Why is Carl Busby tying balloons over his ginger lilies? Will The Rev Tony Clements overcome the freezing Norfolk spring which has threatened his African violets?
What is a 15-foot birthday cake doing in the Hitchcock's back garden? And why is Raymond Evison driving 3,000 clematis through the night in a fleet of cattle trucks?
Peter Seabrook discovers the answers as this year's exhibitors head anxiously but hopefully towards the Chelsea Flower Show in search of a gold medal. Director GILL BARNES Producer NEIL ECCLES
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