Who is Garden Rescue host Lee Burkhill?

GARDEN Ninja Lee Burkhill is an award-winning garden designer, blogger and vlogger.

He hopes to represent a new generation of gardeners when he appears on BBC1’s hit show Save the garden.

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Who is Lee Burkhill?

Lee Burkhill is a 38-year-old garden designer and horticulturalist from Lancashire.

He started his career working in the IT field for more than ten years.

He later discovered that working outdoors was his requirement and quit his full-time job to focus on a career in gardening.

Lee is openly gay and in November 2019 he tweeted that he was bullied for being gay as a teenager.

The Tweet Reads: “Starting to appreciate what trans people have suffered from some misguided but evil online #trolls. Reminds me of being bullied as a teenager for being gay. So today I want to raise the golden bayonet to all #LGBTQoftwitter so they all stand! #TransIsBeautiful”.

According to Celeb Pie, Lee is married but prefers to keep her private life out of the limelight.

You can find Lee on Instagram to see his garden creations here @garden_ninja_lee.

The gardener has prospered with a net worth of £556,000.

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What is Lee Burkhill famous for?

Lee is active as a Youtuber, presenter and blogger and has since coined the nickname ‘Garden Ninja’.

He has received numerous awards in recent years, such as In 2016, his gardening blog won him an award at RHS & BBC Feel Good Gardens.

Two years later, he was also awarded the Chelsea Flower Show General Manager’s Commercial Standard Award.

When is Garden Rescue on BBC?

Garden Rescue is back on our screens TONIGHT, February 1, 2022.

The show will air on BBC One at 8:30 pm.

The stripped-down version will see Charlie Dimmock and Lee go head-to-head to create a Cornish coastal paradise.

All previous episodes will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer.