Charlie Dimmock's wild love life - co-star affair to partner she wouldn't marry (2024)

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Does Charlie Dimmock have EDS? ›

Charlie is a vocal supporter of raising EDS awareness

EDS can affect people in different ways. For some, the condition is relatively mild, while for others their symptoms can be disabling and life-threatening. It is not known whether Charlie suffers from the condition herself, as she has never explicitly said so.

Top gardening expert Alan Titchmarsh, fellow plant lover Charlie Dimmock and builder Tommy Walsh became stars almost straight away and forged life-long friendships thanks to the starring together on the gardening series, but that doesn't mean arguements didn't ever occur.

Charlie Dimmock once expressed she harboured no “regrets” after having an affair with a BBC Ground Force colleague. The gardening expert worked alongside Alan Titchmarsh and Tommy Welsh before exiting the show in 2005.

The team was led by Alan Titchmarsh, presenter of Pebble Mill at One and Gardeners' World, gardener Charlie Dimmock, builder Tommy Walsh and his assistant Will Shanahan. Dimmock met the producer–director of the series five years previously when she built a pond for the Meridian series Grass Roots,.

Talking to the Independent in 2016, Charlie said: "I've always been up and down in my weight. I'll never be slim or skinny, let's put it like that. One season I'll be a size 14, then 18, but it's something I've just accepted now. I'm at that age where I think, life is too short.

Ehlers Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a group of hereditary connective tissue disorders that manifests clinically with skin hyperelasticity, hypermobility of joints, atrophic scarring, and fragility of blood vessels.

Speaking about her love life in 2016, Charlie told the Independent she had no intention of ever getting married. "I'm way past marriage at this point. I'm going to be 50 this year. Even sharing a house with someone would be a no for me."

Personal life. Titchmarsh married Alison in 1975 and they have two children. In 2002 he and his wife moved into a grade II listed Georgian Hampshire farmhouse, with a garden of 4 acres (1.6 ha). He also has a coastal home, near Cowes on the Isle of Wight, where he spends about a third of the year.

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Charlie Dimmock's home in Hampshire

"My gran, my dad Terry and my mum Sue were all good cooks, but sadly Mum and Dad split when I was 17. They both remarried, then tragically I lost my mum and stepfather in Thailand in the 2004 tsunami."

Are Tommy Walsh and Alan Titchmarsh still friends? ›

Even though they had their moments, the stars stayed pals and fans were gutted when Alan left the show in 2001.

Charlie reportedly lives in a three-bed detached house in Romsey that she inherited from her mother. Despite keeping her personal and home life pretty low-key, we're taking a look inside the Garden Rescue star's rather lush pad.

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However, fans at home weren't impressed with the retro garden and took to social media to slam it. One wrote: "£3,000 for that! 2 huge exhausts sticking out a water feature and the new turf looked awful,gaps where it all joined Poor workmanship!"

Why did Alan Titchmarsh leave Ground Force? In 2001, Alan Titchmarsh announced that he would be leaving the programme. In a statement, he explained that after hosting 50 shows, he decided it was time to move on. "When we got to 50 programmes I thought that was the time to stop, but they were desperate to carry on.

Green-fingered TV expert Charlie Dimmock stepped back from her successful career when family tragedy struck in the early '00s. The Garden Rescue star's mother Sue and stepfather Rob were killed when an earthquake and tsunami hit the coast of Thailand in 2004.

Ahead of her return to TV in 2016 following an 11-year hiatus, Charlie gave an interview with RadioTimes.com and explained how she had been spending her time. "I've been doing a lot of work with dementia homes, at flower shows, giving demonstrations, working on cruises."

Sue and Robert Kennedy, who had been holidaying in Thailand, lost their lives in the horrific 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami on Boxing Day. Their funeral was held in June 2005, after their bodies were repatriated to the UK.

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Jekyll authored ten books in as many years, alongside thousands of articles. Her style of gardening remains popular even today.

Who are the Rich Brothers? Harry and David Rich are brothers from Brecon in Wales. They grew up in the Welsh countryside and thank their rural upbringing for sparking their passion for gardening. Both Harry and Rich studied landscape architecture at university.