RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 Ep5 | Vote for the BBC RHS People’s Choice Award

It's a big day here at Chelsea because we're putting the power in your hands. Yesterday the RHS gave out their medals, but today it's your turn to become the judges. Yes, it's your chance to choose your favourite large show garden as we open the vote for the BBC RHS People's Choice Award. The decision is yours. Hello and welcome to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026, an event supported by Range Rover. As usual, we've yet another packed show full of inspiration and advice. Yes, for many of us our gardens are a chance to escape from the pressures of day-to-day life and take a moment to relax and just chill. So today we're gardening to get away from it all. And that is the best thing, isn't it? Especially at the moment, going to your back garden, just forget what's going on and relax. And being at the shows made me realise I don't spend enough time in my garden. I've got a little seating area and we have a barbecue, have friends over. One thing I love to do is actually lie on the grass, lie on the lawn and just let the blades touch me and I look up into the sky. Gorgeous. Just to be at one with nature, I love it. Me, I'm doing a bit of pottering, a bit of deheading, a bit of weeding and then I'll sit back and relax and read. And then you can come over to mine and do that again. I'll do your weeding, I promise. And getting away from it all can also mean creating an atmosphere of a holiday at home or a favourite destination. Plus Carol's getting the jungle look, we've got houseplant ideas for your home and Girls Aloud Kimberley Walsh is here at Chelsea looking for design ideas. But first, I've made my way to Serpentine Walk for a trip down the river on this beautiful balcony garden called Tales from the Riverbank. It instantly transports you to a lazy afternoon on the water. It is so peaceful. Here to show us the ideas that we can take from this ingenious design, it's Toby. Nikki, I love this garden. It is just perfect. It's a rural retreat, isn't it? What a great escape from the smallest of spaces. It's extraordinary. And you know about that. We love escaping, don't we? And sadly, we don't all have a riverboat, but there's elements of this that perhaps we can take home. Obviously, it's a balcony, but by having a theme, it's really helpful design-wise because it hones what you have from a world where you can have anything into something that's themed and tied together. I never think of gardens as themes though. It's so helpful to do that because it stops options paralysis and you can make something that's really beautiful that's linked. So from all the little ornaments to the plants themselves, you're just thinking in the theme. It opens up your creativity. I do love all the arts and crafts behind us and all around. Well, if you like shopping, you like going out, pick up little things, magpie from here and there, and you can make your garden coherent. Yeah, and very personal at the same time. True. I love this chain coming down into the water feature. Well, if you've got a riverboat, water's going to be a theme. The chain's very useful, stops too much noise, but that isn't a water feature as such. It's a dip tank that makes watering your plants more practical and more straight away. You put your can in there and quick as a whip, you can water your pots. So if you had a balcony, you could use that, couldn't you? Any garden, it just saves you so much time. It's better than standing next to the water, but every time you want to fill your can, it makes a difference. And also, I'm always impressed on small spaces when you get to quite large shrubs and bushes and a tree. Yeah, the flowers are foamy, but the trees are big, and you can do that in a small space. This is a willow, not a tree you'd normally recommend for a small space, but it's brilliant because it grows quite large, and you don't need to spare the secateurs to keep it in check. You could cut this with a mower and it'd regrow. Really? Yeah, and the little cuttings from the end, drop them in a little jar of water. They'll root in no time. You get trees for free. So there's always a tree for a small space. Yeah, yeah. Are you ready for a question? Yep, yep, yep. Ife's got in touch. She says, have you got any advice for a bold and fun balcony that doesn't get a lot of sun? Yeah, one plant I'd use. Fatsia. Oh, thank you very much. How rude! How did I run through that door? But it's a plant with big, bold leaves, casts a lovely shadow, grows in dark shade, flowers later in the year, dead easy to grow, even in shade. Perfect. Well, I think I'm just going to stay here. It is so beautiful. Toby, thank you very much. As we mentioned earlier, today it's your chance to vote for your favourite large show garden in the BBC RHS People's Choice Award 2026. To help you make up your mind, we'll be profiling all the gardens. Here's Toby and Francis with the first four in contention. This is a seed in time. A family garden centred on a wetland. It celebrates Britain's disappearing wetland crafts while addressing climate change. With a range of biodiverse zones, it demonstrates how to improve habitat health, support species and address biodiversity loss in the UK. The focal point of the garden is the seating area, and it has walls and a canopy designed as if made from concrete in the brutalist style. When actually they're made using much older, traditional, ancient straw bale and reed building technique. As well as keeping the seats dry, the canopy captures rainwater and channels it down into a central wetland habitat made of a concrete using 92% recycled material. This is the Omni Edge Garden, which explores the often overlooked spaces on the fringes of our towns and cities. Though frequently undervalued, these spaces connect us with nature in daily life. Rich, diverse planting highlights UK native flowers, often overlooked as weeds, but essential for supporting biodiversity and healthy ecosystems. A Gaia, also known as Mother Earth sculpture, lies at the entrance of the garden. She has been carved from a fallen tree using a chainsaw and where her hand hits the ground, there's a pool of water and her hair is made from woven willow. And that willow extends over a dry stone wall archway and on to the seating area behind. This is the Tokonoma Garden, inspired by the Tokonoma alcove. It's a garden that celebrates harmony and