Charlie Dimmock is arguably the nations best known female gardener and has enjoyed a fantastic career as both a celebrity and horticulturalist.
Charlotte Elouise Dimmock, was born in Southampton General Hospital on August 10th 1966. She was born an only child but developed a half sister named Jessica later in life after her father remarried. Her father was merchant seaman and her mother ran a shop. Charlie attended Wellow Primary School and then The Mountbatten School which were both in Romsey, Hamsphire. She wanted to be a forensic scientist but got a Saturday job at the Mill Water garden centre and went on to study horticulture, later returning to the same garden centre as the manager.

She was initially spotted working there, and asked to make a short program on how to build a pond for the BBC, for the meridian series ‘Grass Roots’.
Charlies fame came in 1997, when she joined the BBC’s ‘Ground Force’ and became the female face of British gardening. She was popular not only because of her ample gardening talent, but because of her ample bosom. Her unfettered female form became a highlight of the show for many male admirers. Charlie says she just doesn’t feel comfortable doing heavy physical work in a bra and doesn’t know what the fuss is about. She quickly became known as a sex symbol and went on to be known as ‘Horticultural Viagra’. In the year 2000 she outsold supermodel Caprice with her calendar sales!

Charlies gardening skills didn’t go unnoticed, and she went on to have a fantastic career as a celebrity gardener. She presented programs ‘The Joy Of Gardening’, ‘Charlie’s Garden Army’, slots on the ‘Chelsea Flower Show’, and even bridged the ocean to present a gardening slot on American TV’s ‘The Early Show’ on CBS.
Her publication for Ground Force: ‘Water Garden Workbook’ and ‘Container Gardening’ sold well. Later in 2000 she enjoyed similar success with ‘Enjoy Your Garden’.
The other side to her publishing career was a weekly column in the Mail on Sunday, which ran until January 2008.

As a celebrity not all television work has been strictly gardening based, she has appeared in reality shows such as channel 4’s ‘The Games’ and BBC’s ‘Celebrity Masterchef’. She starred in ITV Meridians ‘River Walks’. As president of the Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) from 2003 to 2004 Charlie had the opportunity to present their annual awards ceremonies.

Charlie’s accolades don’t stop there, with titles including Butterkist Popcorns ‘Best Giggler of 1999’ and in the same year was voted the public’s top choice for fantasy neighbour of the year and hottest new talent. She went on to win the Redhead of the Year Award in 2000.

Charlie has enjoyed a great career and is now enjoying being out of the spotlight and lives simply in her Romsey home.