"of the widespread criticism was also directed at the fact that the show no longer came from a real garden. But 'Greenacre' was a field, part of Winterbourne Botanic Garden in Birmingham. The 2010 show saw public approval change, after alterations to the show's production. The show's length was returned to the original 30 minutes and several features of the 2009 series, such as the '30 second fix', were dropped. The show concentrated more on gardening content, reintroducing 'Jobs for the weekend' and focusing on plant species. In March 2011 Monty Don returned as the main presenter of the programme."
"the garden. Don was the main presenter on BBC Two's ""Gardeners' World"" from 2003 to 2008 succeeding Alan Titchmarsh. He was the first self-taught horticulturist presenter in the show's 36-year history, stepping down only after suffering a minor stroke. After viewing figures for ""Gardeners' World"" fell below two million for the first time in 2009, in January 2010, changes were announced to the programme in an attempt to entice viewers back. In December 2010, it was announced that Don would be returning to the programme as lead presenter for the 2011 series, replacing Toby Buckland. Reaction to the announcement was"
"Gardeners' World Gardeners' World is a long-running BBC Television programme about gardening, first broadcast on 5 January 1968 and still running as of 2018. Its first episode was 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 been 30 minutes in length, although there are many specials that last longer. The 2008 and 2009 series used a 60-minute format as did the 2016 series from episode 23, for eight episodes in total. The show was presented until 2003 from the lead presenter's own"
"Toby Buckland Toby Neale Buckland (born 11 October 1969) is an English gardener, TV presenter and author, best known for being the main presenter from 2008-10 of BBC's long running flagship gardening programme ""Gardeners' World"". In 2008 Buckland won RHS Gold and Best in show for his Ethical Garden at Gardeners' World Live. In 2009 he won the Environmental Award from the Garden Media Guild for a Gardeners' World Special on peat in gardening. In October 2011, Buckland launched an online plant nursery, Toby Buckland Nurseries, based at Powderham Castle in Devon. Born in Exeter, Devon, Buckland was brought up"
"Carol Klein and Joe Swift. In previous years the line up has also included Toby Buckland, Alys Fowler, Chris Baines, Diarmuid Gavin, Anne Swithinbank, Pippa Greenwood, Rachel de Thame, Bob Flowerdew and Mark Lane. The presenters film at BBC Gardeners' World Live, with the content aired within the programme on the Friday night of the live show. A number of new rose varieties have been launched at the show including Gardeners' World Gardeners' World is a long-running BBC Television programme about gardening, first broadcast on 5 January 1968 and still running as of 2018. Its first episode was presented by"
"and created features at the ""Gardeners' World Live"" shows. In 2007 she published ""The Thrifty Gardener: How to Create a Stylish Garden for Next to Nothing"". In 2008, after appearing occasionally in her Berryfields role, she became a regular presenter on ""Gardeners' World"", and wrote a monthly blog on the programme's website. She was dropped by the BBC for the 2011 series, at the same time that Toby Buckland's contract as main presenter was not renewed. She is published regularly in newspapers and magazines, including ""The Guardian"", ""Gardeners' World Magazine"", ""Gardens Illustrated"", ""Amateur Gardening"", ""Country Living"", and ""The Daily Mail""."
