Alan Fred Titchmarsh was born in Ilkley, West Riding of Yorkshire on 2nd May 1949.
His Father was a plumber and part time fireman, his Mother was a textile worker.
His father was a typical Yorkshireman and they both instilled in him very strong family values.
Sunday afternoon walks on the moors around Wharfdale and a childhood surrounded by nature gave Alan a love for the outdoors.
Alan's Grandfather was a gardener but his father was not so keen as he was made to do all the weeding as a child!
As a child Alan enjoyed growing plants in the family back garden and his childhood hero was Perch Thrower.
Alan sang treble in the choir at his local church and also took to the stage with his local Amateur operatic society and also the Ilkley Players.
His Father was a plumber and part time fireman, his Mother was a textile worker.
His father was a typical Yorkshireman and they both instilled in him very strong family values.
Sunday afternoon walks on the moors around Wharfdale and a childhood surrounded by nature gave Alan a love for the outdoors.
Alan's Grandfather was a gardener but his father was not so keen as he was made to do all the weeding as a child!
As a child Alan enjoyed growing plants in the family back garden and his childhood hero was Perch Thrower.
Alan sang treble in the choir at his local church and also took to the stage with his local Amateur operatic society and also the Ilkley Players.
Alan Titchmarsh left Ilkley County Secondary School at 15 and his first paid green fingered experience was as an apprentice gardener for 4 years.
Alan enrolled full time at Shipley Art and Technology Institute to study for a City & Guilds in Horticulture.
He then went to Hertfordshire College of Agriculture leaving with a National Certificate in Horticulture.
A national Diploma in Horticulture at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew was his next step, where he was then employed as a supervisor and staff trainer.
Alan enrolled full time at Shipley Art and Technology Institute to study for a City & Guilds in Horticulture.
He then went to Hertfordshire College of Agriculture leaving with a National Certificate in Horticulture.
A national Diploma in Horticulture at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew was his next step, where he was then employed as a supervisor and staff trainer.
Alan Titchmarsh and wife Alison Titchmarsh met performing amateur dramatics and the pair got married in 1975.
Alan Titchmarsh has 2 daughters, Camilla and Polly Titchmarsh and four grandchildren.
Alan first appeared on our screens as the Horticulture expert on Nationwide.
In 1983 he was to present the BBC coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show for 30 years until 2013.
Alan then went on to be a regular on our screens appearing on BBC news and Pebble Mill at One before he was to become the host of Gardeners' World.
Ground Force with Charlie Dimmock and Tommy Walsh brought a new wave of gardening makeover shows to the masses of amateur armchair gardeners.
One of the most memorable episodes was when they flew out to South Africa to makeover Nelson Mandela's garden.
How to be a Gardener ran for 2 series and took us back to common sense garden and away from decking and quick fix solutions.
Alan Titchmarsh hosts Love your Garden, the show first aired in June 2011 but with a very different format to the garden makeover show we all know and love.
In series 1 Alan visited themed gardens around the UK, each week featuring a different specific theme.
Series 2 saw the start of the much loved format of creating inspirational gardens for people that deserved them most.
In 1983 he was to present the BBC coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show for 30 years until 2013.
Alan then went on to be a regular on our screens appearing on BBC news and Pebble Mill at One before he was to become the host of Gardeners' World.
Ground Force with Charlie Dimmock and Tommy Walsh brought a new wave of gardening makeover shows to the masses of amateur armchair gardeners.
One of the most memorable episodes was when they flew out to South Africa to makeover Nelson Mandela's garden.
How to be a Gardener ran for 2 series and took us back to common sense garden and away from decking and quick fix solutions.
Alan Titchmarsh hosts Love your Garden, the show first aired in June 2011 but with a very different format to the garden makeover show we all know and love.
In series 1 Alan visited themed gardens around the UK, each week featuring a different specific theme.
Series 2 saw the start of the much loved format of creating inspirational gardens for people that deserved them most.
Alan was joined by his trusty team of gardeners including David Domoney, Katie Rushworth and Frances Tophill,
Love Your Garden is now in its 11th series have changed the life and gardens of the recipients and inspired gardeners to makeover their own gardens.
in 2021 Danny Clarke joined the Love Your Garden Team making his Debut in a Love Your Garden Themed special 2021 first aired 13 July 2021 Love Your Small Garden Special.
in 2024 Alan has a whole new Gardening Programme Alan Titchmarsh's Gardening Club which was first aired on Monday 4 March at 2 PM.
