Joe Maiden

Who is Joe Maiden?

Joe Maiden is a well known gardener, horticulturist, author and BBC Radio presenter based in Huby, Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. Brought up in Penrith in Cumbria he was educated at Askham Bryan College.

A professional horticulturist over a period spanning 40 years, he has appeared on numerous gardening programmes for the BBC and Yorkshire Television and was awarded the Harlow Carr medal by The Royal Horticultural Society for his first class growing, lecturing and exhibitions of vegetables. He is a real 'dirt under the fingertips' gardener, famed for his no-nonsense non-technical approach and his inexhaustible fund of tips and techniques delivered in a clear understanding manner. His work has been published in a number of audio visual presentations and these can be readily found on DVD.

Thanks to his coupling with the long-standing BBC Radio Leeds presenter Tim Crowther, Joe Maiden is known throughout the North of England and is much beloved by his and Tim's regular Sunday morning audiences, where the two have found a light-hearted but informative presentation style that delivers the station's weekly peak audience.

Currently Joe is a National Vegetable Society judge and fellow of the society, as well as being a committee member of the Leeds Horticultural Society.