10 Facts About Joe Swift

Joseph Samuel Swift was born on 25 May 1965 and is an English garden designer, journalist and television presenter.

Joe 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.

Joe Swift is a garden designer, and has been involved in BBC2's Gardeners' World since 1998.

Joe 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 for Alan Titchmarsh's How to be a Gardener series.

In 2009, Joe Swift presented coverage of the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show for the BBC.

Joe Swift was one of the main presenters of the BBC coverage of the 2010 Chelsea Flower Show.

Joe Swift has written for such newspapers as The Independent, The Evening Standard, and The Sunday Times, on the subject of landscaping and home gardening.

Joe Swift's writing includes Gardeners' World Magazine, The Times, and various magazine and newspaper articles.

Joe Swift's mother is novelist Margaret Drabble, and his brother is academic Adam Swift.

Joe Swift's sister Rebecca Swift was a poet and founder of The Literary Consultancy.