Ann-Marie Powell, is the exuberant and colourful, garden designer, whose' Octavia Hill 'Garden was one of the eight main gardens in competition at the Chelsea Flower Show this year.
After dropping out of college she spent six months travelling in India, Nepal and New Zealand, which inspired her to take up gardening. Attending Capel Manor horticultural college her first job was working in sales for a large nursery. But Ann-Marie's colourful personal style and outgoing personality led her employer to encourage her to apply for a job as a presenter on a TV gardening show. She soon blossomed into a popular gardening show host working with fellow gardeners like Carol Klein, Joe Swift and gardening supremo, Monty Don.
In addition to running her own successful garden design business from the home she shares with her husband and two boys, on the Hampshire borders, she feels it's important that everyone should have access to green spaces, no matter where they live. During lockdown her Instagram page 'My Real Garden' was a big hit broadcasting garden tips and advice everyday.
CONTRIBUTORS Julian Bundy, Husband Angela Halksworth, Co-owner of Tendercare Nurseries Janet Morgan, Friend Jane Owen, Garden Designer Mark Straver, Founder of Hortus Loci Cleve West, Award-winning Garden Designer Tamsin Westhorpe, Gardener and Horticulture Writer
PRODUCTION TEAM Presenter: Mark Coles Producers: Julie Ball, Diane Richardson Editor: Bridget Harney Production Co-ordinator: Maria Ogundele Sound: David Crackles
CREDITS Gardens, Weeds and Words Podcast - Presented by Andrew O'Brien Real Gardens - Channel 4 RHS National Trust My Real Garden - Ann-Marie Powell's Instagram