connection. Now once central to traditional Japanese family life, the Tokonoma frames views of nature during shared family moments. A waterfall creates a stream that runs under a bridge and turns into a pool that stretches right to the back of the garden. The planting is inspired by traditional Japanese aesthetics and the predominant colour is green and that's thanks to moss that covers every inch of soil. The moss is designed to frame aces and bonsai pines that rise above. The design blends personal memory with universal themes of togetherness and invites visitors to pause, reflect and appreciate nature. This is the Silent No More Garden, a thought-provoking garden encouraging more open conversations about gynaecological health. Positioned around the garden are sculptures that represent the five different gynaecological cancers. Contrasting environments promote connection, reflection and awareness to help break the silence and save lives. A steel pool flows away from the centre of the garden through a pair of rills that lead to a larger communal area. The planting palette here moves from silvers and blues right through to bold and vibrant colours and the plants have been chosen to be well adapted to dry Mediterranean conditions and throughout the garden slate pathways have been used to echo the dry stone boundaries. Well, judging by the first four, choosing a winner is going to be no easy task. I know, I have no idea which one I would pick but hopefully you at home can and the big moment has come. You can vote right now for any of the nine large show gardens here at Chelsea this year and to cast your vote go to bbc.co.uk forward slash Chelsea where you'll find full details of all nine gardens, the terms and conditions and also the privacy notice. The vote is open now and closes at eight o'clock tomorrow, that's Thursday the 21st of May and remember we'll be showing you the remaining five large show gardens a little later so do stay tuned. Now for our next adventure, our very own free spirit Carol Klein is heading deep into the jungle, well actually it is the Great Pavilion, to show you the plans you'll need to create an exotic and immersive experience in your own garden at home. Well we hope you've got your compass ready Carol. It's great to be lost in the jungle. If you want to create your very own jungle then you've got to think about it as three quite separate layers to create that really exotic effect. First of all you've got your canopy which provides shade for all sorts of plants to grow below it. If you've got a smaller jungle then you might go for its sister plant Trachycarpus Wagnerianus which is not known in the wild at all but has been cultivated in Japan for hundreds of years. All ponds have trunks but in this case this one's got a really short little trunk. This one's grown for a few more years and of course that trunk will keep on growing and growing but it's still entirely suitable for a smaller garden because it'll take it absolutely ages before it gets to any height at all. Of course a tree fern could provide just the same shady canopy as a palm could and underneath it you could grow all sorts of other ferns to create this middle layer. I particularly like this one. Look at that. This is Aetherium Neponicum Pictum Ghost or you could provide something really different. Green of course like most ferns are but such an interesting shape and form. It's called Dray's Dagger. Totally unusual. Although the great majority of these ferns are completely hardy they can all play their part in your jungle garden. The elegance of the fronds of ferns is absolutely delightful but all the more impactful if you grow them alongside hostas with these quite distinctive big heart-shaped leaves. And the great things about hostas is that they come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, forms. Some of them are statuesque, some of them are tiny and everything in between. And as for the colours, edged with gold, silvery grey. I love this one in the back. It's called Wunderbar and so it is. Or here's the perfect plant for your jungle garden. This one's called Monkey Business. And then this little teeny down here is Toy Soldier. Between your hostas and your ferns with the canopy provided by your palm or your tree fern you too can create a truly sumptuous, exotic Chelsea jungle look. And from creating a jungle outside to creating one inside. I'm joined by James Whiting, a Chelsea favourite for judges and visitors alike having won five gold medals. His creation this year has been inspired by the Greek goddess Aphrodite and we're quite literally loving his work. Welcome to you James and congratulations. Another fantastic year for you here. Yes, thank you Nikki. It's always good when you get gold after the team puts all the effort into building the garden. Yeah, it's great to be back again. Well we're hoping you're going to bring some of that gold medal winning magic to our indoor installations using houseplants. What have you got lined up for us? So today we're going to be creating a flowering display with long-lasting flowering houseplants that everyone kind of sees around but they don't really know what to do with them. This is something we're going to be able to create and you can move around your home, change it with the seasons and just have a bit of fun and creativity. What a good idea. So this pot, it doesn't have a hole in it? It does not and that's perfect because you don't want the water to escape and damage your countertops. And also it means you can water the plants at different levels because we're actually using a bit of an industry trick here today. The plants are staying in their plastic pots so you can treat each one individually. Okay, well let's start then. Who should we start first? Always start with your biggest plant because that gives you structure. And what's this? This is a bromeliad, so it's a long-lasting flowering plant and it's really vibrant, comes in loads of different colours. And then what we're going to do is add some of these clay pebbles as a drainage layer but also to prop up the smaller plants. So you're kind of creating like a bit of a terrace. So that they're all on the same level. If you just stood them in the pot they'd all disappear, especially some of the small ones. So we're going to pop some of these in and that just gives us a little base layer. And then this is another bromeliad which, because it's a bit of a chunkier pot, we're actually going