Charlie Dimmock returned to TV screens with a new series of Garden Rescue on Monday afternoon as she helped transform another outdoor space.
During the first episode of series nine, Charlie, 57, travelled to Port Sunlight, Wirral, with designer Chris Hull and the team to overhaul a garden.
Their clients were Nathan and Emma, who wanted to break away from the mould and transform their scruffy cottage garden into something new.
Despite living in the quaint grade II listed village, the couple admitted they have a love of sleek and contemporary design.
They were inspired during a recent trip to Bali and asked the experts if they could bring a piece of the idyllic tropical country to their garden.
Charlie Dimmock returned to TV screens with a new series of Garden Rescue on Monday afternoon as she helped transform another outdoor space
During the first episode of series nine, Charlie, 57, travelled to Port Sunlight, Wirral, with designer Chris Hull and the team to overhaul a garden
heir clients were Nathan and Emma, who wanted to break away from the mould and transform their scruffy cottage garden into something new
Charlie and Chris go head-to-head with their designs as they pitch to Emma and Nathan, who ultimately pick Chris’ slick architectural option.
Chris had to bear in mind that due to the listed nature of the village, he was unable to attached anything to the house or walls of the garden.
The team got to work on transforming the small outdoor space, which included laying a new patio and constructing a freestanding pergola.
The centre piece of the makeover is a water feature, which was requested by the couple, who want to be able to relax in the garden.
To complete the pond, Charlie added black dye, which offers a mirrored affect and also reduces the growth of algae due to blocking out the UV rays.
Once the pond, pergola and patio were in place, the team arrived with a wide variety of different plants to give the garden a lush and exotic feel.
The garden was revealed to the couple who said they were speechless after seeing the finished result of the project.
Nathan admitted their garden now certainly stands out among their neighbours, as he said his eyes were being pulled in all directions across the space.
The centre piece of the makeover is a water feature, which was requested by the couple, who want to be able to relax in the garden
The team got to work on transforming the small outdoor space, which included laying a new patio and constructing a freestanding pergola
Chris had to bear in mind that due to the listed nature of the village, he was unable to attached anything to the house or walls of the garden
The result received a mixed response from viewers, as one person claimed that it looked ‘beautiful’ following the makeover.
However another viewer claimed that it ‘looked more like an assault course than a garden’ and said that the water feature was ‘too big’ for the size of the space.
Another person complained that Chris’ designs all look the same.
The episode comes after Charlie revealed why she never shows her own garden on camera, despite transforming those of others for a living on BBC’s Garden Rescue.
She first rose to fame displaying her gardening expertise over 25 years ago alongside the likes of Alan Titchmarsh and Tommy Walsh on Ground Force.
Now on Garden Rescue, she pits herself against her co-stars to to design back yards around the country on a budget.
So, you would expect Charlie’s own garden to be a thing of beauty, however, she has previously admitted it is ‘a disaster area’.
Charlie told The Express: ‘Firstly I have to say my garden isn’t always in tip-top condition!
The result received a mixed response from viewers, as one person claimed that it looked ‘beautiful’ following the makeover
Charlie (seen in 1997) first rose to fame displaying her gardening expertise over 25 years ago alongside the likes of Alan Titchmarsh and Tommy Walsh on Ground Force
‘Unfortunately I tend to be away working at the more critical busy times (spring and summer) so I often get behind.
‘With all gardens it’s best to do maintenance frequently and regularly that way you actually make the maintenance easier.’
Many amateur gardeners can no-doubt relate to the presenter’s overwhelmed feeling, never quite getting the impression that your garden is complete.
Her top tips included doing easier tasks like tackling weeds regularly.
Speaking in 2019, she continued: ‘I’m going to try and make my garden look good because I’ve been doing this so long, it looks like a disaster area! In the autumn, I’m tackling my garden.
‘I might get one of the landscape team [from her show] to do a bit of paving for me. I want the autumn to be dry and not too hot and not too cold so I can get on.’
However, Charlie has continued to spend plenty of time focusing on other people’s gardens over her own, with Garden Rescue returning on BBC One today at 3.45pm.
She has been one of the show’s presenting team since 2016, but made her horticultural breakthrough long before that on Ground Force from 1997 to 2005.
