Celebrity gardener
Encyclopedia
Gardeners who have achieved fame through their pioneering innovations, writing or, more often, their television
personas, may be classed as Celebrity Gardeners.
The writing of C. Z. Guest
and Esther Dean brought them enough fame for them to be considered celebrity gardeners.
In England, the Royal Horticultural Society
has described both Alan Titchmarsh
and Monty Don
as celebrity gardeners. http://www.rhs.org.uk/whatson/events/documents/debatetherapy.pdf#search=%22RHS%20celebrity%20gardener%20alan%22 http://www.rhs.org.uk/thegarden/pubs/garden0903/compass0903.pdf#search=%22%22celebrity%20gardener%22%20monty%22
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
personas, may be classed as Celebrity Gardeners.
The writing of C. Z. Guest
C. Z. Guest
Lucy Douglas Cochrane was an American stage actress, author, columnist, horsewoman, fashion designer, and socialite who achieved a degree of fame as a fashion icon. She was frequently seen wearing elegant designs by famous designers like Mainbocher. Her unfussy, clean-cut style was seen as...
and Esther Dean brought them enough fame for them to be considered celebrity gardeners.
In England, the Royal Horticultural Society
Royal Horticultural Society
The Royal Horticultural Society was founded in 1804 in London, England as the Horticultural Society of London, and gained its present name in a Royal Charter granted in 1861 by Prince Albert...
has described both Alan Titchmarsh
Alan Titchmarsh
Alan Fred Titchmarsh, MBE DL is an English gardener, broadcaster and novelist. After working as a professional gardener and a garden journalist, he established himself as a media personality through appearances on gardening programmes...
and Monty Don
Monty Don
Montagu Denis Wyatt Don is a British television presenter, writer and speaker on horticulture, best known for presenting the BBC television series Gardeners' World.-Early life:...
as celebrity gardeners. http://www.rhs.org.uk/whatson/events/documents/debatetherapy.pdf#search=%22RHS%20celebrity%20gardener%20alan%22 http://www.rhs.org.uk/thegarden/pubs/garden0903/compass0903.pdf#search=%22%22celebrity%20gardener%22%20monty%22
Notable Gardeners on TV and Radio
- Don BurkeDon BurkeDonald William "Don" Burke OAM is an Australian television personality and author. He is best known as the long time host of Burke's Backyard, a lifestyle program which ran for 17 years from 1987 to late 2004 on the Nine Network. It has returned several times over recent years with a number of...
, host of Burke's BackyardBurke's BackyardBurke's Backyard is an Australian gardening and lifestyle program, broadcast on both radio and television. On television, it was a regular weekly series on the Nine Network from 1987 to 2004.- History :...
and producer of Backyard BlitzBackyard BlitzBackyard Blitz was an Logie Award winning Australian lifestyle and DIY television program that aired on the Nine Network between 2000 through to 2007 before its cancellation... - Peter CundallPeter CundallPeter Cundall, AM is a horticulturalist, conservationist, author, broadcaster and television personality in Australia. He currently lives in Tasmania's Tamar Valley, and until the age of 81 continued to be a presenter of the ABC TV program Gardening Australia. His last show aired on 26 July 2008...
, host of Gardening AustraliaGardening AustraliaGardening Australia is an Australian television program, originally hosted by Peter Cundall, an experienced gardener with a passion for growing plants using organic methods....
on ABC TV - Jamie DurieJamie DurieJamie Durie is an Australian landscaper and television personality. Formerly a prominent personality for the Nine Network, Durie has hosted a variety of programs for them, mostly "lifestyle" shows, such as Backyard Blitz, Renovation Rescue and The Block.Jamie previously was the host of the Seven...
, host of axed show Backyard Blitz on channel Nine, now host of Australia's Best Backyard's on channel Seven. - Brian WelchBrian WelchBrian Phillip Welch , better known as Head, is an American musician best known as the former guitarist and co-founder of the nu metal band Korn...
, noted freelance celebrity gardener - Percy ThrowerPercy ThrowerPercy John Thrower MBE was a British gardener, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer born at Horwood House in the village of Little Horwood in Buckinghamshire....
, Britain's first celebrity gardener - Charlie DimmockCharlie DimmockCharlie Dimmock is an English gardening expert and TV presenter. She was one of the team on Ground Force, a BBC gardening makeover programme.-Early years:...
- Harry DodsonHarry DodsonHarry James Dodson was an English gardener who became a celebrity as a result of the BBC television documentary series The Victorian Kitchen Garden, which featured his professional expertise and his reminiscences....