to squish it. And don't be afraid to squash the root ball. Oh really? So the plastic's keeping it nice and moist but these have very small root systems so you can actually wedge it in. We're using quite a fun shaped pot which gives us little kind of crevices to plant it. So he's happy even though he's a bit squished? He's happy even though he's a bit squished and you can angle it a bit and just kind of... Where did you get these from? Clay pebbles you can get in the garden centre, you can buy them online. They're much more popular, not expensive at all in the kind of amount you would be using at home, you know, just small bags. Right, in goes the next one. Because we had a dinner party the other week, we don't have that many dinner parties and I got some flowers from the garden. It looked nice, wasn't amazing, but only lasted literally three or four days. The beauty of this is with a little bit of expenditure, how long would it last? So this can last a few months. Can it? Your orchids might last, you know, anywhere from four weeks to six weeks, but the bromeliads can last several months and the flamingo flowers as well. These flower in succession, so you might lose a few but you just snip them out and there's more buds coming through. And the beauty of a display like this is when it starts to come together, we'll add some more clay pebbles just as a support. Do you want me to put them in? You can do that. There we go, that's great. See, that's just propped these up here. And then that last one? And then this little baby one, because it comes in a tiny pot, this is another bromeliad. It's like a little starburst of energy and colour. You can just tuck it in the front there. And these are now all happy to be watered individually as they need. How clever. And the finishing touches? Finishing touch. So you can collect some moss from your garden, rake it from the lawn, get it off the shed roof. Good idea. And it's a nice bit of nature. And again, as you're watering your plant, you can water the moss and it will keep it nice and fresh and green. And that literally has taken you, what, three minutes to do? And it's so impressive. We're loving this, but I'm not going to let you go because we're going to hear more from you in a little while. James, thank you very much. Thank you very much. And we'll be back later when James will be showing us how to create another display, one that can spruce up your bathroom. What a wonderful sea of colour. I love Asalvia. They bring so much colour to my borders at home throughout the summer and they are a must. So it's no surprise that they are one of the UK's favourite plants and here to help us all become experts at growing them, the Queen of Salvias in the Great Pavilion, Annabelle Zacco from Middleton Nurseries. It's wonderful. I know. It's great, isn't it? What is it about Salvias that we love? The array of colour, as you can see from the display, we do so many different varieties. You've got your pastels, you've got your more bold, vivid colours. Asalvia to suit everyone and I think that's why they're so popular. And what are the do's and don'ts when you want to grow them at home? So with the Salvias, they like more drier conditions. They're fine in borders or pots. Obviously, if you're growing in a pot, you want to put a bit of grit in there to help with the drainage, but in a border they like more full sun and to get the prolific flowering, you need that sunlight. And how much water? Not too much water, more drier conditions. Okay, well we've got two people here who've got some questions for you. Frances has been at the show, what's your question? Hi there, just wondering about the Salvia Amistad. We struggle in Ireland in the winter with hard frost and it just doesn't tend to survive over winter. Have you any tips on how we can... Yeah, so it's quite wet where you are and you probably get quite cold temperatures. With the Amistad, we like to say to treat it more like an annual. They can really struggle over the cold winters as they are more tender. So maybe take a cutting from them early on in the season. So just as you're getting those new shoots, take a cutting and that's another plant for you next year. And also bring them indoors in a more sheltered position, whether that's a greenhouse or inside. Thank you, that's good. How about your question Beth? I'd like to know what the best soil conditions to grow Salvias in currently and also the best places in your garden. Mine are currently in full sun. Yeah, well like I said, Salvias like more drier conditions. So if you're trying to figure out where to put it in your garden in a border, you could put it in somewhere you're getting quite a lot of sunlight because that's how you're going to get the most potential out of your Salvias and that's how you're going to get the beautiful blooms throughout the summer. Amazing. Annabelle, thank you so much. Thank you again. And congratulations for your silver gilt. Thank you. Now across the week, Flo's been working wonders in the smaller garden categories, showing us how we can create a little bit of city chic in our own gardens. But for those of us constantly on the move, it can be challenging to set down roots. So Flo's been visiting a garden you can quite literally take with you to your next abode. As a gardener, one of the big heartaches can be leaving behind a garden you've planted and cared for for years. And if you're renting, you might think, actually, do I even want to invest in a garden because I might move out in two or three years? Well, you can actually by using some really super lightweight planters that you can take with you. Now these planters, they're made from a glass reinforced plastic, super lightweight, and they're only half filled. So the bottom is hollow and the top is where the soil is. Only half filled with soil with a really lightweight soil. So these modular planters, you can move around the space quite easily, creating your own little pockets of planting and engaging in building a beautiful garden. As well as these big planters that give you the opportunity to grow vertically, we've got space under the table. And why not create a garden, almost a floor level? Choice of plants is really important when you have an exposed garden in the sky. So top plants are really quite critical. Nothing better than some alpines, which actually grow on the sides of cliffs and mountains. They're used to actually quite adverse weather. So things like