It’s always quite difficult for designers to imagine what the trees might look like at Chelsea when you are ‘tagging’ them in a cold field in Germany or Belgium. The problem this gives us is that when it comes to building the garden at the Chelsea Flower Show itself, the worst possible outcome is for us to plant the trees, for the designer to then change his mind and ask us to move them. It’s quite dispiriting to do any work twice but the most important factor is that it costs us valuable time. To avoid this, last week we set out the entire garden down at the Crocus nursery and positioned each tree in the correct place. Luciano could then look at each tree and decide if he was happy with it. All 12 trees were reviewed and every one numbered and the front marked so that we know exactly which tree to plant where.