Welcome to the Chelsea Flower Show special of Step-by-Step Gardening with David Domoney. In this special episode, David takes you behind the scenes of Blue Diamond’s 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden build, tours the recreated Chelsea gardens at Bridgemere Show Gardens, shares a practical houseplant masterclass & demonstrates how to do the Chelsea chop for stronger summer displays
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Chelsea Flower Show Gardens at Bridgemere Show Gardens
Bridgemere Show Gardens has a special link to the Chelsea Flower Show, with medal-winning Chelsea gardens rebuilt for visitors to enjoy long after their debuts. David takes a tour of some of the most inspiring spaces, including the Cottage Garden, the Folly Garden, the Forge Garden & the Octavia Hill Garden
Building Blue Diamond’s 2026 Chelsea GOLD Winning Garden
Go behind the scenes as Blue Diamond prepares its most ambitious Chelsea garden yet. David visits the 3 Shires nursery, where thousands of UK-grown plants have been cultivated, selected & prepared, then follows the build at Chelsea as the immersive garden takes shape. Discover the different planting zones, from dry garden to the houseplant jungle, shady woodland, edible wall & cottage-style planting & see the finished garden revealed
Plants mentioned: Yucca rostrata (beaked yucca), Acer palmatum var. dissectum ‘Inaba-shidare’, Prunus Sumaura Fugenzo ‘Japanese Lantern’™
With special thanks to:
Rosen Tantau
Built By Tom
Westland Horticulture Ltd
Growing Revolution https://www.growingrevolution.com/
Westminster Stone https://www.westminsterstone.com/
EverEdge https://www.everedge.co.uk/
Darren Rumley: One Artisan https://oneartisan.co.uk/
Calico Interiors https://www.calicointeriors.co.uk/
Lighting By David Jackson https://www.lightinginstallations.co.uk/
Houseplant Masterclass
Houseplants can lift a room & are easier to grow than many people think. David shares a guide to some great choices, from tough sansevieria & peace lilies to striking calatheas & elegant orchids, with practical advice to keep each one performing well
Plants featured: Sansevieria (snake plant), Spathiphyllum (peace lily), Calathea & Phalaenopsis (moth orchid).
Step-by-Step Guide to the Chelsea Chop
The Chelsea chop is a simple pruning technique carried out around Chelsea Flower Show time to help certain herbaceous perennials grow stronger, flower for longer & flop less. David demonstrates three methods to create different results in your garden borders, extending your garden’s flowering time
Plants featured: Nepeta, salvia & sedum
📍 Location: Bridgemere Show Gardens – one of the UK’s most inspiring gardening destinations. Discover more https://www.bridgemereshowgardens.co.uk/
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:41 Chelsea Winning Gardens – Bridgemere Show Gardens
05:21 Interview with Blue Diamonds CEO Alan Roper
08:08 3 Shires Nursery tour
14:08 Houseplant Masterclass
19:55 Chelsea Winning Gardens – Bridgemere Show Gardens
24:47 The Chelsea Chop
27:49 Win £50 Blue Diamond Gift Vouchers
28:21 Blue Diamonds Immersive Walkthrough Garden Exhibit Tour
36:47 Credits
20 Comments
Love the video. Very informative.
Such a lot of hard work but brilliant result. Tips on summer patio pots and plants that are drought tollerent please
Vertical edible wall yes please 😂
I'd love to see a future episode dedicated entirely to setting up and maintaining a vertical edible garden/forage wall for small spaces!
Brilliant watch handy tip learnt alot my first year at growing foxgloves whats the best feed to keep them healthy and growing
I would love to see more detail from the cottage garden and tips on growing food and flowers together please.
What a beautiful display of plants, so interesting to go on a journey through the different zones. Congratulations to everyone on your gold medal. I’ve just built myself a raised planter which I am going to fill with veg. Any tips on what to grow which isn’t just a version of lettuce would be useful to me.
Completely agree with Alan Roper. The biggest disappointment of Chelsea is not seeing the gardens close up.
Loved the video, nice to see behind the scene.
great video ,I would like an episode on which bugs are eating my fushi plant,been in my garden year but this year all it's leaves are disappearing.need help .
what a lot of work, looks very tiring but lovely to see. Wish I had more energy to work our now small garden after our previous half acre one. Maybe help with how to garden when older.
More about vertical edibles please.
congratulations well earned
Absolutely gorgeous displays
I love tropical gardens, would love a video dedicated to tropical plants.
More about vertical please .
I would like to see a video on what veg can be grown in winter to try to fill the hunger gap.
Love the video
Hi. I’d like to enter your contest. I’d like to see more on perennial edible plants please. I’m trying to create a food forest garden and would appreciate this information, as I don’t think there’s enough information on this topic around. Thank you.
Hi. I’m very impressed with the Chelsea garden. It’s wonderful.