Stars in bloom for the Chelsea Show

GARDENING enthusiasts rubbed shoulders with celebrities at yesterday’s opening of the Chelsea Flower Show, where RTÉ television personality Diarmuid Gavin has designed a garden.

More than 150,000 visitors are this week expected to descend on Europe’s premier horticultural festival in London to see plants and gardens from 600 exhibitors.

Yesterday Gavin, host of RTÉ’s I Want a Garden was at the festival showing off his Westland garden, which he designed for an artistic couple facing retirement.