Nigel Colborn
Encyclopedia
Nigel Colborn is a British TV presenter and gardening expert/writer. He is a former presenter of the long running BBC
Gardeners World. He is often a panelist on BBC Radio 4
’s Gardeners Question Time and is a regular presenter of Granada TV’s Gorgeous Gardens.
He wrote and presented BBC Radio 4’s 'In a Monastery Garden'. He has written many gardening books, including 'Short Cuts to Great Gardens'; 'Great Plants for Small Gardens'; 'A Flower for Every Day'. As a journalist
he has written about gardening, travel and the countryside for The Daily Mail, The Times
, Sunday Times and also on his own blog, Silver Tree Daze.
He is a trustee & Vice Chair of The Royal Horticultural Society
and has judged at the Chelsea Flower Show
.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
Gardeners World. He is often a panelist on BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
’s Gardeners Question Time and is a regular presenter of Granada TV’s Gorgeous Gardens.
He wrote and presented BBC Radio 4’s 'In a Monastery Garden'. He has written many gardening books, including 'Short Cuts to Great Gardens'; 'Great Plants for Small Gardens'; 'A Flower for Every Day'. As a journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
he has written about gardening, travel and the countryside for The Daily Mail, The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, Sunday Times and also on his own blog, Silver Tree Daze.
He is a trustee & Vice Chair of The Royal Horticultural Society
Royal Horticultural Society
The Royal Horticultural Society was founded in 1804 in London, England as the Horticultural Society of London, and gained its present name in a Royal Charter granted in 1861 by Prince Albert...
and has judged at the Chelsea Flower Show
Chelsea Flower Show
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, formally known as the Great Spring Show, is a garden show held for five days in May by the Royal Horticultural Society in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London...
.