Chelsea Flower Show 2009: The finishing touches

A gnome sits on the stand created by Jekka's Herb Farm Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Models in a recreation of an Elizabethan perfume garden Photograph: John Stillwell/PA

A woman makes final adjustments to her display Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

An exhibit entitled 'Credit Crunch: The Off-Shore Garden' Photograph: Frantzesco Kangaris/EPA

Gardeners work on 'The Canary Islands Spa Garden' at the show. The garden design is inspired by the rugged volcanic peaks and bizarre endangered flora of the Canary Islands archipelago Photograph: Sang Tan/AP

A man walks through the Eden Project's garden, The Key Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Final adjustments to The Key Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Television presenter James May tweaks his plasticine flowers Photograph: Graeme Robertson

A worker arranges radishes at the Jersey Farmers Union vegetable garden Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters

Terry Adams checks his Bonsai trees on the Federation of British Bonsai Societies' display in the Great Pavilion Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

A show garden entitled 'Echoes of Japan in an English Garden', is seen during the Chelsea Flower Show. The garden is a fusion of English and Japanese gardening styles, created to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Japan and Britain Photograph: Sang Tan/AP

A gardener puts the finishing touches to her display Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

A towering glass and metal flower Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA

A film crew records a show garden entitled 'The Cancer Research UK Garden'. The design takes as its theme the notion of the continual impact Cancer Research UK has on the search to develop better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat the disease Photograph: Sang Tan/AP

A bumble bee is attracted to a flower in the David Harber garden Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

David Domoney's garden, The Ace of Spades Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Piranha fish swim past underwater plants in the Domoney Ltd exhibit in the Great Pavilion Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall, and Prince Charles smell a 'Highgrove' rose, during a visit by members of the royal family Photograph: Sang Tan/PA

The Queen presented the Prince of Wales with the Royal Horticultural Society's most prestigious award, the Victoria Medal of Honour. The VMH is presented in recognition of Prince Charles's passion for plants, sustainable gardening and the environment. Other holders of the award include Alan Titchmarsh, Roy Lancaster and Beth Chatto Photograph: Sang Tan/PA