"was coloured with Titchmarsh's dry, slightly camp style and Yorkshire wit and was often peppered with risque puns of a mildly sexual nature. In March 2011, the show returned to its traditional daytime TV mid-afternoon slot for its eighth series between 3-4pm after a spell in the ""primetime"" 5pm slot for a 10-week run. The programme celebrated its 400th edition on 9 March 2011. The show returned to ITV daytime on 5 September 2011, with a return to its original opening 'starry' titles and theme music. The latest series stars David Domoney as one of the expert gardeners. The show"
"work quickly changed the garden into an allotment and national showpiece. Arthur Billitt Arthur Billitt is a former lead presenter of the long running BBC television programme ""Gardeners' World"". He took over from the first presenter Percy Thrower who in 1976 invoked the wrath of the BBC by falling foul of their 'no advertising' policy and was fired for endorsing fertilisers on TV. Billitt was the co-presenter and took over the lead role at his own home, Clack's Farm, in Worcestershire, fronting the programme until 1979 when Geoff Hamilton took over. Billitt is regarded as having a very practical style"
"Arthur Billitt Arthur Billitt is a former lead presenter of the long running BBC television programme ""Gardeners' World"". He took over from the first presenter Percy Thrower who in 1976 invoked the wrath of the BBC by falling foul of their 'no advertising' policy and was fired for endorsing fertilisers on TV. Billitt was the co-presenter and took over the lead role at his own home, Clack's Farm, in Worcestershire, fronting the programme until 1979 when Geoff Hamilton took over. Billitt is regarded as having a very practical style of gardening with large beds and straight rows of vegetables. His"
"Roy Lancaster Charles Roy Lancaster CBE (born 1937) is a British plantsman, gardener, author and broadcaster. Charles Roy Lancaster was born in Farnworth, Lancashire and is most widely known for his work on the long running BBC TV programme, ""Gardeners' World"". He has also regularly appeared on the BBC Radio show Gardeners' Question Time and is also a freelance writer and lecturer. Formerly the first Curator of the Hillier Arboretum (now the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens), he has travelled the world on plant finding expeditions but is also busy in the UK. He has been a member of the Royal"
"the British Empire (CBE) ""for services to horticulture and charity"". Roy Lancaster Charles Roy Lancaster CBE (born 1937) is a British plantsman, gardener, author and broadcaster. Charles Roy Lancaster was born in Farnworth, Lancashire and is most widely known for his work on the long running BBC TV programme, ""Gardeners' World"". He has also regularly appeared on the BBC Radio show Gardeners' Question Time and is also a freelance writer and lecturer. Formerly the first Curator of the Hillier Arboretum (now the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens), he has travelled the world on plant finding expeditions but is also busy in"
"Geoffrey Smith (gardener) Geoffrey Denis Smith (23 March 1928 – 27 February 2009) was a professional gardener, broadcaster, writer and lecturer. He was the presenter of ""Gardeners World"" from 1980 to 1982 and a number of other BBC series in the early 80s including ""Geoffrey Smith's World of Flowers"", ""Mr Smith’s Flower Garden"", ""Mr Smith's Favourite Garden"" and ""Mr Smith’s Indoor Garden"" all of which were accompanied by books. Smith was born at Barningham Park, Barningham, North Riding of Yorkshire, where his father was head gardener. He was sent to board at Barnard Castle School but hated the restrictive life"
"2013. She was horticultural manager at Waterperry from 1975 until 1990. In the early 1980s, she was the first woman presenter of Gardeners' World, the BBC TV series about gardening. She took part in episode 6 of the 2014 BBC TV series ""Glorious Gardens from Above"". When Havergal retired in 1971, Spiller continued the horticultural tradition she had established until her official retirement in 2013. Her influence at Waterperry continues through her ongoing work with the Friends of Waterperry Gardens, and as horticultural consultant to Waterperry gardens. One of Spiller's horticultural passions is alpines, but she is known as a"
"where she was awarded an honorary doctorate. Pippa Greenwood Pippa 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. She also was the gardening consultant on the ITV series Rosemary and Thyme (2003–6) She studied at Durham University, where she trained as a botanist. She then went on to gain an MSc in crop protection at Reading University. For eleven years she ran the Royal Horticultural Society's Plant Pathology Department at Wisley. In 2007, Greenwood"
"Monty Don Montagu Denis Wyatt ""Monty"" Don OBE (born 8 July 1955) is an English television presenter, writer and speaker on horticulture, best known for presenting the BBC television series ""Gardeners' World"". Don was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to horticulture, to broadcasting and to charity. Monty Don was born in West Berlin to British parents Denis T. K. Don, a career soldier posted in Germany, and Janet Montagu (""née"" Wyatt). Both of his paternal grandparents were Scottish, through whom he is descended from botanist George Don"