armeria, these lovely flowers that are proper bee magnets. Anything you grow in your garden, you know, you've got to think about bringing the bees and the pollinators because that's where all the vitality is. Licorice plants is also another good choice. And they've got various times here and they are also when they're full of flowers, full of bees, which is, you know, great for any garden. And then throw into the mix, you know, California poppy from seed. That's a nice little thing to be able to just add to your garden and just create some evolution as you have quite a static display here. I mean, look at that pop of color. And just because you have a balcony garden doesn't mean that you can't have a pergola like this. It's called a goalpost pergola. Two ends that bookend this space, creating a little room. And with the addition of a sail shade, you've got protection. You might be four or five stories up and exposed to wind and rain and sun. So this makes this space actually very comfortable to be in. You may come outside and work at the table. But it means you can be bold and grow vertically in this space and make it feel really like a garden in the sky. This week, we've been meeting some exciting social media gardening influencers who've taken part in a BBC, RHS and TikTok search for new talent. Today, I'm delighted to be joined by two of them, Nina Evangeli and James Martin. Welcome to the show and welcome to Chelsea. Exciting time. And Nina, this is your first visit, I understand. I've never been before. I had no idea what to expect. First impressions? Overwhelming. There's so much to see. It's incredible. What did you think it was going to be like? I thought it was just going to be one big park with like flowers dotted around. But it turns out it's actually lots of different little gardens, lots of different places to take inspiration from no matter what your garden's like. Anything in particular already caught your eye? The She Grows Veg stand in the Great Pavilion. Impressive. The fact that there are so many like fruits and vegetables that you would never be able to buy in a supermarket, like so unique looking, like I need it all. Yeah, all at the top of their game as well. Yeah. And James, you're passionate about jungle creations, aren't you? I certainly am, yes. I bet Carol Klein's given you some inspiration as well. She has, yeah, definitely. If we wanted to bring a little bit of jungle, shall we say, into our gardens, what do you suggest we grow? For me, the ultimate plant has got to be the Dick Stoney Antarctica, the tree fern. It's the plant I bang on about the most via social media and yeah, it's phenomenal plant. Is it easy to keep? It's very easy to keep. I think it's got a bit of a misconception that it's a hard plant to grow, but it's really not. Give me that name again. Dick Stoney Antarctica. Wouldn't be able to spell that. What does gardening mean to you, Nina? For me, it's all about mindfulness and getting into the garden, but also my grandparents are what taught me everything about gardening, so it's like a connection to them as well. And James? It helps me slow down from life. You know, you're immersed by the nature, you walk out the back door and you just slow down from everything. So yeah, it's a... It makes such a difference, doesn't it? Well, enjoy the rest of your day. You're certainly going to be inspired walking around here and we look forward to hearing more from the two of you in the future. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. There's still a lot more to come from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 and events supported by Range Rover. We'll be showcasing the five remaining large show gardens in contention for your votes for the BBC RHS People's Choice Award. And I'll be catching up with Kimberley Walsh from Girls Aloud to find out what ideas have sparked her imagination for her wonderful garden. First though, Toby Buckland's going to show you how you can go on a romantic countryside getaway without having to leave your home. That man is a marvel. Few things offer us a retreat from our busy lives as beautifully as a cottage garden planting scheme. You see a cottage garden as beautiful as this and you think, I want one. But how do you get it? Well, roses are a good starting point. You can't have too many of them. But to bring the magic, it's what you combine the roses with. Now, this is the Curious Garden by Frances and she has been masterful in her planting. This isn't just a hodgepodge of colours. There's lots of silver. There's catmint frothing at the base of the roses, a good filler to hide their legs. And also lady's mantle, a self-sower that will garden itself. Find little spots underneath the roses, fill the gaps and hide their legs. There's also artemisia. Now, these plants have silver leaves and that creates a cloud, if you will, for the flowers to float above. And what beautiful flowers do that? There's lovely alliums, pom-poms and globes, as well as yellow billybuttons. They really seem to pop. And of course, there are self-seeders here, plants that just romp and find their own space, garden for themselves, if you like. The watchwords for any cottage garden are beauty through utility. Gardens have to be useful to be cottage gardens. They need humanity. And that's brought by vegetables. I mean, look at these broad beans, straight out of the allotment, looking beautiful because of their flowers, but providing crops as well. There's silver feijoa, another exotic fruiting plant. There's also nasturtiums, growing on a homemade willow wigwam. And I love the use of terracotta pots. A bit of humanity, again, just placed into the borders. You have to garden if you want a cottage garden. And by that, I mean train plants in some way. A star plant for me is this fruit tree. It's a persimmon. Now, it could be an apple tree, it could be a pear, but doesn't it look wonderful, clad against that render? This tree has been turned into a ladder shape. Normally, you need a ladder to pick the fruit. And there's an advantage to this, what the experts call espalier method. The tree's branches are taken out horizontally. And what that does, it breaks the tree from upright growth, takes all that energy and puts them into blossom. The more blossom you get along the branches, the more fruit you get to pick. It just goes to show, to get away from it all, you don't need a thatched cottage in the countryside. A cottage garden border