Joanna Lumley
Actress Joanna Lumley is well-known for a host of TV and stage roles, including Purdey in The New Avengers and Patsy Stone in the BBC comedy Absolutely Fabulous. A regular visitor to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, she was awarded an OBE in 1995.
Royal Horticultural Society How long have you been visiting Chelsea?
Joanna Lumley Since 1965.
RHS What do you like best about Chelsea?
JL The ideas. The sweet peas. Delphiniums. Darling little gardens. Mad ambitions.
RHS Your favourite Chelsea experience?
JL Seeing huge stars like David Bellamy, Sienna Miller and Stephen Fry, all in love with plants and flowers.
RHS What kind of garden do you have at home?
JL Unkempt, full of trees and foxes, long and twisting. Paradise.
RHS The Chelsea Flower Show in five words
JL Vast. Smart. Exciting. Inspiring. Matchless.