As well as Alan and it also has Garden Expert David Domoney, Horticulturist Camilla Bassett-Smith, Community Gardener Tayshan Hayden-Smith, House Plant Expert Sarah Gerrard-Jones, Organic Gardener Anna Greenland and small space Gardener Jason Williams.
Alan career has taken many turns from his TV appearances presenting Songs of Praise, Documentaries, Popstar to Opera Star and even being the voice of a gnome in Gordon the Garden Gnome for CBeebies!
Alan has also had his own chat show The Alan Titchmarsh Show, hosted the Antiques Roadshow and presented Secrets of the National Trust.
Alan Titchmarsh career also includes events, his Radio shows for Radio 2 as well as his many novels.
Alan presented a 2 part series The Queen's Garden which was filmed over a year at Buckingham Palace gardens.
Alan Titchmarsh's house is near Alton in Hampshire and he spends his time living between here and his house on the Isle of Wight at Cowes, where he does his writing.
2000
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
2001
Deputy Lieutenant of the County O Hampshire
2004
Royal Horticultural Society's Victoria Medal of Honour
2008
High Sheriff of the Isle of Wight
Currently I am only listing gardening related programmes and books. Alan has had a very varied career as a presenter, chat show host, poet and author. Pete Free 🌻
Alan Titchmarsh TV Shows
1983 - 2013
RHS Chelsea Flower Show - Presenter
1996 - 2002
Gardeners' World - Presenter
1997 - 2002
Ground Force - Presenter
2002
How to be a Gardener - Presenter
2004
A Year at Kew - Narrator
2010
Alan Titchmarsh's Garden Secrets - Presenter
2010
The Seasons with Alan Titchmarsh
2011 - Present
2023
First aired 19 April 2022
2022
First aired 22 March 2022
Episode 1 Beauty Mary Stevenson from County Durham
Episode 2 Colour Julie Richards from Leicester
Episode 3 Wildlife Peter Hill from West Bromwich
Episode 4 Water Russ, Alex, Zach & Lily Peacock from Southampton
Episode 5 Wirral Conrad, Pauline & Keiron Toohey from Heswall
Episode 6 Sudbury Eileen & Roy Baldwin from Sudbury, Suffolk
Episode 7 Raunds Becs, Freddie & Annabel Raunds Northamptonshire
Episode 8 Greenford Sybil from Greenford, West London
First aired 07 September 2021
Episode 1 Mel & Theodore from near Taunton. Dunkirk Memorial House
Episode 2 Steve, Eve, Billy and Emmie from Manchester. Sue and Georgia from Liverpool
Episode 3 Jo, Kerry, Flynn & Dogs from Leighton Buzzard. Dawn from Salford.
Episode 4 Carl, Elle, Theo, Ebony & Kenzo from Macclesfield
Cheshire. Norma from Accrington.
Episode 5 Dale, Laura, Liam, Mathew & Louis from Barry Wales. Krystina, Sienna, Max & Andre from Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.
Episode 6 Margaret Mary from Salford. Tim and Charlotte from Leicester.
Episode 7 Donna from Leicester. Jen from Huddersfield.
Episode 8 Shabnam and Amelia from Wakefield. Lesley-Anne from Swansea.
