Bob Flowerdew
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Bob Flowerdew | |
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Nationality | British |
Occupation | organic gardener |
Employer | Self-employed |
Known for | Ambassador for Garden Organic |
Board member of | President of the Norfolk group of the Soil Association |
Spouse | Vonetta |
Children | Italia and Malachi |
Bob Flowerdew is an organic gardener and television and radio presenter. He is a regular panel member of BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time. He has nearly an acre of garden in Dickleburgh, Norfolk, England, where he lives with his wife, Vonetta, a care worker, and their twins, Italia and Malachi.[1]
He is known as one of Britain's leading organic gardeners. He is the son of a farmer and his family have been working the land in
Tudors. After graduating in financial management, he worked his way around Europe and North America
, becoming fascinated by the different gardening and farming methods, returning to pick grapes with one French family for 12 successive years.
Flowerdew runs a consultancy landscape service, is president of the
sweetcorn
expert. He is a long-serving member of the panel of BBC Radio 4's "Gardener's Question Time." He writes regularly for a gardening blog, Under Cover with Bob Flowerdew. He is the patron of Waveney Foodbank, a local charity that provides emergency food for those in crisis.
He has written books on gardening including:
- 2008 Grow your Own, Eat your Own: Bob Flowerdew's Guide to Making the Most of your Garden Produce
- 2007 Going Organic: The Good Gardener's Guide to Getting it Right
- 2007 Gourmet Gardener: Everything You Need to Know to Grow and Prepare the Very Finest of Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables
- 2004 The No-Work Garden: Getting the Most Out of Your Garden for the Least Amount of Work
- 1998 Bob Flowerdew's Organic Bible
- 1995 Bob Flowerdew's Complete Fruit Book
- 1995 Bob Flowerdew's Complete Book of Companion Gardening
- 1993 The Organic Gardener
References
- ^ "The Times & The Sunday Times". www.thetimes.co.uk.