| Kate Gould has been exhibiting at Chelsea since 2005, | | | | and all just getting on with it. Knowing that everyone |
| but her love affair with the show started in the | | | | is in it together and all working for the same thing |
| 1980s when she attended on the public days. | | | | makes a big difference and makes 16 hour days |
| Royal Horticultural Society What kind of garden do | | | | bearable. |
| you have at home? | | | | RHS Best Chelsea experience? |
| Kate Gould This is a terrible admission but my garden | | | | KG The build in 2009 was just a joy. A great team |
| is tiny and messy and full of bits of old Chelsea | | | | and a great atmosphere made for a stress-free build. |
| gardens. It should be designed but I never seem to | | | | Standing back with the guys on Sunday afternoon |
| get around to it. I have been promising myself now | | | | with the garden finished and the sun shining, knowing |
| for two years that the next job will be the garden | | | | that they were really pleased with what they had |
| but it never seems to happen. Maybe next year! | | | | achieved was a lovely moment. |
| RHS What's your favourite plant or planting | | | | RHS Your top tip for surviving Chelsea? |
| combination? | | | | KG A really good landscaper and the ability to laugh |
| KG It depends on the season. For summer colour I | | | | when things go wrong – they will go wrong and |
| have a very soft spot for members of the Salvia | | | | there is no point stressing. |
| family and there is nearly always a Geraniumfor | | | | RHS What do you do once Chelsea week is over? |
| almost any aspect or time of year. | | | | KG Go back to work for a rest! I have never taken |
| RHS What's your favourite style of garden design? | | | | a break after Chelsea but if time allows next year I |
| KG I do quite a lot of work in towns so neat, | | | | am going to turn my phone off and hide somewhere |
| structured gardens are a favourite. Using industrial | | | | warm for a week. |
| materials softened by planting also interests me as | | | | RHS Chelsea in 5 words? |
| with a little bit of thought it is possible to green the | | | | KG Fun, exhausting, rewarding and usually muddy! |
| inner cities and create places people can enjoy at all | | | | For Chelsea Flower Show, Premierevents pledges to |
| times of the year. | | | | provide the cheapest event ticketsonline.No |
| RHS What do you enjoy most about Chelsea? | | | | commission, transaction charges or hidden booking |
| KG Chelsea is some of the hardest work and most | | | | fees. By law, we must charge VAT, but the price |
| fun you can have, even if its pouring with rain you | | | | you see is the price you pay.We ensure their safe |
| can be safe in the knowledge that there are at least | | | | and prompt delivery to our customer.Buy Chelsea |
| several hundred landscapers on site in the same boat | | | | Flower Show tickets with full trust! |