Nigel Colborn

VMH The Victoria Medal of Honour (VMH) is awarded to British horticulturists resident in the United Kingdom whom the Royal Horticultural Society Council considers deserving of special honour by the Society. The award was established in 1897 "in per ...

is a British TV presenter and gardening expert/writer. He is a former presenter of the long running

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Gardeners World. He has been a panelist on

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Gardeners Question Time ''Gardeners' Question Time'' is a long running BBC Radio 4 programme in which amateur gardeners can put questions to a panel of experts. History The first programme was broadcast in the North and Northern Ireland Home Service of the BBC at ...

and is a regular presenter of Granada TV's Gorgeous Gardens. His mother was the nursery woman Pamela Underwood and he attended

King's Ely King's Ely The School's Terms and Conditions and the Companies House registration would suggest that the School's legal name remains "The King's School, Ely" is an All-through school, all through Public school (United Kingdom), public school ...

. 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

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he has written about gardening, travel and the countryside for

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and also on his own blog, Silver Tree Daze. He is a trustee & Vice Chair of The

Royal Horticultural Society The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr ...

and has judged at the

Chelsea Flower Show The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, formally known as the Great Spring Show,Phil Clayton, ''The Great Temple Show'' in ''The Garden'' 2008, p.452, The Royal Horticultural Society is a garden show held for five days in May by the Royal Horticultural So ...

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Silvertreedaze
Colborn's blog {{DEFAULTSORT:Colborn, Nigel Year of birth missing (living people) Living people English gardeners British television presenters English garden writers Victoria Medal of Honour recipients People educated at King's Ely