is, well, almost as good. And hey, you could nip out and pick your lunch as well. Now though, I'm here with pop sensation, Kimberly Walsh, who we know and love from Girls Aloud and also Morning Live. Welcome. Oh my gosh, how lovely is this? I thought I'd set the table for you. It's so gorgeous. This is your first time to Chelsea. What have you made of it? It is my first time. I can't believe it's my first time. I've tried to come so many times and then various things have stopped it happening. But how amazing is it? I've had the, honestly, the loveliest time so far. It's just got such a lovely vibe about it. So let's talk about your garden because it's beautiful. It's sort of like your escape, isn't it? Yeah. I just think when I'm in the garden, I feel calmer. I think, you know, that's for most people, isn't it? Also, I've got three boys. So when I'm in the garden, it's quieter as well because they have a bit more space to run free. But no, I absolutely love my garden. It definitely is my haven. So you redesigned it, didn't you? Yes. And when we look at the pictures, it's like it's zoned and you put a lot of thought into that. Yeah, so it was a really mature garden when we moved there, which was amazing, but it was swamping the space a little bit. You know, lots of like huge trees and it was really quite dark. And I like things simple as well. There was a lot of colour everywhere and it was lovely, but not really to my taste. So yeah, we've completely redesigned it. And now I feel like it's like a little bit architectural, a bit Mediterranean. We've got like the white rendered walls against quite structured trees and shrubs. We've got like an ancient olive tree, but not a lot of colour. We've got a bit of lavender and a bit of wisteria. Yeah, your wisteria, I like to call it ample. It's great. It was just beautiful. But you do like the simplicity of colours. It's very sort of purple and white. And you have come to Chelsea to sort of branch out and be a little bit more bold, haven't you? I have. I've definitely been looking for some inspiration. I think it shows a bit your personality when you look at someone's garden. Like my mum's garden's amazing. It's like a proper cottage garden. There's colour everywhere. She's got seedlings here, you know, everything going on. And I can go there and appreciate it and love seeing it. But in a way it makes me feel a bit like chaotic. And I think I'm quite a person that needs things where they need to be. Yeah, there's like a sort of simplicity that makes me feel calm. So that's why it's sort of the white and lilac vibes. But I've been looking around for inspiration and there's loads here. I can definitely, I think, work with a sort of colour palette that allows a bit more colour but still feels calm. I mean, have you seen some of the displays, like some of the front beds and stuff? I mean, they're amazing. So we're going to let you have time to go off. I'm going to have another look, yeah. But I want to discuss your lawn because you've got three boys, like you say. Yeah. And the lawn's your pride and joy of your husband, isn't it? It is. How does he manage that? Justin is honestly amazing. He puts so much effort into that grass. It's a whole process. I mean, I'm not going to go through it because I don't know the stages, but there's a lot, there's a lot. And everybody's always coming in on the grass and it's great. He has done such an amazing job. It's a big space and I've got three boys. They play football on it. So there has to be a line, is what I've said to him. You have to look him up to say, right, the boys are on the grass. They're on the lawn. He's allowed to get it to its perfect state at the start of summer, which is kind of now, really. But then I'm like, you have to let it go. You have to let them be out there enjoying it because that's the whole point of the garden. We all want to just be out there together, sitting, drinking, barbecues, boys playing football. Like, that's the dream. Amazing. Well, I want you to find some more inspiration. There's plenty here. Choose a bit more colour and then send us the pictures. I'll try and avoid violet and purple. I'll let you know. I'll send you some updated pics when I'm done. Thank you so much. Have a wonderful time. It's great to have you. Thank you. Thank you, Kimberly. I'm back with houseplant designer, James Whiting. Now, earlier we were in the kitchen. We're now heading upstairs to the bathroom. James, I'm going to need you to explain all. What are we creating? So today, Nicky, we're going to create a hanging plant display for your bathroom because bathrooms are not very pretty, are they? No, I haven't got any plants in my bathroom at all. So we're going to actually use something very inexpensive that's really easy to hang up. So a zinc bucket like this. Yep. Is that fully waterproof? So it is sort of waterproof for a while. What I would do is recycle some old bin liner, plastic bag to line the pot. So you're creating a pot in a pot. Good idea. And then you plant into there. Go on then, what have we got here? These favourites. My trusty clay pebbles. No houseplant growers without them. You could use gravel. I used to steal mine from my mum's driveway when she wasn't looking. Borrow, borrow. Leave your neighbours alone. But you could put literally anything like that at the bottom. Yeah, any kind of drainage material. And it gives the water somewhere to go. And that acts as a bit of a reservoir. So you're not watering as often. Right. Do those go in as well? Have you got enough in there? Let's add those in. A bit of extra drainage is always good. And then again, you want a nice peat-free houseplant compost or a multi-purpose compost. And again, mix some gravel or grit. And so you'll add in a layer of soil. Yep. And then a nice hanging plant. This is a satin pothos. Great for the bathroom. And they come with these ugly clips on. So this is why we're making a nicer hanging display. So you're actually going to take it out of the container? So don't be afraid to do this as well. You need to give them a bit of a squeeze. Yep. And tip it upside down. This is where people get a bit scared because, you know, gardening is messy. But you think also you're going to ruin the roots. You are. But you can see the root system there. It's quite young. There's a lot of growth to happen. And you want to position that in the front of your pot. And what about the size of the plant that you're picking? About a