, head gardener for the BBC television show The Victorian Kitchen GardenThe Victorian Kitchen GardenThe Victorian Kitchen Garden was a 13-part television series produced in 1987 by Jennifer Davies for BBC2. It recreated a kitchen garden of the Victorian era at Chilton Foliat in Wiltshire, although at the time the series was made Chilton Foliat was in the county of Berkshire... - Alan TitchmarshAlan TitchmarshAlan Fred Titchmarsh, MBE DL is an English gardener, broadcaster and novelist. After working as a professional gardener and a garden journalist, he established himself as a media personality through appearances on gardening programmes...
, writer for Gardeners' World magazine, celebrity television gardener - Monty DonMonty DonMontagu Denis Wyatt Don is a British television presenter, writer and speaker on horticulture, best known for presenting the BBC television series Gardeners' World.-Early life:...
, host of BBC2's Gardeners' WorldGardeners' WorldGardeners' World is a long-running BBC television programme about gardening that continues to this day. Its first episode was filmed in 1968, presented by Ken Burras and came from Oxford Botanical Gardens. The magazine BBC Gardeners' World is a tie-in to the programme. Most of its episodes have... - Joe SwiftJoe SwiftJoe Swift is an English garden designer, journalist and television personality.-Television career:Swift is a regular presenter and designer on the BBC's Gardeners' World, co-presenter on the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show, Gardeners' World Live, Hampton Court, RHS Tatton Park...
, BBC2's Gardeners' World - Carol KleinCarol KleinCarol Klein is a British gardening expert, who also works as a television presenter and newspaper columnist.Born in Walkden, Salford, Lancashire, in 1945, Carol attended Bolton School and then trained as an art teacher and taught in schools in the London area before moving to Devon...
, BBC2's Gardeners' World - Sarah RavenSarah RavenSarah Clare Raven is an English gardener, writer and television presenter.She was born in Cambridge, the daughter of John Earle Raven Sarah Clare Raven (born 1963) is an English gardener, writer and television presenter.She was born in Cambridge, the daughter of John Earle Raven Sarah Clare...
, BBC2's Gardeners' World - David Roland & Bernard Blareau
- Roy LancasterRoy LancasterRoy Lancaster, OBE is a British gardener and broadcaster.Charles Roy Lancaster was born in Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire and best known for his work on the long running BBC TV programme, Gardeners' World...
, - Chris BeardshawChris BeardshawChris Beardshaw is an award winning UK gardener who is perhaps best known for his work on the BBC's long running television series Gardeners World. He is formally trained and holds an MA in Landscape Architecture from the University of Gloucestershire...
, - Pippa GreenwoodPippa GreenwoodPippa Greenwood is a British plant pathologist. She appears frequently on the BBC's long running Gardeners World television programme and has been a regular panelist on Gardeners' Question Time on BBC Radio 4 since 1994....
, Gardeners' Question TimeGardeners' Question TimeGardeners' Question Time is a long-running BBC Radio 4 programme in which amateur gardeners can put questions to a panel of experts.-History:... - Diarmuid GavinDiarmuid GavinDiarmuid Gavin is an Irish garden designer and television personality. He is married to Justine Keane, daughter of The Hon. Ronan Keane, the former Chief Justice of Ireland, and Terry Keane, and they have a daughter named Eppie born December 2004.-Early life:When he was six, his younger brother...
, garden designer, TV host of Homefront in the Garden - Bob FlowerdewBob FlowerdewBob Flowerdew is an organic gardener, and television and radio presenter. He is a regular panel member of BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time. He has nearly an acre of garden in Dickleburgh, Norfolk, England, where he lives with his wife, Vonetta, a care worker, and their twins, Italia and...
, Gardeners Question Time - James Underwood CrockettJames Underwood CrockettJames "Jim" Underwood Crockett was the original host of PBS's The Victory Garden, then called Crockett's Victory Garden. He had been chosen by producer Russell Morash because he had previously written several gardening books. The show debuted on April 16, 1975, and was focused on gardening at home...
, original host of The Victory GardenThe Victory Garden (TV series)The Victory Garden is an American public television program about gardening and other outdoor activities, produced by station WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts, and distributed by PBS... - Craig AllisonCraig AllisonCraig Allison is an American landscape architect and television personality. He is the host of The Carefree Gardener, a national television series....
, host of The Carefree GardenerThe Carefree GardenerThe Carefree Gardener is a television series about gardening and landscaping.The show debuted September 29, 2006 on KPNX-TV, the NBC affiliate in Phoenix, Arizona, as a one-hour series and was changed to a half-hour series for its national distribution that began May 1, 2007 on the America One... - Art DrysdaleArt DrysdaleArt Drysdale is a Canadian horticulturist and entertainment personality, best known for his syndicated radio show and commercials for the Garden Claw...
, Canadian gardener with various broadcasts - Denny McKeown, Denny's Guide To Outdoor Living