Fans of gardening expert Charlie Dimmock would be forgiven for not delving much further into her repertoire than Ground Force and Garden Rescue. With more than 150 episodes of Garden Rescue to binge and 97 of 90s hit Ground Force, there’s plenty to keep you entertained. But over the years, she has produced a series of other gardening shows that flew under the radar.
One such show is Charlie’s Garden Army, which ran in 1999 and 2000 for 12 episodes. The show saw Charlie and a group of volunteers transform barren wastelands into stunning gardens for the public to enjoy. She then went on to land a presenting role in 2002’s The Joy of Gardening and 2001’s Charlie’s Gardening Neighbours.
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In 2005, Charlie appeared at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show to present for TV audiences, and she’s also made appearances at the Chelsea Flower Show over the years.
Based on IMDb rating alone, however, there are a couple of shows that beat out Ground Force when it comes to stars. Ground Force’s average rating is 7.2 stars out of 10 – but it’s usurped by Garden Rescue at 7.9 stars, and the Great British Garden Revival with the same rating.
Charlie accidentally stumbled into a TV career while she was working at a garden centre, and back in the 90s insisted she “wasn’t famous” and didn’t think of herself as a TV personality.
Speaking of her television work in a 1999 interview with The Guardian, Charlie said: “In some ways, the television stuff isn’t unsatisfying, it’s very interesting. But the other day, I was at work [at the garden centre], the first time I’d been there properly for three or four weeks, and I thought, ‘God, this is nice!
“‘You see people you know, regular customers, and there’s no hassle. You fall out of bed, go to work, potter around. It’s all right, really.’”
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