Future of smash-hit BBC gardening series revealed after almost a decade on screens
BEEB bosses have green-lit another series of their popular gardening programme.
Presenter Charlie Dimmock will once again be getting her fingers green after signing up for another run of Garden Rescue.
The hit series – which forms part of BBC One‘s daytime offering – launched in 2016.
Charlie, 58, has been at the helm of the show since the beginning, along with her horticultural team of experts.
The Sun can reveal filming for the show’s tenth series has now wrapped – and another is already in the works.
A source said: “The public can’t get enough of gardening shows and Garden Rescue has a loyal fan base.
“BBC execs have already commissioned an 11th run before its latest series has even made it to air.
“Charlie loves the show and she and the team get on just as well when cameras aren’t rolling.”
The insider added that series 10 will hit screens in 2025 while pre-production on the next run will begin shortly.
Series nine of Garden Rescue aired earlier this year.
Charlie is best known for hosting Ground Force alongside fellow green fingered TV star, Alan Titchmarsh.
In 2016 she told The Sun that she was keen to distance herself from her days as an unlikely pin-up.
She has also fronted a number of other programmes such as The Joy Of Gardening and Charlie’s Garden Army as well as hosting coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show.
October gardening jobs
The Sun’s Gardening Editor, Veronica Lorraine, has shared the jobs you need to tackle in October.
“It’s a good time to trim deciduous hedges – like box, yew, hawthorn, hornbean and beech – plus hedge trimmers are a great upper body workout!
Make leafmould – gather up all the fallen leaves and fill either bin bags or plastic carrier bags. Seal the top, stick a few small holes in the bag – and then store for a year or more. Free compost!
It’s unlikely you’ll get any more red tomatoes so have one final harvest and chuck the plants on the compost. See if you can get the green ones to ripen by putting in a drawer (some say with a banana). Also keep the seeds from a couple – and plant again next year if they went well.
Finish getting in your spring bulbs. Ideally you’d have done daffs and alliums, but tulips are better in the ground when the soil temperature gets a bit colder.
It’s good to leave some plant litter in the ground – it adds to the nutrients as it rots down, and provides shelter and food for insects. But remove the manky brown bits collapsing all over the lawn/winter structure.
Mulch – it not only suppresses weeds, but keeps the soil warm, improves water retention and adds a little winter duvet to your outside space.
October’s a good month for carrots, peas, asparagus, broad beans, and rhubarb.”