Dan Rose

Dan Rose, who is a volunteer with RSPCA Bryn y Maen Animal Centre, has been helping out at the garden.

As a Flintshire County Counsellor who sits on both the Environment and Climate change committees Dan is passionate about helping wildlife.

A keen gardener from an early age he won the Wales in Bloom competition aged 14 for the gardening he had done the gardening at. He also completed the RHS Advance Course aged 18 and has continued to garden in his allotment.

“I’ve never been to RHS Chelsea before, after doing my RHS Advanced units when I was in my late teens, it’s somewhere I’ve always wanted to go,” he said. “I love the new and unusual varieties released each year. If you think of the number of varieties of dogs all bred from wolves, it’s the same with garden plants, hundreds of cultivars all from within a species or hybrids of multiple species.

“I’d love to get to see them all! I’m also hoping I get a sneak peek behind the scenes of how it all works, I can’t imagine how a garden of this calibre gets created within days from nothing. Overall, I am eager to immerse myself in the world of RHS Chelsea, talking to like minded people about the RSPCAs support of wildlife and how we can use wildflowers and their cultivated forms in our gardens to all help.”