Katie Rushworth

Katie Rushworth

Katie Rushworth is a gardener who was born in Leeds on 9th May 1983. 

Katie Rushworth's parents were not gardeners but her grandparents were. In the tiny back garden of their terrace house.

They filled it with plants in containers and plants just about everywhere they could. 

With most houses in the area just having a back yard her grandparents let her help with watering and caring for the plants and they even won awards for their patch of green oasis.


Branching out

Katie Rushworth attended Agnes Stewart High School and in leaving she started a job at Harvey Nicholls in Leeds.

A change of career after having her daughter Poppy due to the constant travelling saw her return to studying  Horticulture in the evenings at Shipley College. 

She switched courses to study Garden Design at Craven College Skipton part time, when her interest in Design grew.

Katie Rushworth became a garden designer and you can find design tips on her website, posted below. 


From little acorns

Katie Rushworth auditioned for Love Your Garden for the role as a TV presenter / gardener after receiving an email from the production company. 

Katie got the job and joined Alan Titchmarsh, David Domoney and Frances Tophill on the second series of the popular garden makeover show.

in 2021 Danny Clarke joined the Love Your Garden Team making his Debut in a Love Your Garden Themed special 2021 first aired 13 July 2021 Love Your Small Garden Special.


Katie Rushworth now lives in Balidon with her family of her husband Andrew Edwards, daughter Poppy and step-daughter Schyler plus her dogs Yoko & Ziggy

Her home featured in 2020 in Grow Your Own at Home with Alan Titchmarsh.


Katie Rushworth TV Programmes


2012
Love Your Garden


Love your Garden Series 13

First aired 19 April 2022


2022
Love your Garden Series 12

First aired 22 March 2022

Episode 1 Beauty  Mary Stevenson from County Durham

Episode 4 Water  Russ, Alex, Zach & Lily Peacock from Southampton 

Episode 5 Wirral   Conrad, Pauline & Keiron Toohey from Heswall

Episode 6 Sudbury   Eileen & Roy Baldwin from Sudbury, Suffolk

Episode 7 Raunds  Becs, Freddie & Annabel Raunds Northamptonshire

Episode 8 Greenford Sybil from Greenford, West London


2021
First aired 07 September 2021
Love Your Garden
 
Episode 1  Mel & Theodore from near Taunton.  Dunkirk Memorial House

Episode 2  Steve, Eve, Billy and Emmie from Manchester. Sue and Georgia from Liverpool

Episode 3 Jo, Kerry, Flynn & Dogs from Leighton Buzzard. Dawn from Salford.

Episode 4  Carl, Elle, Theo, Ebony & Kenzo from Macclesfield Cheshire. Norma from Accrington.

Episode 6  Margaret Mary from Salford. Tim and Charlotte from Leicester.

Episode 8  Shabnam and Amelia from Wakefield. Lesley-Anne from Swansea.

First aired 25 February 2020

Episode 1 Harri & Erica Torr from Hull, East Yorkshire

Episode 2 Kath Ryan from Hall Green, Birmingham

Episode 3 Kirsty, Phoebe & Sam from Farncombe, Surrey

Episode 4 Age UK Day Centre in Croydon

Episode 5 Pip, John & Harrison from Middlesbrough

Episode 6 Richard & Lynn Warren Chippenham

Episode 7  James, Joanna & Laurie from Dudley

Episode 8  Venessa and Raia Sunshine from Waltham Abbey, Essex


Series 9
First aired 27 August 2019

Episode 1 Daniel, Jordan Lola & Jasper Bradbury from Hucknall near Nottingham

Episode 2 Rob & Margaret Isdale from Grantham, Lincolnshire

Episode 3 Jack & Margaret Parrott from Grassmoor, Derbyshire

Episode 4 Icolyn Smith MBE from Oxford

Episode 5 Rachel, Ped, Isla, George & Betsy from Folkstone

Episode 6 Lorraine Tilston-Brookes, Doris & Poppy from Swindon Wiltshire

Episode 7 Chris Garlick, Karran, Molly, Daniel & Mairwen Pontypool South Wales


Episode 8 Georgie Moseley Sheldon near Birmingham 


Series 8
First aired 16 February 2018


Series 7
First aired 21 June 2017


Series 6
First aired on 28 June 2016


First aired on 23 June 2015


2020
 first aired 01 September 2020
Love Tour Garden Themed Episodes








2021
Love Your Garden Themed Specials 2021




Katie Rushworth book


2016
Plant, Beds and Borders: Create and Maintain your Perfect Garden


Katie Rushworth Website InstagramFacebook and Twitter

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