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{{Short description|British garden designer}}
'''Arit Anderson''' is a British garden designer, writer, and television presenter. She has presented on the [[BBC]] show ''[[Gardeners World]]'' and the [[BBC One]] show ''Garden Rescue''.<ref name="Mason 2019">{{cite news |last1=Mason |first1=Nina |title=Arit Anderson confirmed as presenter for LI Awards 2019 |url=https://www.prolandscapermagazine.com/arit-anderson-confirmed-as-presenter-for-li-awards-2019/ |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=Pro Landscaper |date=September 26, 2019}}</ref>
==Biography==
Anderson was born in London and raised in [[Hertfordshire]] by a single mother in a home with six siblings, five of whom were in foster care.<ref name="GI 2020">{{cite news |title=Gardeners' World presenter Arit Anderson – from fashion bunny to gardener |url=https://www.gardensillustrated.com/gardens/gardeners/gardeners-world-presenter-arit-anderson/ |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=Gardens Illustrated |date=September 15, 2020}}</ref> After first pursuing a career as a pharmacy technician, she worked in the fashion industry for about 25 years.<ref name="GI 2020"/> In 2010, she moved out of North London into a home with a garden, and later began a course in garden design at [[Capel Manor College]] while continuing to work for a retail consultancy.<ref name="GI 2020"/><ref name="Foggett 2021">{{cite news |last1=Foggett |first1=Clare |title=Arit Anderson: meet the Chelsea 2021 designer |url=https://www.theenglishgarden.co.uk/news-and-events/chelsea-flower-show/arit-anderson-chelsea-2021/ |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=The English Garden |date=September 21, 2021}}</ref>
In 2013, she won a [[Royal Horticultural Society|RHS]] Fresh Talent award at the [[Chelsea Flower Show]].<ref name="GI 2020"/><ref name="Stephenson 2021">{{cite news |last1=Stephenson |first1=Hannah |title=Arit Anderson: Meet the TV gardener who wants her show garden to feel like a big hug |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/anderson-world-plants-mother-rosewood-b1899871.html |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=August 10, 2021}}</ref> In 2016, she won a gold medal at RHS [[Hampton Court Garden Festival]] for a conceptual garden with climate change and renewable energy themes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gardeners' World to showcase Eden's exciting new features |url=https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/15324413.gardeners-world-to-showcase-edens-exciting-new-features/ |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=The Falmouth Packet |date=2 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="GI 2020"/><ref name="Stephenson 2021"/> In 2021, Anderson designed a featured garden at the Chelsea Flower Show, titled ''The BBC One Show and RHS Garden of Hope''.<ref name="Heath Sept 2021">{{cite news |last1=Heath |first1=Olivia |title=Chelsea Flower Show 2021: all 27 gardens (and winners) at this year's show |url=https://www.housebeautiful.com/uk/garden/designs/g37665461/chelsea-flower-show-garden-winners/ |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=[[House Beautiful]] |date=24 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="Joyner 2021">{{cite news |last1=Joyner |first1=Lisa |title=Chelsea Flower Show 2021: BBC's The One Show reveals their Garden of Hope |url=https://www.countryliving.com/uk/homes-interiors/gardens/a36569094/bbc-one-show-garden-of-hope-chelsea-flower-show/ |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=[[Country Living]] |date=28 May 2021}}</ref>
From 2019 to 2021, she presented ''Garden Rescue'' with [[Charlie Dimmock]] and The Rich Brothers.<ref name="Mason 2019"/><ref name="Heath 2021">{{cite news |last1=Heath |first1=Olivia |title=Garden Rescue: new team of garden designers revealed as the Rich brothers and Arit Anderson exit confirmed |url=https://www.housebeautiful.com/uk/garden/a36450738/garden-rescue/ |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=[[House Beautiful]] |date=18 May 2021}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* {{official|https://aritanderson.com/}}
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