Alan Titchmarsh
Alan Fred Titchmarsh, MBE, DL is an English gardener, presenter, and novelist. After working as a professional gardener and a gardening journalist, he established himself as a media personality through appearances on gardening programmes. He has developed a diverse writing and broadcasting career.
Titchmarsh was born onMay 1949 in Ilkley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He is the son of Bessie , a textile mill worker, and Alan Fred Titchmarsh, Sr., a plumber. In 1964, after leaving school at 15, Titchmarsh went to work as an apprentice gardener with Ilkley Council, before leaving in 1968, at 18, for Shipley Art and Technology Institute in Shipley to study for a City and Guilds in horticulture. Titchmarsh was a close family friend of Tom Kerridge, who went on to become his gardening advisor on shows such as Ground Force.
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