Village Fete

I didn’t want a bloody lecture, says Philip

The Duke he turned his back and stalked off after a Chelsea show designer politely corrected him on the identity of a palm

Ten things to look out for at Chelsea 2008

Jane Owen highlights her top 10 at this year's Chelsea Flower Show

Chelsea Flower Show 2007 

Colourful favourites face public vote

A Cancer Research UK garaden, with a 100ft sculpture, was voted among the public’s favourites at the Chelsea Flower Show

It's a jungle out there

Making her Chelsea debut and inspired by a classic children's story, designer Tiggy Salt explains why the best family gardens should be places Where the Wild Things Are...

Iggy, flower child of the Chelsea show

Iggy Pop, the celebrated forerunner of punk rock, is one of the inspirations for this year’s Chelsea Flower Show

Chelsea Flower Show 2006  

Chelsea's drought gardens impress, despite the unremitting downpour

This year is about recycling old ideas rather than revolutionising, but good ideas bear repeating

It's not all rosy for garden gold medallist

A garden that won a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show is at the centre of a legal action

Dark beauty

New varieties of ‘black’ and double hyacinths are making the bloom fashionable again

The cement garden

Bend it, shape it, any way you want it: concrete is casting off its dull image and showing Chelsea just what it can do

Chelsea Flower Show 2005 

Charming view of Blighty takes top prize

An evocative echo of an English country pub garden has won the Chelsea Flower Show top award

Tall Story

Whether as stylish natural fencing or visual punctuation mark, bamboos are making a comeback

How green does your roof grow?

Green roofs once saved money, not the planet. But grass rooftops are now heading into the mainstream

New blooms unveiled at Chelsea Flower Show

Plant launches include a "full, rounded and pink" rose known as Alan Titchmarsh

Chelsea Flower Show 2004  

Name of the rose

Our new gardening columnist Rachel de Thame guides you through the jungle of 5,000 plants launched this year, and picks some of her favourites

Far-out pavilions

Our correspondent discovers a conservatory of the future

Gardening: Green light for recycling

Using materials in a new form is both fashionable and good for the environment, as shown at the big horticultural festivals, reports Caroline Donald

Old Albrecht's fancy

Mark Griffiths on the charms of a flower immortalised by Dürer