Lee Burkhill

Lee Burkhill is a British television presenter, garden designer and horticulture expert,[1] best known for his appearances on gardening programmes and BBC's Garden Rescue.[2]

Lee Burkhill
Born1983
North West of England
Occupation(s)Gardener, television presenter, horticulturer
EmployerBBC
TelevisionGarden Rescue
Websitehttps://www.gardenninja.co.uk

Early life & education

Lee was born on 15 February 1983 in North West of England. He did his schooling from Rainford High Technology College and studied law at Keele University. He completed Masters from Manchester Metropolitan University. He studied horticulture for 2 years at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.[3] He lives in Lancashire with his pet dog called Barry.[4]

Career

According to Hello! (magazine), Lee started his career in IT for 10 years then began working as a Garden Designer. He runs an online gardening blog where he shares video resources created by him. In 2014, he established Garden Ninja as his garden designing business.[5]

In 2016, his gardening blog fetched him an award at the Royal Horticultural Society & BBC Feel Good Gardens.[6] In 2017, he was a Runner-Up for the Alan Titchmarsh New Talent Award by Garden Media Guild.[7] In 2018, Lee won the Chelsea Flower Show Director Generals Trade Standard Award.[8]

In 2019, he has been voted as the UK Top 10 blogger by Vuelo.[9] In the same year, he won BBC Sunshine Show Garden RHS Tatton.

Since 2020, he has been featured as the main presenter on BBC One's Garden Rescue program.[10] In 2021, he won BBC Community Garden RHS Tatton.[11]

References
  1. "The BBC North West Community Garden with the RHS". www.rhs.org.uk.
  2. "Lee Burkhill, Flo Headlam and Chris Hull to join Garden Rescue's team of experts on BBC One Daytime". www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. "Lee Burkhill: I had a crisis and bought a £30k sports car. It barely fit a spade in the boot". The Times. 31 July 2022.
  4. "Garden Rescue: Is presenter Lee Burkhill married? Who is his husband?". Hello!. 31 May 2022.
  5. "Garden Rescue: meet new expert Lee Burkhill". HELLO!. 8 October 2021.
  6. "BBC Local Radio - Digital Nation Archive - BBC Local Radio and RHS Design A Garden Competition". BBC.
  7. "Garden Media Guild Awards announces full shortlist for 2020". Gardens Illustrated.
  8. "Hartley Botanic 5 Star Awarded RHS Tradestand". Hartley Botanic. 29 May 2018.
  9. "Gardening Blogs UK Top 10". vuelio.com. 13 May 2020.
  10. "Garden Rescue presenters – three newcomers join team". Radio Times.
  11. "Winners of the BBC Local Radio and RHS Design a Garden Competition - Lee and Ann-Marie at RHS Chelsea Flower Show". bbc.co.uk.
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