Sophie Raworth and Adam Frost look back on the highlights of the week at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025, including the must-have planting and design trends at the world’s greatest gardening event and meeting some famous faces.

Highlights, Part 2

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Highlights, Part 1

Join Sophie Raworth and Adam Frost for a first look at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show 2025, including the exclusive reveal of Monty Don’s RHS and BBC Radio 2 Dog Garden. Sophie and Adam is joined by Rachel de Thame, Arit Anderson and JJ Chalmers as they delve into all the latest gardening trends from this year’s crop of show garden designers and explore the floral delights in the Great Pavilion.

Countdown to RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025

Nicki Chapman and Angellica Bell have exclusive access to the glitz and glamour on the opening day of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025. They are joined by a team of gardening experts helping you make the most of your space, whatever the size. Carol Klein has top tips and tricks for borders, Toby Buckland has clever hacks to welcome more birds into a small garden, and Frances Tophill shares the top plants to make your space feel bigger. In the Great Pavilion, expert growers show you how to grow your best alliums ever. The team also answer your gardening questions throughout the show.

Episode 1

Monty Don, Rachel de Thame and Arit Anderson launch BBC Two’s coverage of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025. They are joined by a team of gardening experts, including Carol Klein, Adam Frost and Frances Tophill.

They explore some of the most innovative and inspirational gardens on show, discovering 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.

Episode 2

It’s Medals Day at Chelsea! Angellica Bell and Nicki Chapman take a look at this year’s big winners. Our top team of gardening experts have a host of tips and tricks to help you make the most of colour in your garden. Toby Buckland reveals how to get the Chelsea look in your borders, Sue Kent shows you how to get the wow factor in your garden all year round, and Carol Klein meets the gold medal growers in the Great Pavilion.

Episode 3

Emotions are running high at Chelsea as the all-important medals are revealed. Monty Don and Rachel de Thame bring us the highlights of the garden design awards, while Carol Klein shares the triumphs of the nurseries and growers in the Great Pavilion. Adam Frost reveals how to create a Chelsea-inspired garden at home, and we exclusively reveal the winner of the RHS Chelsea Garden of the Year.

Episode 4

Nicki Chapman and Angellica Bell launch the BBC RHS People’s Choice Award, where you can vote for your favourite large show garden. The team of gardening experts are back with more inspiration from this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show whilst making the most of your budget. Chris Bavin finds out the clever design tricks to create a beautiful space at home that won’t cost a fortune, and Carol Klein shares the plants in the Great Pavilion that will give you bang for your buck whilst packing your border full of glorious flowers. We also reveal which garden has won the RHS Chelsea Small Garden of the Year.

Episode 5

Monty Don and Arit Anderson celebrate the power of gardening and how it can bring people together. Rachel de Thame shares how to create your perfect space to socialise, from large summer gatherings to a cosy catch-up with a friend. Adam Frost delves into the latest planting trends at this year’s show and explains how you can replicate them at home. Plus, Carol Klein reveals the winner of this year’s RHS Plant of the Year, which is set to become a must have in your borders.

Episode 6

Angellica Bell and Nicki Chapman join us from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025, where a team of experts have top tips to help you make the most of nature in your garden. Carol Klein celebrates the best plants to attract bees, Jason Williams has top tips to help bring you closer to nature in the smallest of city spaces, and Frances Tophill has clever design ideas for using water in your garden. They also reveal the winner of this year’s best 'All About Plants' garden.

Episode 7

Monty Don, Rachel de Thame and the team celebrate the different ways gardening can be good for you. They explore some of the most inspirational garden designs to help you create relaxing outside spaces, discover new innovations to make gardening easier, and take a look at some of the stand-out exhibits of edibles in the Great Pavilion. There will also be an exclusive look at His Majesty The King’s stumpery at Highgrove House.

Episode 8

Celebrating a glorious week at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Nicki Chapman and Angellica Bell find out how to make the most of your garden this summer, with some top time-saving ideas from the Chelsea experts. Carol Klein has all the tips and tricks you’ll need to make managing your borders easier, and Toby Buckland reveals the secrets to growing prizewinning herbs in your garden.

Episode 9

Sophie Raworth and Adam Frost are joined by special guest Dame Mary Berry as they celebrate the end of a glorious week at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Our experts take a look at the top trends to emerge from the show and reveal the plants to get your garden summer-ready. And Sophie and Adam announce the winner of this year’s BBC RHS People’s Choice Award.

Episode 10

It’s the end of the week at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025, and Monty Don, Rachel de Thame and Arit Anderson bring us their expert analysis of the winning garden in the BBC RHS People’s Choice Award, as well as revealing what has made the biggest impact on them at the showground this year.

Adam Frost shows us how to get the coastal look in your garden, Carol Klein uncovers some of her favourite South African plants, and Frances Tophill takes a look at the plants you’ll need for long-lasting summer vibes.

Episode 11

Monty Don, Rachel de Thame and Arit Anderson look back at the highlights of their week at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025.

They celebrate some of 2025’s inspirational garden designs and the horticultural excellence on display in the Great Pavilion. And they share the latest planting trends and design ideas that have inspired them.

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.

Highlights, Part 2

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