third of the size of the pot? So we're going to add a couple of plants into this. Because you don't want to go too big for just one plant. So this is a beautiful Hoya again. And these plants are going to be fine being in a bathroom. My bathroom doesn't have, well, hardly any natural light. Mine doesn't either. You don't want full sun on most houseplants. Right. The nice diffused light you get through the frosted glass that you have on your bathroom window is perfect. These plants grow under the tree canopy in the wild. So hot and humid they can cope with. They love the heat. They love the humidity. What they don't like is dry heat. That's why a bathroom is perfect for these. Looking good already. Yeah, you have to kind of do a bit of hairdressing as you go with trailing plants. Yeah, and the finishing touches. And a nice finishing touch. Once you finish your soil there, this is Tillandsia. It's a moss. It's an air plant. Doesn't need any soil. You can hang this over your shower curtain. You can hang it up on a hook on the wall. And as long as you give it a mist or, you know, make sure your bathroom's nice and humid every day, you can just drape it out of your pot. Super simple. And it just adds extra texture and another dimension to the display. And then once it's all finished, how do you suggest hanging it? Examples here? So we have a few examples. I like to upcycle things that I've found. So an old curtain tie back, some twine, an old tie that maybe found in a charity shop. Put a bit of personality into it. And it's a way to get experimental and show our plants in a different way. I love it. Bathrooms transformed by houseplants. James, thank you very much indeed. It is time to see the remaining gardens, hoping to win your heart and secure your vote for the coveted BBC RHS People's Choice Award. Here's Toby and Sue with the final five. The Tate Britain Garden is a sustainable landscape that combines art, nature and community. Inspired by East Asian woodlands, the planting is drought tolerant, encourages biodiversity, but is also designed to cope in an ever-warming climate. It presents a future-looking model of resilient and environmentally conscious urban design. A wide path made from stones reclaimed from the existing Tate Britain Garden forms the centre of the garden and winds its way down to a circular seating area. The seats are made from that same stone, but crushed up and remoulded into chunky benches. Planting-wise, upslope, there are more flowers. Thalictrum, Cranesbills, Libertia and Spurge. Designed to give this part of the garden a naturalistic look. The Eden Project, Bring Me Sunshine Garden. Inspired by Morecambe Bay and its young people, especially those not in education or employment. It highlights opportunities for young people to develop skills, creativity and a pathway into green industries, shaping brighter futures. The central landscaping feature of this garden is its water collection system, based on the shape of a shell. And the supporting pillars are made from a shell-based material. Central features on an island surrounded by water. The entrance to the garden is a naturalistic planting style, like a coastal meadow. And the colours are yellows, purples and blues with pops of pink. The trees provide a canopy to the garden. Some of them with fruits for foraging. This is Parkinson's UK. A garden designed to be a supportive sanctuary. It has accessible paths, contrasting borders and a handrail. A combination of a water feature and a handrail. It's giving support for those experiencing the symptoms of Parkinson's. The planting is in three parts. This is the nighttime section. It has viburnum, sweet rocket and foxgloves. Plants that can be enjoyed from the shelter at night because it has low-level lighting. Running along the side of the garden is the calm and restful section, where greens and muted colours predominate. In contrast to the calm, the front of the garden is much brighter. Thanks to vivid pink peonies, single roses and euphorbia. The Children's Society garden is a sanctuary for teenagers, offering safety, calm and connection in an overwhelming world. Designed with the input of young people, it reimagines urban space to support emotional health and to restore optimism, placing their voices at the centre of the design. I'm underneath a recycled steel structure that frames the garden and is inlaid with glass art designed by the young people. I'm seated on a fallen timber chair and all around the garden is a steel rill filled with water that ends in a contemplative pond. The low-maintenance green, pink and purple planting softens the linear design. The Breathing Space garden is a tranquil woodland anchor garden inspired by the Japanese concept of beauty in open space. It draws experience from people who've lived with lung conditions and provides a place to recover and reconnect. Accessible paths lead to a large central platform framed by pines, trees known for their restorative qualities. The platform is made from carbon-negative concrete and it overhangs a central pond. Below the platform are recycled oxygen cylinders, while above the platform an airy canopy keeps off the rain. The planting has been deliberately designed to be calming and therefore the palette is mostly green. The plants are chosen to survive and thrive in dappled shade. There are hostas, Solomon's seal and low-allergen lamium. So that's it, you've now seen all nine of the amazing large show gardens for this year and you can vote for any one of them right now. To cast your vote go to bbc.co.uk forward slash chelsea where you'll find details of all nine gardens, the terms and conditions and also the privacy notice. The vote closes at 8pm tomorrow, Thursday the 21st of May and you don't have long to wait as we'll be revealing who has won right here on Friday's show with none other than Dame Mary Berry. Now though, Sue is back helping first-time gardeners to get growing, although I think we can all learn a thing or two. Today she's demystifying the world of climbers. Climbers are a really useful plant. They bring height to the garden and lift the eye and they cover pergolas and fences and create screening. They're suitable for all size gardens but the thing to think about is what they're going to be climbing up and how they're going to attach. You've got a wonderful choice of colours with Clematis and they flower throughout the year so if you want a summer flowering one you choose a type two. They