"of The Literary Consultancy. He is the design director of Modular Garden. Joe Swift Joe Swift (born 25 May 1965) is an English garden designer, journalist and television personality. 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 Flower Show, BBC's ""Small Town Gardens"", and design judge on BBC's ""Gardener of the Year"". He has been a presenter/designer on ""Take 3 Gardeners"" (with Cleve West and Ann-Marie Powell). He is a garden designer, and has been involved in BBC2's ""Gardeners'"
"have included: A trade show and floral exhibition, Gardeners' World Live, promoted by the magazine, is held every June at the National Exhibition Centre near Birmingham. Presenters from the show usually make guest appearances. BBC Gardeners' World BBC Gardeners' World is a monthly British gardening magazine owned by Immediate Media Company, containing tips for gardening from past and current presenters of the television series ""Gardeners' World"". ""BBC Gardeners' World"" was established in 1991. The magazine is part of Immediate Media Company and is published on a monthly basis. It often has offers on plants, free supplements and giveaways. Copies are"
"Joe Swift Joe Swift (born 25 May 1965) is an English garden designer, journalist and television personality. 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 Flower Show, BBC's ""Small Town Gardens"", and design judge on BBC's ""Gardener of the Year"". He has been a presenter/designer on ""Take 3 Gardeners"" (with Cleve West and Ann-Marie Powell). He is a garden designer, and has been involved in BBC2's ""Gardeners' World"" since 1998. He is co-founder and Design Director of Modular Garden"
"Flower Garden"", ""Gardening (Sure & Simple)"", ""A Passion for Plants"", ""The Book of Primroses"", ""Shrubs and Small Trees for Your Garden and The Joy of Wildlife Gardening"". Geoffrey Smith lived in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales and his hobbies included fell-walking, photography, fly fishing and a passionate interest in all things pertaining to the countryside. Smith was a Baptist. Geoffrey Smith (gardener) Geoffrey Denis Smith (23 March 1928 – 27 February 2009) was a professional gardener, broadcaster, writer and lecturer. He was the presenter of ""Gardeners World"" from 1980 to 1982 and a number of other BBC series in"
"also on his own blog, Silver Tree Daze. He is a trustee & Vice Chair of The Royal Horticultural Society and has judged at the Chelsea Flower Show. Nigel Colborn Nigel Colborn is a British TV presenter and gardening expert/writer. He is a former presenter of the long running BBC Gardeners World. He is often a panelist on BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners Question Time and is a regular presenter of Granada TV’s Gorgeous Gardens. He wrote and presented BBC Radio 4’s 'In a Monastery Garden'. He has written many gardening books, including 'Short Cuts to Great Gardens'; 'Great Plants for"
"throughout the UK including the RHS, National Trust and Buckingham Palace. Nick Macer Nick Macer from Stroud is best known as a specialist nurseryman and owner of Pan Global Plants, Gloucestershire, UK, but also as a presenter on BBC's regular gardening show, Gardeners World, where he looked at gardens specializing in hardy exotics during the autumn of 2016. After, in his own words, a 'rebellious youth', he took a three-year course in arboriculture at Merrist Wood College. Then with a bank loan he started Pan-global Plants in 1997, now based in Frampton-on-Severn. He has travelled the world to find plants"
"and the next evening appeared on air for the last time to receive her colleagues' congratulations. She presented a report about the 50th anniversary of television programme Gardeners' World that appeared on Midlands Today on 16 June 2017 and was repeated several times on 18 June 2017 on the BBC News Channel. Alexander was until 2012 Chairman of the Birmingham Assay Office (the first woman to hold this position). During that time she became a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths and a Freeman of the City of London. She is a former Director of the Birmingham Hippodrome and"
"divided on the programme's blog. Since March 2011 he has been presenting the programme from his own garden (called ""Longmeadow"") in Herefordshire. He is frequently seen with his Golden Retriever Nigel, who has his own Twitter account. In 2016 Don also introduced viewers of BBC Gardeners' World to a new Golden Retriever called Nell (born 22 September 2015) who has her own Twitter account. In 2014 Don became the lead presenter for the BBC's flagship Chelsea Flower Show coverage, again replacing Titchmarsh who had anchored the coverage of the show for some 30 years. Don featured in the BBC programme"
"studying practical horticulture at Writtle College. This award is funded by donations and sales of gardening DVDs. Geoff Hamilton Geoffrey Stephen Hamilton(15 August 1936 – 4 August 1996) was an English gardener, broadcaster and author, best known as presenter of BBC television's ""Gardeners' World"" in the 1980s and '90s. Hamilton was born just a few minutes before his twin brother Tony, in Stepney, London. His family moved to Broxbourne in Hertfordshire when he was two, and his interest in horticulture was nurtured initially by working on the family's back garden. He expanded his knowledge still further by helping out at"
