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Season 2026, Episode 9
The team visits the RHS Malvern Spring Festival in Worcestershire, where Rachel de Thame and Joe Swift share everything the show has to offer. Gardens, plants and expert advice, as well as tips and tricks to try at home. There is a visit to the Devon-Somerset border to meet a grower who, along with the help of a couple of feathered friends, has transformed a woodland landscape into a stunning nursery. And one designer explains why she is creating her first show to demonstrate the art of pressing flowers
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Rachel de Thame
(Presenter)
Joe Swift
(Presenter)
Rosemary Edwards
(Executive producer)
Sharon Fisher
(Series editor)
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Did You Know..
Rachel de Thame
(Presenter)
Born:
October 13, 1961
in
Camden, London
Best Known For:
Co-presenting Gardeners' World.
Early-life:
Born Rachel Cohen on October 13, 1961 in Camden, London. Rachel studied ballet at the Royal Ballet School in White Lodge, Richmond Park from the age of 10. However, she contracted glandular fever at age 15 and decided to give up her dancing career at 19. Rachel studied drama at Southgate College from 1979 to 1980 and then history of art at London's City Lit.
Career:
De Thame had a successful modelling career that saw her appearing in a number of TV advertisements. Her casting agents started suggesting her for acting roles and, in 1998, she appeared in the mini-series Merlin. She decided not to follow an acting career, however, and decided to get into plants and gardening instead. After studying practical horticulture and plants and plantsmanship at the English Gardening School for two years, De Thame auditioned for Gardeners' World. She initially presented the programme every week and, as of 2014, continues to make occasional appearances on the show. De Thame has also presented such TV gardening shows as Small Town Gardens, Gardening with the Experts and Countrywise. She also co-presents the BBC's annual coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show. Her non-gardening TV appearances include Going for a Song and Call My Bluff.
Quote:
'In terms of my career, I never felt good enough as a model. I thought it would give me up in the end. I don't feel that way about gardening. I know I will be doing it until I drop.'
Trivia:
She has written two books on gardening; Small Town Gardens and Rachel de Thame's Top 100 Star Plants.
Joe Swift
(Presenter)
Born:
May 25, 1965
in
London
Best Known For:
Presenting gardening programmes.
Early-life:
Joe was born in London on May 25, 1965. His father is actor Clive Swift and his mother is novelist Margaret Drabble. He has a brother, Adam.
Career:
Swift is a garden designer by trade and presents horticultural programmes on the BBC, notably Gardeners' World, Chelsea Flower Show and Tatton Park Flower Show. He has written about gardening in a number of national newspapers.
Quote:
'If you are not used to gardening, don't just go out and start digging without warming up with a little bit of stretching. Know your limits.'
Trivia:
In 2009, Swift published Joe's Allotment.
Rosemary Edwards
(Executive producer)
Sharon Fisher
(Series editor)
