Bermuda won a silver medal at its first appearance in the Royal Chelsea Flower Show yesterday in London.The Department of Tourism and Department of Parks teamed up with Bermudian architect Nicky Gurret and London based company Indoor Garden Design to showcase the Island as an ideal honeymoon destination at the world famous show.Over the course of five days 157,000 people will attend the show, which has been sold out for weeks.The Queen, Helen Mirren and Jimmy Choo are among the famous faces who have already attended.Yesterday, The Royal Gazette visited the exhibit, the first time Bermuda has sponsored one at the show, and spoke with Department of Parks workers who were ambassadors for the Island in London.Botanical Gardens curator Neville Richardson was beaming with pride regarding the silver medal.Mr Richardson said: “It is great to be here today. We have had so many horticulturists come to visit Bermuda and talk with us and they always spoke about this show.“For us to be here is really amazing and to win a silver on Bermuda Day is just great.“The only thing we brought here was ourselves and the sand. We sourced the plants from a company here that grows many of them indoors.“We’ve had a lot of help from the Bermuda Garden Club and other supportive groups related to the Botanical Gardens.“We would like to build on this and come again. We are also looking at rebuilding the exhibit in Bermuda so that everyone can see it. There has been a lot of interest about Bermuda at the show today.”There are approximately 12 Department of Parks staff at the show, including Lucy Hollis who spent last summer interning with the Department. She is currently studying landscape architecture at the University of Gloucestershire.“Nicky Gurret teamed up with the Department of Tourism and they were talking about creating an exhibit so we began sketching plans back in June,” she said. “The application was due back in August. It is amazing to see it here today and to know that it came from drawings we worked on in the summer.”Throughout the day Ms Hollis said people have been visiting the Bermuda exhibit and asking questions.“Lots of people have told us they have a brother-in-law, sister or friend living in Bermuda, or that they have visited,” she said. “Everyone seems to have a connection.”Included in the exhibit were plants such as the Asparagus Densiflorus, Allium Cepa, Asplenium Nidus and Musa Purple as well as a Bermuda Cedar and Bermuda Easter Lilly.Ms Gurret added: “I’m thrilled to be representing my country at the year’s most famous garden event.“It’s the first time visitors to the show will be able to experience the endemic plants of Bermuda, such as the Bermuda Onion and our beautiful cedar tree.”Also featured was a Bermuda Moon Gate. The exhibit was called the Bermuda Honeymoon Garden.Bermudian Lauren King has attended the flower show several times and was delighted to see the Island on display.“We’ve come before and always enjoyed it,” she said. “But when we heard Bermuda was displaying this year we had to come! The first thing I did when we got here today was check, did we medal we were over the moon that Bermuda won a silver. I hope the Government continues to support this and encourage young people to get into horticulture.”Other countries such as Barbados and Grenada also had exhibits sponsored by their departments of tourism, as did Monaco, which won one of the top awards.The Department of Tourism produced a special online magazine for the event, which it advertised on a pamphlet handed out to the public. On offer at the magazine is a trip to Bermuda.Director of Tourism William Griffith said: “We are thrilled to be part of this year’s Chelsea Flower Show for the first time in our history. Nicky has brought our 22 square mile paradise to life for all visitors to the show to experience what Bermuda has to offer.”The show continues until May 28.Related websites:Tinyurl.com/gotobermudawww.rhs.org.uk/