A look at some of the world's most famous gardeners, from television personalities to authors. Mel Bartholomew, Don Burke, Jamie Durie, Brian Welch, Alan Titchmarsh...
Gardeners who have achieved fame through their pioneering innovations, writing or, more often, their television personas, may be classed as Celebrity Gardeners.
The writing of C. Z. Guest, Esther Dean and Stirling Macoboy brought them enough fame for them to be considered celebrity gardeners.
Notable Gardeners on TV
- Don Burke, host of Burke's Backyard and producer of Backyard Blitz
- Jamie Durie, host of Backyard Blitz
- Brian Welch, noted freelance celebrity gardener
- Alan Titchmarsh, English television celebrity and writer
(source: Wikipedia.org. Read more about the above gardeners at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_gardener)
My favorite Celebrity Gardener: Mel Bartholomew
Mel Bartholomew, Author of the best selling garden book of all time, Square Foot Gardening. Visit his website at www.squarefootgardening.com.
Mel is my favorite celebrity gardener - not because of his fame as a gardener, as an author, or as a TV host of the PBS show - but because he created Global Gardening and The Square Foot Gardening Foundation. His group teaches square foot gardening techniques around the globe to help end world hunger.
If you purchase his revised book, Square Foot Gardening, from his website, the proceeds go to the foundation's life-saving work around the globe.
Martha Stewart
An "enterprise" unto herself, Martha Stewart is one of the most famous gardeners in history. Her unique insights for home and garden have inspired millions of aspiring gardeners.
Martha Stewart Living (http://www.marthastewart.com/) is the official website.
