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Christine Helen Walkden (born 7 April 1955) is a British television presenter and gardener, best known for her appearances on gardening programmes and ''The One Show''. She has hosted her own series, ''Christine's Garden'' on the BBC.〔(BBC Gardening – Christine's Garden ). Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-08-25.〕 ==Career== Walkden trained at the Lancashire College of Agriculture and then worked at two experimental horticultural stations, before moving to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew based at Wakehurst Place, where she looked after the growing side of the seed physiology unit. After several more jobs she undertook a career change and became a freelance horticulturist, lecturing nationally and internationally. She has presented on BBC’s ''Gardeners' World'' and various other TV and radio programmes and is a past winner of the Garden Writers’ Guild Radio Broadcasting Award. In 1993 Walkden's book, ''The Houseplant Almanac'', was published, and in 2007 ''A Year in Christine's Garden – The Secret Diary of a Garden Lover'' was published to accompany the television series. In 2011, her third book, ''No-Nonsense Vegetable Gardening'', was published. Walkden previously wrote a weekly column in ''Amateur Gardening'' magazine and is a regular contributor to ''Choice'' magazine.〔(Christine Walkden ). Christine Walkden. Retrieved on 2011-08-25.〕 Walkden also appeared as a guest on the December 2008 special of ''Shooting Stars''.〔(All New Shooting Stars ). BBC. Retrieved on 2011-08-25.〕 Walkden writes a quarterly article for the Quality Garden Tools website at www.qualitygardentools.com in a section called 'Christine's Corner'.〔(Silky Saws, Tina Knives, Bulldog Tools and more! ). Quality Garden Tools. Retrieved on 2011-08-25.〕 In 2013, she presented an episode of ''Great British Garden Revival''. In 2014, Walkden presented the BBC series ''Glorious Gardens from Above'' where she viewed various large gardens in the UK from a hot air balloon and visited them on the ground.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/35m0QqhCz4xS3lPrCkCF4Q1/glorious-gardens-from-above〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christine Walkden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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