Alan Titchmarsh

Alan Titchmarsh balancing life. Gardens.

Alan Titchmarsh at 70: 'I'm trying to balance my life'

He may be 70, but gardening expert, broadcaster and novelist Alan Titchmarsh shows no signs of slowing down.

He’s recently been seen transforming forlorn plots into beautiful gardens in ITV’s Love Your Garden, is an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust and has just brought out his first book of poetry, Marigolds, Myrtle And Moles.

He and his wife Alison live in Hampshire and...

Marigolds, Myrtle And Moles by Alan Titchmarsh

Alan Titchmarsh: Keep getting out there and keep getting mucky

Self-confessed romantic and gardening expert Alan Titchmarsh has combined his horticultural passion with his love of words in Marigolds, Myrtle And Moles, his first book of poetry aimed at the green-fingered.

Written mainly in a barn next to his house, overlooking his garden in Hampshire, the book is not full of pretentious prose, but more his own gentle, meandering thoughts about...