Chris Beardshaw is more than a TV gardener: a highly qualified horticulturalist, he brings deep and special knowledge to all his work. Chris studied horticulture at Pershore - where he also lectured for four and a half years - before managing the plant research and development division of one of the largest wholesale nurseries in the country and gaining an MA in Landscape Architecture from Cheltenham.
The first years in television for Chris began in the fertile beds of TV Gardening, blooming in 2003 with no fewer than three prestigious BBC 2 series: Gardener's World, Hidden Gardens and Flying Gardener. In 2005 he presented Channel 4's live Great Garden Design Challenge.
These days, Chris still lectures and writes, and has a thriving garden-design business, but still finds time for his other passion - diving!
