My Secret Garden

Alan Titchmarsh is an author, television presenter and gardener. Originally trained at Hertfordshire College of Horticulture and The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, he is the author of more than 60 gardening books, writes regularly for Gardeners' World magazine and is gardening correspondent for the Sunday Express. He hosts his own seasonal daily chat show on ITV and has presented coverage of The Chelsea Flower Show for the BBC for 25 years. He was awarded the MBE for services to horticulture and to broadcasting in 2000 and the Royal Horticultural Society's highest award, the Victoria Medal of Honour, in 2004.