Episode 1 Harri & Erica Torr from Hull, East Yorkshire
Episode 2 Kath Ryan from Hall Green, Birmingham
Episode 3 Kirsty, Phoebe & Sam from Farncombe, Surrey
Episode 4 Age UK Day Centre in Croydon
Episode 5 Pip, John & Harrison from Middlesbrough
Episode 6 Richard & Lynn Warren Chippenham
Episode 7 James, Joanna & Laurie from Dudley
Episode 8 Venessa and Raia Sunshine from Waltham Abbey, Essex
Series 9
First aired 27 August 2019
Episode 1 Daniel, Jordan Lola & Jasper Bradbury from Hucknall near Nottingham
Episode 2 Rob & Margaret Isdale from Grantham, Lincolnshire
Episode 3 Jack & Margaret Parrott from Grassmoor, Derbyshire
Episode 4 Icolyn Smith MBE from Oxford
Episode 5 Rachel, Ped, Isla, George & Betsy from Folkstone
Episode 6 Lorraine Tilston-Brookes, Doris & Poppy from Swindon Wiltshire
Episode 7 Chris Garlick, Karran, Molly, Daniel & Mairwen Pontypool South Wales
Episode 8 Georgie Moseley Sheldon near Birmingham
Series 8
First aired 16 February 2018
Series 7
First aired 21 June 2017
2014
The Queen's Garden - Presenter
2015
Britain's Best Back Gardens
2015
Titchmarsh on Capability Brown
2017 - Present
Love Your Home and Garden
2019
Fifty Shades of Green with Alan Titchmarsh
2020
Grow Your Own At Home With Alan Titchmarsh
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
1984
Cacti
1984
Pruning
1984
Healthy House Plants
1984
Bush Roses
1984
Garden Pools
1984
Lawns
1984
Climbing Plants
1985
1985
Gardening Under Cover
1986
All About House Plants
1986
Growing and Using Herbs
1986
Bulbs for every Season
1987
Climbers and Wall Plants
1990
1000 Handy Gardening Hints
1993
RHS Garden Techniques
1993
Avant Gardening in the 90s: he New Guide to One-Upmanship in the Garden
1994
How to be a Supergardener
1998
Favourite Gardens
2000
The New Super Gardener: The Nation's Favourite Gardener
2001
Gardeners' World Complete Book of Gardening
2003
The Complete Super gardeners
2004
Royal Gardeners: A History of Britain's Royal Gardens
2005
The Gardener's Year
2005
The Complete How to be a Gardener
2008
The Kitchen Gardener - Grow Your Own Fruit & Veg
2009
How to Garden: Gardening in the Shade
2009
How to Garden: Vegetables and Herbs
2009
How to Garden: Container Gardening
2009
How to Garden: Garden Design
2009
How to Garden: Lawns, Paths and Patios
2009
How to Garden: Pruning and Training
2010
How to Garden: Growing Fruit
2010
How to Garden: Flowering Shrubs
2010
How to Garden: Climbers and Wall Shrubs
2010
How to Garden: Greenhouse Gardening
2010
How to Garden: Perennial Garden Plants
2010
How to be a Gardener: Secrets of Success (Book 2)
2011
How to Garden: Small Gardens
2011
How to Garden: Growing Roses
2011
How to Garden: Wildlife Gardening
2011
How to Garden: Growing Bulbs
2011
How to Garden: Pests and Problems
2012
How to Garden: Small Trees
2012
How to Garden: Allotment Gardening
2012
How to Garden: Instant Colour
2012
How to garden: Weekend Gardening
2012
Love Your Garden
2012
My Secret Garden
2013
How to Garden: Water Gardening
2013
How to Garden: Grow Your Own Plants
2013
How to Garden: Flowers and Foliage for Cutting
2017
RHS Great British Village Show: What goes on Behind the Scenes and How to be a Prize Winner
(Thane Prince, Matthew Biggs)
First aired 27 August 2019
Episode 1 Daniel, Jordan Lola & Jasper Bradbury from Hucknall near Nottingham
Episode 2 Rob & Margaret Isdale from Grantham, Lincolnshire
Episode 3 Jack & Margaret Parrott from Grassmoor, Derbyshire
Episode 4 Icolyn Smith MBE from Oxford
Episode 5 Rachel, Ped, Isla, George & Betsy from Folkstone
Episode 6 Lorraine Tilston-Brookes, Doris & Poppy from Swindon Wiltshire
Episode 7 Chris Garlick, Karran, Molly, Daniel & Mairwen Pontypool South Wales
Episode 8 Georgie Moseley Sheldon near Birmingham
Series 8
First aired 16 February 2018
Love Your Garden Series 8 Episode 1 - Betty Richards From Fareham
