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Croydon
Season 11, Episode 3
Lee Burkhill and Diarmuid Gavin are in Croydon to help sisters Lynette and Natalie rescue their vast, sun-baked plot where weeds have taken over, vegetable beds are impossible to reach and a polytunnel and pallets leave little room for peace. The sisters dream of a peaceful retreat where they can reconnect with nature. Can the team transform this cluttered space for £5,500?
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Gardening
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Cast & Crew
Lee Burkhill
(Presenter)
Diarmuid Gavin
(Presenter)
Salvatore Assenza
(Producer)
Sarah Trigg
(Executive producer)
Debb Swindells
(Series editor)
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Did You Know..
Lee Burkhill
(Presenter)
Diarmuid Gavin
(Presenter)
Born:
May 10, 1964
in
London
Best Known For:
Creating state-of-the-art designs using contoured concrete and shiny steel
Early-life:
Born May 10, 1964, in London, but was brought up in Rathfarnham, a suburb of Dublin, where he claims gardening wasn't taken seriously. He has an older brother and two younger sisters. Another brother, Conor, was killed in a car accident in 1968. He claims he was a dreamer at school and didn't work hard enough to get to university. Instead, Diarmuid trained in horticulture at the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin, and later set up his own garden design business.
Career:
Gavin's TV career took off after he designed a controversial garden for the Chelsea Flower Show. He made his presenting debut in 1999's The Answer Lies in the Soil and since then has hosted Home Front in the Garden, Real Rakeovers and Home Front Inside Out with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. Gavin has also been voted TV's sexiest gardener by his legion of female fans. Shows such as Planet Patio, Planet Christmas and Diarmuid's Big Adventure have kept him in the public eye. He's also been a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing and Come Dine with Me, written books and newspaper columns, and hosted programmes in Ireland. He also took part in the first series of ITV's diving show Splash!
Quote:
'You don't have to be a plant expert to create or enjoy a garden.'
Trivia:
He appeared in a celebrity edition of The Chase and raised £2,666 for Wicklow Hospice Foundation.
Salvatore Assenza
(Producer)
Sarah Trigg
(Executive producer)
Debb Swindells
(Series editor)
