dan riddleston

It’s not too late to vote in the @The_RHS People's Choice Award! Help us celebrate modern-day nursing and the legacy of #FlorenceNightingale by giving The Florence Nightingale Garden your vote. PLEASE VOTE BY 9PM TONIGHT! Vote here: bbc.in/3CDVXAg

Don't forget to vote for us in the #RHSChelsea People's Choice Award. It would mean the world to us and everyone who worked so hard to create the garden if we won!  Voting closes at 9pm tonight. Follow the link to cast your vote  bbc.in/3CDVXAg   Photos @richardbloom_

Voting lines are now open for the #RHSChelsea People's Choice Award. If you've seen The Florence Nightingale Garden and like what you saw, please vote and help us win it for the team!  Vote here: bbc.in/3CDVXAg VOTING CLOSES AT 9PM ON THURSDAY 23 SEPTEMBER

After two years planning, two postponed shows and a 20-day build, it was a thrill to finally unveil The Florence Nightingale Garden - A Celebration of Modern-Day Nursing at #RHSChelsea yesterday. Heartfelt thanks to everyone on the team @rmalandscape  @burdetttrust  @BowlesWyer

Artist & sculptor Harry Gray joined us today on The Florence Nightingale garden at #RHSChelsea. Harry has created a collection of redesigned Nightingale Nurse badges which will be set into the path as small bronze roundels. While waiting, he did a lovely sketch of the garden.

Gorgeous shadows in the early evening sunshine on The Florence Nightingale Garden #RHSChelsea @rmalandscape @BowlesWyer @BurdettTrust

Planting continues on the Florence Nightingale Garden here at #RHSChelsea amid some gentle autumn sunshine… @burdetttrust @rmalandscape @bowleswyer @hortusloci

Great to see The Florence Nightingale Garden on the BBC’s #RHSChelsea Preview programme last weekend. If you missed it you can catch up here. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0… Lovely interviews with @rmalandscape and Christine Beasley of @BurdettTrust with #AngelicaBell

Great progress on The Florence Nightingale Garden at #rhschelsea, despite yesterday’s downpour. Thanks to our terrific planting team! @BurdettTrust @rmalandscape @bowleswyer #rhschelseaflowershow #planting #britishweather

The bees are loving the heptacodium miconioideson on The Florence Nightingale Garden today. #RHSChelsea @burdetttrust @rmalandscape @bowleswyer #beefriendly #rhschelseaflowershow

Look out for the Florence Nightingale Garden on @BBCOne this Sunday 6pm on the #RHSChelsea preview show. @rmalandscape revealing more about his inspiration behind the design, Dame Christine Beasley from @burdetttrust @florencemuseum and plans for the garden after the show!

The opaque 'windows' printed with ghostly images of Florence Nightingale have been installed and are ready for the big reveal! #RHSChelsea #FlorenceNightingaleGarden. Image sourced from @florencemuseum and printed by #MagicMouse. @rmalandscape @BurdettTrust

The greenery is starting to arrive on the Florence Nightingale garden at #RHSChelsea! These lovely yew domes will sit within the mounded ornamental beds surrounded by planting of late-flowering perennials, grasses and bulbs.

Another busy day on the Florence Nightingale Garden at #RHSChelsea. The boundary walls inscribed with fragments of Florence Nightingale's handwriting are up and @sophieraworth dropped in to do some filming for the #BBC

Can you see what it is yet? Great progress made on site yesterday constructing the CLT pergola on The Florence Nightingale Garden. Terrific team work @CONSTRUKTCLT @rmalandscape @BowlesWyer 👏👏 #rhschelsea @BurdettTrust

Here we go … the first piece of the 60-foot pergola on The Florence Nightingale Garden being craned into place. It’s like piecing a giant jigsaw puzzle together. Let the challenge begin! @rmalandscape @BurdettTrust @BowlesWyer #rhschelsea

Terrific article on the garden we are building at #RHSChelsea

Now on site … the first delivery of the CLT component parts that will make up the 60-foot pergola on The Florence Nightingale Garden #RHSChelsea They have a beautiful pink tinge that will change almost immediately to a honey-coloured tone and years later an ash grey colour.

The man leading the charge … Robert Myers joins us on site at #rhschelsea @rmalandscape @BurdettTrust @BowlesWyer

In the next post in my #RHSChelsea Diary for @ProLandscaperUK I talk about the challenges of pulling a new autumn planting palette together for The Florence Nightingale garden with @rmalandscape and @HortusLoci @BurdettTrust