Anne Swithinbank at BBC GQT Summer Garden Party 2016 (cropped)

Anne Swithinbank (born 1957 in

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) is a trained horticulturist and freelance gardening broadcaster who has written several books on gardening, including ''Gardener's Question Time: All Your Gardening Problems Solved'', ''Gardeners' World Book of Houseplants'' and ''Gardeners' World Book of Containers''.

Biography

She trained at the Royal Botanical Gardens,

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Gardens and was Glasshouse Supervisor at the Royal Hortcultural Society's garden at

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, Surrey. She is known for being a regular panellist on

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since 1994, she has also presented television gardening programmes including The Gardens of the Caribbean and The Chelsea Flower Show. She writes for several magazines and papers including the News of the World and BBC's ''Gardeners' World Magazine''. She has written several books on gardening including the ''Gardeners' World Book of Houseplants'' and ''Gardeners' World Book of Containers''. In 1986, she left Wisley to work as a freelance gardener and speaker. She then joined the team on BBC 2's

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where she was a regular presenter for five years; subsequently, she has made guest appearances. Swithinbank is a patron of the charity the British Cactus & Succulent Society.

Bibliography

* ''Gardener's Question Time: All Your Gardening Problems Solved'' (with co-authors John Cushnie,

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, Pippa Greenwood, Bunny Guinness, illustrations by Bunny Guinness, and photographs from The Garden Picture Gallery and others, paperback, 325 pages, Bookmart Limited, 2005, ) * ''Gardeners' World Book of Houseplants'' * ''Gardeners' World Book of Containers''

References

External links

BBC Radio 4 - Gardener's Question Time from Anne's garden. Broadcast on 03/12/2010
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