Přemek Podlaha (June 13, 1938 − December 23, 2014) was a television personality from the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. For almost three decades he hosted a TV and radio magazine show about

gardening Gardening is the practice of growing and cultivating plants as part of horticulture. In gardens, ornamental plants are often grown for their flowers, foliage, or overall appearance; useful plants, such as root vegetables, leaf vegetables, fruits ...

and lifestyle. In 1962 Podlaha, studied journalism at the Faculty of Arts of

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. But he began to form a relationship with the garden soon after his studies, when he started publishing the ''Agricultural Magazin''e on the then

Czechoslovak television Czech Television ( cs, Česká televize, italics=no ; abbreviation: ČT) is a public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting seven channels. Established after the Velvet Revolution in 1992, it is the successor to Czechoslov ...

. In addition he published journals, wrote several books, recorded a few songs with lyrics about gardening and appeared often in advertisements.

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Very short biography (in Czech)
Czech television personalities Gardening television 1938 births 2014 deaths {{CzechRepublic-tv-stub