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| Chelsea Flower Show gardens unveiled with WW1 theme | Chelsea Flower Show gardens unveiled with WW1 theme |
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| Garden designers are making their final preparations for the opening of the Chelsea Flower Show, with some choosing to mark the centenary of World War One. | Garden designers are making their final preparations for the opening of the Chelsea Flower Show, with some choosing to mark the centenary of World War One. |
| One garden represents a landscape from northern France, complete with trenches and a mine crater filled with water. | One garden represents a landscape from northern France, complete with trenches and a mine crater filled with water. |
| Other themes are the growth of community gardens and how horticulture can help unemployed people find work. | Other themes are the growth of community gardens and how horticulture can help unemployed people find work. |
| BBC gardener Alan Titchmarsh has co-designed a garden to celebrate 50 years of the Britain in Bloom campaign. | BBC gardener Alan Titchmarsh has co-designed a garden to celebrate 50 years of the Britain in Bloom campaign. |
| Asked if he had any last-minute changes to make to his and Kate Gould's display, called From the Moors to the Sea, he said: "No, no, no. We're all done - we finished just about end of Saturday and it's all settling now. | |
| "And we've had a good nice quiet night and everything's sitting up. Very happy." | "And we've had a good nice quiet night and everything's sitting up. Very happy." |
| The garden includes a dry stone wall, which was dismantled from its original site in Yorkshire and reassembled in Chelsea. | The garden includes a dry stone wall, which was dismantled from its original site in Yorkshire and reassembled in Chelsea. |
| The Queen will visit the show, at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea, London, later on Monday, ahead of its opening to the public on Tuesday. | The Queen will visit the show, at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea, London, later on Monday, ahead of its opening to the public on Tuesday. |
| One of those still working on his feature on Monday morning was Chelsea first-timer, Hugo Bugg, 26. | One of those still working on his feature on Monday morning was Chelsea first-timer, Hugo Bugg, 26. |
| He has designed a Waterscape Garden, subtitled Embrace the Rain. It is intended to illustrate global water issues and demonstrate practical solutions for home gardeners and commercial landscapes. | He has designed a Waterscape Garden, subtitled Embrace the Rain. It is intended to illustrate global water issues and demonstrate practical solutions for home gardeners and commercial landscapes. |
| The No Man's Land garden, designed by Charlotte Rowe, was inspired by images of World War One. | |
| She has focused on the landscape of the Western Front in France and put together a modern representation of the area, showing how the natural environment has regenerated and "healed". | |
| Another exhibit celebrating Britain in Bloom is a garden made from recycled or donated materials, which was designed by renowned gardener Jon Wheatley and put together by unpaid volunteers. | |
| Grow your own | |
| A display called Reachout suggests that horticulture can improve the lives of young people struggling with drug addiction or unemployment, by providing them with work and inspiration. | |
| The "Techno Allotment" by Leeds District Allotment Gardeners Federation highlights how communities can grow their own food cheaply and stylishly. | |
| The show's organisers are also raising funds through their charitable arm to create more jobs over the next five years at Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) gardens in Wisley, Surrey; Harlow Carr, North Yorkshire; Hyde Hall, Essex; and Rosemoor in Devon. | The show's organisers are also raising funds through their charitable arm to create more jobs over the next five years at Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) gardens in Wisley, Surrey; Harlow Carr, North Yorkshire; Hyde Hall, Essex; and Rosemoor in Devon. |
| RHS director general, Sue Biggs, said: "Horticulture is a vibrant, challenging and diverse industry with great job prospects. Career paths include botanist, nursery staff, designer, florist, horticulturist, plant collector, landscape architect, entrepreneur, journalist, TV presenter and many more. | |
| "We also know that more than 80% of secondary school teachers who discussed careers with their pupils said that they themselves were not aware of the vast opportunities offered by a career in horticulture." | "We also know that more than 80% of secondary school teachers who discussed careers with their pupils said that they themselves were not aware of the vast opportunities offered by a career in horticulture." |