Grow Your Own Drugs
Making plants and weeds seem trendy is easy for the presenter of the TV series ‘Grow Your Own Drugs’, James Wong. “I grew up in Malaysia and Singapore where there is a different attitude to […]
Celebrity Interviews
Roses Grow On You
Amanda Beales’ passion for roses is evident and hereditary. Her father, Peter established the family business (Peter Beales Roses) as a result of falling in love with a rose in his Grandfathers garden as a […]
Gardening Angel Talks to Angel Lady
Sunday Times Best Selling author, Jacky Newcomb describes herself as a Paranormal Experience Expert. She confesses cheerfully, “When I started my first book, over 10 years ago, I still wasn’t absolutely sure about the paranormal […]
Is Dave Spikey ‘chickening’ out?
Comedy writer and comedian Dave Spikey, has recently turned his garden back into a garden. It was like a zoo,” he explains. “I have a natural pull toward animals and I can’t help rescuing them […]
I’m A Celebrity, Get me Out of the Garden!
Popular Comedian and presenter Joe Pasquale, credits being crowned King of the Jungle in ‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here’ a couple of years ago, as the catalyst for his return to the […]
Getting a ‘Wiggle On’ in the Garden
Entrepreneur Heather Gorringe founded Wiggly Wigglers, the Really Rural Store, as a result of her father heaping manure outside her kitchen window. An unusual motivation maybe but she explains, “Years ago I used to help […]
Find Out if an ex- Grange Hill Pupil is Green Fingered
TV actor Erkan Mustafa, best known for playing Roland Browning in the legendary BBC school drama series Grange Hill, immediately shares fond memories of recording an episode in North Wales with me. “You have the […]
Legendary Cartoonist Bill Tidy on Growing ‘Tidy’ Vegetables
Legendary cartoonist Bill Tidy admits that he was in his 40’s before he ‘decided to grow things’. He explains; “I never bothered with gardening before that – apart from the lawn. I loved a Millennium […]
Oliver Heath at Home in his Garden
TV presenter, writer and eco-designer Oliver Heath is recognisable to most of us as the popular designer on BBC’s Changing Rooms and Dream Homes. “Good design should excite and raise our emotions – it should […]
Kate Humble Goes Gardening
Nature loving writer and TV presenter Kate Humble, has fond memories of being brought up in the countryside. “We lived next door to a farm and had a really chaotic garden,” she recalls. “You couldn’t […]