"the first female panel-member of Radio 4's ""Gardeners' Question Time"", and in 1988 she answered gardening questions with Geoffrey Smith on ""Gardeners' Direct Line Postbag"" for BBC Leeds. In 2001 she presented her own TV series, ""Garden Hopping"", seen on BBC2. In 2002 she was co-presenter with Joe Swift of ""Grow to Eat"". Her BBC career ended in 2009. She has written gardening books, including ""The Idiot Gardener's Handbook"". She married Anthony Twitchett in Bourne, Lincolnshire in 1976. Since 1992 she has been married to John Hands, who was a sound engineer for BBC Midlands. They have a thatched cottage"
"Pippa Greenwood Pippa 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. She also was the gardening consultant on the ITV series Rosemary and Thyme (2003–6) She studied at Durham University, where she trained as a botanist. She then went on to gain an MSc in crop protection at Reading University. For eleven years she ran the Royal Horticultural Society's Plant Pathology Department at Wisley. In 2007, Greenwood made a return visit to Durham University,"
"Geoff Hamilton Geoffrey Stephen Hamilton(15 August 1936 – 4 August 1996) was an English gardener, broadcaster and author, best known as presenter of BBC television's ""Gardeners' World"" in the 1980s and '90s. Hamilton was born just a few minutes before his twin brother Tony, in Stepney, London. His family moved to Broxbourne in Hertfordshire when he was two, and his interest in horticulture was nurtured initially by working on the family's back garden. He expanded his knowledge still further by helping out at local nurseries during the school holidays – mainly at the Van Hage Nursery at the end of"
"for their programme ""Better Gardens"". A year later, she started a two-year commitment with the BBC, recording two series of ""Garden Invaders"". In 2001, she (along with fellow horticulturist David Fountain) created the ""All About Alice"" garden for the Tatton Flower Show and was awarded the 'Best Show Garden' award. In 2005, she won a Gold award for her courtyard garden at the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show. She has designed and created numerous gardens during her involvement in the ""Better Gardens"" and ""Garden Invaders"" TV programmes and commissioned by individuals and organisations. She has also created gardens for"
"Nick Macer Nick Macer from Stroud is best known as a specialist nurseryman and owner of Pan Global Plants, Gloucestershire, UK, but also as a presenter on BBC's regular gardening show, Gardeners World, where he looked at gardens specializing in hardy exotics during the autumn of 2016. After, in his own words, a 'rebellious youth', he took a three-year course in arboriculture at Merrist Wood College. Then with a bank loan he started Pan-global Plants in 1997, now based in Frampton-on-Severn. He has travelled the world to find plants for his unique nursery which supplies plants to many significant gardens"
"from 2003 to 2004 and presented their annual Awards ceremony that year. In 2011, she joined the team of experts on ITV's ""Daybreak"" breakfast magazine show acting as gardening expert. Dimmock appeared in pantomime over Christmas 2011 at The Spa in Bridlington playing the Organic Fairy in ""Jack and the Beanstalk"": she reprised the role in December 2012 at the Pomegranate Theatre in Chesterfield. In 2013, she presented an episode of ""The Great British Garden Revival"". In July 2016, Dimmock became a member of the team presenting ""Garden Rescue"", a series on garden transformations produced for the BBC by Spun"
"in pain"". But he dismissed any suggestion of replacement joints, saying: ""Listen, when you get to 60, you ache. Just take it."" Monty Don Montagu Denis Wyatt ""Monty"" Don OBE (born 8 July 1955) is an English television presenter, writer and speaker on horticulture, best known for presenting the BBC television series ""Gardeners' World"". Don was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to horticulture, to broadcasting and to charity. Monty Don was born in West Berlin to British parents Denis T. K. Don, a career soldier posted in"
"Fitzgerald Park. Gavin did not participate in the 2017 Chelsea Flower Show. Gavin has also been a patron at Southport Flower Show. Gavin has presented many talks and lectures in both Ireland and the UK, and has also delivered courses on gardening and garden design. Gavin has presented ""Surprise Gardeners"", a Central TV series. He presented or co-presented a number of BBC television programmes, including ""Gardeners' World"" and ""Home Front"" with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. In 2004, he presented ""Diarmuid's Big Adventure"", and a Twofour and RHS production, ""Gardens Through Time"". ""Homefront"" and ""Gardens Through Time"" both had accompanying books published. RTÉ"
"break into television in 1970 presenting ""Gardening Diary"" for Anglia TV which led to guest appearances on BBC1's ""Gardeners' World"". From 1979 until his death, he was the show's regular, and longest-serving presenter, and, in 1985, was responsible for moving the show's venue to his own garden at Barnsdale, Rutland. He was also the creator of several other BBC television gardening series such as ""The Cottage Garden"", ""The Paradise Garden"" and ""The Ornamental Kitchen Garden"". Hamilton wrote or co-wrote a number of books to accompany his television series (see below). His practical hands-on experience, down-to-earth, cost-saving approach to gardening, his"