Alan Titchmarsh Biography

“I suddenly tasted blood. It was ‘Wow, I like this. I want to do more!’” [Speaking of his first experience of appearing on television.]

“Gardening is actually a very religious experience, as well as being a sensual one. I go to church every Sunday and it seems to me that there is a very strong link between religion and plants which come up, year after year. Gardening is also sensual because you feel at one with everyone else.”

"I felt sorry for them when they were small. Remember when you were little and you were hanging off your dad's trousers?" [Referring to his daughters]

“It’s such a lovely thing to make a garden out of nothing in a couple of days. It’s quite moving.”

"I'm really sad to be leaving Gardeners' World, but when I joined back in 1995 I never really expected to be presenting it for so many years and now it feels right to move off onto other programmes and give someone else a chance. …I'm immensely proud to have been part of Gardeners' World heritage alongside greats like Percy Thrower and Geoff Hamilton and I'm sure the show will go from strength to strength."