Behind-the-scenes of TV Gardening
What is it like presenting gardening TV shows? Two of the best in the business - our hosts James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift - discuss their telly careers, as well as answering your burning garden questions.
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How does a gardener get on TV? Our hosts James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift have both done it, and have plenty of tales to tell, from Joe grilling James on camera at the Chelsea Flower Show to James's edgy TV garden that garnered headlines in the Daily Mail. Plus they answer questions about domestic harmony in the garden and provocative email addresses for planty people.
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About our hosts
James Alexander-Sinclair is a garden designer, writer and broadcaster. He is an RHS Vice-President and was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal for outstanding contribution to horticulture in 2022. He is the RHS Ambassador for Garden Design and a Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers.
Joe Swift is a familiar face on television as a presenter of BBC TV’s Gardeners’ World and other gardening programmes. He is a garden designer, broadcaster, writer and design director of Modular.
