A HEREFORDSHIRE celebrity is to be given his own Chelsea garden next year, as part of the annual show.

"Wagging tails" will be added to next year's Chelsea Flower Show, with a garden designed for dogs by Herefordshire's Monty Don.

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has teamed up with the Gardeners’ World presenter for his first Chelsea garden which aims to give green-fingered dog owners ideas for creating a haven for themselves and their pets at the show next May.

The RHS and Radio 2 dog garden will feature a well-kept lawn for dogs to sprawl, sleep, roll and chase balls on, with a large tree to cast shade on the grass, and spring-flowering bulbs.

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It will have brick paths inscribed with the names of dogs belonging to Radio 2 presenters and RHS ambassadors and the name of Don’s dog Ned.

It will also feature the names of the Queen’s Jack Russell terriers Beth and Bluebell, adopted from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, of which she is patron and where the garden will live on after the show, the RHS said.

Some celebrity dogs will be making an appearance at the show – which is normally restricted to only guide and assistance dogs because of how busy it is, along with police sniffer dogs for security – to check out the garden, and Don’s beloved golden retriever Ned may even come to take a look.

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He said: “This is an irresistible opportunity to join with the RHS and Radio 2 to share my love of gardens and dogs at the world’s greatest horticultural event.”

He said the team, headed by horticulturalist Jamie Butterworth, would make a display that was inspired by his own garden at Longmeadow – and his dogs – but was “above all a celebration of the way that so many of us share our gardens with our canine companions”.

The focus is expected to be on creating a garden dogs love, regardless of horticultural trends, and a beautiful space owners will enjoy.