love to grow with their roots in the shade and up towards the sun and they twine with their leaves and they need something quite narrow to twine on so you can start them off with canes. This lovely white one has purple tones and it's called Tsukiku. That means moon child and can you imagine sitting in your garden on a summer's night, the moon is shining, this beautiful pulse glowing. What a wonderful combination. This is a Japanese climbing hydrangea and it has lovely frothy white flowers in late spring and these gorgeous leaves. It is deciduous so the leaves will go in winter. The great thing about this is it's self-supporting. It's got aerial roots which will attach itself to a cabin like this or a brick wall and you need patience because it does take a while to get established but over time it can cover a whole wall. It does well on an east-facing wall with a bit of morning sun like this but it also does well on a north-facing wall which is unusual for a climber. I've got a similar one in my garden and it's looking magnificent in the moment so I thoroughly recommend it. If you're looking for something to grow up a pergola or over an arch, look no further than the honeysuckle. Once it gets going it'll wind around itself so it's self-supporting but it does need a nice strong structure. They're famous for their gorgeous scent so plant them somewhere like this in a seating area so you can really enjoy it. This one is American beauty and indeed it is a beauty. It's got striking pink and orange flowers which is my favourite combination and in the autumn it's got red berries. Honeysuckles can grow in sun or shade making it a versatile option for a climber. It's a beautiful plant, easy to grow and perfect for a structure like this. One of the most popular groups of plants for getting into growing are cacti. They are super easy, children love them and they can bring an exotic feel into your home. But as Daniel and Joanne Jackson of Ottershaw Cacti know all too well, what can start out as a hobby can soon turn into an obsession. Before we catch up with them let's take a look back as they prepare to make their Chelsea debut in 2018. We are Daniel and Joanne Jackson. Typical cactus shape one. Just like in the westerns. Ottershaw Cacti is a hobby gone mad for Daniel. Nice to use one of them, that one may be at Chelsea. I don't think I can lift that. Well I'll help you. It's born out of a collection of plants that he's had really since you're about 11, 10 or 11. I was out shopping with the family and saw this cactus sat there and I thought he's going to come home with me and that's where it all started. I met Daniel in 1996 and he already was at home with a greenhouse full of cacti and Daniel's idea of a good night out on a Saturday was to go to Cactus Club. And Daniel's just introduced me to all the plants that he loves and he really enjoys propagating the plants. So why we have so many is because he keeps collecting the seeds and cutting up the various plants and making 10 new ones and now we have nine greenhouses worth. It's wonderful how cacti and succulents are so popular at this moment in time. We never thought we'd be at the cutting edge of fashion did we Dan? We certainly didn't. So here we have two of my earliest additions to the collection, both grown from seed back in the mid-1980s. This one, Mammillaria parkinsonii, that one has featured in several of our exhibits to date and may well be at Chelsea this year. This one here, Gymnoclecium horsetii, we haven't actually used that one yet in any of the displays but it's a question of timing the flowers really with that one. Cacti and succulents are quite an easy group to grow providing they've got a gritty free-draining compost. Lots of light also is essential to get the colours and the compact growth. They're quite tolerant of being dry obviously but people are generally surprised by how much water I do give my plants. Certainly in the summer I'd probably be watering them twice a week. I always say to people if you're growing them indoors, perhaps once a week every 10 days, something like that in the peak of the summer. We reckon we've probably got about 12,000 plants on the nursery. Of those I've got lots of favourites. I do love the golden barrels. I do love some of the Echeverias, the Pearl von Nuremberg. I also love the ease at which you can create new varieties, new cultivars. I have created or named one each after my two children which Lottie in particular was pleased about. I for one have certainly taken a lot from being able to grow cacti and succulents. It's been a huge stress reliever for me over the years and it'd be nice if the children could do the same. Harry and Lottie have been brought up with the cacti collection helping us repot and water, certainly water in the summer. It really is a family affair and this year we're doing Chelsea. It's a real honour to be going to Chelsea. It really is where horticultural excellence is just everywhere and to be a part of that is a dream come true. So exciting. I am loving these throwback films and with me now are Daniel and Joanne. Congratulations to your eighth year and eighth gold. You can do no wrong. I know, fantastic. And this year we have another award as well for the best design for 2026. But since 2018, how much bigger has your collection grown? It's probably grown another third. Really? Yeah, the collection itself because we need more and more plants for our displays and we've also bred I think 14 of our own aeoniums now and released them. So you're doing well, you're coming up with all these new cacti varieties which is brilliant especially for enthusiasts because they are quite niche but there's something quite intriguing about cacti and succulents, isn't there? Yeah, they're quite unique as you say. Yeah, so let's talk about the myths about them. You say you need to water them, not many people would know that. No, you're right. I mean one of the questions we get asked is or the statement is cacti don't need much water, right? Because we see them in the desert, don't we? Yeah, I mean that couldn't be more wrong. I mean they don't need as much water as fuchsias and other garden plants but we're watering our plants probably weekly during the summer months maybe even if they're in small tight pots twice a week. Now a lot of people don't know that cacti can flower. How do you achieve that and get them to look so good? Well, it's down to the variety of cactus that you've