Love Your Garden Series 8 Episode 2 - Nathan Cumberland from Newark
Love Your Garden Series 8 Episode 3 - Pat Wade from Basildon, Essex
Love Your Garden Series 8 Episode 4 - Roisin Pelan from Preston
Love Your Garden Series 8 Episode 5 - Irene Hicks from Cardiff Wales
Love Your Garden Series 8 Episode 6 - Fiona Kirlew from Nottingham
Love Your Garden Series 8 Episode 7 - Jim Thompson from Yorkshire
Love Your Garden Series 8 Episode 8 - Jeroume, Onessa & Elijah Cariazo from Hackney
Series 7
First aired 21 June 2017
Love Your Garden Series 7 Episode 1 - Plymouth Mark
Love Your Garden Series 7 Episode 2 - Salford Betty & Rita
Love Your Garden Series 7 Episode 3 - Chandlers Ford Richardson Family
Love Your Garden Series 7 Episode 4 - Shrewsbury Gina
Love Your Garden Series 7 Episode 5 - Eastbourne Jack's Garden
Love Your Garden Series 7 Episode 6 - Southampton Jordan Family
Love Your Garden Series 7 Episode 7 - Hythe Isabelle's Garden
Love Your Garden Series 7 Episode 8 - Blackpool Zoo zookeeper John Paul Houston
Love Your Garden Series 7 Episode 9 - Nottingham Baz
2014
The Queen's Garden - Presenter
2015
Britain's Best Back Gardens
2015
Titchmarsh on Capability Brown
2017 - Present
Love Your Home and Garden
2019
Fifty Shades of Green with Alan Titchmarsh
2020
Grow Your Own At Home With Alan Titchmarsh
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
first aired 01 September 2020
2021
Love Your Weekend
2021
Alan Titchmarsh: Spring into Summer
2021
Alan Titchmarsh Books
1984
The Allotment Gardener's Handbook1984
Cacti
1984
Pruning
Healthy House Plants
1984
Bush Roses
1984
Garden Pools
1984
Lawns
1984
Climbing Plants
1985
The Rock Gardener's Handbook
1985
Gardening Under Cover
1986
All About House Plants
1986
Growing and Using Herbs
1986
Bulbs for every Season
1987
Climbers and Wall Plants
1990
1000 Handy Gardening Hints
1993
RHS Garden Techniques
1993
Avant Gardening in the 90s: he New Guide to One-Upmanship in the Garden
1994
How to be a Supergardener
1998
Favourite Gardens
2000
The New Super Gardener: The Nation's Favourite Gardener
2001
Gardeners' World Complete Book of Gardening
2003
The Complete Super gardeners
2004
Royal Gardeners: A History of Britain's Royal Gardens
2005
The Gardener's Year
2005
The Complete How to be a Gardener
2008
The Kitchen Gardener - Grow Your Own Fruit & Veg
2009
How to Garden: Gardening in the Shade
2009
How to Garden: Vegetables and Herbs
2009
How to Garden: Container Gardening
2009
How to Garden: Garden Design
2009
How to Garden: Lawns, Paths and Patios
2009
How to Garden: Pruning and Training
2010
How to Garden: Growing Fruit
2010
How to Garden: Flowering Shrubs
2010
How to Garden: Climbers and Wall Shrubs
2010
How to Garden: Greenhouse Gardening
2010
How to Garden: Perennial Garden Plants
2010
How to be a Gardener: Secrets of Success (Book 2)
2011
How to Garden: Small Gardens
2011
How to Garden: Growing Roses
2011
How to Garden: Wildlife Gardening
2011
How to Garden: Growing Bulbs
2011
How to Garden: Pests and Problems
2012
How to Garden: Small Trees
2012
How to Garden: Allotment Gardening
2012
How to Garden: Instant Colour
2012
How to garden: Weekend Gardening
2012
Love Your Garden
2012
My Secret Garden
2013
How to Garden: Water Gardening
2013
How to Garden: Grow Your Own Plants
2013
How to Garden: Flowers and Foliage for Cutting
2017
RHS Great British Village Show: What goes on Behind the Scenes and How to be a Prize Winner
(Thane Prince, Matthew Biggs)
2021
Grow your own Fruit & Veg
2002
Trowel and Error
2006
Nobbut A Lad
2009
Knave of Spades
2016
Collected Memoirs
Alan Titchmarsh Instagram
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Biographies
2002
Trowel and Error
2006
Nobbut A Lad
2009
Knave of Spades
2016
Collected Memoirs
Alan Titchmarsh Instagram
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