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Gardens on show
2011-05-24 12:46:27
24 May 2011 Last updated at 10:52 Share this page Delicious Digg Facebook reddit StumbleUpon Twitter Email Print Audio slideshow: Chelsea 2011
More than 150,000 people will visit this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show - but the press, and some famous faces, have been allowed a sneak preview of the world famous floral festival.
See some of the show's sights here - including a garden in the sky from Diarmuid Gavin, a verdant vegetable patch from BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time expert Bunny Guinness, and a heartfelt space from designer Ann-Marie Powell.
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Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Publication date 24 May 2011.
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