This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32776296
The article has changed 6 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 2 | Version 3 |
|---|---|
| Chelsea Flower Show: Queen and Prince Harry visit | |
| (about 3 hours later) | |
| The Queen and Prince Harry are visiting this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London. | |
| The prince revealed he had yet to meet Princess Charlotte as he toured a garden designed for his charity. | |
| Horticulturalists from around the world are displaying their designs at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea. | |
| The launch of the show, which opens to the public on Tuesday, comes as its organisers say nearly a quarter of the UK's front gardens are now paved over. | The launch of the show, which opens to the public on Tuesday, comes as its organisers say nearly a quarter of the UK's front gardens are now paved over. |
| The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is urging householders to buck the trend by growing more plants. | The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is urging householders to buck the trend by growing more plants. |
| At the show | |
| By Victoria King, BBC News | |
| From giant jammy dodgers to death and astrophysics - the Chelsea Flower Show is certainly diverse. | From giant jammy dodgers to death and astrophysics - the Chelsea Flower Show is certainly diverse. |
| Throw in some heavy downpours and a lot of symbolism and it could feel like the beauty of, well, the flowers, is slightly drowned out - literally, in the case of the rain. But actually, in between the layers of meaning, the place is also just gorgeous to look at. | Throw in some heavy downpours and a lot of symbolism and it could feel like the beauty of, well, the flowers, is slightly drowned out - literally, in the case of the rain. But actually, in between the layers of meaning, the place is also just gorgeous to look at. |
| Tightly packed tulips create a mattress you feel you could almost lie on. The aforementioned super-sized biscuits sit alongside huge tea cups overflowing with flowers. Miniature Buddhist temples are festooned in pink and white. | Tightly packed tulips create a mattress you feel you could almost lie on. The aforementioned super-sized biscuits sit alongside huge tea cups overflowing with flowers. Miniature Buddhist temples are festooned in pink and white. |
| Dark matter and bright blooms at Chelsea | Dark matter and bright blooms at Chelsea |
| 'Icing on cake' | 'Icing on cake' |
| Among the gardens being exhibited to special guests on Monday is one created for Sentebale, the charity co-founded by Prince Harry which helps children in Lesotho. | |
| Visiting on Monday morning, the prince said the garden was "everything that I could have wished for". | Visiting on Monday morning, the prince said the garden was "everything that I could have wished for". |
| He told BBC Breakfast parts of the garden were "exactly like Africa" and that he "can't wait" to show members of his family. | He told BBC Breakfast parts of the garden were "exactly like Africa" and that he "can't wait" to show members of his family. |
| Designer Matt Keightley, who created a southern-African theme for the charity after designing a garden for Help the Heroes at last year's show, said: "It is such a privilege being part of the show. | Designer Matt Keightley, who created a southern-African theme for the charity after designing a garden for Help the Heroes at last year's show, said: "It is such a privilege being part of the show. |
| "It was last year, and nothing has changed in that respect. I'm hoping the Queen will like it - that would be the icing on the cake." | "It was last year, and nothing has changed in that respect. I'm hoping the Queen will like it - that would be the icing on the cake." |
| Some 165,000 people are expected to visit the show over five days and, for the first time, will be able to view the work of an amateur gardener. | Some 165,000 people are expected to visit the show over five days and, for the first time, will be able to view the work of an amateur gardener. |
| Nurse Sean Murray, from Ashington, Northumberland, who won the BBC's Great Chelsea Garden Challenge, has designed a display for the main avenue at the show. | Nurse Sean Murray, from Ashington, Northumberland, who won the BBC's Great Chelsea Garden Challenge, has designed a display for the main avenue at the show. |
| His front garden incorporates both plants and a parking space, to highlight the RHS's campaign, Greening Grey Britain. | His front garden incorporates both plants and a parking space, to highlight the RHS's campaign, Greening Grey Britain. |
| It comes after a survey for the RHS showed that 24% of front gardens are now entirely paved, concreted or gravelled. More than a quarter, 28% of the 1,492 people polled, said there was no greenery at all in their front gardens. | It comes after a survey for the RHS showed that 24% of front gardens are now entirely paved, concreted or gravelled. More than a quarter, 28% of the 1,492 people polled, said there was no greenery at all in their front gardens. |
| RHS principal horticultural adviser Leigh Hunt said: "All gardens are important - vegetation provides so many benefits, preventing flooding, providing homes for wildlife, keeping cities cool in summer, insulating homes in winter." | RHS principal horticultural adviser Leigh Hunt said: "All gardens are important - vegetation provides so many benefits, preventing flooding, providing homes for wildlife, keeping cities cool in summer, insulating homes in winter." |
| Joe Swift, BBC presenter of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, said: "We can all make our streets greener and better places to live and take action against this growing concrete jungle. | Joe Swift, BBC presenter of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, said: "We can all make our streets greener and better places to live and take action against this growing concrete jungle. |
| "We've made this conversion to grey one garden at a time and now, today, there are 7.24 million front gardens that are mostly paved. | "We've made this conversion to grey one garden at a time and now, today, there are 7.24 million front gardens that are mostly paved. |
| "It's time to get gardening. We can all make a difference: from window boxes to tree planting." |