving into some of the most eagerly anticipated show gardens and revealing this season’s best blooms in the Great Pavilion.

RHS: Countdown to Chelsea 2024

Nicki Chapman and Angellica Bell have exclusive access to the glitz and glamour of opening day of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024.  They’re joined by a team of gardening experts, including Carol Klein who'll br showing us how to recreate the latest look for a colourful summer border, Toby Buckland who’ll be helping us solve some of our most common garden design dilemmas, and James Wong who’ll have the ultimate beginner’s guide to buying, styling and caring for houseplants.

It’s Medals Day at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, and Nicki Chapman and Angellica Bell kick off our coverage with an overview of this year’s big winners. Toby Buckland brings us the latest design tips from Chelsea for our gardens at home. Frances Tophill is joining the houseplant revolution, bringing us clever hacks and expert advice on indoor gardening, and James Wong reveals the secrets behind creating the perfect rock-garden-style border.

Emotions are running high at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show as the all-important medals are revealed. Monty Don and Joe Swift bring us the highlights of the garden design awards, while Carol Klein shares the triumphs of the nurseries and growers in the Great Pavilion.  Dame Judi Dench joins Monty to share why she returns to the show year after year. Frances Tophill unveils the 2024 winner of the RHS Plant of the Year award, and there's an exclusive reveal of the winner of the RHS Best Show Garden award.

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Nicki Chapman and Angellica Bell are back with more ideas and inspiration from this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Toby Buckland reveals the simple design and planting tricks to improve the view in your garden. Mark Lane unveils how you can replicate the must-have border trends from Chelsea, and Carol Klein explains where to start when buying a tree to future-proof your garden. Plus, celebrity chef Levi Roots shares how his grandparents' garden started his passion for cooking.

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Sophie Raworth and Joe Swift launch the BBC RHS People’s Choice Award and take a look at all the show gardens in contention. Dame Mary Berry shares her recipe ideas, using ingredients she has discovered in the Great Pavilion. And Toby Buckland helps ease one of the biggest complaints when spending time in the garden... noisy neighbours.

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Monty Don and Joe Swift take a look at how the RHS Chelsea Flower is helping to reimagine urban living, with innovative ideas that can be replicated at home.

Rachel de Thame shares the secrets to creating a private retreat in even the smallest of spaces, whilst Carol Klein unveils the new plants that are set to become must-haves in garden borders. Nick Bailey reveals the planting choices to help deal with another scorching summer. And interior design master Michelle Ogundehin describes how to create a green haven indoors.

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Nicki Chapman and Angellica Bell join us from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024 where they’ll be celebrating inspirational ideas for smaller spaces. Toby Buckland has easy design hacks to bring a bit of Chelsea magic to your garden, Frances has top tips on how to use houseplants to create an indoor haven, and after a wet start to the year, James Wong is helping you adapt your garden. Nicki has a lesson on how to create a show-stopping floral display for your garden table this summer.

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Monty Don, Joe Swift and the team have everything you need to know to get ready for summer. Nick Bailey explores a garden perfect for outdoor entertaining, Carol Klein has advice on how to choose plants that will survive the challenges of scorching weather, and Dame Mary Berry celebrates one of Britain's favourite summer flowers.

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Celebrating a glorious week at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Angellica Bell and Nicki Chapman bring us the last instalment of their Chelsea dream spaces, and Rachel De Thame revels in the beauty of the wildflowers that are must-haves in our summer borders. Carol Klein brings us her guide to the perfect tree for a small space, and we reveal the winner of the RHS Best Balcony and Container Garden Award.

Episode 11

Sophie Raworth and Joe Swift reveal the winner of this year’s BBC RHS People’s Choice Award and are joined by Dame Mary Berry, who asks the pavilion growers how best to create a stunning floral cutting garden. Arit Anderson shows us how to add a bit of Chelsea style glitz to our gardens, and Rachel de Thame brings us the showstopping flowers from the Great Pavilion. And to get us ready for the weekend, JJ Chalmers is partying at a 70s retro disco-inspired houseplant exhibit.

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It’s the end of the week at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024. Monty Don and Joe Swift bring us their expert analysis of the winning garden in the BBC RHS People’s Choice Award.

80s pop legends and husband and wife gardening fanatics Martin and Shirlie Kemp invite us to take a look around their glorious garden in Hertfordshire. Arit Anderson shows us how some clever design and planting combinations can make a garden an uplifting and energising space.

Over in the Great Pavilion, Carol Klein celebrates clematis-growing Chelsea legend Raymond Evison, whilst Adam Frost takes a look at what a flood-resilient back garden of the future might look like.

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Monty Don and Joe Swift look back at the highlights of their week at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024.

Highlights RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024

Sophie Raworth and Joe Swift look back on the week's highlights at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024 and are joined by special guests with their take on the world’s greatest gardening event.

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The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, formally known as the Great Spring Show, is a garden show held for five days in May by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London. Held at Chelsea since 1912, it is the most famous flower and landscape gardens show in the United Kingdom, and perhaps in the world. The show is attended by members of the British Royal Family and attracts visitors from all continents.

Highlights to the Chelsea Flower Show include the avant-garde show gardens designed by leading names with Floral Marquee at the centrepiece. The Show also features smaller gardens such as the Artisan and Urban Gardens.

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