Joe Swift
Joseph Samuel Swift (born 25 May 1965) is an English garden designer, journalist and television presenter. Television career. Swift is a regular presenter and designer on the BBC's "Gardeners' World", co-presenter on the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show, "Gardeners' World Live", Hampton Court, RHS Tatton Park Flower Show, BBC's "Small Town Gardens", and design judge on BBC's "Gardener of the Year". He has been a presenter/designer on "Take 3 Gardeners" (with Cleve West and Ann-Marie Powell). He is a garden designer, and has been involved in BBC2's "Gardeners' World" since  1998. He is co-founder and Design Director of Modular Garden - a garden design and build company. Swift has designed many gardens on TV, including one for "Comic Relief", many for "Gardeners' World". including the Bournville Garden, The 40-year garden, and Alan Titchmarsh's 'How to be a Gardener' series. In 2009, Swift presented coverage of the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show for the BBC. He was also one of the main presenters of the BBC coverage of the 2010 Chelsea Flower Show. In 2013, he presented two episodes of "Great British Garden Revival". Writing. Swift has written for  such newspapers as "The Independent", "The Evening Standard", and "The Sunday Times", on the subject of landscaping and home gardening. His writing also includes "Gardeners' World Magazine", "The Times", and various magazine and newspaper articles. He has written three books - "The Plant Room", "Joe’s Urban Garden Handbook", and "Joe’s Allotment", published in April 2009. Personal life. Swift's father was the actor Clive Swift, and he was the nephew of David Swift. His mother is novelist Margaret Drabble, and his brother is academic Adam Swift. His sister Rebecca Swift (died April 2017) was a poet and founder of  The Literary Consultancy. He is married with two teenage children. He is the design director of Modular Garden.