Gavin to defy garden lift ban

Diarmuid Gavin is defying Chelsea Flower Show chiefs by vowing to take visitors up his 80ft (24m) high pyramid garden in a lift.

Royal Horticultural Society officials have ordered Mr Gavin to keep the public off his seven- storey tower because they will “spoil the view”.

The maverick television gardener insists he will let eight people at a time ascend throughout the world famous event that opens on Tuesday.