got. So some cacti won't flower until they're really old, 40 or even 50 years old but many of them will flower when they're young. Ributias, mammalarias, they're great flowerers. We'll have displays covered in them. To get them to flower, you've got to grow them in good light and also they do like a winter cool period. So people's lounge, windowsills and things like that. If it's too warm and often it is because it's cold outside that will reduce the flowering impact of the plant. Thank you so much for those tips. Danny, you've come a long way since you were 11 years old. Fantastic. Thank you. Well, it is time now for the Chelsea Garden Clinic and answering all your gardening questions today. It's Toby. Lovely to see you again. Well, lovely to be here. Are you ready? Sharing your expert advice. Shall we start off with Chris and Kate in South Wales on WhatsApp. They have got a lovely yellow rose in the garden and every year they say they get black spot and it stays for the summer season. They've tried cutting it off and different sprays but nothing works. Is there any other ways of preventing it? Clean up the leaves in winter. That means pick them off the floor and I think cut down on the feed. Use tomato fertiliser and seaweed as opposed to manure. It stops the growth being so soft and lush and prone to the disease. Lovely, thank you. Angelica. Yes, I've got Phyllis here. She's from America. But you grew up here? Oh yes, yes. My question is, I planted a pink hydrangea and it's now gone blue and I would like it to go pink again. How do I get my blue ones to go pink? They can be such chameleons hydrangeas depending on the pH, the acidity of the soil. In acidic soil they become blue and then in alkaline soil they're far more pink. To get yours back to pink you need to put some green waste compost. That's quite an alkaline feed or mulch over the soil surface and that will have them looking much pinker, much whiter, much paler. Yes, okay, I'll give it a go. Well, I did buy the pink one. Xena on Instagram says, I'd love to know how best to integrate Mediterranean plants into a cottage scheme. Yeah, now I've seen this trick used in the showground here at the gardens. Mediterranean plants like to have their heads in sunshine and in the bustle and spill of a cottage garden their heads are often covered, they're in shade and they don't like that. So if you had some terracotta pots to raise them up and then planted thyme and rosemary, lavenders in the pots and placed them in the border, they'd get the sunshine they'd need and they could sit with the neighbours that you have in your cottage garden. Great idea, Angelica. Sarah's joined us this afternoon. I'm from Cornwall and my question is, my garden is south-facing but it's really close to the sea and very windy. So what kind of plants would be best to plant? Yeah, there's a lot of plants you can tell that will grow by the coast because they've got mealy texture to their leaves. So if you're not sure what something is at the garden centre and it feels rough to touch, that's going to be kind of salt tolerant, it's a good tell. Otherwise, silver leaf plants, lavenders, thymes, rosemary, catmint for example, they'll love where you are. High sunshine levels, silver leaves, sunshine all the way. Brilliant, thank you very much. That's very good. Jill in Brickhill says, I prune my hydrangea too early and the flowers that were forming have gone black. Should she cut them off? Yes, she can. I think we're beyond the frost now. The harder you cut a hydrangea back, the later it is to flower and if you cut it back too much, you won't get any flowers at all. I just think they're going to come a little bit late but they'll probably be great for that. There'll be more of them, so it's fine. So just be a little bit patient. Yeah, I don't think there's anything to worry about. Some years it happens, you're okay. Okay, now we've been asking all our viewers to send in their gnomes. We've had some fantastic ones in, haven't we? We're loving them. In South Yorkshire it says, here are my trio of gnomes that have passed through our family. They are approximately 100 years old, just like Sir David Attenborough. They look like they've been around the block. Now we've got another one. A viewer sent this in via WhatsApp. It's so funny. This is Queenie. During lockdown, she got up to many antics and made a lot of people very happy. She looks quite big. She looks quite big but she's smiling. Always smiling. Linda in Paris says, my husband has a collection of approximately 50 gnomes. He needs to give you one of those. 50, I'll take one. Last year in spring, a new gnome arrived with his own form of transport. It just looks like our dachshund, Seren. I like the cut of that gnome's chin. Yeah? Yeah, I do. I never thought I'd say that ever. We're going to get you one. Well, don't rush. He's not convinced, is he? Toby, thank you so much. Keep sending in your questions. You can text our WhatsApp number, which is on the screen now, or head to the BBC Gardens World socials using the hashtag ChelseaGardenClinic for the chance to have your question answered. Don't forget at the BBC RHS, People's Choice Award vote is still open. And if you're undecided, here's a reminder of all nine gardens. The Killican Co, a seed in time garden, designed by Baz Granger. The campaign to protect rural England gardens On The Edge, designed by Sarah Eberle. Toconoma Garden Samumea no Nimwa, designed by Kazuyuki Ishihara. The Lady Garden Foundation's Silent No More Garden, designed by Darren Hawks. The Tate Britain Garden, designed by Tom Stewart-Smith. The Eden Project Bring Me Sunshine Garden, designed by Harry Holding and Alex Michaelis. Parkinson's UK, a garden for every Parkinson's journey, designed by Arit Anderson. The Children's Society Garden, designed by Patrick Clarke. And the Asthma and Lung UK Breathing Space Garden, designed by Angus Thompson. For more information on the nine gardens in contention and to cast your vote, go to the website bbc.co.uk forward slash Chelsea. That's all we've got time for today, but join Monty and Arit on BBC Two at eight o'clock this evening when they'll be celebrating how gardening can make us all more creative and revealing the winner of the coveted title RHS Chelsea Flores of the Year. And we'll be back right here on BBC One tomorrow at two o'clock with loads of tips and advice on how to save time and effort in your garden. So we'll see you tomorrow. Bye-bye. you