Christine Helen Walkden is a British television presenter and gardener, best known for her appearances on gardening programmes and The One Show. She has hosted her own series centred on her home garden in Sawbridgeworth,[1] Christine's Garden, on the BBC.[2]
Christine Walkden | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1955 |
| Occupation(s) | Gardener, television presenter, author |
| Employer | BBC |
| Known for | The One Show, Christine's Garden |
Career
editWalkden trained at the Lancashire College of Agriculture (now known as Myerscough College) and then worked at two experimental horticultural stations, before moving to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew based at Wakehurst Place, where she looked after the growing side of the seed physiology unit. After several more jobs she undertook a career change and became a freelance horticulturist, lecturing nationally and internationally.
She has presented on BBC’s Gardeners' World and various other TV and radio programmes and is a past winner of the Garden Writers’ Guild Radio Broadcasting Award.
In 1993, Walkden's book, The Houseplant Almanac, was published, and in 2007 A Year in Christine's Garden – The Secret Diary of a Garden Lover was published to accompany the television series. In 2011, her third book, No-Nonsense Vegetable Gardening, was published. Walkden previously wrote a weekly column in Amateur Gardening magazine and is a regular contributor to Choice magazine.[3]
Walkden also appeared as a guest on the December 2008 special of Shooting Stars.[4]
Walkden is a regular contributor to Jersey Choice Plants and Quality Garden Tools.[5]
In 2013, she presented an episode of Great British Garden Revival.
In 2014, Walkden presented the BBC series Glorious Gardens from Above where she viewed various large gardens in the UK from a hot air balloon and visited them on the ground.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Christine's Garden". Great British Life. 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
- ^ BBC Gardening – Christine's Garden. Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-08-25.
- ^ Christine Walkden. Christine Walkden. Retrieved on 2011-08-25.
- ^ All New Shooting Stars. BBC. Retrieved on 2011-08-25.
- ^ "Christine Walkden" (PDF). Growing Panes. Edgworth and District Horticultural Society. December 2010.
- ^ "BBC One - Glorious Gardens from Above - Glorious Gardens from Above".