Gold success at Chelsea Show

Flower growers from the South are exhibiting the very best of their blooms at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show - with special guest Ringo Starr.

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The Hillier Nurseries display Credit: ITV News/ Amanda Piper

The Hampshire nursery Hillier Nurseries is celebrating another year of gold success at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

Specialist lily growers HW Hyde & Son from Reading in Berkshire and McBeans Orchids from Lewes in East Sussex also took home the gold award.

Sparshot College in Winchester picked up a silver award for their display.

Click video: we caught up with Ringo Starr at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Ringo Starr speaks to exhibitors at RHS Chelsea Flower Show Credit: ITV News/ Amanda Piper

Flower growers from the South of England are putting their best blooms on display at this years RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

Exhibitors were very pleased to have a special visit from the former Beatle Ringo Starr.

This crocodile hides in foliage in the Hillier's exhibit Credit: ITV News/ Amanda Piper