From Amanda Holden to Liz Hurley – these celebs aren’t afraid to get dirty in the gardan
I’M a celebrity, get me out gardening.
Meet the showbiz sirens who like to swap the red carpet for getting down and dirty in the flowerbed or veg patch.
Reality TV favourite Gemma Collins is the latest to take up a trowel and watering can.
The GC, 41, told her Instagram followers: “Grow your own vegetables. Vegetables, vegetables, it is the way forward, guys.”
But from Britain’s Got Talent judge turned lawnmower lovely Amanda Holden, 51, to hosepipe hottie Liz Hurley, 56, garden glam is bang in season.
Here, Samantha Yule brings you the darling buds, and their tips.
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LIZ HURLEY
WHAT better to wear for watering the flowers and veg on a hot summer’s day than swimming togs.
At least actress and model Liz thought so as she put on a show for social media.
But far from just a fair-weather gardener, Liz spent up to five hours a day during lockdown working on the grounds of her £6million Herefordshire estate.
She also used to run her own 400-acre organic farm in the Cotswolds, and has judged a local flower show.
- TIP: Gardening can also get you a dream body, if you work at it like you mean it. It is the only exercise Liz does – and the results show
KELLY BROOK
GLAMOUR girl Kelly has never been more fruity, after taking over an apple and pear farm.
The 42-year-old has always loved gardening but it was not until she got her own five acres in Kent in 2008 that she really indulged her passion.
She now jokes she is proud as can be of her “lady garden”.
- TIP: The main thing is to get out in your garden and just give things a go. If you keep at it, you will create a place you love
HOLLY WILLOUGHBY
BUSY telly host Holly also likes to get stuck in on her vegetable plot.
Posting snaps on Instagram in her T-shirt, shorts and wellies, the This Morning and Dancing On Ice star, 41, is learning as she goes along in the garden of her £3million London home.
She admitted to This Morning viewers she once dug up her sweetcorn . . . to see how it was growing underground. Oops!
- TIP: Sweetcorn grows above ground and off the high stalk. So for the best results, you are best advised to not dig it up
AMANDA HOLDEN
WHEN she’s not giving her verdict on the wannabes, Britain’s Got Talent beauty Amanda is also pretty handy with a mower – and growing her own veg.
She began her veg adventures during lockdown, after getting a ton of soil delivered to her Surrey mansion.
She was shocked at first and unsure what to do with it.
But judging by her Instagram shots, she is happy getting stuck in – so it’s a Yes from Amanda.
- TIP: Keep things low- maintenance for an easier life. Amanda even uses faux foliage on walls for a burst of instant blooms
GERI HORNER
WHAT the former Spice Girl wants, what she really, really wants, is to potter in the grounds of her beautiful Oxfordshire estate, tending for hour after hour to the flowers, trees and vegetables.
Geri, 49, admits gardening can be hard work.
But the huge plot at her pad in Banbury is surrounded with trees that are planted in borders filled with vibrant daffodils.
That’s clearly a lot of upkeep.
- TIP: Plant beautiful flowers that you can later cut for gorgeous indoor arrangements, for special occasions or just every day
KIM WILDE
EIGHTIES singer Kim is a smash hit in celebrity gardening circles, displaying her green-fingered skills on TV and even writing books on the subject.
The Kids In America singer, 61, who sold more than ten million albums and double the number of singles, has gone from pop idol to plot idol.
London-born Kim began gardening when she moved to the countryside in the Nineties, and has not slowed down.
She even won a gold medal and award for best courtyard garden at the Chelsea Flower Show.
- TIP: Lay a paving strip round the edge of your lawn so you can push your mower on to it, lessening the need for edge-trimming
SIENNA MILLER
MOVIE actress Sienna is also a class act in the garden.
The Layer Cake star, has got a plot at her London home where she proudly grows flowers and veg.
Sienna, 40, longs for her little haven when away filming and increasingly favours it over the jet-set life she is used to.
She caught the garden-ing bug from her fashion designer big sister Savannah Miller, who bought a country retreat and worked it up from scratch.
- TIP: Use the time you spend in the garden to relax a little and escape from some of the stresses of busy modern life
PENNY LANCASTER
MODEL Penny became a cop but her love of all things horticultural makes her a PC Plot.
After Penny, 51, and her veteran rocker husband Rod Stewart, 77, spent two years renovating the inside of their £4.6million house in Harlow, Essex, she is now focusing on the beautiful garden.
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It is set in 46 acres of woodland, with pool, croquet lawn and a walled garden.
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She is not afraid of hard work, even building raised beds for her veg.
- TIP: Be prepared to get dirty when you get stuck in with the gardening work. Your fingernails will be ruined, for sure