Katie Rushworth

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Katie Edwards
Born (1983-05-09) 9 May 1983 (age 40)
Bradford
NationalityEnglish
Occupation(s)Gardener
Garden designer
Known for Love Your Garden (TV series)
SpouseAndrew Edwards
Children2
Website www.katierushworth.com

Katie Louise Edwards (nee Rushworth; born 9 May 1983) [1] is a garden designer, gardener and TV presenter from Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. In 2012, she successfully auditioned for a presenting role on the ITV television series, Love Your Garden as a co-presenter alongside Alan Titchmarsh, David Domoney and Frances Tophill. She has also been commissioned as a garden designer for many attractions and centres in Northern England, such as Airedale Hospital.

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Biography

Rushworth was born in Leeds and received her secondary education at Agnes Stewart High School in Burmantofts, [2] before taking a part-time job in the fashion industry and then working full-time for Harvey Nichols in Leeds. [3] After having her daughter, she decided upon a career change as she was travelling around with her job and it was not conducive to raising a child. [3]

A friend asked Rushworth to help out with a bit of gardening and Rushworth found she really enjoyed it; so much so, that she enrolled on a horticultural course at Shipley College (the same college that her future co-presenter Alan Titchmarsh attended). [4] Whilst she was on the course at Shipley College, she decided to go into garden design, which meant transferring to a degree course at Craven College (delivered by Bradford University). It was whilst she was at Craven College that a friend mentioned an e-mail asking for people to audition for Love Your Garden. She was among 90 people who applied for the role and the producers settled on Rushworth after interviews and a callback process. [5]

In 2013, Rushworth was asked to turn on the lights at Bingley's Christmas festival (she was living in the town at the time) [6] and in 2016, Rushworth released a book entitled Plants, Beds and Borders; Create and Maintain your Perfect Garden. [7] In 2017, Rushworth teamed up with a garden centre in Tong to create a "people's garden" [8] and became the designer for a garden outside the children's ward at Airedale Hospital in Steeton, West Yorkshire. [9]

Personal life

In 2008, Rushworth gave birth to a daughter at Airedale Hospital. [10] Rushworth was born and brought up in Leeds, but whilst she was studying horticulture, she lived in Bingley, West Yorkshire. [11] She now lives in Baildon and besides her own daughter, Polly, she has a step-daughter, Schyler, with her husband. [1] [5]

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