Kerrie Gardiner

Emily had kind of created a garden that was very accessible and it was very clever use of planting and surface materials.

But it was a masterclass in planting, really.

But also she used AI for the irrigation to work out when the soil needed to be irrigated.

So it monitored soil moisture levels.

So then that was a very smart garden, I think, both in its technology, but also in its execution.

So it was a, yeah, again, it was a masterclass in...

gardening.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

So again, you know, you could see exactly where any beds that needed more soil, so if they were getting more sun, potentially they needed more water.

So it avoids kind of overuse of water and also probably eliminates a lot of nervousness around people and over or under watering plants, which can be a massive problem and a good reason why people lose a lot of plants.

In fact, you know, you can over water them, but we can also...

I think sometimes we think that the rain is enough when in fact it isn't always.

Yeah, I think there was quite a lot of kind of in some parts muted colours.

And then he had a kind of a green man on the wall, a water feature and a kind of controlled palette and hard materials, I think is how Adrian kind of pulled that together.

But it was quite peaceful.

And I think the green man on the wall and the calming water that came from that feature, again, water is very calming, worked really well.

And I think that's kind of how he executed that and how that met that way.

No spoilers today.

I guess we have 20 wonderful new show gardens again this year.

We have a lot of new designers to bloom this year and indeed new sponsors.