According to the Daily Mail, Alan, 77, purchased their five-bed home from Omaze winner Rachael Reid. Reports state that the property, which has 1.4 acres of gardens, includes a detached pool house, a 32-foot swimming pool, a gym, a sauna, and an outdoor kitchen. Speaking about their decision to leave Hampshire, Alan reflected on his feelings in an article for Country Life. “Leaving the garden I have created and tended for 23 years will be a fearsome wrench, but the time is right, and the pines are beckoning,” he noted in September.
“We are only ever custodians of our patches of earth, and I am happy to hand over my four acres for others to enjoy and to cultivate. I like to think that I have one more garden in me,” Alan continued.
“Excitement has taken over from the prospect of leaving my favourite patch of earth behind. I have plans to plant more pines — Scots and umbrella — to do my bit to keep Surrey wooded and to remind me of happy times on the moors, at Kew, and basking in the Mediterranean sunshine.”
Following Alan and Alison’s move, the Gardeners’ World star has already started working on his new garden. This month, it was confirmed that Alan had won planning permission to build a 4.48m x 3.14m greenhouse and extend an existing outbuilding.
Keeping fans updated on his progress, Alan has also revealed what kinds of plants he’s been buying, after confirming that the pink rhododendron he’d planted in the spring had finally bloomed. The TV star also confirmed that he’d had the weather vane he designed 40 years ago removed from his former home in Hampshire and installed at his new Surrey abode.
Comments are closed.