Chelsea Flower Show

Our region's gardeners have something to celebrate today after winning a clutch of medals from the gardening world's most prestigious show, the Chelsea Flower Show.

The University of Sheffield's themed "sustainability garden" secured gold, while in Lincoln, social networking was the key to their success. Gaynor Barnes reports.

Professor Nigel Dunnett from Sheffield University took top honours for his Blue Water Roof Garden.

Rotherham based designer Jamie Dunstan's garden "As Nature Intended" won Silver.

Welcome to Yorkshire's "Jardin de Yorkshire" inspired by the Tour de France won Silver at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Our region's gardeners are celebrating today after winning a clutch of medals from the Chelsea Flower Show.

Innovation was certainly the key in Lincoln, Digital Capabilites in conjuction with the University won gold for their interactive garden.

Brothers Harry and David Rich both students from Leeds Metropolitan University won their first gold at the show for their small garden design.

Our region's gardeners are showcasing their designs at this year's Chelsea Flower show.

The recent bad weather has caused a few headaches but today it all came together for the centenary celebrations in London. Gaynor Barnes reports.

Gnomes, appearing at the Chelsea Flower Show for the first, will be sold on auction site eBay to raise money for the RHS Campaign for School Gardening.

The decorated figures will all be auctioned off on eBay from today to raise money for the £1 million RHS Centenary Appeal, marking 100 years since the first Chelsea Flower Show.

Celebrities have been given a sneak preview of this year's Chelsea Flower Show, ahead of its public opening. The Queen will also make a special visit later today.

The Queen, as Patron of the Royal Horticultural Society, will today attend a sneak preview of the Chelsea Flower Show.

The Chelsea Flower Show has become a regular fixture in the Royal calendar since it was first held in 1913. Since then it has been an annual event and takes place in late May.

The aim of the exhibitions is to encourage amateur gardeners of all standards to try to achieve similar displays in their own gardens.

One of the most outstanding displays in the shows history was the Coronation Empire Exhibition in 1937.

Created to celebrate the Coronation of King George VI, exhibits included plants representing different parts of the Commonwealth.

• The RHS Great Spring Show was first held in the now vanished RHS garden in Kensington in 1862.
• Between 1888 and 1911 it was held in the Temple Gardens. It moved to its current site at Chelsea Hospital in 1913.

• The Chelsea Flower Show has been held in the grounds of the Chelsea Hospital every year since 1913, apart from gaps during the two World Wars.
• Of the firms that exhibited at the first Show in 1913, only two are still showing: McBean’s Orchids, and Blackmore and Langdon.

• It is the flower show most associated with the Royal family.
• The Chelsea rules forbid the use of coloured sculptures. So garden gnomes have been forbidden throughout its history.