Alan Titchmarsh career ambitions 'died' after his mum was robbed in her own garden

Alan Titchmarsh has told how his career ambitions 'died' (Image: Getty) Gardening legend Alan Titchmarsh has told how his career ambitions "died" after his mother was robbed in her own garden. The Gardeners' World icon, 75, told the story about how he grew mint in his garden as a lad growing up in Yorkshire. He sold any surplus herb the family didn't use, but when dodgy neighbour decided to take liberties, potentially derailing a young Alan's career ambitions.

He told the September issue of BBC Gardeners' World magazine: "When I was a nipper the only herb that grew in our garden was mint - vital as an accompaniment to the roast lamb on a Sunday. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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